Revised guidelines for the chairs of microsymposia at ECM congresses
Each invited speaker is not allowed to give a talk in more than one microsymposium (MS). However, an invited speaker is allowed to present one poster as main author and other posters as co-author.
It is highly recommended that both gender and nationality issues are taken into account in the selection of speakers in order to have the widest possible spectrum.
There should be no more than one speaker from one affiliation in a given MS.
Chairpersons are
not
allowed to be speakers in their own MS. However, they may speak in other MS if invited or selected.
No honorarium or refund of expenses and no waiving of the registration fee can be offered by ECA or ECMs to MS chairpersons or MS invited speakers. The latter restriction is based on the necessity of supporting young researchers to the largest possible extent in order to favour the growth of the crystallographic discipline. However, this does not prevent MS chairpersons from raising funds, should they wish to do so to support their selected speakers with grants or other types of sponsorships, provided that this is done in consultation with the organising committee.
SIG officers mailing list
The officers of each SIG are subscribed to the SIG Officers mailing list, which
is used to facilitate communication between the Executive Committee and the SIGs.
