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MEFS 2010 - General Information
 

About Damascus

Admission Badges

Certificates of attendance

Changes

Congress scientific structure

CME

Credit cards

Currency & exchange foreign currency

Electricity

E-presentations

Hotel and Tours Desk

Important Deadlines

Invitation Letter

Language

Lunches and refreshments

MEFS zone

Passport & visa requirements

Political statement

Registration and Information Desk

Satellite Symposia & Other  Sponsored Events

Secretariat

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Venue: The meeting will be held from October 6-9, 2010 at Omayyad Palace, Damascus, Syria


 

 

Political statement:  The aim of MEFS  is to provide a forum for the exchange and discussion of new clinical and scientific ideas. The Middle East Fertility Society, in good faith assume that all participants will respect the non- political nature of its annual meeting.


 

 

Registration and Information Desk: The registration and information desks will be located in the congress center and will be open as  following hours:

Wednesday, 06 October  from 08:00 to 16:00

Thursday, 07 October      from 08:00 to 16:00

Friday , 08 October          from 08:00 to 16:00

Saturday, 09 October      from 10:00 to 14:00

 


 

 

Hotel and Tours Desk: Any queries regarding accommodation and tours should be directed to the official appointed agency who will be managing the hotels and tours desk in the registration area throughout the meeting.

 COSMO M.I.C.E - MENA
Tel: + 962 79 553 11 44            
Fax: + 962  6  577 73 14            
Email:  mefs2010@cosmomice.com
Website:  www.cosmomice.com

 

 


 

 

Language: English is the official language of the meeting. There will be no simultaneous translation.


 

 

Slide preview:  Slide preview facilities will be available in the slide preview room, which is located in congress area (please follow the signs). Presenters are kindly requested to submit their slides on a portable medium at least 60 minutes before presentation.


 

 

MEFS zone : Pay a visit to “The MEFS Internet zone” located in congress center. The zone is an internet facility with various facility.


 

 

Certificates of attendance: Certificates of attendance will be printed out at the registration desk


 

 

E-presentations:  MEFS will abandon the traditional scientific exhibition format of printed posters, and therefore paperless poster exhibition. The poster area will be in the exhibit area (ground floor).

The presentation of electronic posters onsite will be accomplished by a number of workstations connected to a center server. A high performance search engine will allow searching by authors, posters titles, full text and many more criteria. 


 

Lunches and refreshments: During the congress, lunches will be provided to all registered participants. Coffee and lunches will be served throughout the exhibition area.


 

 

About Damascus:  Dimashq (Damascus), the capital of Syria, is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. The earliest reference to the city appeared in Ebla tablets which confirmed that "Dameskq: (i.e. Damascus) existed in the third millennium B.C since then the city has occupied a prominent position in history. It became the center of an Aramaic kingdom during the 2nd millennium B.C in the Roman era, Damascus was first among the ten most prominent cities. Then it became the center of the Christian faith, where Saint Paul lived. It witnessed remarkable prosperity and a number of churches and monasteries were built in it, some of which have survived to the present day. The year 661 A.D marked the beginning of the golden epoch for Dimashq (Damascus), when it became the capital of the Omayyad state and for a whole century it was the center of the youthful Islamic Empire, stretching from the borders of China to the south of France. The Omayyads took genuine interest in building the city, organizing its souqs, streets, ghouta and erecting palaces, hospital and schools in it. Following the fall of the Omayyads, the city went through periods of deterioration and prosperity in the Abbassids, the Fatemite, the Ayoubite, the Mamluk and the Ottoman periods and during the French mandate. After independence was achieved in 1946, the city started to regain its importance as a significant national and cultural center in the Arab world. It was named, and rightly so, "the beating heart of the Arab nation ". The most important tourist sites in Damascus are: the ancient wall and gates, Omayyad Mosque, Qal'aat Dimashq (Damascus Citadel), The Azem Palace and the covered souqs.


 

 

Secretariat:  For inquires regarding individual or group registrations, abstracts, scientific program, exhibit and other matters related to the organization of the meeting, please contact:

MEFS central office

P.O.Box: 167220 Achrafieh,

Beirut-Lebanon

Tel:  + 961-1-610400,

Fax: + 961-1-612400,

email:info@mefs.org

 


 

 

 

Passport and visa requirements: Passport should be valid for at least six months.

All foreign visitors, except Arab nationals, require a visa. Iraqi and Palestinian visitors are kindly requested to contact the official organizing agency to assist them in obtaining entry permits.

Visa can be obtained from the Syrian embassy or consulate in the original country of the visitor or his/her place of residence.

In countries where the Syrian Arab Republic does not have diplomatic representation, visitors can either apply by post to the nearest Syrian embassy or can apply at the Syrian  border.


 

            

 

Currency and exchange foreign currency: The local currency is called Syrian Pound (lira).

1 US$ = 45.50 SYP

1 EUR = 66.50 SYP

International currency exchange services are available at downtown banks and currency exchange outlets located throughout the city.


 

     

 

Credit Cards:  Major credit cards are accepted in most shops, hotels and restaurants.


 

 

Shopping Hours: Saturday through Thursday, from 10:00 – 21:30


 

 

CME: 23 CME credits have been applied by the MEFS for the this annual meeting


 

 

Important Deadlines:

August 01 2010: Abstract submission deadline

Before 01 August: 

o    low fees apply

o    Reimbursement of fees for cancellation (less 100 Euro administration fee)

After 20 September- onsite fee apply


 

 

 

Changes:  The Scientific and Organizing Secretariats reserve the right to change the program for technical and/or scientific reasons.


 

 

 

Admission Badges:  The congress badge should be worn by all participants at all the times during the congress, during the pre-congress courses, in the exhibit area and within other areas of the congress center as well as during social activities. Only participants wearing their badge will be admitted to the scientific session, to he exhibition and to the social events. Accompanying persons must have a badge for admission to the exhibit area and to the social functions.


 

 

Congress Scientific Structure: The congress will be organized in main sessions, symposia, oral and poster sessions.


 

 

Invitation Letter:  MEFS will be pleased to send a letter of invitation to any person requesting one. The letter of personal invi­tation is not a commitment from the part of MEFS to provide any financial support. You may request per­sonal invitation letters from the MEFS Central Office.

Email:  invitation@mefs.org


 

 

Satellite Symposia and Other Sponsored Events: Industries are welcome to propose Satellite Symposia and other events by contacting the MEFS Secretariat.


 

 

Electricity:  220 V,50 Hz