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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Are you ready to join us in Dundee for the 37th annual European Cetacean Society conference?

Please login or create an ECS account to register for this year's conference.  

All first authors with accepted presentations will need to be registered by the Early Bird Deadline on 5th March 2026, otherwise their abstract will be deleted from the scientific programme. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.

2026 Prices: Registration and Social Events - ALL PRICES ARE IN EURO

*You have to be a paid-member for the calendar year 2026 to qualify for member rates. You can renew or apply for membership while registering for the 37th Annual Conference 2026 or purchase your membership separately here.

**All discounted rates must be proven before the conference (or at the conference for On site registration) with an original certificate or confirmation. The ECS defines a student as "any person who has been enrolled as a student in a third level institution within 12 months of the registration for the forthcoming conference". (*Note: Student membership requires verification with your supervisor before it is approved. You will have to enter additional information during checkout)

 REGISTER to the conference

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers are students who have applied for and have been selected to volunteer at the conference, by prior arrangement with the ECS Student Representative or the Local Organising Committee.

If you have received a CONFIRMATION by email that you were selected as a student volunteer, please purchase your student membership by the early registration deadline on 5th March 2026 (*Note: Student membership requires verification with your supervisor before it is approved. You will have to enter additional information during checkout): Purchase your MEMBERSHIP

Once you have purchased your membership, choose the option "volunteer" below to register to the conference. ATTENTION, registrations from confirmed volunteers that have not paid their membership by the early registration deadlines or from users that were not confirmed as volunteers will BE DELETED and these users will NOT be registered to the conference.

Once you have purchased your membership, you will be able to register for workshops yourself. 

If you have any questions, please contact the ECS Student Representative.

WORKSHOPS

You cab register to half-day (20€) and full-day (30€) workshops. Two ECS student workshops are open to student members free of charge.

By registering for any workshop, you agree to be contacted by the workshop organisers about that workshop.

For more information    See workshops

SOCIAL EVENTS

Ticket for the dinner, dancing and student party will be available soon. Stay tuned !

******* WE NEED YOUR HELP!! ******* 

Student awards: we need numerous Judges to evaluate student presentations (orals or posters) at the Conference ---> please select "I would like to be a JUDGE for this conference" when Registering to the Conference below [only non-student members] or add the product to your cart below:

 Become conference judge [non-student members only]

If you have any question about being a Judge, please contact the ECS Awards officer.

ATTENTION STUDENTS !!! 

ECS Mentoring program for students by students: 

• If you are a student, have already been to at least one ECS conference and would like to mentor a newcomer ---> please select "I would like to be a STUDENT MENTOR for this conference" when registering below [only student members].
• If you are a student and you would like to be mentored by a fellow student during the conference, please select "I would like to be a STUDENT MENTEE for this conference" when registering below [only student members]

More info about the mentoring program, click here.

ECS Student Award

If you are a student and your abstract has been accepted for the Conference, you can apply to the ECS Student Award. Please select the appropriate option when registering for the Conference.

ATTENTION ! You MUST BE PRESENT AT AGM (Friday 24th April afternoon) to collect your award. If you already know that you cannot attend the AGM (for ex. leaving early), please do not select this option.

More info about the ECS Student Awards, click here.

LANGUAGE SUPPORT for non-native English speakers: 

We have a language support system for non-native English speakers! 

If English is not your first language and you would like assistance during the Q&A session to feel more confident presenting your work orally, but your forgot to indicate this at abstract submission, please contact our language support coordinator ASAP at language.support@europeancetaceansociety.eu. 

If your work is chosen for an oral presentation, we will contact you to provide assistance. We will then pair you with a fellow speaker of your native language who is also fluent in English to support you during the Q&A (e.g. ensuring you understand the questions or help formulating your answer).

If you need more information, please contact our language support coordinator. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Cancellation & Refund Policy
   Cancellations received up to two (2) weeks before the start of the Conference [until 4th April 2026 23:59 CET] are eligible for a 100% refund, including Conference registration, workshops, dinner and dancing.
   Cancellations received after this date are not eligible for a refund.
   Membership is not refundable.

   ALL PRICES ARE IN EUROS. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to ensure that the full amount in Euros is paid to the ECS bank account, including any conversion and other bank fees [especially for payments via bank transfers outside the Euro area].

2. Code of conduct
   When taking part in the conference or any related event (such as workshops and social activities), participants agree to abide by the ECS Code of Conduct by behaving respectfully and in a way that does not harass or humiliate others. The ECS Code of Conduct can be consulted here.
3. Communications
   By purchasing any product(s) (incl. membership, registration, workshops and additional products) on the ECS website, users agree to receive communications via email about the product(s) they have purchased.
4. Filming / Photography
   By taking part in the conference or any related event (such as workshops and social activities), participants agree that photos and videos taken during the event may be used by the organizers for communication and promotional purposes.

ATTENTION 

If you encounter any issue with registration (or membership, workshops, additional products), please first make sure that your ECS profile (My ECS > My profile) is completed. If you still encounter issues, please send a screenshot of the issue/error to the ECS Treasurer. 

ALL PRICES ARE IN EURO. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to ensure that the full amount in Euros is paid to the ECS bank account, including any conversion and other bank fees [especially for payments via bank transfers outside the Euro area].

*********** INVOICE DETAILS

1) Please check that your INVOICE DETAILS, including organisation name, address and others (VAT, project number, etc.) are CORRECT before confirming your order. If anything is NOT CORRECT, you will be able to correct these by editing or selecting a new address during checkout [see explanation at the top of the checkout page].
Alternatively, you can first edit or create a new address in the 'My ECS' > 'My address book'. The address will then become available at checkout.

2) Payment instructions for manual bank transfers will be displayed after you confirm your order.

3) You will be able to download a PDF of your invoice in 'My ECS' > 'My orders' after you confirm your order.
 

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