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  • Central ESPEN
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Congress Information

Accompanying Persons

Accompanying Person's Registration Fees:
Until 7 June 2009  EURO 080
From 8 June 2009 EURO 095

Accompanying Persons' Registration Fee includes:
– Welcome Reception
– Vienna City Tour
– Information Brochures on Vienna
– Transportation Pass on the Public Vienna Network (airport not included)

You're an Accompanying Person and you wish to plan your time in Vienna, click here to create your own programme with excursions, museums, shows, and much more!

Badges

A name badge will be provided on-site with your registration documents. Name badges must be visible and used at all times anywhere within the Congress Centre.

Certificate of Attendance

A certificate of attendance will be included in the Congress bag together with some instructions. It is to be filled directly by the participant.

CME

The organisers have applied for Continuing Medical Education credits for full attendance to the European Accreditation Council for continuing Medical Education (EACCME). The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EACCME credits are recognised by the American Medical Association towards the Physicians' Recognition Award (PRA). Delegates wishing to claim CME points must fill in the CME evaluation form (to be found in the delegate's bag) and place
the latter in the “Evaluation Box” located at the registration area. No CME will be given unless the evaluation form has been filled in and returned during the event ONLY.

Congress Documents

The Congress documents should be collected on-site at the Registration Desk during opening hours, at the Vienna Congress Centre.

Disclaimer

ESPEN and MCI Suisse SA, as the Congress planner, claim no liability for the act of any supplier to this meeting, nor liability for personal injury, the safety of any attendee while in transit to or from this event, for any loss or damage, for delays in transport by air, sea, rail, road, weather, in case of strikes, sickness, war or other causes.

Exhibition Information

The ESPEN 2009 exhibition, featuring commercial displays of International Organisations, Pharmaceutical Companies, Media Publishers and Scientific Societies, will be located at the ground floor of the Reed Messe Congress Centre. Coffee breaks and lunch boxes will be distributed around the exhibition.

Exhibition Schedule

Food & Beverage

Coffee/tea and light snacks during official breaks are included in the registration fees and will be served around the exhibition area. There is a cash bar located on the first floor, above the Registration Desk.
It will be opened during the Congress opening hours. A lunch box will be offered to each registered delegate (not to the accompanying persons) on Sunday 30 and Monday 31 August 2009 around the exhibition area.

Italian Pharmaceutical Companies

ESPEN 2009 has chosen AIM Group to collect, on our behalf, all applications from Italian Pharmaceuticals Companies and file them with the appropriate Italian Health Ministry officials.
For further information, please contact:

Languages

English is the official Congress language. No translation will be provided.

Lost and Found

A lost-and-found service will be available at the registration desk.

Mobile Phones

Delegates are kindly requested to keep their mobile phones in the off position in the rooms where scientific and educational sessions are being held, as well as during poster sessions' rounds.

Official letters of Invitation

Should you require an official letter of invitation to obtain your visa to enter Austria, please contact the Congress Secretariat, MC Suisse SA. Please note, however, that the Organisers do not undertake any obligation to pay any expenses incurred by supplying these letters. Furthermore, for some countries, a confirmation of registration with payment may be asked by the authorities. Should you need a personalised letter, a fee of CHF 50,- will be applied.

On-site

The desk for registration, information and distribution of documents will be open as follows:

Poster Sessions

Posters sessions will be located on the ground floor of the Reed Messe Congress Centre, in the main Corridor. They should be mounted on the assigned board in the Poster Display area. Please contact the Posters desk (in the registration area) to get the necessary material. The author should be present in front of his/her poster during Poster viewing for free discussion.

Registration

All participants, including speakers and chairmen, must submit a completed on-line registration form.

Smoking Policy

The ESPEN 2009 Congress wishes to be a non-smoking event. Participants are kindly requested to refrain from smoking in the Congress venue, including within the exhibition & posters area.

Speaker's Preview Room

The Speakers' Preview Room is located on the ground floor of the Reed Messe Congress Centre, opposite the Registration desks. Speakers are kindly requested to provide their PC formatted USB keys (PowerPoint presentations) to the Speaker's Preview Room centre at least two hours before their session. All conference rooms contain state-of-the-art technical equipment.

The Speakers' Preview Room will be opened as follows: