This tutorial shows step-by-step how to create an account on the ECS website.
If you already have an account and cannot access it, please DO NOT create a new account.
Check this tutorial first or contact the ECS Web Editor team.
1) On the main page, click on "Sign up" in the top-right corner.
2) Enter your email address and your username
(1) Email address. We recommend that you use a long-lasting email address to ensure you will receive important emails in the future even if you change affiliation. Your email address will not be made public. It will only be used if you need to be contacted about your account, if you need to reset your password and for notifications you have opted in to.
* Please note that hotmail/outlook addresses sometimes block emails coming from the ECS server.
(2) Username. You will need your username every time you want to log in to your ECS account, so choose a username that you will remember easily and not longer than 10 characters. You can choose any name, use letters and/or numbers and several special characters, including space ( ), period (.), hyphen (-), apostrophe ('), underscore (_), and the @ sign.
(3) Subscribe to newsletter. The ECS does not send newsletters, but this box is required by our mailing system to send important information related to upcoming conferences: e.g. reminders of submission deadlines, recruitment of reviewers, decisions about abstract submission and information about the Annual General Meeting (for members only). Please check this box to ensure you will receive this relevant information.
(4) Captcha. Please write the characters shown in the image to prevent automated spam submissions.
3) Once all the data has been entered, click on 'Create new account' at the bottom of the page
4) An automatic email will be sent to the address you provided, including a one-time link to set your password
5) Click on the link and then click on 'Log in' at the bottom of the page to set your password
6) Set your password
(1) Write a password: enter the password of your choice. The system will give you some indications of its strength. The stronger the better. You can include letters, numbers and special characters.
(2) Confirm your password: enter the same password as above. The system will check that they match.
7) Save your new password
8) Set your profile
Access your profile. Once you have your new password set, you can access your profile from the top menu "My ECS" -> "My profile".
(1-2-3) Add your personal information: name, surname and your organisation's address (at least country).
(4) Indicate if you would like to be invited to become a reviewer for the upcoming conference. This means that you will be added to the list of potential reviewers to be invited, and only after acceptance of that invitation, you may become a reviewer.
(5-6) Select the keywords and taxons that better represent your expertise. When clicking on the (+), a dropdown list will open. Please select, in both cases, the ones that apply.
9) CHECK and SAVE your profile
Finally, just CHECK that all the information provided is correct and SAVE it before closing or changing the page.
10) Remember that you can access your profile and update it anytime.