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Media Registration Now Open: AACR Annual Meeting 2024, April 5-10

January 18, 2024

SAN DIEGO – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its 115th Annual Meeting from April 5-10, 2024, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. The meeting will be presented in a hybrid format, allowing participants to attend in person or virtually. Registration for the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 is complimentary for credentialed news media.

The AACR Annual Meeting offers scientists, clinicians, survivors, patients, and advocates an outstanding opportunity to share the latest advances in cancer science and medicine. Following this year’s theme, “Inspiring Science • Fueling Progress • Revolutionizing Care,” presentations at the meeting will span the entire field of cancer research, from population science and prevention; to cancer biology, translational, and clinical studies; to survivorship and advocacy.

The meeting will feature distinguished speakers from around the world, hundreds of invited talks, and more than 7,000 proffered papers. View the preliminary program on the AACR’s website.

HOUSING DEADLINE AND MEDIA REGISTRATION

The deadline to make hotel reservations through AACR Housing is Friday, February 23. Hotel information can be found in the Accommodations and Travel section on the AACR website. We recommend making hotel reservations as soon as possible due to anticipated increases in meeting attendance and housing demand. You may reserve a hotel room before registering for the meeting.

Journalists may register to attend the meeting in person in San Diego or virtually. Both in-person and virtual registrants will have access to live-streamed and on-demand sessions through the virtual meeting platform. Additional information on the meeting features included with in-person and virtual registration is available here.

Journalists planning to cover the meeting must register through the AACR public relations team via the form linked below to receive the embargoed press program and other important communications.

To register as press, journalists must provide:

  • Official press credentials such as a business card, editorial roster or masthead, international press card, or letter of assignment
  • Bylined coverage from a previous AACR Annual Meeting. First-time attendees must provide two examples of recent bylined health/medical/science coverage in news outlets that meet the AACR’s criteria
  • Freelance journalists who have a letter of assignment should upload a copy of the letter to the registration form linked below
  • Members of the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) may register regardless of assignment and should upload proof of membership to the registration form linked below

Please review the AACR’s media registration requirements and policies. Journalists can request registration by filling out this form. Contact Kathleen Venango at [email protected] or 215-290-5408 with any registration questions.

EMBARGO POLICY

Individuals registered as press for the AACR Annual Meeting agree to abide by all embargoes. Please review the AACR’s embargo policy.

Abstracts will be posted to the online itinerary planner at the time embargoes lift. Below are the dates and times when embargoes lift:

  • Regular abstract titles and text release on March 5, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. ET
  • Late-breaking and clinical trials abstract titles ONLY (no text) release on March 5, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. ET
  • Late-breaking and clinical trials abstract text release on April 5, 2024 at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET

Abstracts selected for the official AACR Annual Meeting press program are embargoed until date and time of presentation during the Annual Meeting, either at an official AACR press conference or in a scientific session. Press program abstracts and press releases will be shared with registered reporters about a week in advance of the meeting and made publicly available once the embargo lifts.

CONTACT

For more information on the Annual Meeting or press operations, visit our newsroom or contact a member of the AACR public relations team: