THE REGISTRATION PORTAL IS NOW OPEN FOR
the 56th ISOCARP Virtual World Planning Congress.

For more information and further announcements, please visit the Virtual Events page and the COVID-19 page.

NOTE: The registration for the in-person ISOCARP Congress in Doha, Qatar 
which will take place in November 2021, will commence next year.

Registration fees include:

• Full access to all virtual activities/Congress programme from November 2020 until February 2021
  - Access to all of ISOCARP's promotional activities and webinars prior to the Congress
  - Access to the opening and closing events of the Congress
  - Access to all virtual parallel sessions/paper presentations from November 2020 until February 2021 (presentation schedules to be confirmed later).
• For authors with accepted abstracts and full contributions: includes presentation and participation in parallel sessions and paper publication in the proceedings
• Professional networking and mentoring opportunities
• Virtual exhibition (for institutional members)
• Access to all pre-recorded paper and case study presentations and recorded sessions of the actual congress

Registration Guidelines

• All international fees are payable in Euros (EUR) and quoted per person. 
• The fees for the virtual events of the 56th ISOCARP World Planning Congress are expected to cover the costs of publication as well as the expenses incurred by the organising team in the preparation and adaptation to the virtual format.
• ISOCARP requires that at least one of the authors of a paper or a case study pay a registration fee on or before 08 October 2020 in order to present their contribution during one of the virtual events of the Congress and for the paper to be published and included in the proceedings. Failure to register will result in withdrawal of the submission from the 56th World Planning Congress proceedings and programme. The rest of the co-authors and other participants who will register for the Congress will enjoy the same access to the virtual events.
• The Congress Team members of each track will decide on the presentation schedules, on a thematic basis, once all contributions and registration fees have been received. All full paper contributions of authors who registered for and presented during the virtual Congress will be included in the December 2020 (publication month) Congress proceedings.
• The in-person gathering in Doha, Qatar will take place in November 2021 as the 57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress with a new theme and different sets of tracks. However, authors who will already present virtually will also have the opportunity to present in-person in Doha, Qatar in November 2021, if they prefer, corresponding to the in-person Congress registration fees. 
• All full paper contributions that will be presented in-person in Doha, Qatar will be included in the November 2021 Congress proceedings. 
• The author, by submitting a paper for the 2020 ISOCARP Congress, guarantees that the work submitted is original and has not been previously published.
• Different terms apply to those with approved session proposals and special sessions. While session proposers also need to register on time to guarantee a slot in the Congress events, you do not need to submit anything yet by the 8 October 2020 paper submission deadline. We will contact you individually regarding the next steps as soon as the programming of sessions starts.
• We strongly recommend all participants of the 56th ISOCARP Virtual World Planning Congress to join ISOCARP as a member or to renew their memberships timely. 

Registration Procedures

IMPORTANT: If you have submitted an abstract or you already have an account on the Congress website for another reason, please log in to your account first before purchasing a ticket. If you buy the ticket without being logged in, we cannot assign the ticket to the account you submitted an abstract with.

The various fee categories for participants are valid for all the virtual activities of the 56th ISOCARP World Planning Congress. These are classified into two ticket groups: (A) For ISOCARP members or (B) For all other participants who are NOT members of ISOCARP. Through the ticket form, you can purchase tickets for up to 9 persons. If you want to buy tickets for 10 or more people together, you qualify for a 10% discount. In this case, please contact us directly via congress@isocarp.org.

Step-by-step Instructions:

1. To buy tickets, please log in to your account first then proceed to the ticketing page.

2. If you do not have an account yet, proceed directly to the ticketing page.

3. Please select the number of attendees first at the bottom of the page.

4. Then, fill out the form with the requested information. If you are logged in to your account, these fields will be automatically filled out when you tick the auto-fill option.

5. On the right-hand side of the form, select the ticket category per attendee. If you are buying tickets for multiple participants, make sure to use the correct email address of each attendee. DO NOT use a single email address for all.

6. If you have a discount code, fill it in on the bottom right corner of the page and click "Apply". 

7. Afterwards, click "Checkout" and complete the payment procedures. Registration can be paid via credit card, PayPal or bank transfer.

8. You will find your tickets and invoices-both pending and confirmed-on the Dashboard of your account.

• Credit card and PayPal transactions: Once payment is successful, you will receive an email notification with your tickets. 
• Bank transfer transactions: You will receive an automated email notification with the invoice as well as instructions on how to make the transfer. Once we have received the payment, you will receive a confirmation via email with your tickets.

9. Everyone with active registrations will receive access codes to all the virtual events via email.

General Conditions

Modification and Cancellation Policy (for virtual events only)

• Cancellation of registration must be sent to the ISOCARP Head Office at overtoom@isocarp.org. 
• Cancellations received before 15 September 2020: 100% refund minus transfer/ handling costs.
• Cancellations received from 15 September 2020 to 15 October 2020: 50% refund.
• Cancellation received from 16 October 2020 onwards: no refund.

Force Majeure and Cancellation

ISOCARP cannot be held liable by attendees for either the partial or total non-execution of the event due to circumstances beyond the control of ISOCARP (force majeure) such as, Acts of God including, but not limited to, credible threats of natural disaster in the geographic vicinity, war, interruption of transportation facilities, governmental travel advisory, civil disturbance or any other comparable events or disasters beyond the parties' control.  

Under these circumstances, ISOCARP reserves the right to either retain the entire registration fee and to use it for a future congress, or to reimburse the attendees after deducting costs already incurred for the organisation of the virtual activities and which could not be recovered from third parties.

Modification of the Virtual Events Programme

ISOCARP reserves the right to modify the programme, which is published as an indication only. No refunds will be granted in case the programme changes (including change of speakers).

Acceptance of the General Terms and Conditions

The General Terms and Conditions written on the ISOCARP Congress platform shall manage your use of our platform and the participation in the Congress. These General Terms and Conditions as well as ISOCARP's Privacy Policy will be applied fully and affect your use of this platform. By using this platform, you agreed to accept these General Terms and Conditions. You shall not use this platform if you disagree with any of these General Terms and Conditions.