Registration includes:
* Single rooms have a supplement of 165€ for the 3 nights. Please indicate if you prefer a single room but notice that availability is not guaranteed. If you wish to share a room with a specific participant let us know.
Payment
By bank transfer
Selection criteria
Applicants will be chosen based on the scientific content of the submitted abstract, motivation letter (150 words max) and previous contributions to the field.
The decisions will be made by the organizing committee.
Abstract guidelines
The length of the abstract should be maximum 300 words, excluding the title and author affiliations.
The organisers will review all abstracts and selected participants will be informed by email if their abstracts are chosen for a Poster Talk or a Flash Poster Talk.
Poster specifications
The posters should have as maximum the dimensions of an A0 portrait (height: 118,9cm, width: 84,1cm)
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
Some invited speakers from other continents are asked to give their talks remotely to save on travel.
A discount on registration fees will be provided to participants traveling by train.
The venue takes some energy efficiency measures such as LED lights, energy efficient equipment and climatisation.
Catering will include vegetarian days, locally sourced ingredients, and bottled water or single-use wares will be avoided.
Participants are requested to offset the CO2 footprint from the flights by paying the extra charge offered by most airlines.
The remaining CO2 footprint (calculated using data from UK Defra and UN Climate Change) will be offset by purchasing carbon credits through the certified United Nations Carbon Offset Platform.
Abstract books and programs will be electronic only.
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.
