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Technical Support Information – Desktop Computers

In order to view the webcast, you must have a currently supported HTML5 compliant web browser with standards-based media playback support on supported versions of the Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

Video webcasts require that you have a broadband Internet connection with at least 600kbps of download connectivity. If you are having difficulty with playback of a video webcast, for example playback is buffering frequently, please check your internet connection. Downloadable audio-only MP3 files are available for each session.

If you are still having trouble viewing the webcasts, please carefully review the detailed System Requirements and Troubleshooting Steps webpage.

Using the Capital Reach Media Player

For each session, there may be two different versions of the media player. Some sessions may include video of the presenter.

  1. Slide video – video of the speaker's slide presentation is the default stream displayed in the player. This option displays all speaker mouse movements and videos included in presentations.
  2. Audio and slides – audio of the speaker's presentation is the default stream in the player. Static slide images in the slide presentations are synchronized to the audio stream.

Navigating the Presentation Webcast

The player offers several tools to navigate the presentation:

  1. "Browse Slides" icon – select the browse slides icon to navigate to any slide in the presentation by selecting the slide thumbnail image.

Player Tools

  1. "Speaker Information" icon – if available, displays information about the speakers and presentations in the session.
  2. "Download Media" icon – select this button to download an audio-only file of the session.
  3. Playback Controls
    • Play/Pause button – select this button to play or pause the default media stream of the player.
    • Stop button – select this button to stop the default media stream of the player.

Mobile Device Support

Presentation playback is available on supported versions of Apple iOS devices (Apple iPad and iPhone) and Android devices with an enabled Internet connection and a currently supported web browser with standards based media playback support. Users of these devices can stream sessions to their mobile device. Users have the option to stream either slide presentation video or audio-only from the session. Please note that some advanced interactivity features of the desktop player may not be supported on the Apple iOS mobile devices.

Speaker Info
Neuroendocrine Aspects of Addictive Disorders
Dopamine Agonists and the Induction of Addictive Behaviors in Endocrine Disease
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Ashley Grossman, MD
Churchill Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Ashley Grossman was awarded an Open Exhibition to St Catharine's College, Cambridge, but left to complete a degree in Psychology and Social Anthropology at the University of London, and then entered University College London where he received a First Class degree in Anatomy, and the University Gold Medal from University College Hospital Medical School. He started in the Dept. of Endocrinology at St Bartholomew's Hospital and medical school, eventually becoming Professor of Neuroendocrinology at Barts and the London School of Medicine in 1993. He moved to OCDEM, Churchill Hospital, in 2011 where he was appointed Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Oxford, and in 2012 Fellow of Green-Templeton College. Most recently, he has moved to become Consultant in neuroendocrine tumours at the Royal Free Hospital, London, in the ENETS Centre of Excellence, and is also Professor of Neuroendocrinology at Barts and the London School of Medicine. He was awarded MRCP in 1978, FRCP in 1990, MD in 1992 and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999. He has published some 500 peer-reviewed papers and nearly 400 chapters and reviews, most recently in hypothalamic and pituitary tumours and endocrine oncology. He has recently published as senior editor the Oxford Desk Reference in Endocrinology (2018), and Advanced Practice in Endocrinology Nursing (2019). He was awarded the Clinical Endocrinology Trust prize lecture in 2004, the European Society for Endocrinology Geoffrey Harris Prize in 2014, and the Iain MacIntyre prize lecture at Barts and the London in 2017: he has been President of the ENEA, the Society for Endocrinology (2012-2014), Chairman of UKINETS (2010-2012), and was President of the Pituitary Society (2015-2016).
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