Important Deadlines:

Abstract Submission: Closed
Travel Award Application: Closed
Registration: Sold Out
Mercure Hotel: Friday, April 27 (or until sold out)
Ibis Hotels: Friday, May 11

Visa & Passport Information

Depending on the country where your travel will originate, a valid passport and/or visa may be required to attend the meeting. Visa rules can be complex and can change on short notice. You can access the Visa & Passport Information page of the Delta Airlines website (via the International Air Transport Association) to find out which travel documents you'll need to enter the countries you're visiting, or to get back into the country where you started.

Should you require a letter of invitation to the meeting (once you are registered), please contact Alison Harris, Meetings Coordinator.

For U.S. citizens traveling to France, a passport is required, but a visa is not required for tourist or business stays up to 90 days.

The following information was taken from the Gateway to the European Union (EU) website regarding traveling in Europe:

For European Union (EU) Citizens

Passport or Identity Card: There are no longer any frontier controls at the borders between more than half the EU countries, thanks to the so-called Schengen agreement which is part of EU law. The Schengen rules removed all internal border controls but put in place effective controls at the external borders of the EU and introduced a common visa policy. The full Schengen members are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden (but not Ireland and the United Kingdom), plus Iceland and Norway (which are not EU members).

The 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004 do not yet fully participate in Schengen. EU citizens will therefore need a valid passport or ID card to travel to those countries and to Ireland and the United Kingdom.

When entering or leaving the EU at the external borders, you will need a valid passport or an ID card. You may, of course, need your passport when leaving the EU in order to enter the country of your destination.

It’s best to have your passport or ID card when traveling in the EU because you may be required to prove your identity. If public order or national security so require, checks at the internal borders may be carried out for limited periods.

Make sure that any children traveling with you either have their own passport or ID card or are registered on yours.

Agreements with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland enable their nationals to be treated in the same way as EU citizens and to travel with just an ID card or passport in the EU.

Visa: If you are an EU citizen, you will not need a visa for traveling within the EU.

For Non-EU Citizens

Passport: You will need a valid passport.

Visa: There are 33 countries whose nationals do not need a visa to visit the EU for three months or less. These include three EU candidate countries—Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania (but not Turkey)—as well as Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States. The list of countries whose nationals require visas to travel to the United Kingdom or Ireland differs slightly from the requirements of other EU countries. If in doubt, check with the nearest consulate of any EU country.

If your visa is from a country fully applying the Schengen rules, it automatically allows you to travel to the other Schengen countries as well. Moreover, if you have a valid residence permit from one of those Schengen countries, it is equivalent to a visa. However, you may need a national visa to visit Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the new member states.

For more information, contact the French Embassy in your country or visit the Gateway to the European Union website.