Registration

Registration information

ECCB2024 will be organised as an onsite conference in Turku, Finland.

Registration fees include: Attendence in the scientific programme and exhibition at the conference venue, conference materials, coffee and lunch on the conference days as marked in the programme, poster sessions and Welcome Reception on Tuesday, 17 June.

Tickets to Conference Dinner at the Turku Castle on Thursday, 19 September are sold separately. Dinner ticket EUR 100. Read more about the social programme here.

Please note: registration to preworkshops & tutorials on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 September, is done via the regular conference registration form.

Scroll down the page to see the methods of payment and other info.

Registration dates

Registration opens:
1 March 2024
Early bird registration deadline:
1 July 2024
Late registration deadline:
5 September 2024
ECCB2024 Conference:
16-20 September 2024

Registration to the event has ended. If you have any questions, please contact aboaevents@certia.fi

Registration fees

	Early bird, until 1 July	Regular, from 2 July
Academic	EUR 650	EUR 750
Academic, ISCB member	EUR 550	EUR 650
Academic – reduced fee, ISCB member	EUR 380	EUR 480
Student	EUR 540	EUR 640
Student, ISCB member	EUR 450	EUR 550
Student, reduced fee, ISCB member	EUR 300	EUR 400
Industry	EUR 1000	EUR 1100
Industry, ISCB member	EUR 850	EUR 950
Exhibitors – extra	EUR 700	EUR 700

Academic: Refers to Postdoctoral researchers, Staff scientists, Group and Team leaders.

Students: Undergraduate, MSc and PhD students (proof of studentship is requested on the registration form: image of the student card, written statement from your supervisor or similar).

Reduced fees, ISCB members: Participants from other than high-income countries (levels 2-4 according to ISCB country listing) may register with a reduced fee.

ISCB members: please provide your ISCB member number on the registration form. Please make sure your ISCB membership does not expire before the last day of the conference (20 September 2024) before you register. If you are not a member, but wish to join, please see the ISCB website.

Preworkshops & tutorials

The preworkshops & tutorials take place on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 September. Choose the option(s) on the conference registration form.

Workshop & tutorial fees*
Academic	EUR 80
Academic, ISCB member	EUR 70
Academic – reduced fee, ISCB member	EUR 50
Student	EUR 70
Student, ISCB member	EUR 60
Student, reduced fee, ISCB member	EUR 40
Industry	EUR 130
Industry, ISCB member	EUR 110

* Fees are per workshop or tutorial.

Methods of payment

Please note! General VAT in Finland will increase from 24% to 25.5% on 1 September 2024. Invoices issued between 20-30 August must be paid by 30 August. For new registrations, the ’invoice’ payment option will be unavailable from 30 August at 14.00 to 1 September.

1) Credit card payment
On the registration form, choose the credit card payment and fill in the payment card details. Payment service provider Paytrail Plc*

2) Online bank payment (for Finnish/Nordic banks only)
On the registration form, choose your bank, and you will be forwarded to the payment service. Payment service provider Paytrail Plc*

3) PDF invoice (payment with bank transfer). An invoicing fee of 10 EUR will be added.
A PDF invoice will be sent to your e-mail address after you have submitted your registration. In case you are not paying the invoice yourself, please forward it to the right person.

4) E-invoice (for Finnish organisations only). An invoicing fee of 10 EUR will be added.
An e-invoice will be sent to the e-invoicing address provided.

Invoices: please make sure to give a correct invoicing address. An extra invoicing charge of 10 EUR will be added in case a new invoice is processed (revised PDF or e-invoice due to a wrong address, or otherwise modified).

The registration fees are invoiced by Aboa Events (VAT FI23274223) on behalf of the local organiser University of Turku (VAT FI0245896-3).

*Paytrail Plc (FI2122839-7) acts as a collecting payment service provider in cooperation with Finnish banks and credit institutions. Paytrail Plc is authorized payment institution. Paytrail Plc appears as the payee on the bank statement or card invoice and forwards the payment to the event organizer. In case of reclamations, please contact the event organiser.

All payments must be made in euros (EUR).

Cancellation policy & insurance

Cancellation of registration must be made in writing (email) to aboaevents@certia.fi before 1 August 2024. No fees will be refunded after this date. A processing fee of EUR 50 will be deducted from all refunds.

In the event that the meeting is cancelled by the Meeting Organisers, or cannot take place for any reason outside the control of the Meeting Organisers, the registration fee shall be refunded in full. The liability of the Meeting Organiser shall be limited to that refund.

Please note that the meeting participants are not covered by any insurance (travel, medical, accident or liability) taken by the Meeting Organisers. The Meeting Organisers cannot accept liability for any loss or damage suffered by any participant or accompanying person or another person during travel to and from the meeting or during the meeting. Participants are advised to consider purchasing their own travel insurance and to extend their personal policy to cover personal possessions.

Invitation letters

If you need an invitation letter for visa application, it is prerequisite that you contact Aboa Events at aboaevents@certia.fi before you make the registration and payment. Please indicate which conference you wish to attend, include your affiliation (organization, organization’s address, country) and the title of your accepted paper if you have one.

Change of the participant

At any time after registration, in case you will be unable to attend for any reason, you will have the opportunity to send a colleague in your place at no additional cost. In such case, please contact Aboa Events at aboaevents@certia.fi as soon as possible.