Abstracts for VRIC, VAM 2021

Nov 08, 2020 Re-posted from the November 2020 issue of Vascular Specialist

By Beth Bales

Calling surgeons and scientists: Your research is wanted.

Submission sites are now open for two annual SVS meetings in 2021, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) and the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). The VRIC submission site will close Jan. 6, 2021. Conference details are still being worked out. Registration is expected to open in December. The VAM abstract submission site will open Monday, Nov. 16 and close at 3 p.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

Submission policies and guidelines are available at vsweb.org/Guidelines20. The meeting—which will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Society—will be June 2 to 5 in San Diego. This year, scientific sessions will run, with educational sessions, across all four days.

Registration and housing will open in early March. The SVS continues to plan for an in-person meeting where members can learn from one another.

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