Registration Information
Registration check in
Congress registration will be open on Saturday July 14th in the Student Campus accommodation facility (Middelheimcampus = MHC) «Building D, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020 Antwerp» from 14h00 to 18h00.
On Sunday July 15th, 2007 registration will be open again at the same site from 12h00 to 16h00.
Registration will also be possible during the icebreaker on the same day from 17h30 to 19h30.
During the week a registration and congress secretariat desk will be open in Building T at campus «Groenenborger».
At registration check-in, delegates will receive their personalised satchel, containing the abstract book and other relevant materials. Please wear your WCM badge to all WCM events!
Separate tickets will be provided for the optional Wednesday activities and the congress dinner.
Registration fees
Registration fees are in €
| Full registrations: | until 30 April 2007 | after 30 April 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| UM-members | 220 | 270 |
| non-UM-members | 280 | 330 |
| Student, UM-member | 110 | 150 |
| Student, non-UM-member | 160 | 200 |
Day registrations:
| non-students | 90 |
| students | 50 |
Please note that UM-membership implies that individuals have paid their UM-membership fees; memberships of affiliated organisations do not include a UM-membership.
Payment
- Student registrations must be accompanied by a completed student enrollment certification form (PDF, opens in a new window, 15 KB, download here the plugin)
- All fees, except Hotel accommodation, are payable by Bank remittance (= preferred way of payment), Credit Card or International Postal Money Order, NO cheques.
- All delegates will receive an official receipt of payment
- Registration fees include: attendance to all sessions, conference satchel, abstract book, icebreaker, wine/beer/food degustation evening during poster session, lunches + drinks during session days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday).
- Day fees include: attendance to all sessions and activities on nominated day's.
The congress dinner is not included.
Accompanying persons
Accompanying persons are welcome to purchase tickets to the icebreaker, wine/beer/food degustation evening during poster session, social events, and conference dinner.
Cancellation policy
- All cancellations of attendance and bookings must be made in writing to the Congress Organiser.
- A full refund, minus a cancellation fee of € 40 will be made on registration cancellations received before 30 April 2007.
- A refund of 50% of the registration fee will be made on registration cancellations received between 1 May and 30 June 2007.
- No refund of registration fees will be made for registration cancellations made after 1 July 2007.
- Campus accommodation will only be refunded if the booking is taken over by another delegate.
- A charge of 20% is levied on refunds of cancellations of (extra) social activities, unless the acitivity is cancelled by the congress organisation itself.
- All refunds will be paid after the conclusion of the WCM.
Insurance and disclaimer
Registration fees DO NOT include insurance of any kind. All delegates must make their own individual arrangements with respect to travel, medical and other insurances.
The congress organisation will not take any responsibility for any participant failing to insure. Similary, the congress organisation will not accept liability for damages of any nature sustained by participants or their accompanying persons or loss or damage to their personal property as a result of the World Congress of Malacology 2007 or related events.