Additional information

Oral presentations and posters

Oral presentations:
There will be several parallel sessions. Contributions are invited for sessions within themes A–F. Each presentation will be allocated 15 minutes (including time for discussion).

Poster presentations:
Posters should be closely related to the topics of the scientific sessions and should not exceed 120 cm (height) by 94 cm (width).

Please indicate your preference for your presentation (oral talk or poster) on the registration form; the final decision however, will be made by the organising committee based on advice from the convenors.

Abstract submission

Abstracts with a maximum of 450 words must be submitted by June 15, 2007. Please send digital abstracts as Word documents (*.doc) or in Rich Text Format (*.rtf), attached to an email to or on CD-Rom to the conference address. Please, do not submit your abstract on paper and do not include figures. All abstracts will be published in Terra Nostra (ISSN coded). Your abstract will be processed on receipt of registration payment.

Outstanding student poster award

All first-author students presenting a poster are eligible to compete for this award. The successful student will be awarded financial support (up to € 1000) to attend a scientific meeting of his/her choice.

Financial assistance

Limited funds to support attendance of the conference will be available. GV student members or students who will become members during the conference are eligible for application. For more information contact R. Spitzlei by email ().

Accomodation

Bremen offers hotels of all price categories. Please arrange your accomodation individually (assistance by Bremen Tourist Office - Bremer Touristik Zentrale.

Please feel free to download hotel registration form here.

For budget-priced lodging we recommend the Bremen Youth Hostel (Jugendherberge Bremen; ).