FAQs for ECP 2024
Congress Registration & General Enquiries
On-Site Attendance
Please send a respective e-mail to ecp-florence@cpo-hanser.de and the Congress Office will change your registration accordingly. Kindly note, the on-site-registration includes a virtual registration as well.
ESP Members, Non-Members, Residents and PhD students
- Admission to all scientific sessions
- Admission to Networking Reception
- Admission to poster exhibition (on-site and online) and technical exhibition
- Coffee breaks and lunches from Sunday to Wednesday
- Congress material (delegate bag, final programme etc.)
- Access to all* scientific sessions on demand (until 11 October 2024 for non-members or 11 December 2024 for ESP members)
* Videomicroscopy Sessions will neither be live streamed nor recorded.
Additional Symposia (Molecular Pathology Diagnostics Symposium / Computational Symposium)
- Admission to all sessions of the respective symposium
- Admission to poster exhibition (on-site and online) and technical exhibition on the day of the symposium
- Access to all symposium-related on-demand content (until 11 October 2024 for non-members or 11 December 2024 for ESP members)
Yes, all scientific sessions (except for Videomicroscopy) will be available on demand until 11 October 2024 for non-members or 11 December 2024 for ESP members.
Yes, please come to the registration counter at the Spadolini Pavilion Ground Floor during the opening hours. However, we recommend to register online in advance to avoid long waiting times.
The preliminary opening hours of the registration counter are as follows:
- Saturday, 7 Sept 2024: 16:00 – 20:00
- Sunday, 8 Sept 2024: 07:00 – 18:00
- Monday, 9 Sept 2024: 07:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday, 10 Sept 2024: 08:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday, 11 Sept 2024: 08:00 – 17:30
You can request an invitation letter during the registration process. Detailed information regarding entry regulations for your home country may be accessed via the following link: vistoperitalia.esteri.it
We recommend to arrange for a visa well ahead of time. Kindly note that invitation letters may only be sent out, once the registration fee has been settled.
Virtual Attendance
ESP Members, Non-Members, Residents and PhD students
- Access to all* scientific sessions (including Molecular Pathology Diagnostics Symposium (MD) and Computational Symposium (CP)) during live congress hours.
- Access to all* scientific sessions on demand (until 11 October 2024 for non-members or 11 December 2024 for ESP members)
- Access to digital posters/E-Posters
* Videomicroscopy Sessions will neither be live streamed nor recorded.
Additional Symposia (Molecular Pathology Diagnostics Symposium / Computational Symposium)
- Access to all sessions of the respective symposium during live congress hours
- Access to all symposium-related on demand content (until 11 October 2024 for non-members or 11 December 2024 for ESP members)
- Access to digital posters/E-Posters
Yes, you can, however, only at the ESP member/non-member rate, as resident status cannot be checked. Please note that only credit card payment will be accepted at that stage.
Preferred browsers are Chrome, Edge and Mozilla Firefox (latest versions!). Please make sure you have a stable internet connection and ideally do not use WiFi. We recommend to use a laptop or desktop computer. Mobile devices are not supported.
You will not be able to access the (virtual) congress. So please make sure to check in your account whether your registration is fully paid before your online participation. You can check your registration status within your congress account via the menu item "Your bookings".
You can access the congress portal by clicking on the respective landing page at esp-congress.org that will be made available for live congress hours. Please have your login credentials for your congress account (your e-mail address plus individual password) at hand as you will need to login to access specific content.
All scientific sessions (except for Videomicroscopy) will be recorded and will be available for delayed viewing until 11 October 2024 for non-members or 11 December 2024 for ESP members (registered delegates only).
Live streamed sessions will have a dedicated Q&A tool through which you can send questions to the session chairs. They will select questions and have them displayed for all delegates. You can also use the congress app to send your questions. Please note that Q&A will only be available during live congress hours.
All uploaded posters will be available during live congress hours as well as on-demand (until 11 October 2024 for non-members or 11 December 2024 for ESP members).
Congress Portal
The handouts are available in the congress portal via the Online Programme. Look for the session you are interested in, click the small arrow up/down icon in the top right corner of the session to open the session details and select the "Handout" button close to the respective talk to download.
All uploaded posters and E-Posters will be available at the E-Poster-Terminals and can be acccessed via the congress portal.
Invited Speakers
No, you don’t. You have already been registered by the Congress Office - no need for you to do it via the congress website.
All chairs and speakers have received an e-mail to activate their account and pay online (if applicable). If you did not receive that mail, please notify the Congress Office at ecp-florence@cpo-hanser.de
Speakers will be invited to upload their slides prior to the congress. Uploading them online is the easiest way to submit your slides. If you have done the upload already and need to make a change in the presentation, please notify the Congress Office at ecp-florence@cpo-hanser.de. If you are not able to upload your slides online prior to the congress, there will be a Speakers’ Preview Room at the venue - please ensure to upload your slides at least 2 hours before the session.
All presentations are planned to be delivered in person and exclusively on-site in Florence.
Should this be a problem for you, please contact the WG chairs responsible for your session.
Abstracts / Bursaries
Yes, attending the congress on-site and presenting your abstract is a prerequisite for publication.
Abstract notifications were sent on 6 June 2024. In case you have not received your notification yet, please contact us at ecp-florence@cpo-hanser.de.
All authors of oral presentations have receive detailed information about their respective time slot as well as guidelines for preparation of their presentation via e-mail.
Authors whose abstracts have been selected for a poster presentation need to prepare a physical poster to be presented on-site in Florence. In addition, they will be invited to provide a digital version of their poster to be included in the digital poster area. Invitations including guidelines for the preparation and the upload have been e-mailed to authors via e-mail.
Authors whose abstracts have been selected for an E-Poster need to prepare a PPTX file of their poster. E-Posters will be available throughout the congress at dedicated E-Poster terminals in the poster exhibition. In addition, E-Posters may be accessed via the virtual Poster Area. Notifications to authors whose abstracts have been selected for an E-Poster have been sent via e-mail.
The poster format is PORTRAIT STYLE. Detailed information is available here.
CME Accreditation
The 36th European Congress of Pathology has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 30 CME credits.
Yes, CME credits will be granted for virtual participation (live and on-demand). More detailed information is available here.
In order to receive a certificate of attendance / CME certificate you are kindly requested to evaluate the congress.
| On-site attendance | You can claim your credits online after the congress. A respective link will be made available on the congress website starting 12 September 2024. |
| Virtual attendance | CME credits for virtual participation can be claimed via a dedicated link on the congress website. A respective link will be made available on the congress website. |
Exhibition / Industry Sponsored Symposia
Yes, all industry sponsored symposia can be attended by paid delegates.
Sponsors are offered the option to have their symposia streamed live. However, not all companies might opt for this. Please check if the respective company has booked a live stream for its symposium.
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