Press Center

FACTS

What: SETAC North America 33rd Annual Meeting
When: 11-15 November 2012
Where: Long Beach, California, USA

If you would like to arrange an on-site or telephone interview prior to the meeting, please contact:
Greg Schiefer
schiefer@setac.org
T 850 469 1500 x 105

POLICIES

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry welcomes media representatives to its annual meetings to report objectively on scientific presentations and environmental issues. Registration is complimentary for editorial staff representatives of general circulation newspapers and magazines, and scientific publications. Advertising or marketing representatives will not be registered, and freelance writers must provide a letter of assignment from an acceptable publisher. All attendees at SETAC annual meetings must formally register.

To obtain a complimentary press pass, please contact:
Mimi Meredith, Publications Manager
mimi.meredith@setac.org
T 850 469 1500 x 113

In order to prevent disruptions and to ensure science-based discourse among speakers and attendees, the following policy applies:

  • There will be no cameras allowed in, nor radio broadcasts made directly from, technical sessions without the express, advance approval of the executive director of SETAC North America. Filming may be allowed in poster sessions (only after having received permission from poster author), in the press room with consenting speakers and in the exhibition hall, after having received permission from the executive director of SETAC North America.
  • No audio taping for re-broadcast of technical presentations or question-and-answer sessions is allowed without express, advance approval by the executive director of SETAC North America
  • A SETAC member or staff member may be assigned to news crews in order to familiarize them with the meeting layout, answer questions about the Society and generally facilitate their work
  • All requests for filming, photographs, interviews, etc. outside this policy must be submitted to the executive director of SETAC North America for a decision
  • This policy is intended to engender a rational and professional forum in which science-based issues can be discussed. Any media representative who sells, markets or represents a company for purposes of obtaining advertising or subscriptions from any exhibitor or registrant will immediately forfeit press credentials for this and subsequent meetings.