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GENERAL INFORMATION
General information
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Programme changes
The most current congress programme available at the
congress website and in the WPA 2017 Congress App
shall apply.
The WPA reserves the right to make any necessary
changes to the programme at short notice. There will
be no refund, full or partial, of registration fees for can-
celled presentations or changes to the programme.
Public transportation
The main entrance for WCP 2017 is Messe Süd.
The south entrance is connected to the public transport
network – station “Messe Süd”.
To get to the city center, please take S5 at station “Messe
Süd” in direction to “Strausberg Nord”.
A one way ticket costs EUR 2,80 and has to be stamped
at the station. It is valid for 2 hours.
Speakers center
The Speakers center is located in Hall B. Speakers are
asked to provide their presentations on a CD-ROM,
USB stick or notebook. Please hand in all presentations
3 hours prior to your session, at the latest. Our technical
staff will be glad to assist you. The presentation will be
transferred to the central congress server and be avail-
able on a special congress notebook in the session hall.
Due to time and technical reasons speakers are kindly
asked not to use their own notebook.
Opening hours
Sunday
8 Oct 2017
12:00– 18:00
Monday
9 Oct 2017
07:30– 17:30
Tuesday
10 Oct 2017
07:30– 17:30
Wednesday 11 Oct 2017
07:30– 17:30
Thursday
12 Oct 2017
07:30– 14:00
Taxis
There are taxis opposite the entrance Messe Süd. Tax-
is can be called day and night on the telephone
numbers:
phone +49 (0)30 21 02 02 or
phone +49 (0)30 44 33 22.
Technical exhibition
Parallel to the congress, the technical exhibition is taking
place in Hall 2.2. For a list of exhibitors and the exhibi-
tion floor plan, please see pages 335–337.
Due to consideration of the medical products advertise-
ment law (Heilmittelwerbegesetz) a part of the technical
exhibition is reserved for doctors, scientists and health
care professionals only.
Opening hours
Monday
9 Oct 2017
09:00– 17:00
Tuesday
10 Oct 2017
09:00– 17:00
Wednesday 11 Oct 2017
09:00– 17:00
Thursday
12 Oct 2017
09:00– 14:00
Video and sound recordings
According to the European law, it is only permitted to
record and to film lectures subject to the explicit consent
of the lecturer. If the required consent was not given,
we ask you to refrain from recording the lecture. Any
infringements can have legal consequences.
Throughout the congress, the organiser, radio stations,
TV channels as well as online and print media have the
permission to produce audio and visual media of the
congress activities. These media files may be used for
their reports.