Establishing state-of-the-art mollusc genomics

Registration includes:

• All lunches and coffee breaks throughout the conference
• Conference dinner and excursion on the last day

Accommodation is not included.

Registration cost for virtual attendees will be used for extra staff who will manage the streaming and ensure questions and discussions from virtual participants are included.

Payment

Payment will be made through the University of Namur’s payment portal. Because space is limited, we will send these details to attendees who are accepted. This information will come by the end of January, with a payment deadline in the end of March.

Selection criteria

Participants will be chosen based on the content of their scientific abstract, and thus we will give preference to participants with a contributed talk or poster. We especially encourage early career and under-represented participants. Selections will be made to be inclusive of all ages, genders, and geographic regions.

Abstract guidelines

Please include a (maximum) 300-word scientific abstract, and indicate whether you would prefer an oral or poster presentation. Abstracts will be selected based on suitability for the workshop, so be sure to include how your work is linked to genomics.

Poster specifications

A0 posters in portrait format

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 availablefor 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 measures at your meeting

We strongly encourage participants to travel by train when possible. Belgium has excellent connections to cities throughout Europe and it is only a short walk to the conference from the Namur train station. Participants arriving by public transportation will be eligible for a special raffle (please save your ticket for this!).

Once you are here, there is no need for a car, as everything is within walking distance.

Catering at the meeting will mainly be vegetarian.

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.