{"id":2121,"date":"2026-02-19T13:51:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ems.groupe-mco.com\/?page_id=2121"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:35:06","slug":"ems-extensions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eurmicsoc.org\/meetings-courses\/ems-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"EMS Extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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EMS has designed several ways in which the society supports the organisation of microscopy related events in Europe. Next to the well-defined involvement in the organisation of the quadrennial European Microscopy Congresses (EMC series<\/a>, successor of EUREM) EMS also explicitly supports extended regional meetings organised by at least two national or one regional European society. At present this support includes financial sponsoring to cover the costs of two invited lecturers, assistance in electronic distribution of information about the meeting to the extended EMS membership, support in arranging contacts and contracts with the ECMA (EMS corporate members), use of a road-map for organising international microscopy meetings, etc.. In the near future EMS expects to be able to offer more extended services including on-line abstract submission, proceedings printing, insurance, … Meetings receiving the latter type of support agree to be referred to as “EMS extension”, a term which indicates the strong involvement of and support from EMS. In principle, EMS expects to be involved in a single EMS extension per year, but on exceptional cases more than one extension can be supported in a given year providing the societies involved do not cover overlapping geographical areas. In principle, no extension will be organized in the year of an EMC congress.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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EMS has designed several ways in which the society supports the organisation of microscopy related events in Europe. Next to the involvement in the organisation of the quadrennial European Microscopy Congresses (EMC\u00a0series, successor of EUREM) EMS also explicitly supports extended regional meetings organised by at least two national or one regional European society (in those years when no EMC is organized). At present this support includes financial sponsoring to cover the costs of two invited lecturers, assistance in electronic distribution of information about the meeting to the extended EMS membership, support in arranging contacts and contracts with the ECMA (EMS corporate members), use of a road-map for organising international microscopy meetings, etc.. In the near future EMS expects to be able to offer more extended services including on-line abstract submission, proceedings printing, insurance, … Meetings receiving the latter type of support agree to be referred to as “EMS extension<\/strong>“, a term which indicates the strong involvement of and support from EMS. In principle, EMS expects to be involved in a single EMS extension per year, but on exceptional cases more than one extension can be supported in a given year providing the societies involved do not cover overlapping geographical areas. In principle, no extension will be organized in the year of an EMC congress.<\/p>

Eligibility criteria, the procedure for requesting the status of EMS extension as well as some extra information are given below.<\/p>

Eligibility criteria<\/h4>
  1. scientifically sound event on microscopy and\/or its applications with solid organization background<\/span><\/li>
  2. officially organized by more than one national society or by one regional society that covers more than one country<\/span><\/li>
  3. at least one of the organising societies should adhere to the full or en-bloc membership concept of EMS in the year of submitting the proposal<\/span><\/li>
  4. the minimum number of anticipated participants should be stated. Meetings with high number of participants will be prioritised<\/span><\/li>
  5. an internationally recognised scientific advisory board (ISAB) will be established<\/span><\/li>
  6. the invited speakers cover an international spectrum<\/span><\/li>
  7. the official event language is English (no other languages are permitted in any of the official scientific or technical presentations)<\/span><\/li>
  8. the event must be advertised internationally at least one year before the event starting date<\/span><\/li>
  9. the event will have its own website<\/span><\/li>
  10. the event covers a broad spectrum of topics on Instrumentation & Methodology, Materials Sciences and Life Sciences<\/span><\/li>
  11. a commercial trade exhibition is an integral part of the event: this implies that the location of the event and local infrastructure are suitable for trade exhibition (transportation, installation requirements, …)<\/span><\/li>
  12. the organizers provide a discounted registration fee for students<\/span><\/li>
  13. the organizers provide student fellowships that will be granted based on reviewing the submitted abstracts by the scientific board<\/span><\/li><\/ol>

    Next to meeting the eligibility criteria the organizers agree to<\/span><\/h4>