Energy balance in metabolic diseases

Registration includes:

• 2 lunches

• Welcome cocktail

• Visit to Malaga

• All coffee breaks

Excluding accommodation

Payment

CONGRESOS SANT YAGO

Avda de Villagarcía, 7
15706 Santiago de Compostela
Email: congresos@santyago.es
Phone: 0034 981599256

Cancellation policy

You are able to cancel up to 1 month before the workshop, with a refund minus administrative costs of €50.

With a cancellation of 30 days or more before the workshop, you receive a 100% reimbursement.

Selection criteria

• Each applicant will be requested to submit a short abstract summarizing his/her project and how the workshop might be useful in the future. Abstracts will be used to assess which applicants could benefit the most.
• Each applicant will be expected to have a basic prior knowledge in metabolism.
• Fair distribution of applicants from different countries and scientific institutes.
• Fair gender distribution.
• Fair seniority distribution: students, postdocs, scientists and industry participants.

Abstract guidelines

Abstracts should ideally describe unpublished material and be limited to 350 words maximum, including references. Please indicate if you wish to present a short talk.

Poster specifications

Please bring a printed copy of your poster, A0 size, portrait format.

We will have 3 poster sessions (2-hour/each). This will give participants a chance to present and discuss their posters to the speakers and colleagues.

Prizes will be awarded to the best posters presented during the meeting.

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.

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 the meeting

Catering will include vegetarian meals.

Abstract books and programs will be shared in electronic form 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.