REGISTRATION & ABSTRACTS
Registration
Registration
Outline of steps to do for participants
- Register in the online registration system. At this step your personal data will be requested. You will receive a registration confirmation e-mail with login instructions after your registration is completed. The further steps will require you to login to the registration system.
- Pay any open registration fee in the registration system.
- (Optional) Submit your Scientific Abstract for your session of interest in the registration system. This step requires prior payment of any open registration fees (see step2).
Please note that your registration & abstract submission is only valid after payment of any open registration fees.
Liability and insurance
The organisers cannot accept liability for personal accidents or loss of/damage to private property of participants. Participants are advised to take out their own personal travel and health insurance for their trip.
Fees / Cancellations
Fees / Cancellations
| All prices are listed in Euro. ÖGMBT is exempted from tax, All prices are net. |
Early registration until July 14, member / non-member |
Late registration between July 14 - September 10 member / non-member |
| Student (*) | 160 / 200 | 190 / 230 |
| Academic/Non-profit | 210 / 290 | 250 / 340 |
| Corporate/Industry | 320 / 450 | 380 / 510 |
| after September 10 onsite fees will apply = late fee plus € 50.- handling charge. |
(*) A confirmation of your enrolment as student at an institution of higher learning or a corresponding letter from your supervisor needs to be uploaded in PDF format during the registration process.
Last-minute onsite registrations are also possible but will incur an € 50.- onsite handling fee in addition to the registration fee listed above.
For ÖGMBT members with an active and paid membership a member discount voucher code is available after login in the ÖGMBT intranet and can be entered during the payment process.
The registration fee for participants includes:
- Admission to scientific sessions, workshops and satellite events
- Congress backpack
- Coffee & lunch breaks
- "Wine & Science" networking event
- Admission to exhibition and participation in the "Exhibitor Quiz"
Cancellations and refunds
Any cancellations until July 14 (with abstract for oral presentation) / August 8 (without abstract) will be charged a cancellation fee of € 50,- . After this date no refunds can be made and the full registration fee will be charged.
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Payment
All payments are made via the online registration system (login box at the right of the top navigation menu) and can be made at the end of the registration process. Please note that payment of registration fees is required before abstract submission!
We offer several options for online payment which can be selected when placing an order (available options may depend on country) via our payment processor 
(Mollie B.V.) :
 EPS |
 SOFORT |
 Giropay |
 Apple Pay* |
 MasterCard |
 American Express |
 VISA |
 Maestro |
 SEPA bank transfer ** (SEPA-countries only!) |
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* Apple Pay will only be available as an option on the payment screen if a supported device is used.
** SEPA bank transfers are only supported from SEPA Countries (mainly EU)!.
Key Dates
Key Dates
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End of March, 2023 |
Start of online registration & abstract submission - NOW OPEN! |
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July 2, 2023 |
End of abstract submissions for oral presentations |
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July 14, 2023 |
End of payment for early registration fee (*) End of cancellation & refund possibility for participants who submitted an abstract |
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August 8, 2023 |
End of cancellation & refund possibility for participants without submitted abstract |
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August 7, 2023 |
Notification about acceptance for oral/poster presentations |
| August 15, 2023 | End of abstract submissions for poster presentations |
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September 10, 2023 |
Online registration closes / end of payment for late registration fee (**) |
| September 11, 2023 | Deadline for upload of Science Flash Talk presentations |
Abstract Submission
Abstract Submission
IMPORTANT: Prior registration and payment of registration fees is required for abstract submission.
After completion of your registration you can login to the online registration system (login box at top right of the top navigation menu) with the instructions from your registration confirmation e-mail and submit an abstract for the Annual Meeting. All abstracts must be submitted using the online registration system and require payment of the registration fee before submission.
Abstracts submitted before the oral abstract submission deadline will be considered for either a poster or an oral presentation (either a short talk or a science flash) by the scientific committee. All participants will be automatically notified via e-mail on August 8 of the acceptance of their abstract and type of presentation. The acceptance and selection status of your abstract is also available via the registration system.
Please prepare an abstract consisting of a title (250 characters max.), up to 14 authors and an abstract body (2500 characters max.). In the online editor you may use simple formatting elements such as bold, italic, underline, super & subscript and special characters in both the title and abstract. No images or tables are allowed.
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Oral presentations - onsite
Short Talks will be 12 minutes talk and 3 minutes discussion.
Please submit your presentation on a USB-Stick in PDF or MS Office format to the technician in the lecture hall at the latest in the break before your session. A windows presentation computer will be provided. The beamer resolution is 1920x1080 and the projection screen has 16:9 format.
Science Flash Talks are a mixed format with a short 2 minute oral presentation teaser for your poster and a corresponding poster with the discussion taking place at the poster during the respective afternoon poster session. If you have been assigned a Science Flash please upload your presentation in PDF format (max. 3 Slides, max. 2MB size) in the registration system under "Science flash Upload".
Posters - onsite
Poster presentations: Please prepare a poster max. size DIN A0 (841 x 1189 mm), portrait format (upright). There will be three poster sessions. The number of your poster can be found in the poster table within the program book or as a separate PDF for download.
Prizes for Best Short Talk / Best Poster
Each young scientist who has submitted an abstract has the chance to win one of the prizes for Best Talk or Best Poster. From all talks and posters the chairs will nominate prize winners.
Prizes will be bestowed in the following categories:
- Best Talk: 1 prize à € 500.- Sponsored by
- Best Posters: 2 prizes à € 250.- Sponsored by
- Best Posters: 2 prizes à € 250.- Sponsored by
- FEBS Open Bio Poster Prize: 1 prize à € 200.- Sponsored by
The prize giving will take place during the Closing Ceremony.
