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Registration includes:

• admission
• conference materials
• coffee breaks
• welcome reception and food during a poster session

Excluding accommodation

Registration information

Accommodation has to be booked directly at the conference venue, Hotel Zora and participants will receive a code for booking of a special conference package that includes full board and the conference dinner.

Payment

Payment information will be provided with notification of acceptance.

Cancellation policy

All requests for cancellation must be submitted in writing to PCS2026@univie.ac.at not later than 15 July 2026.

For cancellation after 15 July no refund will be issued.

For cancellations between 31 May and 15 July 2026, the cancellation fee is 25% of the registration fee.

For cancellations before 31 May, a handling fee of 50 EUR will apply.

Selection criteria

Participants will be selected by the relevance of their abstract to the conference topic. The selection of oral presentations from abstracts will be done by an international committee of experts based on research topic diversity and findings.

Abstract guidelines

• The title should not exceed 20 words.
• The limit is set to 2000 characters (excluding spaces).
• We recommend that you clear all formatting before pasting in the text. If you have special symbols in your text, make sure you are using Unicode characters, otherwise these will not be recognized.
• Authors and affiliations: Please fill in the author’s details as requested in the online form. The compulsory fields are: First Name, Last Name, Organisation Name (Affiliation or Company), Country and Email.
• Presentation types: When submitting your abstract, you can apply for an oral or poster presentation. A selection process for oral presentations will take place with the results announced around 2 weeks after the abstract submission deadline.

Poster specifications

Poster boards allow for A0-sized posters (1189 mm x 841 mm), 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.

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.

Accessibility grants

EMBO offers accessibility grants to support participants at EMBO Courses & Workshops with any access needs. These grants cover up to 500 Euros for any additional costs e.g. to adapt the conference environment, or to be accompanied by someone to assist them where necessary.

Participants with access needs may apply for a grant via the registration system of the related EMBO event, or by emailing the organizers of the related EMBO event directly.

Code of conduct

Anti-harassment and non-discrimination policy

At EMBO, we believe that harassment and discriminatory behaviour are unacceptable in any setting.

Media and communications policy

Recording or communication of the presented data needs to be agreed upon by all concerned.

EMBO's code of conduct is applicable for all participants of this EMBO meeting and can be found here.