Registration includes:
- Admission and conference materials
- Lunches, coffee breaks and dinners
- Excursion on Day 3
Accommodation is NOT included in the registration.
Payment
The registration fee should be paid via credit card payment no later than 15 March 2024.
The payment confirmation/receipt will be forwarded to the participants via e-mail after payment is completed.
Selection criteria
Up to 150 participants will be selected based on active participation as demonstrated by submission of a scientific abstract (selected for oral presentations or a poster presentation, possibly with a lightning talk). In addition, we will prioritize participants based on scientific excellence with a strong consideration for inclusivity across career stages, gender and geographic distribution.
Abstract guidelines
Abstracts must be written in English and should be no longer than 350 words.
From the abstracts, the organisers will select 16 oral presentations and an additional 20 for lightening talks prior to the poster sessions.
Poster specifications
Details for the poster presentations will be provided by email to selected applicants.
Travel grants and registration fee waivers
Travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for participants.
Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. EMBO travel grants and registration fee waivers are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.
Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.
Additional travel grants are available for EMBC Associate Member States Chile, India, Singapore and Taiwan.
Special travel grants and registration fee waivers
A limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for scientists working in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey. Grants are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.
A maximum of 700 Euros per participant are available to cover registration fees, travel, and accommodation (no additional subsistence costs can be covered). To apply, please indicate the itemized amount requested in the travel grants section of the registration form.
Child care grants
EMBO Courses and Workshops offers grants to offset additional childcare costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Workshop funded meeting. Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-care facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meeting etc. Please indicate on the registration form whether you would like to be considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the childcare grant and specify the sum that you will need.
Sustainability
The CO2 footprint of our meeting, we are planning to offset this for all invited speakers ia the Singapore Airlines Group Carbon Offset Programme (https://carbonoffset.singaporeair.com.sg/). All contributions will go towards verified carbon offset projects in the region with a focus on rainforest preservation, solar power and cleaner cookstoves.
The venue is a certified environmentally friendly. The NUS campus is in line with the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and a Campus Sustainability Roadmap has been developed to be a carbon neutral campus in a tropical rainforest by 2030. These efforts include zero waste programmes as well as a Cool NUS Initiative, which isparticularly relevant in a tropical climate. For its efforts NUS has already been awarded the Green Mark(GM) Platinum Champion Award by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore. Hence,we are here aiming to balance the advantages of a small, in-person meeting in an internationallystrategic location with efforts to minimise the CO2 footprint of the meeting in an environmental-conscious community.
Catering will include vegetarian days, locally sourced ingredients, and bottled water or single-use wares will be avoided.
Code of conduct
Anti-harassment and non-discrimination policy
At EMBO, we believe that harassment and discriminatory behaviour are unacceptable in any setting. EMBO's code of conduct is applicable for all participants of this EMBO meeting and can be found here.
