Xth INTERNATIONAL EMCA CONFERENCE,VIENNA, AUSTRIA ,2ND ANNOUNCEMENT

2.       Travel

Vienna is reached conveniently by air, train and car. Easy and rapid connections between the airport and the city of Vienna are available. Check Vienna Public Transport for details.

3.       Accommodation

Hotels with different price categories are available for self-booking. Our local organiser AGES have arranged special conditions for EMCA 2021 participants. The room contingents are available until a mid-September. All hotels were selected to have good public transport connections to the venue. For detailed information, please see the conference website.

4.       Registration fees

Registration fees include access to all sessions, breaks, lunches, and social events (except IAEA visit):

Regular and sustaining members: 390 €

Non-members: 490 €

Student member: 200 €

Student non-member: 250 €

Accompanying person: 130 € (incl. are all breaks and social events)

Optional visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency facilities at Seibersdorf, with a limited number of participants on pre-registration only (due to security-check requirement): 15 €

Cancellation policy: In the light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic it is difficult to predict the official regulations concerning travel and attendance of conferences set up by the European Union or single countries. Therefore, the organisers have agreed on a “soft-cancellation” policy:

If the conference must be cancelled by the organisers due to official restrictions because of Covid-19, all registration fees will be reimbursed completely. If this is not the case, the general cancellation policy and deadlines for reimbursement of AGES apply (§15.6: For cancellations within 14 days before the event, a cancellation fee of 50%, for cancellations within 3 days before the event or in case of no-show, 100% of the registration fee will be charged. Cancellations have to be submitted in writing. Alternatively, another participant may be nominated.). The organisers will keep the participants posted about any updates of that matter and publish them on the conference website.

However, it remains the personal responsibility of the participant to inform himself/herself about all rules and precautionary measures of his home country and the hosting country for traveling, and to follow them. In addition, EMCA advises to take a travel insurance. The booking of suitable accommodation is up to the participant.

5.       Timetable for the planning of the conference

Third announcement with registration forms and instructions for submission of abstracts of oral and poster presentations: June 14^th.

Beginning of registration and submission of abstracts: June 14^th.

End of abstract submission¹: August 15^th.

Late registration without abstracts (including on place): after August 15^th

End of registration: September 15^th

¹Abstracts will only be considered for acceptance when the author’s registration fee is paid.

6.       Scientific topics

There will be room for eight sessions. Some will be introduced by keynotes. The scientific committee has preselected the following session themes:

- Biocides regulation and advancement in insecticides development

- Biocides testing in perspective of registration

- Blackflies in Europe: where are we, where do we go?

- Citizen science and community involvement for mosquito surveillance and control

- Control of vector and harmful insects: improvement of methods and quality assessment

- Decision making processes in mosquito control

- Latest challenges and responses in mosquito control

- Mosquito control without borders in the Danube region

- Mosquito control in urban context

- Mosquito control versus nature conservation: opposition or partnership?

- New technologies and practices in surveillance and control

- Surveillance and management of invasive species

- Surveillance of vector-borne pathogens in insects

6 students awards will be given for best oral and poster presentations of total 1.200euros!

7.       Excursions and conference dinner

The excursion will bring us on Wednesday afternoon to March/Morava flood plains including live demonstrations of mosquito control generously offered by the “Verein biologische Gelsenregulierung”. It will be followed by a visit to Castle Schlosshof where a Heurigen dinner will be offered.

As an option, a visit is proposed on Thursday afternoon to the site of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Seibersdorf (SIT insect rearing facilities). The number of participants is limited to 60 persons due to security reasons (first registered, first served).

We will not organise sightseeing tours within Vienna. The city has so many beautiful and interesting sites, so that we prefer to leave it to individual decisions. However, suggestions and advice will be provided with tourism flyers.

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