Welcome to the Personal Scheduler. The personal scheduler is a tool that helps you get the most out of this year’s Annual Meeting. Please be sure to quickly skim through these few instructions and pointers which will ensure that the scheduler serves you to its full capability.

What You Can Do:
  • View a comprehensive schedule of all of your events and identify any scheduling conflicts

  • Add/Remove Scheduled Events and create your own personal events

  • Build your reading list

  • Print your schedule and abstracts for your events

  • Import your schedule into your hand-held device (Please pay close attention to the brief instructions at the time of download). If you download to your PDA, please wait until the day before travel to ensure you have the latest updates.
Scheduler Instructions and Explanation of Icons
  • To move between pages, please use the Navigation bar, as seen below, that is situated at the top of each page.
  • The most important feature is the colored recatangular buttons:
    , , and
    Each click on the button changes the status.

    SKIP-marked events will not be included in your schedule
    ATTEND-marked events will show up automatically in your schedule
    READ-marked events will show up in your reading list

  • Other useful buttons are these three, always found in the upper right corner: ||

    : Add your own personal notes and events not included in the meeting schedule

    : Import to your PDA calendar | Print full text lineup of abstracts in the section

    : Print the page you are viewing
By using your e-mail address and password, you can access your personal schedule at any time from any computer connected to the Internet.

How to Log In to the Personal Scheduler:

Whether you are a first-time user or a returning user, enter you e-mail address and a password below and click the "Log in" button.








OR enter your e-mail above and click below if you forgot your password:

First-time users:
  • Your e-mail address will serve as a login ID and will not be used to send you unwanted mail.
  • The password must include between 3 and 8 characters. Passwords longer than 8 characters will be truncated. It can include letters and numbers.
  • You will receive an e-mail to remind you of your username and password. It will also include a link that automatically logs you into the Scheduler.

Returning users:

If you forgot your password, enter your e-mail address on the left then click the appropriate button. We will e-mail it to you.

Features of the Personal Scheduler:

  • Browse/Search: You have several options for searching or browsing the program. Search to quickly find particular speakers or topics of interest. Browse to learn what else has been scheduled.
  • My Schedule: A concise and detailed display of the events that you have chosen to attend. The details of your schedule can be saved on your hard drive and then loaded into the calendar on your desktop and PDA; or it can be printed.
  • My Reading List: You will probably find more events of interest than you can possibly attend at the meeting. The personal scheduler allows you to add those events to a hyperlinked "reading" list for future reference.
  • Add Event: Your schedule can include events not in the official program, such as a lunch or dinner date with a colleague.
  • Help: You can obtain more detailed instructions on using it by clicking the "Help" link at the top of the page.
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