SGO Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer

Media & Press

The Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer is the premier scientific conference focused on the delivery of high-quality, gynecologic cancer care.

Press registration Requirements and Process

The SGO provides complimentary meeting registration to media professionals on assignment to produce original news coverage that details findings from research presented during the Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. All coverage must include reference to the meeting.

In order to obtain and complete press registration, interested media personnel must complete the following steps in order:

1. E-mail Elizabeth Kix (elizabeth.kix@sgo.org) with interest, and attach official press credentials (business card, editorial roster or masthead, or international press card), a letter of assignment from editor, and one example of a recently bylined health-related article.

2. Once received and approved, the requestor will be e-mailed a custom registration link, specific for media personnel.

Notes: Journal editors attending for the purpose of soliciting manuscripts and other submissions, advertising, or subscriptions from meeting attendees or exhibitors are not permitted to register as press. Employees of communications and marketing firms must register as general attendees, not media personnel. Press registration from other interested parties, including bloggers, book authors, film crews, etc, will be assessed on a case by case basis, under advisement from the SGO Communications Committee and the SGO Marketing and Communications Department.

EMBARGO POLICY

Media are required to abide by the embargo policies governing the Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. In advance of the
meeting, SGO may provide embargoed press releases and other materials to ensure press have appropriate resources for their reporting. Failure to abide by SGO embargo policies results in dismissal from current and future SGO meetings. For oral presentations, the embargo lifts on the day on which the presentation is being made. For poster presentations, the embargo lifts on the first day they are available for viewing during the meeting.