DATE
August 30 - September 2, 2003

LOCATION
Helsinki Fair Centre, P.O. Box 21, FIN-00521 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358 9 150 91; Fax: +358 9 149 6103

BADGE
On registering you will receive your Congress kit in which you will find your name badge. You are kindly requested to wear your badge during all Congress sessions and events.

EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS

MAIL / MESSAGES / MEDICAL ASSISTANCE / LOST & FOUND
Please apply to the Information Desk.

LANGUAGE
English is the official language of the Congress. All presentations will be made in English.

SESSIONS
Please make sure to be in session halls on time as all sessions will begin as per schedule.

PRESS CENTRE
A press room with telephone, fax and on-line access is available to registered journalists. Journalists may register in advance at the Registration Desk.

EFNS WEBSITE
We are pleased to announce the launching of the new EFNS interactive website: www.efns.org. Please visit and try it hands on at the specially assigned computers, near the cyber café.

COFFEE BREAKS
Coffee and tea will be served in the exhibition and poster hall during coffee breaks.

LUNCH BREAKS
Registered participants will receive 3 lunch vouchers (Saturday, Sunday, Monday). Please make sure to present these vouchers in order to receive lunch.
An additional lunch voucher for Saturday, August 30 will be available for speakers and registered participants of the Teaching Courses.

SPEAKERS READY ROOM (oral presentations)
A speakers' ready room will be provided for speakers and will be available every day 30 minutes prior to sessions. Please note that you can check your powerpoint presentation there, but you have to download it on the Congress laptop computer in the same session hall as your lecture.

Audiovisual Equipment

1. If using a Powerpoint (or any other computer) presentation:
   Please bring your presentation (on a 1.44 MB floppy or CD or "disk on Key"/USB) to the session hall where your lecture is taking place during the coffee or lunch break prior to your session. Your presentation will be loaded onto the laptop computer in the hall. You may supply your own laptop as a backup and check it in the same hall as your session, during the break prior to your session.
   
   
2. Video Presentation will be available for those who have pre-ordered it (VHS multi-system format only).
   
   
3. Overhead projection (projection of transparencies). If using transparencies, please inform the technician in the Speakers' Ready Room at least 30 minutes before the start of your session.

Please note that slide projection will not be available.

POSTERS
All posters are located in the poster section in the exhibition hall.

Posters will be on display on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and will change every day. Your poster should be displayed as per the number in the Programme. Posters are to be mounted from 08:00 to 09:00 on your assigned day. Please remove your poster at the conclusion of sessions on your assigned day. The Organising Committee will not be responsible for posters that are not removed on time.

Authors are requested to be present at their posters during the poster session for which their poster has been scheduled. At that time, poster chairpersons will walk around and discuss posters selected by the Congress Programme Committee. The best poster of each day will be awarded a poster prize consisting of a travel grant of € 1,500 for participation in the 8th EFNS Congress, Paris, September 4 - 7, 2004.

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
The Certificate of Attendance is included in your participant kit.

INTERNET CAFÉ
An Internet Café kindly sponsored by Lundbeck for participants use will be available during exhibition hours.

SMOKING POLICY
Smoking is prohibited at all times in the meeting halls, exhibit halls and restrooms. Your compliance is appreciated.

MOBILE PHONES
Please note that mobile phones must be switched off during all sessions.

TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM THE CONGRESS CENTRE
A recent survey of eight European cities placed Helsinki near the top of the charts for the smooth running of its public transport and the standard of its service. Overall satisfaction with the Helsinki service is extremely high, and the city came top of the league for the reliability of its public transport. It also surpassed its competitors on the questions measuring inhabitants' attitudes to their public transport.

All registered participants will be provided with a complimentary 3 day Travel Card.
This card is valid for 3 days for travel throughout the city on all forms of transport: buses, metro, local trains and trams.

Further information for exact schedules is available on the website: www.hel.fi/hkl/english.
A city map is included in participants bags.