The SOC believes that physical presence at the workshop is a very important ingredient for its success. Therefore registrations and proposed contributions are preferentially accepted only from participants who intend to be present in Ferrara. Due to COVID restrictions still being enforced in Italy, we are currently able to accept only a limited number of pre-registrations, smaller than the number of requests we have received. The accepted on-site participants have been notified and are encouraged to promptly arrange for their travel plans. They are also asked to pay the workshop fee by April 1st to secure their participation. Additional pre-registrants have been put on a waiting list, and will be offered on-site places following the order in which we received pre-registrations, up to April 24th. While we are optimistic that the COVID restrictions will be lifted soon, with many more seats becoming available, we cannot guarantee at the moment that this will happen. The workshop will in any case support remote participation, with obvious limitations to interactivity. A dedicated pre-registration link for remote attendees has been opened on March 11th. We regret that the present status of the programme does not allow for remote contributions to be considered.
In the following timeline, updates are flagged in red.
Registration
- 19 Nov: pre-registration open for those attending in person
- 11 March: pre-registration open for those attending remotely
- 24 April: pre-registation closed (phsysical attendance) and last date on which pre-registrants may be offered a seat
- 2 May: registration closed (remote attendance)
Fee:
- 10 March: Payment of fee open
- April 1st: last possibility to pay the fee for pre-registrants accepted as physical participants on March 10. For pre-registrants that are accepted at a later time, deadline becomes April 1st or a week after the acceptance notification, whichever comes later.
- 2 May: last possibility for change from physical to remote participation and partial reimbursement of fee*
- 2 May: payment of fee closed (physical and remote participants)
Abstracts & Programme:
- 19 Nov: abstract submission open
- 31 Jan: abstract submission closed
- 10 March: acceptance notification
- 10 March: tentative programme published (includes contributions from physical participants)
- 9 May: final programme published
Grants
- 19 Nov: funding application open
- 31 January: funding application closed
- 10 March: funding acceptance notification
Announcements
- 19 Nov: 1st announcement (with opening of website)
- 17 January: 2nd announcement, with reminder of end of abstract submission deadline (31 January)
- 10 March: 3rd announcement with publication of draft programme
- 9 May: Final announcement (together with publication of final programme)
Meeting
– start of meeting: 23 May
– end of meeting: 27 May
* We will reimburse the difference between the online and remote fees, minus, possibly, a small processing fee that may be charged by the bank or credit card issuer.