The next generation in infection biology

Registration Fees (include access to all of the talks, digital poster sessions and online group discussions, and help us cover our costs to run the event. For further information please refer to the FAQ page):

Accredited journalists may be eligible to register for complimentary registration. Registrants may be required to provide accreditation or equivalent proof of press membership after registration. Please contact Inna Bösselmann for more information.

Confirmation and Payment

Registration will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Your place can only be confirmed after payment of the registration fee.
Types of payments accepted are international bank transfers and credit card payments.

Abstract Submission

Instructions for Postdocs wishing to apply for an oral presentation

Only registered participants are eligible to submit an abstract. We only accept online abstract submissions.

After you have logged in and successfully registered, you will receive an email asking you to submit your abstract of your current work, general directions of your future lab, specific aims of your research plan, and include a brief CV with three selected publications. Additionally you will be asked to submit a 5 minutes video short talk.  Click on the link provided and enter your application details. Alternatively, you can submit your abstract by clicking on the link on the confirmation page directly after registering. Your application will only be complete when both, abstract and short talk video, have been submitted. Plenary talks will be selected from the applications based on all submitted material. The submitted application material will be accessible to all participants throughout the conference.

A selection process will take place with the results announced 5-6 weeks after the abstract submission deadline.

For infection biology institutes wishing to participate, please contact the organisers.

Registration Fee Waivers

All academic and student registrants are invited to apply for a registration fee waiver, provided by the EMBL Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme and EMBO. The registration fee waiver covers the registration sum that you have paid to attend the meeting. Conference participants are not required to pre-pay the registration fee to be selected for a fee waiver for a virtual meeting. If you have already paid the registration fee and are awarded a fee waiver, it will be reimbursed after the meeting.

Application

Applications for financial assistance can be submitted via the submission portal* (for the submission of abstracts for conferences or the submission of motivation letters for courses) by completing the Financial Assistance Application Section (underneath the section for entering abstract/motivation letter information). The link to the portal can be found in the registration confirmation email that you will receive after registering for the conference.

Selection

The scientific organisers will select the recipients of registration fee waivers during the abstract selection process for conferences and the participant selection process for courses. Results will be announced approximately 3 – 4 weeks before the event start date. Selection results do not impact your admission to the meeting. Registration fee waiver selection is based on your current work or study location, your motivation for applying, the reasons for needing financial support and the impact this event will have on your career.

Further details

Check our list of external funding opportunities and information on attending a conference as an event reporter.

For further information about financial assistance please refer to the FAQ page.

Guidelines

Please do:

• Use the event-specific hashtag as communicated during the event for any related tweets
• Tweet unless the speaker specifically says otherwise
• Be mindful of unpublished data
• Be respectful in tone and content

Please don’t:

• Share Slack, live stream or poster session links with others
• Broadcast the conference to unregistered participants
• Capture, transmit or redistribute data presented at the meeting unless presenter gives explicit consent
• Use offensive language in your posts
• Engage in rudeness or personal attacks

Additional information can be found in our Code of Conduct.

Health and well-being

It is important to stay healthy and move around, especially when you are attending an event virtually. We have put together a few coffee break stretches and yoga videos. You can find these under ‘resources’ on the conference platform.

How to ask questions

Please use the Q&A function. It is possible to send a direct message to participants, poster presenters, and speakers within the conference platform.

If you have any other questions, you can go to the Help Desk on the conference platform. Click on ‘more’ on the top menu and click Help Desk. 

Time zone

The programme is planned based on Central European Time (CET) or Central European Summer Time (CEST) unless otherwise stated. As many virtual participants are attending from around the world, we do our best to accommodate as many time zones as possible when creating the programme. Please take your time zone into consideration when planning your attendance. Remember to set your time zone in your account. 

Virtual event platforms

We are using a virtual event platform for this conference. More information about the platform will be shared ahead of the conference.

Please find additional information including FAQs and terms and conditions on our Information for Participants page.