Registration Process

- To register for the 17th annual ECSS congress Bruges 2012 you will be asked to create your ECSS account first.
- Your registration will be completed with the payment of registration fee.
- The registration system will be open by December 15th, 2012
- Registration will only be possible via the Congress website.
- If you have problems with on-line registration please contact the secretariat by e-mail for instructions
- Final deadline for author’s registration is May 1st, 2012.

Step 1
ECSS Account creation

Step 2
Congress registration in your ECSS account (click on the banner “Register here”)

Step 3
- submit your abstract (we accept only online abstract submissions!)
- pay your registration fee before the 1st of May 2012
- edit your personal details if needed
- check your registration status
- check your abstract acceptance status after 1st of April
- print your Invoice/Receipt/Letter of acceptance on the fly

Your registration will be  c o m p l e t e d  with the p a y m e n t   of registration fee.

Payment methods
We accept:

- Visa
- MasterCard
- Maestro
- American Express

Cancellation

For written cancellations received before 31 May 2012 the cancellation fee is EUR 80.
Thereafter no refund will be paid on the registration fees.

Registration for students

Full time students:
The student fee only applies to full time students, a copy of the student ID-card
must be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Registration fee for participants includes:

- Admission to all scientific sessions
- Admission to exhibitions
- Opening reception
- Congress material (bag, programme, abstracts CD, …)
- Coffee and lunches at the congress venue
- Congress Banquet (limited number)

For accompanying persons:

- The accompanying person’s fee includes welcoming reception and closing banquet
- No admission to scientific programme

Join the ECSS

Membership benefits

• Reduced registration fees at the annual ECSS congresses
• Full access to the European Journal of Sport Science (EJSS) electronically (including back issues) plus bimonthly hard copy send to your address
• Full access to the European Network of Sport Science (ENSS), providing a platform for scientific cooperation among the sport science community
• Full access to the European Vacancies of Sport Science (EVSS) to advertise and search for sport science related vacancies (grants, jobs, scholarships)
• Full access to the European Database of Sport Science (EDSS) including all abstracts of former ECSS congresses
• Announce and search for sport science related congresses and symposia in our European Events of Sport Science (EESS) platform
• Admission to the ECSS Young Investigators Award at the ECSS congresses
• ECSS Newsletters announcing new benefit releases

The ECSS membership is an annual membership valid for one calendar year. Your membership is not prolonged automatically but will be cancelled at the end of each calendar year if not indicated elsewise. Reminders including payment instructions will be sent to you towards the end of each calendar year to enable you to continue your membership and ensure the consecutive reception of your issues of the European Journal of Sport Science.

Should you be interested in becoming an ECSS member 2012 please visit the ECSS website