Registration and Fees

All conference participants must register online via the conference website.

Registration is terminated

The conference fee is 250 € for full delegates (300 € after 22 April).
Students pay 100 € (150 € after 22 April). Students must provide a student ID or other confirmation of student status by the University. Send scanned documents to balticearth@hzg.de.

The conference fee covers the conference venue, the abstract volume, the Ice Breaker, morning and afternoon coffee and refreshments, daily lunches and the conference dinner. Accompanying persons will be charged for participation at the conference dinner.

The conference fee must be payed together with the registration, latest on 22 April.
For payment details, see below.

Limited support for PhD students is available (if abstract was accepted).
Send an application by the registration deadline to balticearth@hzg.de, including:
- a copy of your abstract,
- a proof of student (PhD) status (student ID or confirmation by University),
- a short (max. half page) motivation letter.

Excursion

An impressive boat trip to natural reserve Nagliai and to the Dead Dunes

Excurion time: Tuesday 14 June 2015, 16:00-20:00
Start and return: Nida Harbour

During our boat trip on the Curonian Lagoon we will enjoy the view of Nida town, Bulvikis Cape (the widest part of the Curonian Spit), Preila, Vecekrug Hill, Pervalka, Pervalka beacon, „the Curonian Spit desert “ – the Dead Dunes.

The destination of our trip are the Gray (Dead) Dunes, which are 4 former sandblown villages, the place where Liudvikas Reza was born, Karvaiciai village and 2 old cemeteries, self-sown forest and centuries-old forest fertile soils buried under the sand. Due to strong winds, huge gulleys and cavities have formed in these dunes, sometimes with fragments of the old fertile soil appearing.

An English speaking guide will tell us about the history of this area, the Curonian Lagoon, Neringa‘s settlements, culture and customs of people who have lived here.

For this excursion, we need a mandatory booking via E-Mail by 22 April. The cost of 39 € per person must be transferred to the account below under the keyword "Baltic Earth Nida". The excursion fee can also be added to the conference fee, to be payed by 22 April.

Payment Details

Fee payment is due at time of registration, latest on 22 April.

Fee Payment Deadline: 22 April 2016

Use bank transfer in EURO currency. Payments to be remitted to:

Beneficiary: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
Bank Name: Commerzbank AG
BIC/Swift-Code: COBA DE FFXXX
IBAN-code: DE45 2004 0000 0847 9008 00

Reference/Reason for Payment: Baltic Earth Nida

Important:
1. Indicate the reference "Baltic Earth Nida" in the "Reference/Reason fo Payment" field!
2. Indicate your name (or the participant name(s) for whom the payment is done) so we can allocate the fee payments to participant names!
If the payment is done for more than one participant, please indicate the names in the "Reason for Payment" field.

Time Line

Abstract Submission Deadline..............29 February 2016
Notification to Authors.....................................17 March 2016
Programme online..........................................31 March 2016
Registration Deadline......................................22 April 2016
Conference...................................................13-17 June 2016