Conference terms and conditions

The number of conference participants is limited.

Conference language is English (no simultaneous translation).

The conference is being held at GlaxoSmithKline's corporate headquarters in London.

Venue address:
GlaxoSmithKline Corporate Headquarters
980 Great West Road, Brentford,
London TW8 9GS.

The conference programme is subject to change.

The available places in the breakout sessions will be allocated on a first come first served basis and we shall, of course, strive to accommodate you in your chosen session – however we can not guarantee this. If your first choice breakout session is fully booked we shall book you a place in another forum.

Registration and Payment
The registration fee includes catering during the conference, the official conference dinner as well as all conference publications.

Hotel accommodation is not included in the conference fee; you will need to book this yourself. Please see further comments below "Accommodation and Transfer".

Conference fees:
• Early bird registration (before 31/07/08):  € 570.00
• Regular registration (after 31/07/08):        € 650.00

All amounts are payable in Euros.
The registration fee is not subject to VAT. (BKK Bundesverband is a public corporation and as such is not liable to pay VAT.)

EfH members can attend the conference free of charge.

After online registration, acknowledgment of receipt of your registration will be sent to you by email. You will be asked to reconfirm receipt of this acknowledgment.

The conference fee should be paid either by credit card or by bank transfer.

An invoice will be sent to the submitted address and will include instructions on how to effect payment by bank transfer. Please note that the organisers will not assume any charges possibly resulting from bank transfers; any such fees must be paid for by the attendee.

The registration fees can also be paid by credit card. We accept payment by Visa and MasterCard. Please note that we do not accept other types of card such as American Express or Diners.

Your registration will only take effect after payment of the conference fee has been processed. After receipt of payment of the conference fee, you will receive a final written confirmation.

You will be invoiced by:
BKK Bundesverband
Kronprinzenstrasse 6
D-45128 Essen
Germany
www.bkk.de

Payment of the conference fee will be made to a trust account held in the name of Team Gesundheit GmbH, who is authorized to receive the fees on behalf of the BKK Bundesverband, Essen.

Address details of  Team Gesundheit are as follows:
Team Gesundheit – Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsmanagement mbH
Max-Fiedler-Strasse 6
D-45128 Essen
Germany
www.teamgesundheit.de

Cancellation
Cancellations have to be addressed to the conference office and will only be accepted in writing (either by email or by fax). For contact details please see below.

In the event of cancellation before 26. September 2008 the registration fees will be refunded after a deduction of a handling charge of EUR 50.00 per person.
In the event of cancellation after 26. September 2008, 50% of the registration fees will be refunded. No refunds will be made for cancellations notified after 15. October 2008.

Substitutes will be accepted, if made known to the conference office in writing (either by email of by fax) by 15. October 2008 at the very latest.

Accommodation and transfer
Hotel accommodation is not included in the conference fee; you will need to book this yourself. Please see further comments below.

All participants are asked to make their own way to the conference venue upon arrival in London.
Venue address: GlaxoSmithKline Headquarters, 980 Great West Road,
Brentford, London TW8 9GS.

Special service:

We have reserved rooms at fixed rates at several hotels not too far from the conference venue.

The offer of free of charge coach transfer is the advantage of staying at one of our conference hotels.

Coach transfer will be organized for you as follows:

30. October 2008 - Coach transfer directly from the conference venue to the conference dinner
30. October 2008 - Coach transfer directly from the conference dinner back to your hotel
31. October 2008 - Coach transfer directly from your hotel to the conference venue

Please note: you need to book your own hotel accommodation. 
To reserve your hotel accommodation please make use of the specially prepared booking forms - which can be downloaded from below the hotel information - and then forwarded to the hotel in question either by email or by telefax. These forms contain the group booking code you will need to quote and also indicate the room price and booking deadline. 
For further information about the hotels please click here. 

Conference Office
The conference office is dealing with all arrangements regarding registration and payment.

Conference Office
BKK Bundesverband
Department of Health
European Information Centre
Kronprinzenstraße 6
D-45128 Essen
Germany
www.bkk.de

Administrator:
• Lorraine Kruse
email: KruseL@bkk-bv.de
fax: +49.201.179-26-1862

Conference Organisers
European Network Enterprise for Health (EfH)
www.enterprise-for-health.org

Network Organisers:

Bertelsmann Stiftung
Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 256
33311 Gütersloh
Germany
www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de

BKK Bundesverband
Department of Health
European Information Centre
Kronprinzenstr. 6
45128 Essen
Germany
www.bkk.de

Liability
The organizers cannot accept liability for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects, regardless of the cause. Participants and accompanying persons attend the conference and all accompanying events at their own risk and responsibility.

This information has been included in good faith and is for general informational purposes. We reserve the right to make corrections as and when we consider it appropriate and without notice.