Important Dates for World Congress 2010

Deadline for Additional Items for the Agenda – 29th World Congress
^{Bylaw § 4.1 "Each BLS Association Member may request that additional items be added to the agenda so long as such requests are delivered to
the President four months or more prior to the date of such Regular GAD" Requests must be sent no later than February 10th 2010.}^{Nominations "Any member of a BLS Association Member, a Provisional BLS Association Member or a Group Member, each Individual
member and each incumbent Council Member, shall be eligible for nomination and election as a Council Member. In order to stand for election, such an individual must:(a) be nominated by one or more BLS Association Members and agree in writing to stand for election, four months or more prior to the date of the GAD…."
Nominations must be sent no later than February 10th 2010. Deadline for Awards Program
The Elisabeth Pletscher Award - sponsored by the Nordic Group of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists' Associations,
The Nordic Award - sponsored by the Nordic Group of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists' Associations,
The Sysmex Scientific Award - sponsored by Sysmex Corporation,
The Tokosha Good Poster Awards - sponsored by Tokosha Incorporated,
The IFBLS Student Award - sponsored by IFBLS,
The IFBLS Past President’s Award - sponsored by IFBLS.
Applications must be post marked or sent electronically to the IFBLS Office by February 15, 2010.}