Registration

AO Orthopaedic Research Summit Congress Registration Information

Please make sure to sign up for your choice of membership BEFORE you register for the congress.

  • Early bird
    15 January - 7 April 2025
    Late Fee
    As of 8 April - 30 May 2025
    On-site/Full registration
    31 May - 14 June 2025
    Last Registration/On-site
    04 June - 16 June 2025
    Standard Registration - MemberCHF 600,00CHF 700,00CHF 800,00CHF 900
    Student Registration - Member **CHF 350,00CHF 400,00CHF 450,00CHF 550
    Standard RegistrationCHF 700,00CHF 800,00CHF 900,00CHF 900
    Student RegistrationCHF 450,00CHF 500.00CHF 550.00CHF 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.

  • 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)

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Early bird
    15 January - 7 April 2025
    Late Fee
    As of 8 April - 30 May 2025
    On-site/Full registration
    31 May - 14 June 2025
    Last Registration/On-site
    04 June - 16 June 2025
    Standard Registration - MemberCHF 600,00CHF 700,00CHF 800,00CHF 900
    Student Registration - Member **CHF 350,00CHF 400,00CHF 450,00CHF 550
    Standard RegistrationCHF 700,00CHF 800,00CHF 900,00CHF 900
    Student RegistrationCHF 450,00CHF 500.00CHF 550.00CHF 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.

  • 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

  • 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 4th

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Delivery of the Certificates of Attendance will take place after the conference via email.