general information

 

Venue

LMU – Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Aula at the Main Building
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 Munich, Germany
Website: www.en.uni-muenchen.de

Besides the historical significance of the University edifices, which were built by the King Ludwig I and designed by architect Friedrich von Gärtner in 1840, a major benefit of the venue is its attractive location in the centre of Munich. It is well connected by the underground lines U3 and U6 with its own station "Universität", only two stops from the city centre station "Marienplatz". Munich University is located in the neighbourhood called "Maxvorstadt" & "Schwabing", an area that boasts a concentration of museums with the Munich Art District "Kunstareal", the Academy of Fine Arts and the"Englischer Garten" park within a charming quarter with lots of small shops and restaurants, all in walking distance. The scientific meeting will be held in the Aula of the University on the first floor close to the poster exhibition area.

 

Local Organizer

Prof. Christoph Hintschich
University Eye Hospital Munich
Contact Prof. Hintschich via E-Mail

Congress Organizer  

COCS GmbH 
Congress Organisation C. Schaefer
Franz-Joseph-Str. 38, 80801 Munich, Germany
Contact: Alexandra Meyer
Phone +49 89 30 71 011
Fax +49 89 30 71 021
Web: ww.cocs.de
Contact COCS via E-Mail

 

Congress Language
The congress language is English

 

Certification
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance at the registration desk on site.

The congress on 10 & 11 September 2010 is accredited with 11 European CME credits (ECMECs) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), www.uems.net.

The pre-meeting course on 9 September 2010 is accredited with 6 ECMECs.EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). To convert ECMEC credits to AMA PRA category I credit, please contact the AMA, www.ama-assn.org.

The congress is accredited with 15 German CME credits and the ESOPRS 2010 pre-meeting course is accredited with 8 German CME credits by the national physician chamber of Bavaria (Bayerische Landesärztekammer). Lists for the German CME points (for Germans only) will be available at the venue on site.

Name Tags
All participants are asked to keep the name tags visible during the congress.

Opening hours of the registration desk
Thursday, 9 September 2010      8:00 – 18:00
Friday, 10 September 2010         7:30 – 18:30
Saturday, 11 September 2010    7:30 – 15:00

Commercial exhibition
An exhibition of medical and technical equipment, instruments and pharmaceutical products will take place and run throughout the whole course of the scientific meeting.

Exhibition Opening Hours:
Friday, 10 September 2010         8:00 – 18:00
Saturday, 11 September 2010    8:00 – 14:00

Liability
The congress organizer will bear no liability for loss, accident, damage or injury to persons or property irrespective of the cause. The clients participate at all sessions, tours and events at their own risk. Sole place of jurisdiction is Munich, Germany. German law is applicable.

Insurance
It is recommended that delegates arrange an appropriate travel and health insurance prior to travelling.

Force Majeure - Unexpected cancellation of the event: 
The COCS GmbH - Congress Organisation C. Schaefer (COCS) organizes the ESOPRS 2010 on behalf of the organizing society. COCS reserves itself the right to cancel without notice or compensation the ESOPRS 2010 in the event of force majeure cases (for example, but not limited to acts of nature such as fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood or terrorist attacks). In such cases, COCS is freed of all responsibility. Limitation of liability of COCS: In the event of it being impossible for COCS to carry out the ESOPRS 2010 for force majeure cases, so long as this arises from a cause not attributable to COCS, COCS shall only be obliged to reimburse the payments received subject to deduction of any costs it has incurred in preparing the event. This liability only extends to the payments made directly to  COCS and not to payments made by the attendees to the hotel or airlines.

Smoking
Smoking is forbidden by law in public transportation and in public buildings. Smoking is not permitted inside the conference building.

Taxi
Taxis are indicated by the word „Taxi“ written on the top and they are usually off-white coloured. It is compulsory for them to use a taximeter that can also give a receipt.

Tipping
Tipping is optional, but normally 10 % is customary in taxis, restaurants and bars.

VISA
EU nationals do not require a visa to enter Germany. Generally speaking, all other foreigners require a visa for stays in Germany. A visa is not required for semi-annual visits of up to three months for nationals of those countries for which the European Community has abolished the visa requirement. Please have a look on the website of the “Federal Foreign Office”www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/Startseite.html to get a list of those countries that do and do not require a visa.

Voltage/Electrical Current
In Germany electricity is supplied at 230 V, 50 Hz. EuroPlugs and plugs type E/F fit into the sockets.

Metric System
Germany uses the metric system of weights and measures. Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius; distances and speed limits are indicated in kilometers; dimensions in meters and centimeters; volume in liters and milliliters; weights in kilograms and grams

 

About ESOPRS

Aims

The aims of the society are to promote the practice and teaching of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery within Europe. Members are warmly welcome to participate actively whatever their seniority or whatever branch of medicine they are involved.

Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information for speakers and poster authors

The media check (speakers-ready room) is located next to the exhibition area.
Please keep in mind, that it is not possible to use the own laptop! All presentations must be submitted as Windows compatible PowerPoint files on PC-readable CDs, DVDs, external disk drives, USB sticks or memory sticks at the media check.
To ensure a smooth running program, speakers are asked to check their presentation with the staff at least 1 hour prior to the start of their session. Presenters should plan to be in the meeting room at least 10 minutes before the start of the session. Presenting material may be picked up after the session.
To avoid certain incompatibilities between PowerPoint for Mac and PowerPoint for Windows only images in JPG- or BMP-format should be used in the presentation.
If fonts are used in a presentation that are not available in Windows or PowerPoint the varying fonts must be
included in the presentation or enclosed as separate files for installation.
Please note that PowerPoint never integrates video files into a presentation but rather only links the videos to it.Therefore every video that is to be shown has to be available
on your data medium as a separate file. To make sure that all the videos used in a presentation are
copied from your PC to your data medium you may use PowerPoint’s “packaging for CDs”/“pack and go” feature. If you are planning to show a video during your lecture
we recommend you to save your video file in one of the following video formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
Windows Media Video (WMV) or Xvid/DivX (AVI). If other compression formats are used, the respective codecs must be enclosed.

 

next esoprs annual meeting

29th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS
15–17 September 2011
Cernobbio, Italy
www.esoprs2011.com