Price list
| type | single room | double room | coffee breaks & lunch | welcome reception | poster session | conference dinner | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accompanying single room | CHF420.00 | CHF40.00 | CHF40.00 | CHF100.00 | CHF600.00 | ||
| accompanying shared room | CHF270.00 | CHF40.00 | CHF40.00 | CHF100.00 | CHF450.00 | ||
| member outside quota and non-members single room | CHF420.00 | CHF170.00 | CHF40.00 | CHF40.00 | CHF100.00 | CHF770.00 | |
| member outside quota and non-members shared room | CHF270.00 | CHF170.00 | CHF40.00 | CHF40.00 | CHF100.00 | CHF620.00 |
Registration
Registration for the 16th ECMetAC Days will be open from until 2025.
Registration & fees
The conference site is the Empa Academy located on the Empa Campus in Dübendorf, Switzerland, where all conference activities (workshop, lectures, poster session) will take place. All participants will be accommodated at Hotel Harrys Home, which is in walking distance to the Empa Campus. Participants will be accommodated in single and double rooms - PhD students and postdocs will be preferentially accommodated in double rooms.
The ECMetAC budget assigned to the conference allows covering the accommodation and conference expenses for up to three participants from a given ECMetAC member institution (to be specified in the registration form). This includes covering the accommodation for three nights from Nov 24 to Nov 27, 2025.
In case you might need to travel to Dübendorf already a day before for logistic reasons, please drop a line to . We will get in touch with the hotel.
Participants not included in the quota of three participants per ECMetAC member institution will receive an invoice issued by Empa to cover their expenses (bed and breakfast, meals, coffee breaks, welcome reception, poster session snacks and conference dinner). The pricelist is available here, there is no conference fee.
Cancellation
Important note
The registration fees do not include any insurance of the participants against any accidents, illness, cancellation, theft, property damage or loss. Participants are advised to have adequate personal insurance before attending the conference.
The participant acknowledges that he/she has no right to lodge damage claims against the organizers should the conference be canceled due to unexpected political or economic events or generally by "force majeure", or should the non-appearance of speakers or other reasons necessitate program changes. With registration, the participant accepts this.
Location
Conference venue and travel information
The ECMetAC Days 2025 will take place at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, in Dübendorf, Switzerland. The Empa Campus accommodates laboratory and office buildings, a bistro and a bar as well as the Empa Academy, which offers a big lecture hall with all necessary facilities to host an international event.
Empa is very easy to reach. We are located close to Zurich airport and therefore very well connected to all bigger European cities as well as airports worldwide. From Zurich airport it takes about 20 minutes by public transport to reach Empa as well as the conference hotel. Of course you can also reach us by train - from Zurich main station it takes appr. 20 minutes by public transport to travel to Empa and to the hotel. In case you prefer to travel by car, a parking garage subject to charges is available on the Empa Campus. Our overview provides further details.
Accommodation
All participants of the ECMetAC Days 2025 will be accommodated at Hotel Harrys Home in Wallisellen. The hotel is located only 5 minutes by foot from the Empa Campus and offers modern, comfortable rooms. Breakfast is included, other services are available upon surcharge.
Hotel Harrys Home can be easily reached from Zurich airport by public transport (tram no 12, stop "Wallisellen Neugut").