Registration
Journalists, freelance science writers, and public information officers may sign up for complimentary media registration. Online pre-registration is now closed. On-site registration is available in the main registration area of the Austria Center Vienna during the opening hours of the conference office.
Media registration gives access to the Press Centre and other meeting rooms and includes a public transportation ticket, the information and schedules book and a USB flash drive with the abstracts presented at the General Assembly. Media participants also have access to high-speed Internet (the LAN and WLAN networks have been improved this year) and complimentary breakfast, lunch, coffee and refreshments at the Press Centre.
Please read the eligibility requirements for media registration below.
If you have pre-registered online, and your registration was approved, your name and affiliation are listed under Who's coming?. To have access to the Press Centre at the General Assembly, you will have to pick up your badge from the Press Counter in Hall Z. Please bring ID and your business card (or equivalent) to present at the Austria Center Vienna.
To see who has pre-registered, see Who's coming?.
For information on accommodation and travel, please refer to the appropriate sections of the 2013 EGU General Assembly website.
Eligibility for complimentary media registration is limited to the following individuals:
- Working press employed by bona fide news media. (For on-site registration, must present a press card, business card, or letter of introduction from an editor of a recognised publication.)
- Freelance science writers. (For on-site registration, must present a current membership card from a WFSJ recognised association or from SEJ; or evidence of a by-lined science story intended for the general public published within the past year; or a letter from the editor of a recognised publication assigning you to cover the EGU General Assembly.)
- Public information officers of scientific societies, educational institutions, and government agencies. (For on-site registration, must present a business card.)
Note that representatives of publishing houses, for-profit corporations, and the business side of news media must pre-register through the normal registration website or register at the main registration desk at the conference and pay the appropriate fees.