EASDec board

Ann Katrin Sjölie (President)
Massimo Porta (Vice President)
Pierre-Jean Guillausseau (Past President)
Tunde Peto (General Secretary)
Simon Harding (Treasurer) 

Congress Committees

Organizing Committee

Pierre-Jean Guillausseau – President
Bernard Bauduceau – Vice President
Pascale Massin –Secretary
José Timsit – Treasurer 

Scientific Committee

Pierre-Jean Guillausseau (France)
Simon Harding (United Kingdom)
Pascale Massin (France)
Tunde Peto (United Kingdom)
Massimo Porta (Italy)
Ann Katrin Sjölie (Denmark) 

Scientific program

Key note lectures on the following topics :

Is diabetic retinopathy an inflammatory disease ? Antonia Joussen (Germany)
Update of the epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy John H. Fuller (UK)
Glycaemic threshold for diabetic retinopathy and diagnostic criteria for diabetes - from the DETECT- 2 collaboration Beverley Balkau (France)

Oral and poster presentations on epidemiology, screening, pathophysiology and treatment of diabetic retinopathy

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

To submit an abstract, please click here

For any additional information please contact : wprescott@easdec.org

EXHIBITION AND SPONSORING

To see the commercial file click here 

Registration 

 Fees (in Euros €) March 31, 2010
Before From
 Senior 320 400
 Junior* 220 270

* Reduced rate applicable for :
student : current year student card
young : less than 30 years old (identity card) 

Pre-registration are now closed. You will have the possibility to register on site from Friday, 21st May - 12.00 am at the Welcome Desk (Salon Joffre - Ecole Militaire)

Kindly note that if you wish to submit an abstract, you must be registered.


Registration Procedure

All participants must be registered.
Advanced registration will be accepted only until May 10, 2010. After this date, registration will be taken on-site. Registrations will be confirmed by email.

Participants’ fees include :

Terms of payment

All payments must be made in Euro, by credit card though the EASDec website. Only VISA and Eurocard/Mastercard are accepted by the Congress Office.

For group reservation, please contact the Congress Office easdec2010@clq-group.com.

Cancellation Policy

General Conditions
All cancellations must be notified in writing to the Congress Office.
All refunds will be processed after the Congress.
Requests for refunds made after June 21, 2010 will not be considered.

Refund of registration fees
Cancellations on or before March 15, 2010 : 50€ will be withheld
Cancellations from March 16, 2010 : no refund

Refund of Hotel Accomomdation
Cancellations on or before March 15, 2010 : refund of the deposit
Cancellations after March 15, 2010 : no refund

Congress Venue

The 20th Meeting of the Eureopean Association for the Study of Diabetic Eye Complications (EASDec) will be held from Friday, May 21 to Saturday, May 22, 2010 and will take place at the :

Ecole Militaire
1 Place Joffre
75007 PARIS – France

Access :

It is located at a few minutes walking distance from the Champs de Mars.

map

 

Congress Office
12, rue de la Croix-Faubin
75557 Paris Cedex 11 - France
Tel. +33 (0)1 44 64 15 15
Fax. +33 (0)1 44 64 15 16
E-mail : easdec2010@clq-group.com

Official Language

The official language of the 20th Meeting of the EASDec is English.

Currency

The French currency is the Euro. All congress rates are quoted in Euro.

Scientific and Technical Exhibition

The exhibition, open to manufacturers of materials and equipment, and scientific publishers, will be held in the welcome area (Salon Joffre).

Coffee Breaks and Luncheons

Coffee breaks will be served in the welcome area (salon Joffre) and buffet luncheons will be served in the restaurant of the Ecole Militaire.

Air France Discount

The below approved number will entitle you a reduction of up to 10 % on the regular fare for a round trip journey (subject to conditions) on the Air France continental domestic network for this event.

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Get the best price for your flight with Air France and KLM Global Meetings.
Event ID : 09019AF
Valid for travel from : 16/05/2010 to 28/05/2010

If you buy your ticket via Air France and KLM Global Meetings website, your electronic ticket will carry a special mention which justifies the application of the preferential fares. If you buy your ticket through a travel agency, you must keep this current document mentioning the precedent Event ID.

Letters of invitation

Official letters of invitation can be sent by the Congress Office upon written request. These letters do not commit the Congress to any financial obligation. It is the participant’s sole responsibility to verify entry requirements into France. Requests for letters of invitation will be processed until April 30, 2010.

Visa

Foreign delegates (except subjects of EC countries and Switzerland) should contact the nearest French consulate or embassy regarding visa formalities for their visit. Please allow sufficient time for visa requests.

Websites

Tourism
http://en.parisinfo.com
National Airline – Air France
www.airfrance.com
National Train Network – SNCF
www.sncf.com
Metro & Bus in Paris (downloadable map)
www.ratp.fr
Furnished Apartment Rental
www.paris-appartemets-services.fr
www.france-apartment.com

Hotel Accommodation

Click here

Social Program

Dinning Cocktail
Friday, May 21, 2010

Be the hosts of Princess Edmond de Polignac’ memory for an exclusive and friendly moment at the Fondation Singer Polignac.

The Fondation was created by Raymond Poincaré at the instigation of Winnaretta Singer, Princess Edmond de Polignac, and was ratified by law on 25 March 1928. On her death in 1943, Winnaretta Singer left her private mansion on the avenue Georges Mandel in Paris to the Fondation Singer-Polignac, which moved in there two years later. The current President of the Board of governors is Professor Yves Pouliquen of the Académie française. Following the example of Winnaretta Singer, who long patronized the plastic arts, music and science, the Fondation Singer-Polignac is devoted to patronage of culture.

You will have the exclusive opportunity to assist to a private concert, followed by a dinning cocktail in the lounges of this prestigious mansion.

 Additional places will be on sale upon availabilities, on a first-come, first-served basis, on site, at the welcome desk of the congress, from Friday, May 21st, 2010, noon. Price per person : 65 €

 

V.A.T (Value Added Tax)

The Value Added Tax (VAT) is included in all fees of the Congress. According to the European Tax Legislation, organizers of international congresses and services companies have to invoice all services with 19,6% French VAT (“TVA” in French).
As a participant in the EASDec Congress you may (if you are a tax-registered company/organisation in your home country) recover the VAT paid on certain types of expenses occurred.

REFUND OF FRENCH VAT

The receiver of French VAT refund, taxable persons established in another Member State of EU must submit their application via the electronic portal provided by their Member State of establishment.
The information to be entered in electronic form has been standardised at EU level and agrees with the information specified in Directive 2008/9/EC :

- Identification of applicant and bank account details (art. 8.1)

- List of purchases/imports (art. 8.2) using code to describe the nature of the goods/services acquired (art. 9)
The Member State of establishment will check that the applicant is a taxable person before forwarding the electronic application to the Member State of refund pursuant to art. 18 of the Directive.

If the refund application relates to a refund period of less than one calendar year but not less than three months, the amount of VAT for which a refund is applied for may not be less than EUR 400 or the equivalent in national currency. If the refund application relates to a refund period of a calendar year or the remainder of a calendar year, the amount of VAT may not be less than EUR 50 or the equivalent in national currency.

France required some specific information as follow :

- The taxable amount and the amount of VAT must be expressed in €

- The nature of the goods and services acquired must be indicated by a secondary code in addition to the classification set out in art. 9.1

- Applicants must attach to their electronic refund applications scanned copies of invoices or important documents if the taxable amount is EUR 1000 or more, or EUR 250 or more where fuel is concerned

- The applicant must provide a description of their business activities using NACE codes

- “Free text” fields in the refund application must be completed in French or in English. Replies to information requests from the administration must also be written in one of these languages

The refund application may also be submitted on behalf of the taxable person by a third party appointed for this purpose (an agent).

An explanatory note on VAT recovery in France is available in English on : http://www.impots.gouv.fr
(Go to Professionnels then to Demande de remboursement de TVA dans un autre Etat membre en ligne then to remboursement de TVA aux enterprises établies dans l’Union-Nouveautés 2010 and click to « Management of the new procedure » ) http://www.impots.gouv.fr and then to « Management of the new procedure »

The receiver of French VAT refund, taxable persons not established in a Member State of EU must submit their application by mail to the French administration.

For more information you may contact directly the French administration :

Direction Générale des Impôts
Service des Remboursements de TVA
10, rue du Centre
TSA 60015
93465 Noisy-le Grand-Cedex
Phone : +33 (0)1 57 33 84 00/85
E-mail : sr-tva.dresg@dgfip.finances.gouv.fr
Website : www.impots.gouv.fr

 

Assistance on Vat refund can be obtained in English by a specialized company :
TEVEA INTERNATIONAL
Phone : +33 (0)1 42 24 96 96 – Fax : +33 (0)1 42 24 89 23
E-mail : mail@tevea.fr
Website : www.tevea-international.com

Please be aware that a commission will be taken by this type of company on any amount refunded to you