AO Orthopaedic Research Summit Congress Registration Information
Please make sure to sign up for your choice of membership BEFORE you register for the congress.
Fees & Deadlines
Early bird
15 January - 7 April 2025Late Fee
As of 8 April - 30 May 2025On-site/Full registration
31 May - 14 June 2025Last Registration/On-site
04 June - 16 June 2025Standard Registration - Member CHF 600,00 CHF 700,00 CHF 800,00 CHF 900 Student Registration - Member ** CHF 350,00 CHF 400,00 CHF 450,00 CHF 550 Standard Registration CHF 700,00 CHF 800,00 CHF 900,00 CHF 900 Student Registration CHF 450,00 CHF 500.00 CHF 550.00 CHF 550 ** Student registration: must be a student or a PhD candidate at the time of registration. During the registration process, please upload a scanned copy of your valid student ID card (validity must be clearly visible) or a letter signed by your supervisor stating that you are a PhD student.
Useful Information About Registration
Both Standard and Student Congress Registration fees will include full conference attendance from Monday 16th June to Thursday 19th June 2025 inclusive of:
Admission to scientific program with oral and poster presentation
Admission to exhibition
Access to abstracts in electronic form
Coffee breaks
Lunches (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)
The welcome reception on Monday 16th June 2025
Gala Dinner Tuesday 17th June 2025Payments
Payments can be made only by credit card.
Payments by credit card can be done during the online registration process. You will get a confirmation of registration and payment afterwards via email. All payments should be made in CHF. Personal cheques and foreign currency are not accepted.
Cancellation and Refunds
Please keep the below in mind, should you need to cancel your registration:
No cancellation fee will apply for cancellation requests by 1 April 2025.
From 2nd April to 1st May 2023, a cancellation fee of 50% of the registration fee will apply.
Regrettably, no refunds will be granted after 17th May 2025 in which your full registration fees will be forfeited.
No refund will be made in case of non-appearance.Kindly note, that all registration changes and cancellations have to be communicated via email at eors-caos-2025@aofoundation.org. The time at which the written cancellation is received is deemed to be the time of cancellation.
Insurance
The registration fee does not include insurance of any kind. The organizer is not liable for any losses of things, accidents, destruction and damage of property and/or in the injury of persons, the reason not mattering. This applies for travel to/from the conference as well as the attendance in the conference. Participants and accompanying persons participate in all conference sessions on their own risk. All are advised to personally arrange appropriate travel and health insurance.
Certificate of Attendance
A Certificates of Attendance will be available and issued to you upon request, via email, the week after the congress has taken place.
Registration for ESB2023 is now open
The online registration system will take you step-by-step through the registration process. Upon completion of the registration, you will receive a confirmation e-mail.
Inclusivity and widening the access to networking with top-class researchers is a high priority for the ESB2023 organizers.
With the aim to facilitate participation to the ESB2023 conference for participants from areas with reduced resources and opportunities, we are glad to introduce reduced registration fees for participants with affiliation in countries with Human Development Index (HDI) < 0.850.
For students, we strongly encourage to apply to the Rudolf Cimdins Scholarship.
Fees & Deadlines
Early bird
15 January - 7 April 2025Late Fee
As of 8 April - 30 May 2025On-site/Full registration
31 May - 14 June 2025Last Registration/On-site
04 June - 16 June 2025Standard Registration - Member CHF 600,00 CHF 700,00 CHF 800,00 CHF 900 Student Registration - Member ** CHF 350,00 CHF 400,00 CHF 450,00 CHF 550 Standard Registration CHF 700,00 CHF 800,00 CHF 900,00 CHF 900 Student Registration CHF 450,00 CHF 500.00 CHF 550.00 CHF 550 ** Student registration: must be student or PhD candidate at the time of registration. Please upload a scanned copy of your valid student ID card (validity must be clearly visible!) or a letter signed by your supervisor stating that you are a PhD student during registration process. Student registrations that are not supported by the requested proof within 14 days after registration, will be cancelled.
*** Upon registration, you will become a member of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) until March 31, 2024. For more information about the European Society for Biomaterials, please visit www.esbiomaterials.eu.
Rudolf Cimdins Scholarships
This scholarship is given by the ESB council and covers the full ESB conference registration fee of students (Bachelor, Master or PhD) who would otherwise not be able to attend the conference, as they have to travel a very long distance or come from a poorly funded country/group = Human Development Index (HDI) < 0.850.
Read more at https://www.esbiomaterials.eu/cms/content/11
Useful information about registration
Conference registration fees include for Student and Full Conference only (from Monday 4th to Friday 8th):
Admission to scientific program with oral and poster presentation
Admission to exhibition
Access to abstracts in electronic form
Coffee breaks
The welcome reception on Monday, September 4th
Lunches (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday)One-day registration
Admission to scientific program with oral and poster presentation
Admission to exhibition
Access to abstracts in electronic form
Coffee break(s)
Lunch(s) of the day(s) chosen
The Welcome reception if chosen day is Monday, September 4thPayments
Payments can be made only by credit card.
Payments by credit card can be done during the online registration process. You will get a confirmation of registration and payment afterwards via email. All payments should be made in CHF. Personal cheques and foreign currency are not accepted.
Cancellation and Refunds
In case of cancellation of the registration or cancellation of single bookings received.
Until June 16, 2023, no cancellation fee will apply.
After June 16 and before July 16, 2023, a cancellation fee of 50% of the registration fee applies.
After July 16, 2023, no refund will be given for any cancellations and the claim for the full payment of all registration fees remains.
No refund will be made in case of non-appearance.All registration changes and cancellations have to be communicated via email (esb.davos@aofoundation.org). The time at which the written cancellation is received is deemed to be the time of cancellation.
Insurance
The registration fee does not include insurance of any kind. The organizer is not liable for any losses of things, accidents, destruction and damage of property and/or in the injury of persons, the reason not mattering. This applies for travel to/from the conference as well as the attendance in the conference. Participants and accompanying persons participate in all conference sessions on their own risk. They are advised to organize appropriate travel and health insurance themselves.
Certificate of Attendance
Delivery of the Certificates of Attendance will take place after the conference via email.