AAIC 2014 News Embargo
The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) is a well-recognized, global platform for news regarding advances in Alzheimer’s and dementia research. If you are interested in having the research you present at AAIC eligible for inclusion in AAIC news releases and news conferences, it must not be published (online or hard copy) or presented previous to presentation at AAIC. (Note: The Association reserves the right to include previously published material in its news program, if it so chooses.)

All materials submitted to AAIC that are chosen to be part of the Alzheimer’s Association news program for AAIC are embargoed for publication and broadcast until the officially scheduled date and time of presentation at AAIC, unless the Alzheimer's Association provides written notice of change of date and/or time in advance.

All news media representatives, scientists and their funders, and exhibitors/sponsors agree to honor the embargoes and release times stated on news releases and other news materials issued by the Alzheimer's Association/AAIC.

If a reporter or news media outlet breaks an AAIC news embargo, the Alzheimer's Association reserves the right to revoke their press access and credentials for the current event and future Alzheimer's Association conferences and events.

If a scientist or company that is a participant in an AAIC news briefing or news release is discovered to have broken the news embargo, or encouraged the breaking of a news embargo, the Alzheimer’s Association reserves the right to remove the participant from the news briefing and remove that scientist’s/company’s information from the news release.

In addition, consequences for violation of the news embargo may include retraction of the accepted abstract and/or loss of privileges of presenting research at AAIC in the future.

Am I allowed to submit abstracts that have been previously presented?
No. You are asked to attest that the abstract has not been published nor presented at another conference. Abstract submissions must contain new information or recent findings to distinguish it from an abstract that may have been presented or published elsewhere. 

Is it acceptable to submit an abstract that presents partial data from a manuscript submitted for publication?
It is not acceptable to submit partial data from a manuscript already submitted for publication AND published in any form before the AAIC embargo date. It is acceptable if the authors could warrant that any publication would be delayed until after the embargo date.

Will the submission of this abstract to AAIC affect the publication of our manuscript?
No. These review processes are independent. The thresholds for acceptance between abstract and manuscript are vastly different.

I have never attended a conference where the abstracts are published in an online supplement to a journal. Does this ever pose a problem for authors with subsequent publication of the research as a full article in a peer-reviewed journal, since the research findings would technically already have been published in Alzheimer's and Dementia?
No. This does not pose a problem for authors. Academic literature has a clear distinction between abstracts and peer-reviewed papers.