Questions:

1) When will the conference take place and where?

2) What are the main topics?

3) What does "active and passive participants" mean?

4) How can I apply for participation?

5) What are the application guidelines?

6) Can I apply for more than one presentation?

7) What are the guidelines for presenting a research work?

8) Does my abstract need to be in a special file format?

9) Can I hand in an abstract about a project which is not yet finished?

10) Can two or more persons apply as authors for one abstract?

11) When is the deadline for sending in an abstract?

12) What are the guidelines for sending in an abstract?

13) Can I submit a graphic within my abstract?

14) How can I pay the conference fee?

15) When do I pay the conference fee?

16) Will I get travel grants?

17) What about accommodation?

18) I cannot come to the conference. Can my co-author present do the presentation?

19) Who can I contact if I have any further questions?

Answers:

Answer 1

When will the conference take place and where?

The 21st ESC will take place from 13th - 17th October 2010 at the

Campus Virchow-Klinikum of the Charité - Universitätmedizin Berlin,

Berlin, Germany.

Answer 2

What are the main topics?

Please distinguish between sessions and conference topics.

The sessions (scientific contest) cover all medical fields. This means you

can send in your abstract coming from all fields of medical research.

The conference topics include key-note lectures, workshops, panel

discussions etc. Please, check our preliminary program for further details.

Answer 3

What does "active and passive participants" mean? 

·          Active Participation

Your main task at the 21st ESC is the presentation of your scientific work

either oral or with a poster in front of the audience. By presenting your scientific

work in sessions with other active participants, you can qualify yourself

as the winner of your session. Out of all the session winners, a scientific jury

will choose the best ones who will be awarded during our Closing Ceremony

at the end of the conference. Furthermore you can of course participate in any

other session or workshop and in any special or social event. Any active applicant

who is not selected by our scientific jury is very welcome to participate passively. 

·          Passive Participation 

Passive participants will have the opportunity to meet professors and to take part in our

programme (for example in workshops, in social programme etc.), but will not be allowed

 to hold a presentation during the sessions. Moreover, they can visit any session, workshop or

lecture they want to. As an active participant you take part in the scientific contest by presenting

 a poster or doing an oral presentation. As a passive you are allowed to attend all sessions,

workshops and lectures. However, you are not able to take part in the scientific contest or

 to win a prize.

For more detail, please take a look at our definitions.

Answer 4

How can I apply for participation?

The call for abstracts has been launched. If you would like to present your

research at the ESC you have to submit your abstract by June 18th, 2010.

There is no deadline for a passive participation.

Either ways, you might want to register with us online.

Answer 5

What are the application guidelines? 

Please have a look at the application guidelines.

Answer 6

Can I apply for more than one presentation?

No. Please submit only one abstract either for an oral or a poster

presentation. Up to the end of the deadline you may perform changes to

your abstract. The latest version of your abstract will be submitted to

the scientific jury to assess its quality.

Answer 7

What are the guidelines for presenting a research work? 

You will find information about that if you click on Conference on the toolbar of our website. 

Please have a look at the application guidelines.

Answer 8

Does my abstract need to be in a special file format?

Please paste the Title, the Body and the References of your abstract

to the respective fields in the user settings. We will automatically create .pdf files for

further evaluation and to print your abstract if it was accepted. Please also indicate if

you apply for an oral or a poster presentation and the field of research your work was

done in. You may perform changes to your abstract until the deadline for abstract

submission has passed. 

Answer 9

Can I hand in an abstract about a project which is not yet finished?

Yes, but you have to indicate your results to be preliminary and what you

expect the significance of the results to be. Please note that the

participants will be chosen  by a scientific jury from the all submitted

applications. Be aware, that preliminary results have to clearly show the

expected superiority to other abstracts.

Answer 10

Can two or more persons apply as authors for one abstract?

Only one author can be the first author and therefore the presenting

participant. Additional authors are regarded to be co-authors.

Answer 11

When is the deadline for sending in an abstract?

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is June 18th, 2010.

Answer 12

What are the guidelines for sending in an abstract?

Please have a look at the application guidelines.

Answer 13

Can I submit a graphic within my abstract?

Please refrain from including graphics in your abstracts.

Answer 14

How can I pay the conference fee?

You will be allowed to pay by credit card (visa or master card) as well as cash. 

Please, see also the payment information and fee table.

Answer 15

When do I pay the conference fee?

There are two terms for paying the conference fee. You may either pay the

conference fee by credit card (visa or master card) via your login

before the conference takes place. Paying at the registration desk at the

conference is possible (cash only), but the fee will be slightly higher.

Please check our fee table for further information!

Answer 16

Will I get travel grants?

Unfortunately, we cannot give travel grants to all the participants.

The application for travel grants is possible for all accepted active

participants. Please apply with the application form in the login area.

In case of an approval of your application, the amount of the travel grant

will be set against your fees during the registration if you pay at the conference

If you have paid prior to the conference your travel grant will be reembursed

at the registration desk. 

Answer 17

What about accommodation?

Please read our accommodation option! 

If you want to stay with a together with other ESC-participants, please

contact our PR Officer at info [at] esc-berlin [dot] com for your convenience.

Answer 18

I cannot come to the conference. Can my co-author do the presentation? 

Yes, if you cannot come to the conference, you may assign your rights to your co-author with

an application in the login area. Please pay attention to the following rules:

1. If you or your co-author want to pay online, you have to pay with your account.

2. The abstract will be printed in the abstract book, but you will loose the following privileges:

- Right to take part in the conference as an active or a passive participant (exepting extra payment)

- Right to present the abstract at the ESC

- Right to apply for travel grants

- Right to win any awards (research award included)

- Credit points/Impact points

Subject to change without prior notice.

3. The named rights will be transferred to your co-author.

4. The co-author will register at the conference with the ID and the name of the author.

Answer 19

Who can I contact if I have any further questions? 

Hani Al-Mohamed is in charge for all our applicants. Please contact him, if you don't find

your question answered in our FAQs at info [at] esc-berlin [dot] com ! For questions that concern

technical problems, please contact webmaster[at] esc-berlin [dot] com