Check the entitlements for your role as a speaker, chair, reviewer, abstract author or case submitter.
Role in Congress programme |
Obligatory attendance to the session |
Congress registration |
Financial contribution in Euro (€) |
Speakers' reception invitation |
| Chair/Panellist: All sessions excl. Postgraduate courses | Yes |
No special discount |
0 | No |
| Chair: Postgraduate course | Yes |
Free |
0 | No |
| Speaker/Discussant: Vienna based (up to 150 km) |
Yes | Free | 300 | Yes |
| Speaker/Discussant: based in Europe1 |
Yes | Free | 600 | Yes |
| Speaker/Discussant: based outside of Europe | Yes | Free | 1500 | Yes |
| Game zone facilitator: Vienna based (up to 150 km) | Yes | Free | 300 | No |
| Game zone facilitator: based in Europe1 |
Yes | Free | 600 | No |
| Game zone facilitator: based outside of Europe |
Yes | Free | 1500 | No |
| Abstract reviewer / Case reviewer | No | 50% discount to register for any day or the whole Congress2,3 | 0 | No |
| Abstract author/Case presenter:Abstract in oral presentation, poster discussion, thematic poster session or case presentation in Challenging clinical cases4 | Yes | No special discount | 0 | No |
| Case submitter (cases included in lungs on fire)5 | No | No special discount | 0 | No |
1 The European countries list is based on the WHO European Region list
2 50% discount based on early-bird fee (regardless of when the registration is done) and based on the category the faculty belongs to.
3 Abstract and case reviewers up to 40 years of age will be offered a free registration
4 Abstract author: Bursary and sponsorship notification will be sent mid-June 2020
5 Attendance to the session is not mandatory for authors of cases that will be included in ‘lungs on fire’ (cases will be presented by a discussant). However, we strongly recommend that you and/or your co-author(s) attend the session and participate in the case presentation by providing additional information, answering questions from the panel of experts and the audience and getting involved in fruitful discussions. Your participation would be clearly valuable. Therefore, a seat will be reserved for you at the front side of the session room and you will be acknowledged by the discussant.
Important notes
- You will be asked to declare any external sponsorship or funding you receive to support your attendance at the Congress. In the case of receiving a partial or complete sponsorship for your accommodation or flight, you are no longer eligible for ERS financial support. Speakers/discussants whose participation in the Congress is fully covered by ERS (e.g. ERS officers) will not be entitled to the financial contribution mentioned above.
- ALL speakers, discussants, chairs, panellists and presenters will have to plan their own accommodation and travel arrangements.
- The privileges are not combined but are based on the highest role/activity of the individual.
- Speakers involved in meet the expert sessions, postgraduate courses, skills workshops and professional development workshops are requested to provide educational materials by 30 June, 2020. They will receive an honorarium of 150 Euros for completed educational materials received.