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A company is contacting speakers and delegates of the EuChemS Congress claiming that they are attached to the 8^th EuCheMS Congress with a fraudulent travel and hotel booking scheme. The company is calling / emailing attendees with regards to their accommodation and travel and encouraging bookings. The company makes various false claims, such as hotel rooms are running out and must be booked as soon as possible.

The company is in no way affiliated to the 8^th EuChemS Chemistry Congress or the Portuguese Chemical Society.

Please be aware that this is a SCAM and you should exercise extreme caution when contacted by this company. We recommend that you DO NOT interact with this company in any way and do not provide them with any personal or financial information, or any details of your accommodation booking.

Conference delegates will not be contacted by any travel or accommodation agents with regards to the 8^th EuChemS Chemistry Congress. There are accommodation options that you can book with through the congress website. This is managed by the Leading Company, however there is no obligation for this accommodation to be booked.

If you have any concerns, please email euchems2020hospitality@leading.pt with ‘8^th EuChemS Chemistry Congress – accommodation concerns’ in the subject line.

Step to register and participate

• Please be aware of the steps to undertake to register and participate. The guidelines will improve the efficiency on all organization levels. Thank you for your collaboration!
• The management platform is prepared for online invoice emission. The correct accounting data should be fulfilled in the registration platform (name of the legal organization receiving the invoice and the corresponding address and tax number) in order to avoid possible errors during the invoice emission process.
• Abstract submission is only possible after your online registration.
• After registering, you will receive an e-mail to activate your account.
• At conference personal area you will be able to submit your abstract(s) and replace the submitted abstract(s) at anytime until the deadline for abstract submission.
• If you don’t receive an e-mail with the confirmation of the abstract(s) submission, please contact us.
• Please comply with the payment deadline; any form of payment can be used. It is recommended to avoid payments on location since they could imply some delay in issuing the receipts.
• After identifying the payment, an online receipt will be emitted. The online receipts are legal documents and can be printed and used in our institution accounting system.
• After payment, if you don’t receive a confirmation e-mail in a period of 7 days, please contact us and/or send us the payment confirmation document (if you are not the first bearer of the bank account, or if the payment is going to be carried out by an institution, please let us know).

Payments

All fees for the Congress registration should be paid in EUR (€). VAT is included in all fees. In case payment is made via bank transfer, please note that we must receive the full amount clear of all bank charges.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

All cancellations must be notified in writing (by mail, fax or e-mail) to the Meeting secretariat according to the following conditions. Please note cancellations received:

• For any cancellation received until 16 July, less an administrative fee equal to 10 percent of your registration fee (in EUR)
• For any cancellation received after 9 August, no refund will be made
• All bank charges involved in the transactions are paid by the participant
• Any request for refund must be addressed to euchems2022@chemistry.pt
• Refunds will be handled after the Conference