Conferences and Courses

Advanced Training is one of the core missions of the EMBL since its creation in 1974. Aiming at the promotion of excellence in modern life sciences and providing valuable services to its Member States and the international scientific community, EMBL has build a tradition and extensive expertise in organising and hosting advanced conferences, courses and workshops.

EMBL events are generally organised through the EMBL Course and Conference Office (CCO), an integral part of EICAT, who is taking on the overall logistical and operational coordination of the EMBL Conferences and Courses Programme, with a primary responsibility for events held in the new Advanced Training Centre (ATC) in Heidelberg.

EMBL generally does not directly fund any events accessible to external attendees from its Member State budget. Instead, EMBL cooperates with external funding organisations (e.g EMBO, Wellcome Trust and others) and sponsors to finance the scientific events that it hosts and organises. EMBL events are organised entirely on a non-for-profit basis, with the aim to limit expenses and minimise registration fees. EMBL seeks to obtain additional support through the EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme, the EMBL-EBI Industry Programme, as well as ad-hoc sponsoring of individual events.

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