General information

The General Assembly 2017 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is held at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) in Vienna, Austria, from 23–28 April 2017. The assembly is open to the scientists of all nations. The entire congress centre is fully accessible by wheelchairs.

General contact

Caution regarding hotel booking

We have been alerted to the fact that companies going by the names EHS Exhibitor Housing Services and EHM Exhibitor Housing Management are making telephone calls to conference participants. They are claiming that they are “from the congress organizers” and that they have a special hotel deal or that something is wrong with your hotel booking for EGU2017. Please ignore these calls (and/or emails) and do not provide them with your credit card details. Mondial Congress & Events is the only official housing agency for EGU2017. If you are unsure about the status of your booking, please contact Mondial.

Rules of conduct

• Smoking is prohibited in the entire congress centre except in the areas designated for smokers.
• It is prohibited to copy any presentation from the desktops in the lecture rooms.
• Unless the presenting author gives permission to do so, it is forbidden to take photos or videos of scientific material at the conference. Press participants reporting on research presented at the conference may take photos of material for their own personal use, provided they do not report on the research or publish any of the recorded material without the author's permission.
• Please switch off any mobile phones in the lecture rooms.
• Please follow our social media guidelines when reporting about the conference.
• Professional and respectful conduct of all attendees is expected. Bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated.

Abstracts

The content of EGU General Assembly abstracts is the responsibility of their authors. EGU reserves the right to reject abstracts that are not written in English, do not meet basic standards of scientific quality, or do not adhere to conventional standards of civil discourse and common decency.

Official language

The official language of the General Assembly 2017 is English. Simultaneous interpretation is not provided. It is therefore expected that authors are able to present their research more or less fluently in the English language.

Official opening hours

Conference centre

The official opening hours of the congress centre are:

Registration

The opening hours are:

EGU Information desk

The EGU Information desk is located on the Yellow Level 0 (ground floor) in the main entrance hall. The opening hours are:

Multi-faith prayer rooms

The multi-faith prayer rooms are situated on the Yellow Level 0 – ground floor with rooms numbers 0.65/66 (at the right hand side of the EGU Lounge). They are available from 07:30–19:30. The purpose of this facility is to allow people of all faiths, religions, and spirituality to have a sanctuary to retreat to. However, it is important to note that the users of this facility will be from many culturally diverse backgrounds and some basic guidelines should be followed when using the prayer rooms. Please read the following guidelines carefully and take care to be aware of the religious sensibilities of others, which may be very different to your own.

• The multi-faith prayer rooms should be considered a quiet space so all mobile phones to be switched off upon entry.
• Please remove your shoes and leave in the shoe rack.
• Please do not place any notices in this space.
• Do not light candles or any incense in this room.

Insurance

The organizers cannot accept liability for personal accident, loss, or damage to private property, which may be incurred as a result of the participation in the EGU General Assembly 2017. Participants are, therefore, advised to arrange appropriate insurance cover. This should extend not only to travel but also to cancellation costs.