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ASH Annual Meeting Edition
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Late to the Party
The growth of social media in medicine – the topic of a SpecialInterest Session at #ASH15 – shows no signs of stopping. At
last year’s meeting, use of the #ASH14 hashtag generated:
Did you wait until the last day to finalize your abstract submission? Don’t
feel guilty, most of your colleagues did
the same thing. Of the 6,206 abstracts
that were submitted to the ASH annual
meeting this year, 3,456 abstracts
were completed on the last day of the
submission period.
TWEETS
18,545
PARTICIPANTS
3,127
Startlingly, 2,310 abstract submissions
were started on the last day!
Science Overload
AVERAGE TWEETS
PER PARTICIPANT
6
AVERAGE TWEETS
PER HOUR
How much new science can your brain handle? This year’s attendees are poised to find out.
The 2015 ASH Annual Meeting program includes:
129
How will the numbers from #ASH15 stack up? It’s up to you!
Make sure to use #ASH15 when tweeting about the annual
meeting, and check @ASHClinicalNews for updates.
4,536 abstracts in
62 categories
2 Featured Topic
Discussion Sessions
1 Late-Breaking
Abstract Session
39 Education
Program Sessions
137 Simultaneous
Oral Abstract
Sessions
Happy Meals
6 Spotlight
Sessions
Hematologists are a hungry group. According to the meeting
organizers, 22,915 boxed lunches will be served over the course
of the meeting. That’s:
2,9 5
0,000
0,000
3 Special Scientific
Symposia
18 Scientific
Program Sessions
during ASH-sponsored events
With all the running between sessions, browsing the exhibit hall, and
perusing the posters, meeting attendees are set to rack up quite a
number of steps – their FitBits might not be able to keep up.
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