Conference Programme
Abstract submission possible, deadline for submission is 17 October 2016
Abstract submission extended until Tuesday 25 October 2016
Abstract submission ... still possible ... NO LONGER POSSIBLE
Click here to view abstracts from members of Scientific Advisory Committee
Click here to download list of abstracts accepted for oral/poster presentation (PDF)
Click here to download Tentative Conference Sessions
Click here for Preliminary Conference Programme
Outline of the conference programme
May 28, 2017 (Sunday)
| - | Pre-registration (17:00–19:30) |
| - | Welcome / Icebreaker (18:00–20:00) |
May 29, 2017 Conference (Monday)
| Registration starts 7:30 and continues till 17:30 |
| 08:30-09:00 | Opening of conference |
| 09:00-10:00 | Plenary presentations (in one lecture hall) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Parallel sessions in three lecture halls |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Parallel sessions in three lecture halls |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Plenary presentations (in one lecture hall) |
May 30, 2017 Conference (Tuesday)
| 08:30-10:00 | Plenary presentations (in one lecture hall) |
| 10:00-10:45 | Introductory Poster session P.i, combined with Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:00 | Parallel sessions in three lecture halls |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Parallel sessions in three lecture halls |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Plenary presentations (in one lecture hall) |
| 18:00-22:00 | Conference Dinner, buses depart from Marriott hotel |
May 31, 2017 Conference (Wednesday)
| 08:30-10:00 | Plenary presentations (in one lecture hall) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Parallel sessions in three lecture halls |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Parallel sessions in three lecture halls |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Plenary presentations (in one lecture hall) |
| 17:00-18:30 | Poster session P.ii with drinks and snacks |
June 1, 2017 Conference (Thursday)
| 08:30-10:00 | Plenary presentations (in one lecture hall) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Parallel sessions in three lecture halls |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Plenary presentations (in one lecture hall) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Closing conference |
June 2, 2017 (Friday)
Optionally, up to the participant, a field excursion. The excursion fee is NOT included in the conference registration fee.
Oral presentations
Regular oral presentations: 15 minutes (suggested 11 + 3 min discussion/questions)
Extended oral presentations: 20 minutes (suggested 16 minutes + 3 min discussion/questions)
Invited oral presentations: 30 minutes (suggested 24 + 5 min discussion/questions)
Outline of poster sessions
The poster presentations will be organised as follows:
- there will be one poster session;
- Poster authors to hang their posters on poster boards before 10:00 of the second conference day, Tuesday 30 May 2017;
- the posters are on display in the same space as the coffee break;
- there will be a plenary visit to posters (authors attending their poster), when there will be no oral presentations at the same time. The plenary visit (about 1.5 hours long) will include free snacks, beer, wine and soft drinks.
The maximum size of the posters is A0 (width about 0.90 m, height about 1.20 m). The posters should be prepared in vertical (portrait) direction.
Preliminary Conference Programme
We expect to publish on the web site (HOME and here) the first version of the preliminary conference programme by middle April 2017, via “Click here for Preliminary Conference Programme”. This first version will include:
| - | the plenary and parallel sessions; |
| - | the timing of ORAL (platform) presentations (with abstract ID number of individual presentations) for each conference day; and |
| - | the POSTER presentation time blocks (with abstract ID number of individual posters) |
Contact the conference secretariat
Klinkhamer Group | meeting services
P.O. Box 1308
6201 BH Maastricht
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)43-36 27 008
helpdesk@klinkhamergroup.com