Dear Scientific Board members,

We are pleased to invite you to the 29thChallenge in Virology in Grindelwald. 

Scientific programme
Thanks to your efforts, we are looking forward to an exciting programme with excellent speakers. Download the current programme: www.safe-id.ch/events/meetings.html
Programme updates will be published on the SAFE-ID website and communicated to all participants before the seminar. 

Registration
We are inviting you to register first – please do so as soon as possible. This helps us testing the waters before opening to the invited participants. For CIV Scientific Board members, registration is free of charge.

Optional reservations (accompanying persons, children)
Please enter your preferences during the registration process. Options with a charge will be billed by the hotel at check-out. Available options & prices: see below. You can add or modify options at later stage, but preferably not after December 20, 2018. Please note that charges for accompanying persons and children represent full cost. We are not allowed to subsidise participants’ partners and children. 

CIV Scientific Board programme
The programme for Scientific Board members starts on Thursday Jan 10 2019 at 19:00 with a short introductory meeting followed by a welcome dinner for speakers, SAFE-ID & SSI Boards, the Scientific Board and other participants arriving earlier. Please plan to arrive on Jan 10 2019, no later than 18:38.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Grindelwald. 

David H.-U. Haerry
Secretary General, SAFE-ID
secretary@safe-id.ch

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Optional services
All options must be booked via the online registration process. Except for option 1, the Sunstar Hotel Grindelwald will charge chosen options directly to the participants at check out. 

Option 1: Early arrival for participants, Thursday Jan 10
Do not book this option; it is included in the Scientific Committee package
 

Option 2: Early arrival for accompanying person, Thursday Jan 10
Additional dinner, night & breakfast                                            
180 CHF**

Option 3: Accompanying person standard seminar, Friday to Sunday 
Adult accompanying person sharing room with seminar participant, including food & beverages
430 CHF**

Option 4: Accompanying child below 18 years
Seminar duration, sharing room with parents
Per child from 6 to 18 years, sharing room with parents. Children menus apply. 1 bed for children per room and very limited capacity with 2 beds for children per room. Please register number of children. Limited availability, first come first served.                                
150 CHF**

Option 5: Accompanying child below 6 years
Seminar duration, sharing room with parents
Per child below 6 years, sharing room with parents. Children menus apply. 1 bed for children per room and very limited capacity with 2 beds for children per room. Please register number of children. 
Limited availability, first come first served                                  
free

* Charged by SAFE-ID with registration
** Charged by hotel at check-out

Additional options
In case something on top of the listed options is required, please contact secretary@safe-id.ch at your earliest convenience. We will do our best to assist you and to find a solution.

Registration link:           https://events.safe-id.ch/?e_id=9
Registration type:         Scientific Board 
Access code                 29_Challenge2019

Cancellation policy
In case of cancellation, fees minus 75 CHF handling charges will be refunded, provided the cancellation is made by e-mail by December 11, 2018 / 12:00 CET latest to the SAFE-ID Secretariat secretary@safe-id.ch. 
No refund is made for cancellations arriving after Dec 11, 2018 12:00 CET. Participants accept the provisions by completing registration.