Media/Press Information

Thank you for your interest in covering The American Society of Breast Surgeons 21st Annual Meeting. We welcome and encourage press to attend our annual meeting. Press releases on research featured during the meeting, as well as a complete listing of all accepted abstracts, will be accessible through this webpage on April 30, 2020.

General Information

Designed specifically to meet the educational and practice-enhancing needs of surgeons who treat breast disease, the Society’s 21st Annual Meeting will convene April 29–May 3, 2020, in Las Vegas, NV.

Press representatives may cover all portions of The American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting except for pre-meeting courses, examinations, and social functions.

Registered press must wear press badges when attending the meeting.

Press Credentials

Only representatives of the following media will be registered as press:

• General circulation newspapers or magazines
• Medical or health-care publications
• Broadcast media or online news services

Additionally, freelancers who present a letter of assignment from a print, online, or broadcast news organization are eligible for press registration.

Note: Advertising, marketing, or public relations representatives from publications or commercial firms will not be registered as members of the press, nor will writers and editors intending to highlight the activities of health care manufacturers or who represent industry publications.

Embargo Policy

All scientific abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation during the Society’s 21st Annual Meeting, press releases, and the Society’s Official Proceedings are embargoed until Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 8:30 am Pacific / 11:30 am Eastern. The Society strictly enforces its embargo policy, which prohibits the distribution or publication of the contents of abstracts ahead of the embargo time. Embargoed press releases and official proceedings of the meeting will be distributed to registered credentialed press in advance of the meeting.

Failure to abide by the Society’s embargo policy will result in forfeiture of press credentials for this and future annual meetings.

Press Events

A virtual press briefing will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 8:30 am Pacific / 11:30 am Eastern.

Registration

To apply for press access to the general session and to register for the virtual press briefing of the Society’s 21st Annual Meeting, contact Jeanne Phillips at jphillips@healthflashmarketing.com or 203‑977‑3333.