Registration

General information

Registration for the GRACE/GRACE-FO Science Team Meeting 2024 is secured via payment of the registration fee. Waiving of the registration fee is not possible.

Deadline for onsite registration is Sunday, 29 September 2024, 23:59 CEST. Virtual registration is possible until the end of the meeting. The registration fee can be paid by credit card or PayPal. Participants have to register online, cash payments are not accepted.

All payments must be made in Euros and bank charges have to be borne by the remitter.

GFZ employees need a TAN for registration. Please send an email to gstm-organizers@gfz-potsdam.de to request your TAN.

Registration fees

  • On-site participation (including icebreaker dinner on day 1): €260
  • Online participation: €20

Instructions for online registration

  • Please ensure you have read and understood the cancellation policy on registration conditions as provided on the website.
  • All information should be typed in upper and lower case (e.g. John Smith).
  • You will have the opportunity to review and edit any registration details before the final payment stage.
  • Please note that there is a time limit of 60 minutes set by the system to complete the registration process.
  • Current versions of common web browsers (e.g. Firefox, Google Chrome, Edge) are the preferred platforms to fill out the registration forms.

Pandemics

  1. Any person who attends the conference on site in Potsdam is obliged to follow any official regulations regarding health and hygiene that are valid during the conference runtime. Such regulations are considered official and mandatory if publicly announced by the European Union/Commission, the government of Germany, the federal state of Brandenburg, the city of Potsdam, or the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences as the hosting venue.
  2. The obligation to follow official health and hygiene regulations is not only applied to COVID-19, but to any other pandemic or epidemic that might occur in the future.

Letter of invitation

Participants who need to receive an official letter of invitation in order to obtain a visa can send a request to the local organizing committee (gstm-organizers@gfz-potsdam.de).

This invitation is not a commitment on the part of the organizers to provide financial support.

Terms and conditions

General

  • Registration is only valid for the specified person and is non-transferable.
  • Registration for the conference implies the acceptance of the rules of conduct.
  • Changes to registration invoices are only possible with regard to the invoice address or order references. Any such claims must be received by Copernicus Meetings no later than 6 weeks after the last day of the conference. Later requests cannot be considered.

Cancellation policy

  • The registration fee will only be refunded (less cancellation fee) for on-site participants if the notice of cancellation is received by Copernicus Meetings before Sunday, 29 September 2024.
  • There is no reason (including but not limited to illness, inability to travel, visa application rejection, travel restrictions, etc.) for registration cancellation that makes the above-mentioned deadline for cancellations inapplicable.
  • Cancellations after Sunday, 29 September 2024, no-shows as well as cancellations by online participants are not eligible for a refund.
  • The cancellation fee is €160.