The 42nd ESPGHAN Annual meeting will be held from Wednesday, June 3 to Saturday, June 6, 2009 and will take place at :
Budapest Congress & World Trade Center
H-1123 BUDAPEST Jagelló út 1-3.
Hungary
More information : www.bcc.hu
For information about exhibition, abstract submission, registration, please contact :
For information about Accommodation and Excursions only, please contact :
The official Congress language will be English. The submitted abstracts, full papers, general correspondence and Congress Sessions will be in English.
Budapest looks its most beautiful at dawn.
As the sun slowly rises over the eastern plains, bathing Pest in soft pastel hues, it radiates back from the buildings of Buda as if they were a giant mirror ; the windows on Castle Hill positively glisten in golden jubilation. But Budapest is also spectacularly appealing at night. The Chain Bridge is festooned with white lights, and the main public buildings like the Parliament, the Opera and the Royal Palace, as well as the entire panorama of the Castle District, are imaginatively and sensitively floodlit. This is the only capital in the world where more than 100 hot thermal springs feed a wide range of baths.
It’s easy for Budapest to play with light in the manner of an elegant lady trying on her jewels, for everything looks good. This is a vibrant city : it throbs with life morning, noon and night ; visitors arriving from other countries get the feeling that something interesting is happening round every corner.
The official means of payment in Hungary is the Forint (Ft, HUF).
Coins : 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 HUF
Bank notes : 200, 500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 HUF
1 000 HUF = 4.2 € / 1 000 HUF = 6.15 USD
Voltage in Hungary is 230 volts, and plugs are of the two-pin continental type.
Entry visa for a short-term stay in Hungary is not required for the European Union members, USA, Canada, and Japan. For further information about visa and other requirements, please contact the Hungarian embassy or consulate in your respective countries.
In case of any other visa question, please contact the web site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as follows :
Budapest has a temperate continental climate. Seasons are usually well defined, with July and August the hottest months (28-30° C, 82-86° F) and December and January the coldest, when temperatures may fall to –15° C or just +5° F. Average sunshine from April to September is in excess of eight hours a day.
Budapest Airport : www.bud-airport.hu
Official Touristical website of Budapest : www.budapestinfo.hu
Budapest Congress & World Trade Center : www.bcc.hu
A name badge will be provided on site with your registration documents (not mailed out prior to the congress). The wearing of this badge is compulsory both inside the conference rooms and sessions and at all events organised during the congress.
The colour code will be indicated in the final programme.
Lunches and coffee breaks are included in the registration fees and will be available for participants to the Post Graduate Course and Nurses & Dieticians on Wednesday June 3 and to the congress on Thursday June 4, Friday June 5 and Saturday June 6.
Lost lunch tickets will not be replaced.
Participants are advised to provide their own personal insurance. The organizers cannot be held responsible for any damages.
The Organizing Committee, Colloquium and BCM, cannot accept liability for losses of whatever nature incurred by participants and/or accompanying persons or for loss or damage to their luggage and/or personal belongings.