Results and information related to a session at the ESC Congress, or other meetings organised by the ESC, cannot be presented or announced in any forum prior to presentation in the session or press conference, whichever comes first (unless already released by the ESC itself).
Should circumstances arise in which the trial organisers consider prior disclosure, total or in part, it is imperative that ESC is consulted.
The embargo is lifted at the beginning of the press briefing or scientific presentation. The embargo is lifted on all ORAL and POSTER abstract-based presentations a week before the congress.
What does this mean in detail?
Types of press conferences at ESC Congress 2012:
- Hot Line Press Conferences
- General Press Conferences, that include
- Presentations from prearranged sessions
- Presentations from poster/oral abstract
This impacts our embargo rules so please read this page carefully:
For the Hot Line Studies, the Clinical Trial Updates or the Clinical Registry Highlight sessions
The embargo is lifted at beginning of the press conference or at the beginning of the session, whichever come first.
For the prearranged session papers
The embargo is lifted at the beginning of the relevant press conference or at the beginning of the session, whichever come first.
For the oral and poster abstract-based presentations
The embargo is lifted at the time of the publication of the abstract online.
Embargo breaks?
Breaking of the embargo policy by a reporter leads to:
- Immediate suspension of the reporter’s media credentials
- Immediate barring of the reporter from the meeting premises
- Removal of the reporter’s name from the ESC Press distribution list for 1 year
- No access as a media representative to the following year’s ESC Congress
- No access as a media representative to any other congresses organized by the ESC for 1 year
- Media outlets that employ the reporter or who hired the freelancer to write for them will be barred from accessing next year’s ESC Congress and from sending reporters to any other ESC organised congress for 1 year.
Please do not hesitate to check with one of the ESC Press Office staff members if in doubt!
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