Click here for INDIVIDUAL registrations Including for IOF member and congress member rates
	Click here for SMALL GROUP registrations To register a LARGE GROUP (more than 10 participants) please contact MCI at iof-ecceo10.reg@mci-group.com
	Click here for invited CNS FREE registrations For invited CNS members, please ensure to enter your specific registration code received in your invitation email.
	Click here for invited ASBMR FREE registrations For invited ASBMR members, please ensure to enter your specific registration code received in your invitation email.
	Click here for PAPER registrations You may also register by completing the paper registration form which then needs to be faxed or e-mailed to the Official Registration Agency (MCI Suisse SA).

 

The registration fee entitles the registered participant to the following:

• Admission to all Plenary Sessions, Meet-The-Expert Sessions, Satellite Symposia, Poster Sessions and Exhibition Area
• One copy of the Programme & Abstract Book
• A Congress bag containing official material and a Congress badge
• A certificate of attendance
• Welcome Cocktail

All registration fee include Italian VAT (Value Added Tax) for all categories with the exception of IOF Members and IOF-ECCEO Congress Members registration fees that have been exempted according to article 4, paragraph 4 of D.P.R no3 633/72 of the Value Added Tax (Italy)

The registration fees do not include:

• Airport transfers
• Local transportation to the Congress venue
• Meals & drinks
• Accommodation
• Excursions
• Insurance

• Pre-Registration online: until April 30, 2010

• On-Site: May 5 – 8, 2010

Categories*	Early Bird	Pre-Registration	From May 1
	(until Mar. 10, 2010)	(Mar. 11 - Apr. 30, 2010)	(+ on-site**)
Non-Member	775 €	875 €	975 €
Member***	715 €	775 €	875 €
Student/ Fellow/ Allied Health Professional - Member***	230 €	250 €	280 €
Student/ Fellow/ Allied Health Professional - Non-Member	290 €	310 €	340 €

* For full definition of Registration Categories, please refer to the next paragraph.
** No pre-registration will be accepted after April 30, 2010. Registration On-Site will be available during the Congress.
*** Registration Fee (for Member) exempted according to article 4, paragraph 4 of D.P.R no3 633/72 of the Italian VAT

• 20 free registrations for every member society of the IOF Committee of National Societies (CNS). The IOF representative of each CNS member society will receive specific instructions. IOF leaves it to each society’s discretion as to how to allocate the free registrations.
• Free registration to Scientists who had a presentation selected during the ASBMR’09 Congress and who were invited to submit their presentation to IOF WCO-ECCEO10. Specific instructions were sent to those nominees.

Non-Member
Those persons for which the definitions below are not applicable.

Member
Those persons for which one of the following two definitions below are applicable

• IOF Member – A member of either the IOF or ESCEO Board, or IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors (CSA), or the IOF representative in the Committee of Corporate Advisors (CCA) or a member of one of IOF national or patient societies (for a complete and current list, please visit our website at http://www.iofbonehealth.org/about-iof/member-societies).
• IOF Congress Member – you have the new opportunity to choose to become an IOF Congress Member. This new membership is free for 1 years and will entitle you to register at the Member Registration Fee.

Student/Fellow
(i) Those persons who are in training as a graduate (MSc/PhD) student or as a medical student or (ii) those persons who hold MD or PhD degrees and who are in residency or postgraduate fellowship programs. A certification and signature from their mentor/supervisor verifying their training/degree status must be submitted when registering.

Allied Health Professional
A certification and signature from their employer verifying their paramedical/non-doctoral status must be submitted when registering in order to qualify for this discount. These participants have the same entitlements as active participants.
All ISPRM members may register as allied health professionals.

A badge for one accompanying person per registered participant may be requested at no additional charge. This badge includes admission to the Welcome Cocktail and Exhibition Area but does not allow access to the scientific programme, satellite symposia, poster sessions and exhibition area.

Upon completing the on-line registration, each participant will receive by email an automatically generated confirmation of registration. The registration becomes active only when full payment has reached the Official Registration Agency (MCI Suisse SA) - whether by credit card or by bank transfer. Participants must bring this confirmation to the on-site pre-registration desks of the Congress as proof of their registration.

• For information about group registration (minimum size of 10 participants), please contact the Official Registration Agency (MCI Suisse SA) at iof-ecceo10.reg‎@‎mci-group.com. Please note that the on-line group module enables you to register individually each one of your participants by March 24 will not be accessible until the corresponding payment is received. Early-Bird discounted fee and Pre-Registration fee are applied for payment made by respectively March 10 or April 30 (with copy of the official bank transfer document).
• For smaller groups (between 2 and 10 participants), you can access directly the small group on-line module via https://b-com.mci-group.com/Registration/Default.aspx?EventCode=IOFECCEO&SiteCode=

All registration fees must be paid in advance in Euros (€).

• By credit card
  Payment is accepted by American Express, VISA and/or MasterCard credit cards and can be done via the secured payment tool (for Mastercard/Eurocard and VISA users the credit card provider will be Datatrans and for AMEX users it will be Ogone) provided while registering on-line. Please note that your credit card will be debited in Euros (€) and your monthly credit card statement will show your payment under MCI Suisse SA.
  
  
• By bank transfer
  The bank transfer payment has to be made in Euro (€), including all bank transfer charges to the following account:
  
  MCI Suisse S.A. (Account Holder)
  On behalf of International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) ▪ Rue de Lyon 75, CH-1211 Geneva 13 ▪ Switzerland
  
  Bank
  Bank Name/Address: UBS SA, CP 2600, CH-1211 Geneva 2 - Switzerland
  Account N° (EURO): 240-369.393.71L
  Clearing N°: 240
  Swift/BIC: UBSWCHZH80A
  IBAN: CH18 0024 0240 369 393 71L
  
  Please indicate on your payment slip in order for your payment to be identified and traced correctly to your registration account
  ▪ your first and family name
  ▪ your registration number (mentioned on the attached invoice)
  ▪ "IOF WCO-ECCEO10 Congress"
  ▪ "Free of charge for the receiver account" on all payments
  
  Please note that this option will only be available until April 5, 2010. Then only credit card transactions are acceptable or cash payment on-site.
  
  
• By cash
  This form of payment will only be accepted in Euros (€) and on-site during the operation hours of registration desks.
  WED 5/05 09:00-20:00
  THU 6/06 08:00-19:00
  FRI 7/05 08:00-19:00
  SAT 8/05 08:00-16:30

Remark: We regret that we are unable to accept personal cheques, Eurocheques, company cheques and banker’s drafts.

An administrative fee of 65 € per badge will be charged for a badge name change after March 15, 2010. Written permission from the original participant will be required, along with full contact details of the substitution.

Notification of cancellation and refund requests must be submitted in writing, preferably by e-mail, by March 15, 2010 to the Official Registration Agency (MCI Suisse SA) at the contact details listed below. An administrative fee of 20% will be deducted from the total amount originally due/charged. All refunds will be made after the Congress.

No refunds will be given for cancellations received after March 15, 2010.

All persons attending any function of the Congress are kindly requested to wear their badges during all Congress activities. Entry will not be permitted without a badge.

In case of a lost or forgotten badge, an administrative fee of 65 € will be charged for the reprint of the badge after verification of identification (passport, driving license or other recognized identification paper).

The official agency for Italian Delegates is:

AIM Group - AIM Congress S.r.l.
Ms Fabiana Salvatori
Via Flaminia, 1068
IT-00 189 Rome, Italy
Phone: +39 06 3305 3227
Fax: +39 06 3333650
E-mail: F.Salvatori‎@‎aimgroup.eu

Certificates of Attendance will be available on request at the registration desks.

English is the official Congress language. No translation is provided.

Participants are strongly advised to make sure they fulfill all legal requirements to enter Italy. Besides a valid passport, an entry visa may also be required. Please visit the official website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.esteri.it/visti/index_eng.asp to find out whether, depending on your citizenship, country of long-term residence, and the duration and reasons for your stay, you need a visa to enter Italy.

It is highly recommended to start the process a minimum of 2 ½ months prior to your arrival in Italy or any Schengen country. Please contact your nearest Italian consulate or embassy in your country of residence for further information.

Attestation letters to assist in visa formalities are designed to help overcome administrative difficulties in certain countries. It must be understood that such letters do not imply any financial support or hosting arrangement from IOF or ESCEO, nor a guarantee of a visa being issued. The attestation letter to assist in visa formalities will only be sent on request and only to participants who have paid their registration fees in full.

Should you wish to receive a letter, please note that your request must be registered as early as possible by filling in the appropriate fields in the on-line registration form or by sending an email to iof-ecceo10.reg‎@‎mci-group.com. before February 15, 2010 in case it has not been requested at the time of registration.

It is important to us that you enjoy the IOF WCO-ECCEO10. If, due to a disability, you have any special needs, please let us know and we will do our best to assist you.

IOF WCO-ECCEO10 Congress will provide complimentary registration to qualifying applicants. In order to be granted a complimentary media badge, journalists must register on-line at as early as possible, but no later than April 5, 2010 at and provide all required valid media credentials. Further information about required credential can be found under www.iofwco-ecceo10.org/media.

The Congress organizers (IOF and ESCEO), the Congress Venue (Firenze Fiera S.p.A.), its official appointed agencies for Registration (MCI Suisse SA), the Hotel Accommodation Agency (Tour Orange) and the Exhibition Organizer (YP Communication) and any suppliers, representatives or agents linked to the organization of the Congress shall not be held liable by any person for any injury, damage, theft, loss, medical problem or inconvenience which may be suffered by any person while traveling to or from, or during such person’s presence in Italy in connection with this Congress. Participants and their guests are advised to purchase their own insurance against any such occurrences.

In case of force majeure, the Congress organisers have the right to alter or cancel the Congress without prior notice, however a notice of the occurrence shall be given by IOF or ESCEO as soon as reasonably possible. Force majeure shall mean any circumstance beyond the reasonable control of IOF or ESCEO which prevents or impedes the holding of the Congress, including, but not limited to, government action, war or hostilities, riot or civil commotion, plague or other epidemic such as SARS, bird flu, etc, earthquake, flood, hurricane, cyclone, fire or other natural physical disaster, explosion, accident or breakdown, strike, lack of the usual means of transportation or terrorism or due to events which are not attributable to wrongful intent or gross negligence of the IOF and ESCEO. IOF and ESCEO shall not be liable for any direct or indirect, incidental or consequential damages, losses, expenditures or any other inconveniences or costs caused by such modification or cancellation of the Congress. Furthermore, registration fees will not be reimbursed by IOF or ESCEO.

All reasonable endeavors will be made to hold the Congress and to present its programme as scheduled under circumstances which assure the comfort and safety of all participants and their guests. However, the IOF and/or ESCEO reserve the right to modify the programme, unilaterally and without notice.

Neither IOF or ESCEO, nor their officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents, shall be held liable by any person as a result of the cancellation of the Congress or any of the arrangements, programmes or plans connected therewith, or for any injury, damage or inconvenience which may be suffered by any person while traveling to or from, or during such person’s presence in Italy in connection with this Congress. Participants and their guests are advised to purchase their own insurance against any such occurrences.

Any litigation stemming from the above contract will be tried in Nyon, Switzerland where the Swiss law is exclusively applicable.

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