General Info

Registration will be opened on this page on November 3rd at 13.00 CET.

Please read the terms and conditions below. Please note that, upon registration, you will be asked for personal details (such as name, surname, date of birth, university affiliation, passport number etc.) and a 100 word text to describe your motivation to take part in the event. We recommend that you take this element of the selection very seriously (expressing your interest with clarity and good spelling!), as it will be taken into consideration when selecting applicants.

Terms and conditions

Please read carefully and take note of the following:

All personal data will be handled confidentially. It will not be forwarded to any third parties except where necessary for the purpose of the conference. Please keep in mind that we will forward some of the information in your registration form to the universities and research centres involved. We will also send your name and university to the board of the national/local committees of IAPS to check your IAPS membership. Only students enrolled in a university or similar institution on a physics or physics-related course, as well as up to twelve months after receiving a degree from a university are able to participate in this event. Only students with an age of at least 18 years are allowed to attend the conference. You acknowledge and agree that the organizing committee and the hosts of the event have no responsibility whatsoever for injuries, losses, or damages of any kind that result from your participation in the Lights of Tuscany 2016 programme. You accept the IAPS Code of Conduct. PDF By participating in the event you agree to be filmed, photographed, and otherwise recorded during the conference and hereby expressly grant the organizing committee, AISF and IAPS the right to use your picture, movie or any other form of media publication. You also confirm that the information contained in this application is true and correct. You accept that the organizing committee cannot be made responsible for the content of any talk, poster, workshop, excursion or similar activity. You accept that, in case of cancellation by a participant, the Organising Committee will provide a reimbursement only if a replacement for the student can be found. No reimbursement will be given for membership fees under any circumstances. If a reimbursement were to be approved, the Organising Committee will retain a total of €10 from the fee as a contribution to the expenses to the event. All decisions about financial aspects of the event will need to be approved by the entire Organising Committee. The present terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the Republic of Italy.

Deadline for registration and payment

A first round of registration for the event will be open at this page between November 3 and 10. Following the registration period, we expect to email all applicants within 2 days. Payments will then be required (by bank transfer or PayPal) within 5 days of receiving an acceptance email from the organising committee. Please notice that applicants do not need to be specialising in the field of photonics, but can be from any discipline of Physics.