Coffee Breaks and Lunch
During the session breaks refreshments (coffee, tea, and water) will be served free of charge to participants wearing name badges.
Lunch tickets for lunch boxes (containing a filled baguette, fresh fruit, crisps and fruit juice) for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, May 4/5/6 may be pre-ordered on the registration form - they cannot be purchased on site.
Price per day: EUR 10.-.

Exhibition, Sponsoring and Commercial Satellites
An excellent commercial exhibition is being planned in an area which will be the "social heart" of the Conference, fully integrated with scientific posters and the Internet Café.
Companies which are interested in sponsoring the Conference or organising a commercial satellite, please contact
Ms Jana Petrova at Rose International: jpetrova@rose-international.com 

Insurance
In registering for the ESHG 2003 participants agree that neither the organising committee nor the congress office assume any liability whatsoever. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for health and travel insurance.

Passports and Visas
Holders of passports from Western Europe, North America and Australia will not need a visa to enter the United Kingdom. For some nationalities a visa is required: please consult www.ukvisas.gov.uk or enquire at your local UK embassy or your travel agent. If required, an official invitation letter can be requested from the conference scientific secretariat for visa purposes. As visa applications can take up to three months, early application is recommended.

Travel information
By air:
More than 25 scheduled airlines operate direct flights to Birmingham International Airport (www.bhx.co.uk)   from over 58 destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, North America and Asia, including New York, Chicago and thirteen capital cities. Frequent flights to the main European Hub airports provide convenient connections to destinations worldwide. The airport is situated 8 miles south east of Birmingham and has its own mainline station (Birmingham International Station) linked by a free monorail connection between the main airport terminal and the railway concourse. A taxi from the airport to the city centre costs approximately £16.

By rail:
Birmingham City Centre has two mainline stations - Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Snow Hill (Birmingham International station serves the airport). Details of intercity trains may be found on www.thetrainline.com. Virgin trains run a service every half hour from London Euston Station to Birmingham New Street Station (journey time about 90 minutes). Slower and cheaper trains run from London Euston to Birmingham New Street (Silverlink County) and from London Marylebone Station to Birmingham Snow Hill Station (Chiltern Railways). Trains from Birmingham International Station (at the airport) go to Birmingham New Street in the city centre.

By road:
Birmingham lies at the crossroads of the UK's motorway system with direct links to the M6, M5, M1, M42 and M40. It is also at the centre of Britain's national coach network, connecting directly with 500 destinations. Car parking will be possible in public parking lots. However, we recommend using public transportation to reach the ICC.

Public transportation:
The International Convention Centre is situated in the heart of Birmingham city centre and is easily accessible by foot as are other city centre amenities. The majority of hotels listed are within easy walking distance. For those where walking would take a little longer (Nos. 1, 5, 13, 18 and 19 on the hotel map) there are frequent buses to the city centre. For information about buses in Birmingham and the West Midlands Region please see www.travelwm.co.uk Information about trains, buses and coaches in the West Midlands region can be found on www.centro.org.uk.