Scientific Program 2007 Paper/Poster/Video Abstract Submitter The online abstract submitter for scientific papers, posters, and videos is now open. The deadline to submit abstracts is April 10. After logging on to the submitter, you will be asked to submit your financial disclosure information. All Academy contributors are required to disclose financial relationship information annually. The Academy will apply your responses to all educational activities in which you are currently participating and any that are added within the 2007 calendar year. View the instructions for using the paper/poster and video submitter. (39K) Read the Guidelines for Online Abstract Submission.  (547K)

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Opening Session Keynote Speaker The Academy is pleased to announce Judah Folkman, MD as the 2007 Annual Meeting Opening Session Keynote Speaker. Dr. Folkman’s hypothesis in 1971 that all tumor growth is angiogenesis-dependent opened a field of investigation pursued by scientists worldwide. His laboratory discovered the first angiogenesis inhibitors and initiated clinical trials of antiangiogenic therapy. Today, angiogenesis inhibitors have received FDA approval in the U.S. for cancer and for the treatment of macular degeneration.

The Academy's Scientific Program is comprised of more than 500 peer-reviewed courses, including:

Instruction Courses
The majority of instruction courses are developed and presented by Academy members.  These courses cover a wide variety of subject matter, both scientific and socio-economic in nature. 

Skills Transfer Courses
Skills Transfer courses are hands-on labs that offer intensive training in surgical and diagnostic techniques, with direct supervision and a low participant-to-instructor ratio. Labs are often accompanied by a prerequisite lecture.  Most skills transfer courses, with the exception of computer labs, are limited to physicians only.

Breakfast With the Experts
Breakfast roundtables are informal peer discussions, held in a restaurant setting, with approximately 40 to 60 roundtables scheduled per day. A continental breakfast is included. Roundtable discussions are limited to nine attendees, who are encouraged to bring individual questions and cases to the moderator for discussion.