“This new category is designed for submission of abstracts evaluated for the SAEM meeting that are related to the Academic Emergency Medicine 2010 consensus conference. Abstracts in this category should describe research on concepts related to the organization of the emergency care delivery system, demonstrations of effective regionalized systems of care, or other original research pertinent to the development of regionalized, coordinated, and accountable emergency care systems.”

The deadline for submission of SAEM Annual Meeting abstracts is Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Refer to the Call for Abstracts – Annual Meeting for more information. 

The 2010 Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Consensus Conference , "Beyond Regionalization: Integrated Networks of Emergency Care", will be held on June 2, 2010, immediately preceding the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

Original contributions describing relevant research or concepts in this topic will be considered for publication in the December 2010 special topics issue of AEM if received by  Monday, March 26, 2010. All submissions will undergo peer review and publication cannot be guaranteed. Information and updates will also be posted in the  AEM journal, the SAEM Newsletter, and on the SAEM Web site.

Original papers, if accepted, will be published together with the conference proceedings in the December 2010 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine. Papers should be submitted via Manuscript Central --

It should be clearly stated that the manuscript is intended for consideration as an original submission for the 2010 Consensus Conference December issue. For queries, please contact: Brendan Carr, MD, (carrb@upenn.edu) or Ric Martinez, MD, (ricardo_martinez@schumachergroup.com), Consensus Conference Co-Chairs. . Learn More by reading this announcement . . . AEMCC 2010 Call 

(posted 2009 Aug 25)