#EFIC2025 General Information

We do not offer hotel contingents for #EFIC2025 in Lyon. Please find hotel options where you can book a room on your own here: https://en.visiterlyon.com/stay/accommodation/all-accommodations

For any questions regarding your hotel booking, please approach directly the hotel you booked your room with.

CAUTION: Be aware of fraudulent individuals and companies that claim to offer registration for Pain in Europe XIV and hotel accommodation in Lyon through fraudulent websites and/or by contacting you directly via email. These fraudulent agencies will look similar to the official EFIC 2025 Pain in Europe XIV but are not. The only official agency handling registration is K.I.T. Group GmbH located in Berlin, Germany. The only email addresses you should communicate with will end in @efic.org or @kit-group.org.

The Pain in Europe XIV Congress Mobile App allows delegates access to all congress data from any mobile device. The mobile app includes the scientific programme, sponsor and exhibitor details and additional information regarding the Congress. It will be available soon for Apple iOS, Android and Windows Phone and supports smartphones and tablet computers.

Download the Pain in Europe XIV Congress App, register and create your personalized schedule while at the congress.

Available soon!

All congress activities (including the opening ceremony, all scientific sessions, workshops, industry supported sessions, light lunch, exhibition area, etc.) are exclusively reserved for registered delegates. Nonregistered guests (including children, family members, colleagues, etc.) are not allowed in any event area. Badges provided at registration are required for entrance into all functions and will be strictly enforced.

Admittance for persons aged under 18

In respect to European laws and regulations, as well as due to current health and safety, registration and/or admittance to the EFIC® Congress Pain in Europe XIII hall be limited solely to delegates who are 18 years of age or older. Registration by anyone under 18 is unauthorised and violation of these terms and conditions will automatically result in the forfeit of their registration. Identification is to be provided to congress staff upon request. Delegates below 18 years of age will not be granted access to any part of the congress at any time. This is also valid for children accompanied by their parents and any other unregistered person. If access to the congress is needed and no registration is available, the person should contact the registration desk for support.

All delegates and exhibitors are required to wear their badges throughout the congress to be admitted to the lecture halls, exhibition area and scheduled activities. Name badges can be picked up at the registration area located on the ground floor. If a registered delegate has lost or misplaced their name badge, there will be a fee to re-print the badge, regardless of the reason. The delegate will be asked to show photo identification to have the badge re-printed. The fee of €30.00 must be paid at the time of re-printing, either with a credit card or cash. Your badge may be scanned for certificate of attendance purposes, as well as by exhibitors for database purposes. If you allow your EFIC® 2025 Congress badge to be scanned by an exhibitor/sponsor, you hereby agree that your personal data (name, contact data, address data, organisation), collected by the congress organiser, may be forwarded or the exhibitor/sponsor by whom you have your badge scanned, and EFIC® or the respective company may contact you directly for its purposes. For your other rights, please read the congress privacy policy you agreed upon in the registration process or under www.efic-congress.org.

Your certificate will be delivered electronically after completing the educational evaluation procedure online via the link you will receive following the Pain in Europe XIV Congress. There will be no paper or physical certificate provided on-site. To receive the maximum number of credits for the hours spent at the Congress, you must have scanned your badge twice daily at the designated scanning points. If a delegate still needs to have their badge scanned, they will receive a certificate of attendance with no credits indicated.

The cloakroom / luggage storage, where you may store your things on a day-to-day basis free of charge, is located near the main entrance / registration area. The European Pain Federation EFIC®, the congress organisers, and the venue do not assume responsibility for items left at the cloakroom. Anything left here overnight will be taken to Lost & Found at the Registration desk. The cloakroom will be open at the congress centre as follows

Cloakroom Opening Hours:

Thursday, 24 April: 07.30 – 22.00

Friday, 25 April: 07.30 – 19.30

Saturday, 26 April: 07:30 – 20.30

The checkroom will be staffed by UNICEF volunteers, for which EFIC will pay a handling fee and a donation on behalf of the Congress. Any further donation from your side is welcome but not obligatory.

We are delighted to announce that #EFIC2025 is compliant with the MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice. More info to be added soon.

An application has been made to the UEMS-EACCME® for CME accreditation of this event. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS): www.uems.net. The previous Congress was accredited for 21 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Disclosure and resolution of personal conflicts of interest

In accordance with CME/CPD accreditation criteria and standards for commercial support to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigour, those in control of the educational content must disclose potential or actual conflicts of interest. Disclosure information will be evaluated, and conflicts of interest will be resolved. Disclosure will be made available to delegates prior to the activity. Delegates will be asked on the evaluation to assess the objectivity and independence of the event. Disclosure information will be available online at least a week before the Pain in Europe XIV starts.

Industry Support Disclosure

This event is supported, in part, by funding from Industry. All support is managed in strict accordance with CME/CPD accreditation criteria and standards for commercial support. Appropriate acknowledgement of all supporting organisations is made on the event website, and with signage during the event. A list of all industry supporters is available in the Industry Support and Exhibition Section on the website and on the Congress App.

Please find the exhibition area located on the level -2 of the congress center. Here are the opening times:

Thursday, 24 April
10.00 – 21.30
20:30 – 21:30 – Welcome Reception in the exhibition

Friday, 25 April
10.00 – 16.30

Saturday, 26 April
10.00 – 16.30

EXHIBITION ACCESS FOR PATIENTS AND PATIENT ADVOCATES IS RESTRICTED

For medical congresses taking place in Europe, all delegates as well as all contributors are subject to European laws, rules and regulations clarified by the ‘Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2011 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use.’ The relevant European laws, rules and regulations and their Irish application clearly state that: Patients and patient advocates should have no access to the areas where prescription medicines are promoted and should not receive any materials containing product advertisements (irrespective of their nationality). Patients and Patient Advocates will be asked to follow a specifically indicated route within the Exhibition Area to access the food outlets, poster exhibition and the EFIC® Village.

Please contact a member of staff to assist you or inform them about any incident requiring First Aid.

The following food & beverage is included in the price of registration:

• Welcome Reception,Thursday, 24 April 2025, 20.30 – 21.30, in the Exhibition Area, Level -2
• Closing Reception, Saturday, 26 April 2025, 19:00 – 19:30, in Foyer Lumière (Level -1)
• Daily light lunch served inside the Exhibition Area, Level -2 .

Delegates can purchase at any time of the day, delicacies from the cookies bars, crepes stations and cash bars in the Exhibition Area, Level -2.