Programme

Guided tours in Brno centre Sunday 4th September 

If you are planning to arrive earlier are wellcome to join one of the guided excursions in city entre. The tours are planned for Sunday 4th September 15:00 – 16:00 

EXCURSION 1 – guided walking tour through the city centre (about 80 minutes walk, starting from conference venue Hotel International Best Western.) EXCURSSION 2 – guided tour into Brno city Labyrinth (walking tour, entrance 5 min walking from conference venue Hotel International Best Western. EXCURSION 3 – guided tour to the smallest hotel in the world hotel AVION (hotel is located 5 min walking from the conference venue) Registration for Excursions 1 and 2 Excursion 3

Charity Run – Thursday 8th September

Don’t forget to take your running shoes & support good cause!

TESCAN, as the general partner of the 16MCM charity run, prepared a challenge for you: 4,3 km run/walk to Špilberk Castle, the most famous landmark in Brno. Help with us by donating to ParaCENTRUM Fenix, organization which helps people who survive a spinal cord injury. Thursday 8th September from 8:00 at Spilberk Castle (the opposite of congress venue). Great opportunity to support people in a difficult living situation by sport. How and whom can we help? Starting fee/donation paid from the Czech bank account in CZK here. Starting fee/donation paid from the foreign bank account in EUR here. Request for an invoice for group payment of starting fee/donation, please send: arientova@pcfenix.cz Registration

Microscopic micrographs competition 4 – 9 September

Competition of microscopic micrographs – The selected micrographs will be part of the exhibition „Microscopic gallery – the best of 16MCM in Brno“ which will take place on the square in the city center of Brno (Kobližná). In collaboration with Partners we are also planning interesting prizes for the winners, the authors of the exhibited photographs will receive a diploma. You can submit your photos including their description via the FORM. 

The goal of this international competition is to identify and showcase scientific micrographs. While there should be scientific content in the images, winning entries will also exhibit exceptional composition and other esthetic qualities. The competition is open to all types of microscopy, coloring of micrographs is allowed. More information about the evaluation board you can find here. Deadline The final deadline for submission is July 31, 2022. Rules and Eligibility Images submitted must have been taken by the submitter. If the copyright to the image is owned by another person or organization, permission must be granted to enter the image. Up to three images may be submitted by one person. Micrograph Information section Title: max 80 characters including spaces Authors: max 3 authors Affiliation: max 1 Image caption: Min 50 and max 800 characters including spaces in English. This field will be published publicly. If your image has a „story“, please write it. It should also be mentioned: scientific significance; image acquisition details; if applicable, description of all post-acquisition image processing steps and references. Upload your image file: should be submitted in one of the following formats: JPG, PNG, PDF, recommended minimal size of the image is 2048 x 2048 and a square format is best. Please note that selected images will be printed in large format therefore high quality data is required. Submission form