EAERE 2017 - Registration Guidelines

We cordially invite you to the 23rd Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists to be held in Athens from the 28th of June to the 1st of July 2017.
Please note that EAERE membership in the year 2017 is a requirement to attend the Conference. Non-members are requested to join EAERE as part of the Conference registration process.
All participants and accompanying persons must register for the Conference.
The deadline for early registration is April 28th, 2017 (midnight CET). After this date, late (and higher) registration fees apply.

REGISTRATIONS IS OPEN!
Registrations is handled through the EAERE members password protected area. Please use your personal credentials to access the system. Please check if you already have a login before creating a new one!!

DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRATION CATEGORIES

• Standard registration fee: Includes access to all sessions, coffee breaks, lunches, welcome reception, social event and conference dinner. Please note that registration for the conference dinner is subject to availability.
• Registration fee without conference dinner: Includes access to all sessions, coffee breaks, lunches, welcome reception and social event. The Conference dinner is not included.
• EAERE member: EAERE members who are in good standing in the calendar year 2017.
• EAERE member at reduced fee*. The category includes EAERE members in good standing in the calendar year 2017 AND who are entitled to a reduced membership fee*.
• EAERE membership for 2017 is bundled with the registration fee.
• EAERE membership for 2017 at reduced fee* is bundled with the registration fee. This category applies only for those who are entitled to a reduced membership fee*.
• EAERE triennial membership for 2017-2019 is bundled with the registration fee.
• EAERE triennial membership for 2017-2019 at reduced fee* is bundled with the registration fee. This category applies only for those who are entitled to a reduced membership fee*.

* Reduced fee. A reduced fee applies to:
- STUDENTS,
- RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine
- RESIDENTS IN LOW INCOME, LOWER-MIDDLE-INCOME and UPPER-MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES, in accordance with the World Bank classification.

During the registration process, new members can purchase a one-year subscription to the print version of one or both of the journals Environment and Resource Economics (ERE) and Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP). Subscription prices will be added to the total registration fee.

REGISTRATION FEES

CO2 OFFSET

During the registration process you will be offered the option of purchasing a CO2 offset compensation fee of EUR 10 for flights within Europe and EUR 40 for flights coming from outside of Europe. Information on how the money collected from the CO2 offsets will be used is available here.

ACCOMPANYING PERSONS

Accompanying persons can be registered by conference participants during the registration process. Accompanying persons’ registration includes access to the welcome reception and social event. (Access to sessions, coffee-breaks and lunches is not included.) The conference dinner is included for those who pay the Standard registration fee, but not those who pay the Registration fee without conference dinner. Note that registration for the conference dinner is subject to availability.

Accompanying persons registration fee
- Early registration (By April 28th, 2017): € 130.00
- Late registration (From April 29th, 2017): € 144.00

Accompanying persons registration fee without conference dinner
Early registration (By April 28th, 2017): € 70.00
Late registration (From April 29th, 2017): € 84.00

PROMOTIONAL CODES

Publishers and other specific participants will be sent a promotional code prior to registration. You should only try to register using a promotional code if you were sent one by EAERE.

PAYMENTS

You can pay your registration fee with credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express), or via bank transfer or Western Union Money Transfer. We do encourage you to use your credit card for payment.
Please note that an administrative fee of EUR 20 will be charged on payments made via bank transfer or Western Union Money Transfer. Moreover, any charges are the responsibility of the payee and are to be paid at the source in addition to the registration fee. Your payment will otherwise not be accepted!
Once the payment process is completed, you can download your receipt at the EAERE members password protected area autonomously, at any time.
All payments need to be settled in advance of the conference.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Registration can be cancelled upon written notification to eaere@eaere.org, with the following conditions:

• No refunds of the administrative fee of EUR 20 (if charged), the EAERE membership fee, the subscription to the print version of the journal Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE), and the subscription to the print version of the journal Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP)  will be given. Bank fees will be charged on all refunds.
• Full refund of the registration fees will be given for cancellation requests received by April 15th, 2017.
• No refunds of the registration fees will be given for cancellation requests received after April 15th, 2017.
• There will be no refund for no-shows.
• The conference organisers do not take the responsibility of force majeure reasons for cancellation of the event (natural disaster, outbreak of severe contagious epidemic, major strikes, etc.). In such cases, EAERE will decide upon refunding of paid conference fees.

INSURANCE

The conference organisers cannot accept liability for personal injuries sustained, or for loss of or damage to property belonging to conference participants (or their accompanying persons), either during or as a result of the conference. Please check the validity of your own travel insurance.