What is included?

Payment

The SICOT Congress Secretariat accepts the following payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, and PayPal.   

Registration will only become effective once the registration form and payment have been received by the Congress Secretariat. Every participant who has completed the registration process will receive a confirmation of registration.

Presenting Authors

IMPORTANT NOTE: Presenting authors of accepted abstracts (podium and e-poster) must register and pay the congress registration fee by 19 July 2023 to have their abstracts included in the Final Programme. The Congress Secretariat will not check if co-authors have registered.  

SICOT Members

SICOT Members have received a link to access the reduced registration fees. If you have not received a link, please contact congress@sicot.org.

Please note that participants who wish to register as Active Members or Associate Members will only be able to do so once their 2023 membership dues have been paid.

Non-Members

Non-members who already have a SICOT account for abstract submission or previous congress registration should use the same account and not create a new one. 

Non-members can save money on their Congress registration fee by joining SICOT. More information on how to join the Society can be found here.

Friendship Nations: Special preferential membership dues of EUR 85 for Active Members (40 years old and above) and EUR 45 for Associate Members (under 40 years old) are currently available for the first year of membership for NEW members residing in PAOA (Pan Arab Orthopaedic Association) member countries. Click here to find out how you can join SICOT. 

To benefit from the reduced registration fees for SICOT members, please apply for membership and send all required documentation before the following deadlines:
- early fee: 23 August 2023
- regular fee: 1 November 2023
- on-site fee: 13 November 2023
- presenting authors: 12 July 2023

Please note that participants who wish to register as Active Members or Associate Members will only be able to do so once their 2023 membership dues have been paid and their membership has been approved.

It will not be possible to register again as an Active or Associate Member or to receive a partial refund if a delegate has already registered as a Non-Member or Non-Member Trainee and payment has been received by the Congress Secretariat.

Non-Member Trainees

Participants who register as non-member trainees must supply evidence that they are under 40 years of age AND actively engaged in a training programme. Please send a copy of your passport or birth certificate and a letter from your supervisor to congress@sicot.org.

Participants from Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Sudan, Syria & Yemen 

Faculty

Symposium and keynote speakers will receive a link to register from the Congress Secretariat.

Groups

To register groups of 10 non-members or more, please contact the Congress Secretariat at congress@sicot.org to benefit from a 10% discount.

Social Programme

More information about the social programme can be found here.

Visas & Invitation Letters

It is the responsibility of the delegates to ensure that they have obtained a valid visa and travel documentation for themselves and any accompanying persons, in order to attend the Congress. More information about visas and travel to Egypt can be found here. 

Cancellation & Change Policy

• No refund will be made under any circumstances for cancellations received on or after 2 August 2023. This includes cancellations made due to visa refusal. Participants are therefore advised to start the visa application process well in advance.
  

• Registration fees will not be refunded due to the lack of appropriate COVID-19 documentation.
  

• No participant shall be entitled to change their registration from Non-Member (or Trainee) to SICOT Active or Associate Member once payment has been received by the Congress Secretariat.

• In the event of cancellations of speakers or other changes in the Congress programme, no full or partial refund of the registration fee can be made.

• A handling fee of EUR 35 will be retained in the event of cancellation of social activities before or on 2 August 2023. No refunds will be made for cancellations of social events received after 2 August 2023.
  

• Name changes will incur a charge of EUR 50 per replacement. Name changes are not allowed after the regular registration deadline.

• Refunds will be processed after the Congress. Refunds can only be made via the original payment method. Refunds by bank transfers may incur processing fees from your bank over which we have no control.

Contact

For any further information about registration, please contact the Congress Secretariat at congress@sicot.org