2nd PHA platform World Congress (Hybrid event)

Hybrid event (on-site & online)

If the development of the pandemic (infection rates, vaccination, etc.) allows, the second PHA platform World Congress will be held as a hybrid event (on-site and digital) in the Maternushaus Cologne, Germany.

Travel to Germany

We sincerely hope that you may and can travel to Germany. We don't know about the restrictions your country may have on the day of travel.
For information on entry rules issued by the German Government, please visit
www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de, providing info in 18 languages. We try to keep this info updated.

Travel home

If you need a negative PCR test for your flight home, you find useful info here:

https://coronatest.de/appointments/?lang=en

The location is Hohenzollernring 32-34 (Cologne). That is about 1.3 km (less than a mile), so, a 15 min walk or a cheap taxi ride.

Hygiene Concept of the Hotel

The Maternushaus has elaborated a comprehensive hygiene concept.
Eine deutschsprachige Version ist hier verfügbar.

It includes that all conference attendees must be either fully vaccinated, recovered from COVID19, or negatively tested. Most probably a test can be performed on-site. But capacity might be very limited.

Cancellation Policy

Basically, our general cancellation policy applies.

However, due to the pandemic situation, we will handle it a bit more flexibly. If you register for the full on-site conference, we'll send you an invoice and ask you to pay this on time. In the case you have to decide to step back to an online-only participation at a later point in time, we can change your registration and we'll refund the price difference. Such a change, however, must be performed at a maximum of 48 hours.

We are all keen on holding an in-person event, as networking and socialising over a glass of good German beer is something that is so important and is high on the list of things that we all miss so desperately.

Speakers
For details about the speakers click here

Hybrid event (participation is possible in-person, on-site, as well as online-only (ZOOM). You can still buy the video-on-demand recordings. click here

Please note that - in order to accommodate different time zones - we'll record* all sessions and make these available in form of "video-on-demand" to all attendees for a full week after the event.

^{*: provided we don't have technical issues and all speakers agree}

Handbook

You can download the handbook with all abstracts (as far as available) here 

Programme subject to changes. Please visit this website frequently for updates.

Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany

Kardinal-Frings-Str. 1-3
50668 Köln, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0221) 1631 - 0
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www.maternushaus.de

Hygiene Concept
The Maternushaus elaborated a sophisticated hygiene concept.  (Deutschsprachige Version)

Room-contingent
There is a limited number of rooms available in the Maternushaus.

Please use the keyword "bioplastics" to book one of these rooms.

How to get there
Over the freeways (Autobahn):
Take the exit Zentrum/Innenstadt.
From there follow the red colour zone'Dom/Rhein' of the Cologne parking guidance system and reach the main station or cathedral.
From here on, please refer to Google-Maps.

By public transport:
Book your flight to Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN).
By train: Cologne HBF (main train station). From there it is only a 5 minutes walk via "Dompropst-Ketzer-Straße" to Maternushaus.

Nearest subway stations: Appellhofplatz and Cologne main station.