Badges 
All participants, accompanying guests and exhibitors must wear their name badge when attending any congress or social event. 

Participants: Yellow badges 
Organizers: Blue badges 
Main Speakers: Green badges 
Accompanied guests: Neon red badges 
Exhibitors: Orange badges 
Press: White badges 

A replacement fee of EURO 5.00 will be charged for every lost or forgotten badge. No exception will be made. In order to facilitate the duplicate of badge, please present the registration confirmation letter or a copy of your onsite registration form as a proof of your registration.

Coffee breaks 
Coffee breaks will be served twice a day, morning and afternoon.

Receiving congress materials (delegate bags, etc) 
Congress materials are available at the Registration Desk as per the time table indicated below.
(see "Registration/information desks" below) 

Before this date and time, all desks will be closed and materials will not be given out. There will be no exception. Please bear in mind that in order to give you your materials, we must see a personal identification picture document (Passport, ID card or Driving Licence). Unfortunately, we cannot accept any other person collecting your materials on your behalf, even if they have written permission. Please also note that we do not accept name changes. 

Facilities at the Venue 
The "Centro de Congressos de Lisboa" is equipped with ATM machines, telephone facilities, restaurants, coffee shop and/or bar.

At the Hotels participants may also find giftshops and small shops selling magazines and newspapers (cornershops).  

Lunch  
Lunch is not included in the registration fees. Participants may use the restaurant at the congress centre or the bar for a quick snack.

Insurance / Liability 
Participation in this Congress implies that persons/participants agree that the organizers do not assume any liability whatsoever. Upon registration, the participant accepts this provision. 

Congress Language
The official language of the Congress is English.

Programme changes 
The organisers cannot assume liability for changes in the programme due to external or unforeseen circumstances. 

Registration / Information desks 
The registration and information desks will be situated in "Centro de Congressos de Lisboa" reception hall. 
The desks will be open at the following times: 

Tuesday, 4 March - from 8am to 6pm 
Wednesday, 5 March - from 8am to 7.30pm 
Thursday, 6 March - from 8am to 7.30pm 
Friday, 7 March- from 8am to 7.30pm 
Saturday, 8 March - from 8am to 12am 

Registrations 

Regular Participants fee includes:
All program activities (Plenary sessions, Workshops, Lectures, Parallel sessions and Exhibition), Opening Ceremony , Welcoming Cocktail and the delegate bag.

Accompanying person fee includes:
Opening Ceremony , Welcoming Cocktail and halfday tour. 

Registration Payment /Cancellation
Registrations will only be processed only upon receipt of payment.
Cancellations received until 31 December 2007 are eligible for full refund with a 30,00 deduction for administrative expenses.
No refunds after December 31.

On site payments will be accepted by means of: Cash or Credit card (Visa, Eurocard/Mastercard or American Express). Visa Electron and Diners card will not be accepted. 

Receipts 
Receipts of payment for on-site registrations will be sent to the participant’s address after the conference.

Speakers' information 
All presentations must be prepared as PowerPoint files and will be loaded on a central server in the Speakers' Ready Room. All speakers should bring their presentations stored on a CD-ROM, USB memory stick or ZIP disk to this room no later than 2 hours before the start of their session. Please note that the use of own laptop computers and traditional slides will not be possible.

Overhead projectors can be requested. 

Transportation 
For transportation from the hotels to the venues please refer to "Hotel area map".

Letter of invitation
The President of the Congress will be at the participants’ disposal to issue a personal letter of invitation to facilitate the obtaining of supporting funds or visa for participation in the Congress. By no means, this letter should be understood as a commitment of the organizers to provide any financial support. Passport number is required.

Passports and visa
Nationals of the European Community only require a valid identity card. For most countries outside Europe, for example USA and Canada, a valid passport is enough. Some countries, however, still require a Visa. Please check with your travel agency.

Edited by: Paralelo 38 @ 04-03-2007 - 12H10