BIHS Endorsement of Scientific Meetings

The British & Irish Hypertension Society has a policy to cover requests for endorsement of scientific meetings organised by outside agencies:

• In order for the BIHS to endorse a meeting not wholly organised or initiated by itself, the BIHS Executive Committee must be actively involved in planning the scientific programme and selecting speakers etc.
• The BIHS does not normally endorse meetings whose primary focus is unconnected to hypertension.
• A request for endorsement should be sent to the BIHS Secretary (bihs@in-conference.org.uk) in the initial stages of the planning in order to comply with the above.
• The involvement of a BIHS member either as a speaker or chair at the meeting is not sufficient to claim BIHS endorsement.
• The Society’s name and logo must not be used to promote the meeting in any way until express permission and agreement has been granted by the President, Vice-President or Secretary on behalf of the BIHS Executive Committee. This includes invitations to other societies and/or agencies to participate in the event.
• A decision by the Society to endorse or support a meeting does not necessarily imply any financial obligations on behalf of the BIHS. For further information, please contact:
  BIHS Meetings Secretariat
  In Conference Ltd
  bihs@in-conference.org.uk
  Tel: 0131 336 4203