General Information

Congress VENUES

Please pay attention: the venues of the course are different on first and second day

TRANSPORTATION

The nearest and most convenient airport is Venice Marco Polo Airport, around 50 Km far from Padova, well connected to Padova by public or private transportations and conveniently linked with all major European airports. Other airports are: Verona V. Catullo (90 Km), Bologna G. Marconi (120 Km) and Treviso Airport (60 km, mostly used by low-cost airline companies).
By car: Padova is linked by highways with Venezia – Milano (A4) and Rome/Bologna (A13): follow the green highway (autostrada) signs. Coming from Venice go out to the exit Padova EST Coming from Milano go out to the exit Padova OVEST. Coming from Rome/Bologna go out to the exit Padova SUD
Taxi city service Radiotaxi Padova – ph. +39 049 651333

LANGUAGE
The official language will be English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.

SECRETARIAT DESK ONSITE
The Secretariat Desk will be open on September 23 from 08.00 till the end of the congress. You could collect your congress bag and your badge. You are kindly requested to wear your badge during the whole congress time.

ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATE
All registered attendees will receive the Attendance Certificate by email after the conference.

INJURY
The Organizing Secretariat, the Scientific Secretariat, the President of the Conference and University of Padova cannot accept any liability for personal injuries or for loss or damage to property belonging to delegates, either during the meeting or during the whole stay. Please check the validity of your own personal insurance before coming to the meeting.

CANCELLATION OF THE CONGRESS
The congress secretariat reserves the right to cancel the conference, shift venue, or change dates without notice, in case of “force majeure”.
Neither MZ Events nor the Congress Organizing Committee shall be liable for any damage claims.

LIABILITY AND INSURANCE
Registration fees do not include the insurance of participants against personal accidents, sickness and cancellations by any party, theft, loss or damage to personal possessions. Participants are advised to take out adequate personal insurance to cover travel, accommodation, cancellation and personal effects.

ACCOMMODATION
We strongly recommend to book your accommodation in Padova in advance, because the city attracts many tourists, also due to its proximity to Venice.

Hotels located in Padova city center
4 stars Hotels
Hilton Garden Inn PadovaCity Center
Hotel Majestic Toscanelli
Hotel Methis
Hotel Europa
Hotel Milano
3 stars Hotels
Albergo Verdi
Hotel Al Prato
Hotel Canton dell’Orto
Hotel Casa del Pellegrino
Hotel Donatello
Hotel Giotto
Hotel Igea
Hotel Maritan
Hotel M14
Hotel Patavium
B&B Scrovegni

Hotels located about 2km far from the historical city center
Best Western Plus Hotel Galileo
Hotel NH Padova
Best Western Hotel Biri

EFLM Continuing Professional Education Credit System – CPECS®

The EFLM Strategic Conference 2024 has been submitted for CPECS® accreditation to deliver CPECS® credits for participants.

The EFLM CPECS® is an administrative system that provides a quality assurance mechanism for the accreditation of continuing education events based on high-quality continuing education content in laboratory medicine and relevant scientific topics. In those countries where a national crediting system is not in place, the CPECS® system can directly represent the system adopted at national level for the certification of the educational events and may recognize CPECS® credits on a voluntary basis.

Each participant must attend at least 75% of each session to get CPECS® credits.

Each delegate interested in getting the CPECS® credits must sign in and out on appropriate register at the Secretariat Desk for each session they attend.

Once the congress is over, only delegates with 75% of attendance will receive a specific email with the evaluation questionnaire to fill in. At the end of the whole process, the CPECS® certificate will be issued and sent to the entitled participants.