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ADMISSION
Admission to the scientific sessions is strictly reserved to registered congress members. Minors cannot access the session halls even if accompanied by a registered adult.
ERA-EDTA as per EFPIA HCP Code does not extend hospitality in any way to persons other than the registered delegates.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
The certificate of attendance will be sent to all regularly registered delegates by email after the congress. In case you do not receive it, please write to .
If you need a hard copy, you can collect it at the dedicated desk located in the Registration Area of the Austria Center Vienna.
Please notice that the certificate will specify the exact number of days that you will have attended the congress.
CME COURSES
Participation in the CME Courses on May 21, 2016 will be on a “first come first served” basis. The courses are reserved to regularly registered congress members and are included in the registration fee.
In order to participate all regularly registered congress members must go to the session halls and have their badge scanned by the hostesses at the entrance (at participant’s own responsibility).
INSURANCE/LIABILITY
The ERA-EDTA is insured only to meet claims arising from incidents caused by the organisers and their equipment.
Participants, exhibitors and visitors are strongly recommended to be properly insured against accidents they may suffer when travelling to and from the Congress and during the Congress itself.
LANGUAGE OF THE CONGRESS
The official language of the Congress is English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.
PRESS CENTRE
For accredited journalists only. Full press working facilities and activities including press conferences, press releases and services for press will be available at the Austria Center Vienna during the Congress.
UEMS CME CREDITS
An application will be made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for CME accreditation of the 53rd ERA-EDTA Congress and pre-congress CMEs. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Delegates receiving certificates for ECMEC credits must contact their National Accreditation Authority to have the credits recognized (or converted) in their country of practice.
EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, you should contact the AMA directly.
The total number of CME credits given to the ERA-EDTA Vienna Congress will be posted on the website as soon as they are available.
How to receive UEMS CME credits
ERA-EDTA will track attendance of congress members during the congress in the Austria Center Vienna each day. Regularly registered congress members must go to the session halls and have their badge scanned by the hostesses at the entrance (at participant’s own responsibility).
Congress members will then be awarded the number of credits towards the hours actually spent participating in the sessions of the congress.
ERA-EDTA will send UEMS CME certificates to all regularly registered participants by email approximately one month after the end of the Congress. In case you do not receive it by that time, please write to
VENUE
Austria Center Vienna
IAKW - AG
Internationales Amtssitz- und Konferenzzentrum Wien, AG
Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1
A-1220 Vienna
Austria
www.acv.at/index.en.html
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