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Poster Submissions Invited For PAC - Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia

A major feature of the annual Pharmacy Australia Congress is the Poster Session which will attract a great deal of interest and provide unprecedented exposure for their authors. This year"s PAC will focus on the theme of Securing Your Practice Advantage and PAC organisers are inviting submissions for the Poster Displays at this year"s Congress to be held at the Sydney Hilton 15 - 18 October 2009. The Poster session at PAC will provide the opportunity for researchers and practitioners to share their research findings with attendees and members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Australians researchers lead the way in many aspects of pharmacy practice research and this is a fantastic opportunity for researchers to demonstrate their research and practice innovations. Delegates to the Congress include a wide range of pharmacy professionals, industry representatives, media and students so the poster work accented for display will be given invaluable exposure to a diverse and influential audience. The deadline for Abstract Submissions is 15 August 2009. The abstract should be a summary that does not exceed the 250 word limit (not including authors and affiliations). Those exceeding the word limit will be returned to the author for editing and risk missing the submission deadline. Abstracts will only be accepted by via the online submission process, should you encounter problems with this process please contact the Congress Secretariat. For full details and to download the submissions form go here. Pharmaceutical Society of Australia


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