2. Local Committee Charles Vogely Miquel Ekkelenkamp Jan Geurts Paul Jutte Dirk-Jan Moojen Marc Nijhof Edgar Peters

3. PCO Nicolette van Erven Miranda Motshagen

4. Venue: Jaarbeurs Utrecht Conference Centre Opposite Utrecht Central Station Speakers hotel (Park Plaza) across the street Other hotels at walking distance

5. Provisional program September 11 Plenary session 1: Opening ceremony Key session 1: Biofilm & basic science Key session 2: Diagnostics of potential prosthetic joint infections Key session 3: Therapy in prosthetic infections Free paper session on the topics of the day Welcome reception

6. Provisional program September 12 Key session 4: Post-traumatic infections of the lower extrimeties Key session 5: Spinal infections Free paper session on the topics of the day Conference dinner

7. Provisional program September 13 Key session 7: Infected diabetic foot Free paper session on the topic of the day Free papers: 10 best-rated papers of 2014 Awards and closing remarks In total 128 free papers.

8. Accompanying persons Included in registration: Utrecht city tour (September 11) Welcome reception (September 11) Farewell soup (September 13) Extra fee: Excursion to Amsterdam (September 12)

9. Important dates Deadline abstract submission: May 1, 2014 Deadline early registration: July 1, 2014 Deadline late registration: Sept 1, 2014

10. Promotion Newsletters to database with names of potential delegates (1548 subscribers) Updated flyer to EBJIS board members Social media community on Facebook & Twitter

11. Sponsoring Platinum Partners: Biomet and BoneSupport Gold+ Partner: Heraeus Gold Partner: Bonalive Exhibitors: BioComposites, ECTB, EusaPharma, Tecres, Waldemar Link KCI Medical, Cepheid and Francemed expressed their interest, AAP will decide February 2014.

12. Review procedure (start May 8, 2014)

13. Login with email and password (sent to reviewers by organizers)

14. Proceed to “Reviewer / Submission” to review abstracts of the topics assigned to reviewer

15. Abstract Review questions

16. Website for chair of review committee

17. Open all reviews

18. Review scores of this abstract Click to see all abstract reviews Select an abstract

19. All review scores can also be downloaded in an excel file.

20. Let’s meet in Utrecht in 2014!