IMPORTANT DATES :: FEES :: TRAVEL GRANTS :: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION :: SATELLITE WORKSHOPS :: ORAL PRESENTATIONS :: POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Outline of steps to do for participants:

1. Register in the online registration system. At this step your personal data will be requested. You will receive a registration confirmation e-mail with login instructions after your registration is completed. The further steps will require you to login to the registration system (login box at the right of the top navigation menu).
2. Pay any open registration fee and book & pay optional workshops and social events in the registration system (optional events can also be booked and paid later until the deadline of the event).
3. (Optional) Submit your Scientific Abstract for your session of interest in the registration system. This step requires prior payment of any open registration fees (see step2).

REGISTRATION & ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Following completion of your online registration you will receive a confirmation e-mail including your login data for the further steps such as registration fee payment, abstract submission, and grant applications.

Please note that your registration & abstract submission is only valid after payment of any open registration fees.

Important Dates and Deadlines:

• Opening of registration and abstract submission - October 20, 2026
• Deadline for abstract submissions eligible for oral presentations - December 15, 2026
• Deadline early registration with reduced fees - December 15, 2026*
• Deadline payment of early registration fees - December 15, 2026*
• Notification of acceptance for oral or poster presentation - April 11, 2027
• Late-breaking poster abstract submission - April 30, 2027
• Deadline late registration fee payment and closure of online registration - May 25, 2027**

* If full payment has not been received until December 15, 2026, the late fee will automatically be applied.
** After the closure of the online registration only onsite registrations are possible (an additional 100 EUR onsite handling fee will be charged)

Registration Fees:

Student

A confirmation of your enrollment as student or a corresponding letter from your supervisor needs to be uploaded in PDF format during the registration process.

Early € 525,- | ÖGMBT member € 495,- *
Late € 625,- | ÖGMBT member € 595,- *

Regular

Early € 775,- | ÖGMBT member € 745,- *
Late € 875,- | ÖGMBT member € 845,- *

Industrial

Early € 1255,- | ÖGMBT member € 1225,- *
Late € 1355,- | ÖGMBT member € 1325,- *

Last-minute onsite registrations are also possible but will incur a 100 EUR onsite handling fee in addition to the registration fee listed above.

* For ÖGMBT members with an active and paid membership a member discount voucher code is available after login at the ÖGMBT website and can be entered during the payment process. AIT members can request a limited number of discount codes from the AIT organizers.

All prices are in Euro. ÖGMBT is exempted from tax, so no sales tax is accounted.

The registration fee includes:

• Admission to all sessions
• Welcome reception
• Congress bag with program book
• Electronic version of the full abstract book with participants list
• Access to the exhibition area
• Lunches and coffee breaks

REFUNDS & CANCELLATIONS

All cancellation and refund requests must be sent to the symposium office at office@micrope.org.

The following cancellation terms apply to registration fees:

• until March 23, 2027: 80% reimbursement
• until April 30, 2027: 50% reimbursement
• after April 30, 2027: no refund possible, however substitutions of attendees can be made.

Payments for social events or satellites are not eligible for any refunds. Some social events and satellites will only be held if a minimum number of participants are reached. Cancelled social events and satellites will be refunded with a 5% handling fee.

Invitation letter

An invitation letter can be downloaded in the registration system after the registration fee has been paid.

Attendance & Presentation confirmations

Attendance & Presentation confirmations can downloaded in the registration after the end of the meeting.

Conference Dinner & Social Events

More information on these events will be announced in due time.

Satellite workshops

More information on these events will be announced in due time.

PAYMENT

All payments are made via the online registration system (login box at the right of the top navigation menu) and can be made at the end of the registration process. Please note that payment of registration fees is required before abstract submission!

We offer several options for online payment (available options may depend on country) via our new payment processor Mollie which can be selected when placing an order:

* Apple Pay will only be available as an option on the payment screen if a supported device is used.

Registration will only be valid upon receipt of the full payment according to the deadline indicated. A letter of invitation can only be issued upon request after the registration fee has been paid.

Symposium Travel Grants

We are currently working to obtain funding for travel grants for young researchers. More information will be posted here at a later timepoint.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

After completion of your registration you can login to the online registration system (login box at top right of the top navigation menu) with the instructions from your registration confirmation e-mail and submit up to 2 abstracts for the symposium. All abstracts must be submitted using the online registration system and require payment of the registration fee before submission.

Please prepare an abstract consisting of a title (250 characters max.), up to 14 authors and an abstract body (2500 characters max.) . In the online editor you may use simple formatting elements such as bold, italic, underline, super & subscript and special characters in both the title and abstract.

Abstract Evaluation: Submitted abstracts will be considered for either a poster or an oral presentation (short talk or science flash) by the scientific committee and all participants will be automatically notified via e-mail on April 11 of the acceptance of their abstract and the type of presentation. The acceptance and selection status of your abstract is also available via the registration system.

PRESENTING YOUR DATA

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Please submit your presentation on a USB-Stick in PDF or MS Office format to the technician in the lecture hall at the latest in the break 2 hours before your session. Presentations will be played from a windows presentation laptop provided by the organizers. The beamer resolution is 1920x1080 and the projection screen has 16:9 format.

Short Talks will be 12 minutes talk and 3 minutes discussion.

Science Flash Talks are a mixed format with a short oral presentation and a poster. Science flashes will be 5 minutes talk and the discussion will take place at the poster during the respective poster session.

POSTERS

Poster presentations: Please prepare a printed poster max. size DIN A0 (841 x 1189 mm), portrait format (upright). The number of your poster can be found in the poster table within the program book or on the scientific program page.

BEST ORAL AND POSTER PRIZES

Each young scientist who has submitted an abstract has the chance to win one of the prizes for Best Talk or Best Poster.

From all talks and poster the chairs will nominate award winners.