COVID Vaccination

If you are registering for in-person attendance, you will be required to upload your vaccination certificate during registration. Original proof of full vaccination records is acceptable in digital formats or as clear photos, screenshots and photocopies. Please see https://www.wms2022.com/page/covid-19-guidance for the full and latest information.

Professional/organisation email address

Please note that you need to use your professional organisation email address rather than a personal one (e.g. not Hotmail, Gmail etc).

Membership number and expiration date (if relevant)

Member registration fees for the congress apply to individuals who hold a current membership with the WMS, which must be active at registration time and during the congress in October 2022. Members will be asked to confirm their membership number and expiration date during Congress registration in order to access the member fees.This information will appear on any recent membership invoices or on your member area of https://www.worldmusclesociety.org/users/home.

Please make sure you have this information available before beginning a registration as the form will not store incomplete data.

Are you licensed/authorised to prescribe or supply 'prescription medicine'?

All participants, with the exception of the exhibitors, are asked this question during registration.

Student Non-member (if relevant)

To benefit from the reduced fees, non-member students must provide a scan of a valid student ID and a letter from their course supervisor confirming they have an ongoing student project and the details (maximum of one side of A4 on official headed paper) and/or confirming their student status and the date until which this status is granted. The letter must confirm Undergraduate, Basic or Medical student, Master, PhD student, resident in training or post doc status. The letter should ideally be in English. If this is not possible, then important key words should be underlined.

These documents must be uploaded during registration in PDF/JPG format, otherwise the registration cannot be completed. Please note, the registration form does not store any incomplete data.

To qualify, delegates must also have no direct interest/shares in a pharmaceutical company or be more than 10% employed by a profit-making organisation. If you are unclear about your student status, please contact Prof. Laurent Servais on secretary@worldmusclesociety.org for guidance.

In-person vs virtual attendance

Delegates must indicate the relevant attendance type during registration for catering and badging purposes, and to aid our sustainability efforts, avoid waste and disappointments. Transfers between attendance types will be accepted until 9 September 2022 and must be requested in writing to registration@worldmusclesociety.org. Please see the Registration Terms and Conditions for the full details.

Industry ticket limits

Please note that member & non-member industry registrations for WMS 2022 will be capped at 20% of the overall registrations available (including Sponsor & Exhibitor package tickets). The industry tickets are available on a first come, first served basis. We will of course monitor and review the situation regularly to make sure that this Industry attendance opportunity is being used fairly, and by a wide selection of industry partners and attendees, rather than dominated by a select few.

Printed material request
(in-person only)

The WMS 2022 Annual Congress is committed to supporting global sustainability efforts.

All in-person delegates must indicate during registration whether they require a delegate bag with contents and programme book. These items will only be produced for the number of delegates who have requested them at registration. There will be very limited spares at the venue if these have not been requested prior to arrival.

Accompanying persons
(in-person only)

There is an opportunity for delegates to register an accompanying person who will have access to the social events only. Access to congress sessions will not be included.

The accompanying person cannot be a colleague with professional interest in the congress topic.

Pre-Congress Teaching Course attendance (if relevant)

You will be asked to provide a short biography (max 50 words) and upload a portrait photo during registration, if you are booking Pre-Congress Teaching Course tickets.

Visa letter (in-person only)

If a delegate requires an invitation letter for Visa purposes, the following information will be requested in the registration process: nationality, passport number, passport expiry date, date of birth. A PDF letter should be with you within 14 days of completing the registration process, pending payment and internal checks of the data provided.

Patient parents/relatives

Please note that WMS2022 is unable to accept registration applications from patient parents/relatives or other members of the public.

Non-member Student

Relevant for a medical student, a medical doctor in training to acquire his/her primary speciality, a PhD student, a post doc, an MSC student or equivalent.

The delegate must have no direct interest/shares in a pharmaceutical company or be more than 10% employed by a profit-making organisation. If you are unclear about your student status, please contact Prof. Laurent Servais on secretary@worldmusclesociety.org for guidance.

Non-member Industry

Relevant for delegates in the Pharma/ Industry/ Investor sectors. By selecting this registration type, you are stating that you have direct interest/shares in a pharmaceutical company or are more than 10% employed by a profit-making organisation.

Non-member

Relevant for delegates who are not a non-member student or non-member industry registration type as above and not in any way employed by a commercial entity and not a shareholder (more than 1% of the capital) or employee of a pharmaceutical company.

OR

A delegate with no direct interest/shares in a pharmaceutical company or not more than 10% employed by a profit-making organisation.

Sponsor/Exhibitor

Available for confirmed sponsors and exhibitors only.

Representatives of confirmed sponsor and exhibitor organisations will be sent bespoke registration links once sponsorship agreements have been confirmed with the organisers. These links will be provided to the global coordinator in each organisation. Sponsor/Exhibitor tickets provide the same level of access to congress sessions and virtual platform features as delegate congress tickets.