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We appreciate your interest in covering the 2009 Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Annual Meeting. The four-day event will feature many cutting-edge lectures, corporate-sponsored workshops and plenary sessions focusing on major areas of clinical molecular diagnostics. Topics include hematopathology, infectious diseases, inherited genetic diseases and solid tumors. We hope that you find this year’s meeting to be both informative and enjoyable.  

Event Information
Dates: November 19-22, 2009
Location: Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, Kissimmee, FL (map)
Accommodations: http://www.amp.org/2009/hotel.htm
Preliminary Program: http://www.amp.org/2009/program.htm 

Media Registration
We will be offering complimentary registration packages for contacts from qualified print, online and broadcast news media outlets. Members of the media will be required to provide appropriate media credentials and identification upon arrival. Official AMP 2009 media badges will be distributed in the Press Room prior to the event. 

Benefits
The official AMP 2009 media badges will enable you to take advantage of our Press Room, as well as many new services and amenities including:
      VIP seating in many of our presentations and workshops
      Interviews with many of our influential speakers and exhibiting companies
      Company news releases, press kit materials and event information
      Electrical and wireless internet capabilities
      Complimentary lunches and refreshments 

Guidelines
Below are some general guidelines to help ensure that you have a productive and enjoyable experience:  

Registration
Advance media registration for AMP’s 2009 Annual Meeting opens August 31st. On-site registrations are permitted, but are discouraged.    
All members of the media will be required to provide proper identification upon arrival. Please remember to bring your press credentials and a picture ID to the Press Room. You must show these items to the AMP Press Office staff to obtain your official AMP 2009 media badge.  

Press Credentials
All members of the press must present a business card or other type of valid media identification/credentials issued by a recognized news organization in order to receive a complimentary media badge. Freelance writers will be required to provide a personal business card and a letter of assignment from a recognized news organization or publication. Media representatives should not have a direct affiliation with any of the exhibiting companies at the 2009 AMP Annual Meeting. 
Media contacts may be asked to provide relevant bylined articles written by the applicant and published within the past twelve months. 
Individuals that do not meet our media registration requirements must register as a regular meeting attendee and pay the required registration fee, regardless of affiliation with a news or trade media organization, contracted exhibitor or publishing company. 

Official Media Badge
Members of the media must wear/display their official AMP 2009 media badge at all times while onsite at the meeting. Exchanging, loaning or borrowing of media badges is strictly prohibited. 

Video/Filming/Recording
Filming and recording inside the exhibit area or any of the scientific sessions is prohibited. Camera crews must make prior arrangements with the AMP Press Office to film or record in onsite meeting areas other than the Press Room.

Press Room
The use of Press Room resources is for individuals with official 2009 media badges. Other attendees may accompany media representatives to the Press Room for interviews and business-related activities. 
Based on space requirements, AMP reserves the right to limit the number of media badges issued to a single media organization. AMP also reserves the right to bar from this and future meetings any journalist who deliberately promotes the viewpoint of one company or institution, or who attempts to solicit manuscripts, advertising, or subscriptions from registrants or exhibitors. 

Embargo
Please consider all abstracts, posters, presentations, workshops and other scientific information presented at the AMP 2009 Annual Meeting to be embargoed until the date and time of the specific presentation, unless otherwise noted by the AMP Press Room Manager or a member of the presenting company’s media relations team.  
Journalists who want to use speaker materials, such as slides, graphs and other visuals to illustrate coverage must have the presenter’s permission. The AMP Press Room staff will be available to assist in obtaining appropriate permissions.  

Exhibitors
Exhibitors are encouraged to leave press materials on the designated exhibitor table in the Press Room. It is the responsibility of exhibitors to maintain the stock and orderly appearance of exhibitor materials. AMP does not sanction or endorse individual exhibitors' promotional activities or the information they intend to highlight, sponsor or arrange, either as part of the technical exhibits or at an off-site location. 

About AMP
The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) is an international medical professional association representing approximately 1,700 physicians, doctoral scientists, and medical technologists who perform laboratory testing and conduct research based on knowledge derived from molecular biology, genetics, and genomics.  AMP members practice their specialty worldwide in widely diverse settings: academic medical centers, independent medical laboratories, community hospitals, public health laboratories, and the in vitro diagnostic industry. In this capacity, AMP members are involved in every aspect of molecular diagnostic testing: administration and interpretation of molecular diagnostic tests, research, development, and education. As the only professional association dedicated solely to molecular pathology, AMP provides leadership for the advancement of safe and effective practice and education for molecular diagnostic testing to benefit patient care.    

Contact Information:
Please direct all media registration and general Press Room inquiries to:

Andrew Noble, AMP Press Room Manager
E-mail: anoble@amp.org
Tel: 415-722-2129
http://www.amp.org/2009/media.htm