ACG Annual Meeting FAQs
General Information
Where is the Meeting?
The Philadelphia Marriott is the official ACG headquarters hotel, and rooms have been blocked for ACG attendees at a reduced rate at this hotel and others in Phildelphia.
When does the ACG 2024 begin and end?
What does it mean that ACG 2024 is a hybrid conference?
In-person attendees will have access to everything you expect at live ACG conferences as well as access to the sessions on the Conference Platform (based on course registration).
Virtual registrants will use the Conference Platform to watch the live-streamed sessions during the conference dates.
Both in-person and virtual registration include access to presentation handouts, slides, live-streamed sessions, and on-demand content on the Conference Platform (based on course registration) until March 31, 2025; handouts and slides will remain available on the mobile app after that date.
If my abstract is accepted for presentation, do I need to register to attend?
What should I wear to ACG 2024?
Who do I contact if I have a dietary restriction?
Do you provide special assistance for persons with physical limitations?
Will there be Internet access at the meeting?
Is there a meeting app?
With the app, you will have full access to all available slide presentations for each course for which you have registered. The app also contains a fully searchable schedule of events, list of program participants, abstracts, maps, exhibit information, and more.
In addition, the app will sync with a personal schedule that meeting registrants can create online before the meeting. Visit the ACG 2024 Conference Platform.
As a registered attendee, you will be able to create an account on the Conference Platform that allows you to select presentations and events to build your own personal schedule, making it easy to prioritize your time by planning your ACG 2024 activities in advance. Once you have created an account, you will be able to access your schedule at any time using this site, and can continue to add or remove activities and presentations.
The ACG 2024 event app will be available shortly before the meeting, and can be accessed within the ACG Mobile app. Once you log into the event app, the schedule you created in ACG 2024 Conference Platform will synchronize to your app account, putting your personalized schedule at your fingertips when you are on-site at the meeting in Philadelphia. You will also have the option to allow the app to add sessions to your personal Outlook or Google calendar.
To use the ACG 2024 event app, you must first have the ACG Mobile app installed on your device. ACG Mobile is available free from both Google Play and Apple app stores. Information on how to access the ACG 2024 app will be emailed to all registrants shortly before the meeting.
What social events are planned?
What activities and attractions are available in and around Philadelphia?
Will there be any events during the meeting for attendees’ families?
What are some of the GI Fellows-in-Training events at the meeting?
How do I earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points at the meeting?
When will the 2024 Self-Assessment Test be available?
Virtual Postgraduate Course participants will receive access to the online version of the SAT when it is released on September 24.
In addition, ACG 2024 participants not registered for the Postgraduate Course may choose to purchase the online version of the 2024 Self-Assessment Test through the ACG website at https://satest.gi.org beginning September 24, 2024.
How do I register for Hands-on Endoscopy Workshop sessions?
I am a speaker. Can I review my presentation on-site?
Yes, there will be a Speaker Ready Room where speakers can pick up their registration badge and materials and check their presentations. All speakers are requested to check-in at the Speaker Ready Room at least one day before their presentation, and speakers must review their slide presentations.
Can I apply for ACG membership while at the meeting?
Can I pay my ACG membership dues at the meeting?
How can I leave a message for an attendee during the meeting?
Attendees using the mobile app can elect to share their contact information with other app users, and can also be messaged directly from within the app. The list of app users can be found in the People Tile in the app.
Registration
How do I register?
Do I need to be a member to attend?
Are there special registration rates for GI Fellows and Trainees?
Non-member Residents, Trainees, and Medical Students receive discounted rates for all courses, and are required to provide a letter from their Program Director verifying their status.
What does my registration fee include if I am attending in-person or virtually?
In-person attendees will have access to everything you expect at live ACG conferences as well as access to the sessions on the Conference Platform (based on course registration).
Virtual registrants will use the Conference Platform to watch the live-streamed sessions during the conference dates.
Both in-person and virtual registration include access to presentation handouts, slides, live-streamed sessions, and on-demand content on the Conference Platform (based on course registration) until March 31, 2025; handouts and slides will remain available on the mobile app after that date.
Will a printed syllabus be available for any of the courses?
What meals are included with registration?
Do you have a one-day registration rate available for the Postgraduate Course or the Annual Scientific Meeting?
Does ACG membership come with my registration fee?
Can I register for conference over the phone?
Can I register on-site? Is there a cut-off date for register?
Where can I pick up my registration materials?
Speakers (including oral abstract presenters) should go directly to the Speaker Ready Room to pick up their registration badge and materials, and check their presentations.
Can I change my registration type from in-person to virtual, or virtual to in-person?
Can I add or switch an event on-site at the meeting?
Can I bring a guest?
What is the cancellation/refund policy?
How can I get a receipt for my registration? Will it list what I have registered for?
Is there group registration or discounts for groups?
COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols
What health and safety protocols has ACG put in place for ACG 2024?
Housing
How do I reserve my hotel room in Philadelphia?
Travel
Which airport and Amtrak train station are closest to the convention center?
I am coming from outside the U.S. Where do I find travel information and requirements?
I need an invitation letter for my visa application. How do I request one?
How do I get to the meeting from the airport?
I’m driving. Where do I park?
Abstracts
What is the deadline to submit abstracts? Can I submit later? Can I edit/change it later?
Does submitting an abstract automatically register me for the ACG 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting?
When will I receive notification of my abstract acceptance, and presentation time and date?
How do I withdraw my abstract after the submission period has closed?
Do you accept late-breaking abstracts?
Conference Platform
What is the Conference Platform and how do I use it?
All ACG 2024 registrants are strongly encouraged to create a Conference Platform account and explore the site prior to start of the meeting. While anyone can preview this site without logging in, you must be logged in with your account in order to attend any livestream sessions, view presentation slides, and connect with other attendees.
Based on course registration, virtual registrants will use the Conference Platform to access the daily livestreamed sessions; in-person registrants will also be able to watch the daily livestreamed sessions if they wish. (Livestream sessions will NOT be available in the mobile app, they will be on the Conference Platform website only.)
Based on course registration, all registrants can use the Conference Platform to access on-demand video content starting October 25, 2024, and can also access presentation slides. On-demand video content and presentation slides will be available on the Conference Platform until March 31, 2025 (slides will be available on the mobile app after March 31, 2025).
Additionally, the Conference Platform offers attendees the ability to connect via text or video chat with other attendees based on shared areas of interest or experience. Attendees who agree to share their contact information when they create a Platform account can connect with others. This is optional, but those who do not opt to share will not be able to connect with others.
The Conference Platform is also home to the virtual exhibit hall, the ePoster Hall, information about special events and industry-sponsored presentations, and resources to help attendees navigate the meeting as live or virtual attendees.
For those using the mobile app (which will be available shortly before the meeting), your Conference Platform account will sync to your mobile app account, making your personal ACG 2023 daily schedule available on your mobile device. (Livestream sessions will NOT be available in the mobile app, they will be on the Conference Platform website only.)
Plan several visits to the Conference Platform in the months leading up ACG 2024 to select the sessions you want to attend and fine-tune your schedule. We will continue to add items to the agenda, new exhibitors, and accepted paper and poster abstracts.
What will be livestreamed, and who can watch?
The following courses will be livestreamed: The Friday morning GI Pathology and Imaging Course; the Friday afternoon What’s New in GI Pharmacology Course; the Friday ASGE Endoscopy Course; the Saturday-Sunday Postgraduate Course*; the Monday-Wednesday Annual Scientific Meeting*.
*Both the Postgraduate Course and the Annual Scientific Meeting include simultaneous symposia sessions; the Annual Scientific Meeting includes simultaneous oral paper sessions. ACG will livestream one of the simultaneous sessions, and the remaining session(s) will be recorded and posted as on-demand video content to the Conference Platform in the weeks after the meeting.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SUMMIT: While the Friday Practice Management Summit will not be livestreamed, it will be recorded and added to the Conference Platform after the meeting.
What recorded content will be available, and how can it be watched?
Sessions that are livestreamed from Philadelphia each day during the meeting will be recorded and posted as on-demand video content to the Conference Platform after the meeting. Sessions that will not be livestreamed (such as some simultaneous symposia or oral paper sessions) will be recorded live and posted as on-demand video content after the meeting. Access to all on-demand video content will be based on course registration.
The following courses will be recorded: The Friday morning GI Pathology and Imaging Course; the Friday afternoon What’s New in GI Pharmacology Course; the Friday ASGE Endoscopy Course; the Friday Practice Management Summit; the Saturday-Sunday Postgraduate Course; the Monday-Wednesday Annual Scientific Meeting.
Starting October 25, 2024, attendees whose registration includes purchase of the Postgraduate Course Learning Luncheon Bonus Sessions and/or the Annual Scientific Meeting Bonus Sessions will be able to watch these recorded lectures on the ACG Conference Platform until March 31, 2025. (There will be no in-person Annual Scientific Meeting Bonus Sessions presented live in Philadelphia.)
Media and Press
How can I follow meeting news on social media?
Follow ACG on these social media platforms: Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube
Share Your Insights: Insert #ACG2024 into meeting-related posts on all social media platforms.
How do reporters request press credentials?
To register for press credentials, submit the form here.
When is the embargo?
The embargo policy means that no news, information, results of any abstract or research finding can be released to the media or published before Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:00 pm ET.
This embargo includes revealing anything about the results (including the title of the abstract—since often times the title indicates the finding) in a press release or “curtain raiser.”
What is the photography/video policy?
Can exhibitors hold outside press conferences?
How can reporters learn about newsworthy abstracts?