49^th European Muscle Conference Prague POSTPONED TO 2022

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Dear Supporters of the European Muscle Conference,

We hope you are doing well in these special times.

The good news first - we will have a European Muscle Conference (EMC) in 2021 after we had to cancel the 2020 EMC in Prague because of the pandemic.

The downside is that the current situation with Covid-19 has forced the ESMR board and EMC2021 organizers to again postpone the Prague EMC by one year. The local organizing committee (LOC) has agreed to run the Prague EMC as an in-person meeting in 2022. We very much hope that you agree to support the EMC2022 by attending the meeting and meeting us in person.

The 2022 conference will take place at the Institute of Molecular Genetics Conference Centre, in Prague on 23-26 September 2022. Please, mark your calendars. We will come up with regular updates on this EMC2022 conference website.

Despite the pandemic-related difficulties, the ESMR board has decided to organize the first-ever virtual EMC in the ESMR history, which will take place 20-22 September  2021! This will be in partnership with the Polish Biochemical Society and with Prof. Jolanta Redowicz as the EMC2021 chairperson.

The ESMR board is currently assembling an exciting program; the details will be announced soon so please keep checking the EMC2021 virtual website for updates.

Thank you for your continuous support!

Regards,

Wolfgang Linke, on behalf of the ESMR board
Jitka Zurmanova, on behalf of the LOC of EMC2022 Prague
Jolanta Redowicz on behalf of the LOC of EMC2021 virtual – Warsaw operated

 
49^th European Muscle Conference Prague postponed to 2021

Dear Members of the ESMR,

Based on a joint agreement of the ESMR board, local organizers and the organizing company C-IN, we decided to postpone the 49^th European Muscle Conference by one year.

The meeting has been re-scheduled to 17-20 September 2021.

Please note that the conference will start on Friday morning (as planned before), with Thursday, 16 September, as the arrival day when your accommodation will be available.

The venue, accommodation and registration remain unchanged.

Please, note that anyone who has already reserved hotel accommodation will be able to transfer this to the new conference dates at no cost. Our registration team will be available to help - please, contact info@emc2020prague.eu.

The registration fee will be transferred to the next year. If required, it can be fully refunded based on your personal request. Please, contact info@emc2020prague.eu.

Please follow the website for further news and information.

We are grateful for your understanding and support, and hope that you will be able to attend the meeting next year.

Kind regards,

EMC 2020 Organising Committee

 
49^th European Muscle Conference Prague UPDATE

Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends,

We hope you are well in these challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We feel for all those who have been directly affected and wish them and their families well.  The impact has been and continues to be hard to predict especially the differences among nations.  As we are at the start of the conference year, we wanted to update you on the current EMC 2021 preparations.

EMC cycle has been shifted one year.  We are very happy for the opportunity to continue our conference plans in Prague. With the strong interest received from both the scientific community and industry, EMC 2021 promises to be a highly successful and memorable event.

The Organizing Committee, together with the PCO C-IN and ESMR, are currently continuing efforts to organize the Conference as a physical event in Prague, while monitoring the latest COVID-19 situation in the Czech Republic and beyond together with the guidelines and precautions that may need to be followed. Registration and abstract submission portal will be opened shortly.

Although the current situation regarding the pandemic is serious in most European and many other countries, the new availability of vaccines brings hope that our way of life will return back to normality by the middle of this year.  Nevertheless, we want to ensure you that we do also have the backup option to organize the conference as Hybrid or worst case as fully virtual if that is needed. In such case, we do have a platform ready that guarantees that such conference will still keep attractive features of the EMC conferences, such as excellent scientific presentations, discussions, poster sessions or workshops, gathering of young scientists with established colleagues, personal contacts, exhibition, and more. The final decision on whether the conference will be organized as a physical or virtual event will be made in May 2021 with us still believing in the physical meeting option. We will keep you informed at the earliest opportunity.  

Please continue to visit our website as we continue to update new information relevant to 49^th EMC Conference in 2021. In February 2021 we will also open the FAQ’s section with frequently asked questions relating to the postponement of EMC dates to 2021 and current updates.
 
We wish you happy, healthy and successful year 2021. We are truly looking forward to seeing you at the 49^th EMC conference in September!

Kind regards,
 
EMC 2021 Organising Committee