WCLC 2024
Press and Media
We welcome media to attend the IASLC 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer (#WCLC24). Further information and details about media policies and embargoes can be found below.
Registration and Media Requirements
Press & Media Registration is Open
Press and Media Registration will launch in March, 2024.
- Companies or organizations producing publications, videos and other products intended for marketing, advertising, financial analysis or public relations purposes may not register to attend the meeting as media. This includes any organization that intends to sell or distribute video recorded at the WCLC for monetary gain. Any organization filming video is required to use either the official conference backdrop or a co-branded backdrop (include the IASLC logo).
- Financial analysts; sales, advertising or marketing representatives; book publishers and book authors may not register as media, but are welcome to register as regular attendees.
- Public relations personnel and individuals from communications, print and online promotion services should register as a regular attendee (not as media).
- Media are welcome to attend all general admission Scientific and Educational Sessions. These sessions may NOT be filmed or recorded for rebroadcast in any form. Ticketed sessions or those sessions requiring individual registration are not open to media.
- All media representatives are required to pre-register for the meeting and must be credentialed by the IASLC before being officially registered.
Journalists (Including Photographers)
Journalists, including photographers, must work for the outlet for which they are credentialed (exceptions for freelance journalists are detailed below). Journalists who use their media privileges to work for non-credentialed organizations will have their privileges revoked. Journalists are required to complete the media online pre-registration form and submit the following:
- A letter of assignment on the letterhead of the news organization being represented.
- A photocopy of official press credentials, such a press card issued by a recognized journalists’ association or a government-sanctioned press organization. The IASLC does not recognize press cards issued by web-based organizations such as IFNM and/or a business card issued by a recognized news organization.
Freelance Journalists (Including Photographers)
Freelance journalists including photographers may work for multiple publications, as long as they confirm in advance that those publications are eligible for media registration. Freelance journalists must submit the following:
- A letter of assignment on the letterhead of the news organization being represented.
- A recent copy of the publication (a mailed copy, link to the publication’s website or a photocopy of a cover/issue published within the past 6 months).
Media Policies
Please read carefully as these policies have been updated for 2024, including:
All abstracts accepted for presentation with the exception of abstracts included in the WCLC press program will have their titles released on July 23, 2024 at 10:00 PDT and the full text released on August 14, 2024 at 10:00 PDT.
Abstracts selected for inclusion in the WCLC press program, including Presidential Sessions abstracts, will be kept under embargo until either the time of the presentation or the beginning of the WCLC press conference in which it is presented, whichever comes first.
Press releases that feature data or events involving the WCLC should include the full name of the meeting, specifically: IASLC 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Further, we respectfully request that the release include the official conference hashtag: #WCLC24. To learn more, please visit www.iaslc.org.
Abstracts selected for inclusion in the WCLC press program will be kept under embargo until either the time of the presentation or the beginning of the WCLC press conference in which it is presented, whichever comes first. All abstracts covered in the WCLC press program will receive a press release. All other abstracts will be made available online at 10:00 PDT on August 14, 2024.
All abstracts, including those presented in the press program, will be published as an online supplement to the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO).
Organizations may use social media to disseminate news and information regarding abstracts being presented at the WCLC. All information distributed through social media channels must adhere to the IASLC's embargo policy. Please use the IASLC's World Conference hashtag, #WCLC24 in any social media posts. Members of the media are permitted to photograph and transmit/share on any social media platform any presentation's slides without approval from the presenter and/or the IASLC unless explicitly forbidden. However, authors retain the copyright to their full slide presentations and all copyright laws apply to the reproduction, distribution and/or publication of slides. Representatives from academic institutions are permitted to share slides.
For an in-person meeting, all interviews outside of press conferences must be arranged in advance with interviewees and must take place in IASLC approved and designated rooms, with an IASLC meeting backdrop. No last-minute or hallway interviews are permitted inside the conference facility, IASLC staff are available to help schedule interviews and a limited number of designated interview rooms are available, complimentary to credentialed media and may be scheduled for up to two hours. Sign up is required.
For questions, please see the IASLC staff in the Media Room.
Media organizations filming a large amount of video content must contact the IASLC in advance [email protected] and must meet the following requirements:
- All filming must take place in one designated spot (contact the IASLC for that location).
- No filming of sessions is allowed.
- All filming must be done in front of backdrop which includes any of the below linked images of the IASLC logo. This may be co-branded to have your logo as well, as long as the IASLC logo is visible in the final footage.
IASLC Logo 1 (Download)
- All filming must include the official name of the conference “IASLC 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer” in the questions asked of the interviewees, and acknowledgement must be given to the fact that the interview was conducted at the WCLC.
- Any footage placed on your website must include a reference to the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer.
- If possible, you may also include the conference hashtag: #WCLC24
Once an abstract is submitted to WCLC, the abstract and study data to be presented at WCLC are confidential. For abstracts previously presented at WCLC, the Confidentiality Policy applies to only new or updated data or information in the study.
After the abstract is submitted to and prior to the abstract information being publicly released in conjunction with the WCLC Conference, the author, co-authors, sponsor of the research, journalists and others must not:
- Make the information public or provide it to others who may make it public (such as news media), or
- Use the information for trading in the securities of any issuer or provide it to others who may use it for securities trading purposes.
Confidentiality lifts once WCLC publishes the abstracts online in conjunction with the WCLC Conference. Once the abstract is publicly released by IASLC, the Confidentiality Policy is no longer in effect, and authors are free to discuss their study findings publicly. Formal presentations, which means slides, poster, and/or recording of the study data, however, is reserved for WCLC.
If after submission an abstract or its data has been released in a manner that does not comply with WCLC’s Confidentiality Policy, the abstract is not eligible for inclusion in the WCLC Conference. The abstract may be subject to rejection or removal unless an official Confidentiality Policy Exception applies.
Photography, videotaping and audio recording are allowed for news coverage only in the following areas/events:
- Press Conference / Media Availability
- Interview rooms
- Other designated locations (with IASLC approval)
- Recording in common areas requires permission and/or an IASLC staff escort
We welcome the coverage of the event. Please contact us ahead of time to arrange this. An authorized representative of any press vehicle requiring electrical service or external cabling must be available to coordinate logistical detailed with the IASLC. Live coverage is restricted to designated areas or an area approved by IASLC staff and is on a first-come, first-served basis.
All presentation slides including audio or video recordings as well as the electronic poster files will be released on the virtual platform within 24 hours after the presentation, but only after the talk or the poster has been presented at the Conference.
Organizations may use social media to disseminate news and information regarding abstracts being presented at the WCLC. All information distributed through social media channels must adhere to the IASLC’s embargo policy and social media policies. Please use the IASLC’s World Conference hashtag, #WCLC24 in any social media posts. Members of the media are permitted to photograph or record and transmit/share on any social media platform any presentation’s slides without approval from presented and/or the IASLC unless explicitly forbidden. However, authors retain the copyright to their full slide presentations and all copyright laws apply to the reproduction, distribution and/or publication of slides. Representatives from academic institutions are permitted to share slides. Only non-flash photography of slide presentations is allowed.
The IASLC does not release media lists for the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer.
For questions, please contact:
Chris Martin
VP Public Relations, David James Group
[email protected]
Phone: +1 630 670 2745
Jan Mazotti
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications
[email protected]
Failure to comply with these policies may result in the immediate revocation of any privileges of the current WCLC and for future IASLC events. The IASLC reserves the right to change these policies when needed without notice.