You will be able to check in to accommodation from 14:00 on Sunday 2^nd September. The congress will commence with registration between 16:00 and 19:00 followed an opening ceremony, drinks and light buffet reception. The meeting will end after the closing address and reception at 20:30 on Thursday 6^th September. Those staying for Thursday night are requested to vacate the accommodation by 09:30 on Friday 7^th September.

Accommodation is available in modern (late 1990s), single study-bedrooms (with en-suite facilities), a few minutes walk from the meeting rooms. The Tourist Information Office can supply details of other local accommodation if this is preferred.

Delegates are strongly advised to take out travel insurance.

This is a FEMS-sponsored congress, and so there are some bursaries available from FEMS that will be used at the discretion of the scientific organising committee to reimburse part of the cost for those young scientists (< 36 years at the closing day of the meeting) with a strong scientific record or showing great promise. In order to apply for this the applicant should read the regulations on the FEMS web site, and fill in the FEMS Young Scientists Meeting Grant Application Form, and send it by email to halophiles@essex.ac.uk, and a signed hard copy to the Congress Organiser. The case made on the form and the quality of the Abstract will form the basis of the decision-making process, and there is no guarantee that a bursary will be available.