Congress Registration

The ECTS 2023 will go ahead as an in-person meeting in Liverpool and will feature a BRS Annual Meeting.

Selected sessions will be recorded and available on-demand after the congress.

Join the ECTS and BRS communities in Liverpool and let’s celebrate science in an extensive and rich scientific and educational programme.

ECTS and BRS delegates will be able to meet during the breaks and other networking opportunities, but separate registrations are required if you want to attend their scientific programmes.

Your BRS Annual Meeting registration includes

Main Congress

• access to BRS Annual Meeting sessions, poster area and exhibition
• attendance at Pre-meeting Workshops Thursday, 13th April 2023
• a light lunch per day and the coffee breaks
• conference documents (congress bag, programme book, abstract publication, name badge)
• certificate of attendance
• relevant VAT

Member Fees:

Member fees apply to members of ECTS only. Member registrations will be checked on a regular basis. Wrong registrations will be filtered and changed to non-member fees.

Trainee/Allied Health Professionals Fees:

Trainees = PhD students, Undergraduates, Residents, Fellows, Junior Post docs (within 3 years of PhD)

Allied Health Professionals = nurses, physiotherapists, radiologists, nutritionists and dieticians

To verify your Trainee/Allied Health Professional status, a written confirmation from your chairman, head of department or programme director is required.

Patient Group Representative Fees:

You are a member or a paid member of the staff of a patient organisation and the patient organisation is a registered charity.  For more information, please visit here.

Member Fees:

Member fees apply to members of BRS only. Member registrations will be checked on a regular basis. Wrong registrations will be filtered and changed to non-member fees.

Reduced Fees:

Eligibility criteria: (you must meet criteria 1 and then one or more of 2, 3, 4 & 5)

1. A Member of BRS (at the time of applying and during the annual meeting)
2. In training or within 5 years of attainment of higher degree or completion of specialist training based on full time equivalent work (allowances can be made for career breaks e.g. maternity leave/sickness/changing careers or for those working part time; please add details).
3. Or you must be earning less than £20K per annum
4. Or from a current lower-middle-income country
5. Or retired.

Terms & Conditions

Registrations

Registrations are possible until Tuesday, 4 April 2023. For payment/registration after this date, your confirmation will be available on-site at the registration counter. On-site registration is possible throughout the entire congress during the opening hours of the registration counter.

Cancellations and modifications

All cancellations and modifications must be made in writing to the congress secretariat, INTERPLAN AG,  ects@interplan.de.

Full Cancellations

• If received before Tuesday, 28 February 2023, all fees, except for a cancellation charge of € 50,00 will be refunded. No refunds will be made after this date.

Name changes and replacements

• A handling fee of € 30,00 will be charged.

Photographs and videos

Pictures and videos will be taken during ECTS 2023 that might be used in ECTS and BRS newsletters, websites, promotional material, social media, or other publications.  As a registered delegate of ECTS or BRS Annual Meeting, you agree to grant permission to ECTS and BRS to use your photo and/or video.  If you do not agree, please let the photographer know at the congress or send an e-mail to ects@interplan.de.

Insurance, release and waiver of liability

The organisers will not accept liability for individual medical, travel or personal insurance. It is highly recommended that all in-person participants carry proper health and travel insurance.

Covid-19 safety measures

Depending on Covid-19 rulings applicable during ECTS 2023 / BRS Annual Meeting in Liverpool, the organisers might have to implement a limit on the number of in-person participants.  By registering, delegates agree to comply with COVID-19 health and safety measures and protocols established for the event, such as wearing approved face coverings, maintaining appropriate social distance.

ECTS & BRS will inform registered delegates of applicable rules (such as vaccination certificate or negative PCR tests).  In the case an entry is refused for not compliance with applicable rules, no refund of paid registration fees will be made.

In case the number of participants allowed in the venue is limited by these rulings the registrations will be handled on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis.

Also of Interst

Grants & Awards

Early career scientists and clinicians are encouraged to submit an abstract or clinical case.  Top scored abstracts might be rewarded with an ECTS Award.