At Your Convenience
ACR Convergence 2023 aims to offer something for all interested rheumatology professionals, whether they are attending in person or can’t travel to the meeting.
Those coming in person will have the full meeting experience and the largest number of options for sessions, formats and venues, along with on-site networking possibilities, Dr. Kolasinski says.
However, given that not everyone will be able to attend in person, nearly all scientific sessions and abstract session recordings will be available on demand, so they can be viewed at a later time—and CME can also be claimed for viewing on demand.
For those not attending in person but are eager to hear some of the content, a curated selection of about 30 of the most popular scientific and abstract sessions will be live-streamed Saturday through Wednesday. Those sessions include the Review Course, the Basic and Clinical Research Conference, the Plenary sessions and Late-Breaking Abstracts. Live-streamed sessions will also include the Great Debate, Memorial Lectureships and special sessions on CAR-T cells, precision clinical trial design and more.
All attendees—whether in person or remote—will have on-demand access to session recordings during the year following the annual meeting.
“While it is not possible to have real-time access to all sessions, we have carefully chosen what we hope will be a very satisfying menu of offerings for our remote, worldwide audience to enjoy live as they occur,” Dr. Kolasinski says.
All attendees can access recorded versions of all sessions on demand within hours of their live presentation at the meeting through the meeting app and website.
Posters will be on the meeting app and website as well.
Interactive Programming
Along with expanded programming and new meeting features, ACR Convergence 2023 will feature some popular sessions attendees will recognize from previous meetings, including:
- The Knowledge Bowl, an interactive session modeled after Jeopardy! Teams include fellows and faculty members who compete by answering questions related to rheumatology.
- Thieves Market, interactive sessions where fascinating adult and pediatric clinical cases related to rheumatology are shared in short presentations. Session participants will have the opportunity to compare their diagnostic and management strategies to those of other rheumatologists.
- The Image Competition, which will showcase the finest images in rheumatology and offer an opportunity to contribute to the ACR Rheumatology Image Library. Images of characteristic or unusual manifestations of rheumatic disease serve as an invaluable tool for rheumatology professionals.
- Patient Perspectives, which invites patients affected by rheumatic disease along with a sponsoring organization, such as a nonprofit patient group to present their stories.
Find out more about these programs on the meeting website.
