UICC is offering an abstract compilation on CD-ROM with the help of an educational grant from Roche. The CD-ROM is available free of charge in your congress bag.
	In addition to the CD-ROM, delegates have the option to select abstracts of interest to them and thus develop a tailored itinerary for the congress as well as their personal, customized abstract book. This service is available at the Cybercenter on stand n°1035.

World Cancer Congress 2008, UICC Congress Secretariat
62, Route de Frontenex, 1207 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel +41 22 809 1811, Fax +41 22 809 1810, www.uicc-congress08.org


 

The World Cancer Congress takes place in the Geneva Palexpo Convention Centre, located a few minutes away from Geneva International Airport and 15 minutes from the city centre.

Geneva-Palexpo
CH-1218 Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
Tel +41 22 761 11 11, Fax +41 22 798 01 00, Email:
Palexpo is in easy reach of the city centre by bus (n°5) or by taxi. The airport is only a 10 minute walk and with regional and international flights, a train station and a shopping centre open 7 days a week.

The World Cancer Congress will offer up to 21 CME points for delegates. For US delegates, these points are validated through the PRA. In addition, Italian physicians are eligible for ECM points, and nurses for ICN credits. Attendance certificates will be available for delegates to pick up as of Friday.

For all information concerning excursions please check with the Symporg desk, which is located at the information booth on the ground floor in the entrance hall.

A copy of the final programme is provided free of charge to each delegate in the congress bag. Additional copies can be purchased for €5 or CHF 8 at the on-site registration counter in the registration area.

Lunch boxes will be distributed in the exhibition area on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 12:00. Please note that lunch boxes may not be taken into the lecture rooms and should be disposed of in the appropriate waste areas. During morning and afternoon breaks (10:00-10:30 and 16:30-17:00) tea or coffee can be purchased at the specified points in the exhibition area.

A user-pay restaurant, “La Brasserie”, located on the ground floor is also at the disposal of participants, but is run independently of the World Cancer Congress.

For any questions about accommodation, please contact the Symporg desk which is located at the information booth in the entrance hall (ground floor). The Geneva tourist board is also located in this area.

The organizer does not accept responsibility for individual medical, travel or personal insurance. Participants are strongly advised to make their own arrangements for health and travel insurance.

	Internet access is available within the exhibition area during opening times and is jointly serviced by the Global Cancer Control Community and GLOBALink. This area also offers printing facilities for your customized intinerary and abstract book. This service is available through an educational grant from Roche.
	WIFI connection will also be provided by UICC, enabling participants to use their own laptops throughout the Convention Centre.

Unexpected cancellation of the event: UICC reserves the right to cancel the World Cancer Congress without notice or compensation due to circumstances outside its control, including (but not limited to) acts of God, civil commotion, strike, work to rule or go slow, lock-outs, hostilities, fire, flood, drought or inability to procure materials, venues or services except at increased prices due to any of the foregoing causes. In the event of force majeure, UICC is free of all responsibility.

Limitation of UICC liability: Should it become impossible for UICC to hold the World Cancer Congress, so long as this is due to force majeure and not to any cause attributable to UICC, UICC shall only be obliged to reimburse the payments received, subject to deduction of any costs it has incurred in prepar- ing the event.

Should you lose your badge, CHF 30.- will be charged for a replacement that can be arranged at the on- site registration counter. If you are entitled to a free registration, the same fee of CHF 30.- will be charged.

Any misplaced items can be brought to the general information point located in the lobby of the con- ference centre. Please enquire here for any lost belongings.

Get up to 20% discount with the Star Alliance network The Star Alliance member airlines are pleased to be appointed as the Official Airline Network for the UICC 2008 World Cancer Congress.

Simply call the reservation office of any participating Star Alliance member airline and quote the event code LX002S8. Registered participants plus one accompanying person travelling to the event are automatically granted a discount of up to 20%, depending on the class of travel.

Participating airlines for this event are: Air Canada, Spanair, Lufthansa, LOT Polish Airlines, SWISS International Air Lines, Austrian Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, THAI, TAP Portugal.

Booking office information can be found at: www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus

Discounts are offered on published business and economy class fares, excluding website/internet fares, senior and youth fares, group fares and Round the World fares.


Please note: For travel from Japan and New Zealand, special fares or discounts are offered by the participating airlines on their own network.

The official language of the Congress is English. All abstracts and presentations must be in English. All plenary sessions as well as selected tobacco tracks will be translated into French. Please refer to the final programme for full details.

Wednesday 27 August	17:00 – 19:30
Thursday 28 August	07:30 – 18:30
Friday 29 August	07:30 – 18:30
Saturday 30 August	07:30 – 18:30
Sunday 31 August	07:30 – 13:00

Delegates arriving by car can use the Convention Centre car park at a cost of CHF 1.50 per hour, with a maximum of CHF 15 for the whole day. Parking fees can be paid in Swiss Francs or Euros or by credit card.

Photography is not permitted during the Congress. An official photographer will be working for UICC and pictures will be made available on the congress website after the event.

Poster sessions allow authors of accepted abstracts to communicate their proj- ects and findings to a worldwide audience. These sessions take place during the lunch and coffee breaks in the Exhibition Hall. These sessions are made possi- ble through an educational grant from Pfizer.

Please click here for registration informations and on-line registration.

Smoking Policy

The World Cancer Congress is a non-smoking event. It is therefore forbidden to smoke in the lecture rooms, exhibition and the corridors of the conference centre. This policy also includes the set-up and dismantling periods, and will be strictly enforced.

Geneva has a smoke-free public policy since 1 July 2008.

Delegates are kindly requested to keep their mobile phones off the rooms where scientific and educational sessions are being held, as well as during poster sessions.

Participants requiring a visa for entry to Switzerland are strongly advised to make their application in their home country at least three months before the intended date of travel.

Should you need a letter of invitation to obtain an entry visa for Switzerland, the UICC secretariat will be pleased to send you the requested document after having received payment of your registration fee.

Please be informed that for some countries a visa/passport for France is required for certain optional excursions. A number of local excursions include a trip to France.

For more information please go to: www.auslaender.ch/einreise/visumvorschriften_e.asp

For Congress participants who require an official letter of invitation in order to support a visa application, please contact