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ESPACOMP 2012
Please book these dates in your agenda as this meeting constitutes a major event in research on the clinical&economic consequences and origins of patient non-adherence to prescribed drug dosing regimens.
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Prior to the ESPACOMP scientific meeting you can choose to attend a pre-conference educational day on Thursday October 25.
The scientific meeting will be held on Friday October 26 until Saturday October 27 lunch time and offers a mix of key lectures, a poster session and a panel discussion. If you choose to register for both one of the pre-conference educational days on Thursday and the scientific meeting on Friday and Saturday, we offer an interesting discount.
- The pre-conference Adherence enhancing educational day focuses on interventions for treatment initiation, execution and persistence (An Intervention Mapping Approach).
- The pre-conference Patient adherence and drug development educational day is organised especially for the industry involved in Phase I and II, focusing on bridging the adherence gap between use-effectiveness and method-effectiveness.
The scientific meeting will be held on Friday October 26 until Saturday October 27 lunch time and offers a mix of key lectures, a poster session and a panel discussion. If you choose to register for both one of the pre-conference educational days on Thursday and the scientific meeting on Friday and Saturday, we offer an interesting discount.
PROGRAM
Click on the program at a glance to have a look at the details of the mixed educational and scientific program.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
We welcome contributions from anyone wishing to present their latest adherence-related work at ESPACOMP 2012. Abstract submission deadline is June 15th, 2012.To submit an abstract, create your account and/or login in the upper right corner of the website. Click on "submit an abstract" in the upper left corner of the website. Authors will be notified about abstract acceptance after mid-July 2012.
Guidelines:
- An abstract should not exceed 300 words.
- All abstracts must be in English, the official language of the Conference.
- Select the presenting author during the abstract submission. Write the author(s)' names as full names (not initials). Omit full postal address.
- Original papers should be arranged in the following order: Background-Aim-Methods-Results-Conclusion.
- During the submission, please indicate the preferred presentation option (oral/poster). The Scientific Committee reserves the right to change the presentation form (i. e. poster instead of oral).
- The abstract will be reproduced in the Abstract Book exactly as submitted.
- The abstract should not contain any tables, figures, references or acknowledgements.
REGISTRATION FEES
Registration is open. To register for the meeting, create your account and/or login in the upper right corner of the website. Click on "register for ESPACOMP 2012" in the upper left corner of the website. The registration fees of this year's meeting(s) are as follows (only one option can be selected):| Student | Academia/ Public sector |
Industry/ Private sector |
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| 25th ⇒ 27th October 2012 | |||||
| Only pre-conference Adherence enhancing educational day (Thursday, 25) | 100€ | 150€ | 300€ | ||
| Only pre-conference Patient adherence and drug development educational day (Thursday, 25) | 100€ | 150€ | 300€ | ||
| Only scientific meeting (Friday, 26 and Saturday, 27) | 100€ | 150€ | 300€ | ||
| Combination of pre-conference Adherence enhancing educational day and scientific meeting (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) | 150€ | 250€ | 500€ | ||
| Combination of pre-conference Patient adherence and drug development educational day and scientific meeting (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) | 150€ | 250€ | 500€ | ||
* The indicated fees include evening events of the days registered (reception on Thursday; dinner and guided tour on Friday), meeting material, lunches and coffee breaks at the venue during the meeting.
* Note for students: please e-mail a copy of a student identification to info@espacomp.eu
Payment details Registration fees should be paid to the following account, mentioning the name of the conference attendee with the payment:
Account n°: 001-5834755-87
Account holder: ESPACOMP ASBL
Bank: BNP Paribas Fortis, Montagne du Parc 3, B – 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
IBAN: BE67 0015 8347 5587
BIC FORTIS: GEBABEBB
A confirmation email including payment details will be sent to your email address upon registration. Your registration has to be confirmed with the payment of the registration fee. A receipt of the payment will be sent to you upon acceptance of the payment.
CONFERENCE VENUE
The 15th annual ESPACOMP meeting will take place in the: Monasterium (Oude Houtlei 56 - 9000 Ghent, Belgium). Touristic information on Ghent can be found here. Click on the map below to get a real life view of the location of the meeting, selected hotels and public transport in Google Maps."
TRANSPORT
By planeBelgium is located in the heart of Europe, with Brussels as the capital of Europe. Brussels Airport (Zaventem) is the nearest international airport, located about 55 km (34 miles) to the (south)east of Ghent. Direct trains drive from Brussels Airport to Gent-Sint-Pieters (every hour (hour:51) in less than an hour.
From international station Gent-Sint-Pieters tram 1 (direction Gent Flanders Expo) will take you to stop Gent Korte Meer in about 10 minutes (tram 1 leaves every 5 minutes). The walk from tram stop Korte Meer to the meeting venue is about 600 meters (7 minutes’ walk).
By train
International: Plan your route via http://www.b-europe.com/Travel (Schiphol 2h, Paris 2h, London 3h)
National: Plan your route via http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/
You can enter two stations as destination: station Gent-Sint-Pieters1 or station Gent-Dampoort2
1 From Gent-Sint-Pieters tram 1 (direction Ghent Flanders Expo) will take you to stop Gent Korte Meer in about 10 minutes (tram 1 leaves every 5 minutes). The walk from Korte Meer to the meeting venue is about 600 meters (7 minutes’ walk).
2 From Gent-Dampoort various buses (3, 17, 18, 38, 39, ...) stop at bus stop Gent Poel after about 10 minutes. The walk from bus stop Poel to the meeting venue is about 200 meters (4 minutes' walk). You can check the bus time table at http://www.delijn.be/en/index.htm (departure Gent-Dampoort (nmbs station) and arrival Gent Korte Meer (bus stop)).
By car
The meeting venue’s address is Oude Houtlei 56. The nearest car parking facilities are Sint-Michiels (Sint-Michielsplein 8 – 9000 Gent) and Ramen (Ramen 3 – 9000 Gent) (both at €10/24h).
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is to be booked by the participants individually. The listed hotels offer accommodation at reduced prices by indicating the special booking codes (mentioned per hotel) and by booking prior to the indicated dates (mentioned per hotel). After the indicated dates, the normal hotel prices apply and we can no longer guarantee that there will be rooms left.Limited Co (5 minutes’ walk from the meeting venue)
Hoogstraat 58-60 – 9000 Gent |Tel: 32 9 225 14 95 | info@limited-co.be | www.limited-co.be
Reservations via the hotel's website
€65 per night (breakfast and taxes included) single room*
€90 per night (breakfast and taxes included) double room*
* Prices for reservations made before September 25, 2012
Ibis Gent Opera (10 minutes’ walk from the meeting venue) Flyer
Nederkouter 24-26 – 9000 Gent | Tel +3292330000 – Fax +3292331000 | www.ibishotel.com
Reservation via H1455-RE@accor.com (Valerie De Langhe)
€89 per night per person (breakfast at €14 per person + city tax at €2,5 per person) single or double*
* Prices for reservations made before September 11, 2012 – Booking code: ESPACOMP
* Prices based on the reservation of at least 8 participants (if less, normal prices apply)
Ibis Gent Kathedraal (8 minutes’ walk from the meeting venue) Flyer
Limburgstraat 2 – 9000 Gent | Tel +3292330000 – Fax +3292331000 | www.ibishotel.com
Reservation via: H1455-RE@accor.com (Kim Vanlimburg)
€96 per night per person (breakfast at €14 per person + city taks at €2,5 per person) single or double*
*Prices for reservations made before September 11, 2012 – Booking code: ESPACOMP
*Prices based on the reservation of at least 8 participants (if less, normal prices apply)
Novotel Gent Centrum (8 minutes’ walk from the meeting venue) Flyer
Goudenleeuwplein 5 – 9000 Ghent | Tel +32 9 224 22 30 – Fax +32 9 224 32 95 | www.novotel.com
Reservation via: H0840-RE@accor.com
€144,5 per night (breakfast and taxes included + free WIFI throughout the hotel) single room*
€159 per night (breakfast and taxed included + free WIFI throughout the hotel) double room*
*Prices for reservations made before September 17, 2012 – Booking code: ESPACOMP
Hôtel Verhaegen Chambres d’hôtes d’exception (located right across the meeting venue)
(only 5 rooms available and all rooms are double)
Oude Houtlei 110 – 9000 Ghent | Tel +32 9 265 01 60 | www.hotelverhaegen.be
Reservation via: info@hotelverhaegen.be
€175 per night (breakfast at €18 per person + city tax at €2,5 per person + free WIFI) Deluxe room*
€225 per night (breakfast at €18 per person + city tax at €2,5 per person + free WIFI) Junior suite*
€245 per night (breakfast at €18 per person + city tax at €2,5 per person + free WIFI) Suite Années ‘40*
*Prices for reservations made before October 15, 2012 – Booking code: Kandinsky (+ mention ESPACOMP congress hosted by UGent.