General COVID-19 measures
As of March 23, we can organize the meeting in person with no restrictions.
A Covid-19 certificate is no longer needed to enter the congress venues. Face masks are no longer mandatory in public transport, in the congress venues and restaurants/bars/shops in the city. A Passenger Locator Form (PLF) is no longer needed within the EU.
Of course, we ask all participants to follow the hygiene rules: wash your hands, cough/sneeze into your elbow and stay home when you are sick.
For all latest general information concerning COVID-19 in Belgium, please check here.
Travelling to Belgium
The Passenger Locator Form (PFL) must be filled in by everyone who, directly or indirectly, travels to Belgium from a country OUTSIDE the European Union or Schengen area that is not on the white list (which you can find here), by train, bus, boat or plane. The PLF document can be found here and must be filled in maximum 48h prior to your arrival in Belgium. In all other cases, you may fill in the PLF, but it is not mandatory.
- Participants travelling to Brussels from EU COUNTRIES: for information on the various measures in place, including quarantine and testing requirements (in various languages), please check: https://reopen.europa.eu/en/.
- Participants travelling from OUTSIDE OF THE EU: for information regarding travel requirements (e.g. COVID-19 vaccination approval & testing) and visa application, please contact the Belgian embassy or consulate in your country.
If you need to take a COVID-19 PCR test in Belgium, please find below an overview of the test centres.
- PCR-travel or -event testing without CTPC testing in private test centres
- Brussels (Brussels Midi railwaystation a.o.): €41
- Brussels airport:€67
- PCR-travel or -event testing in public test centres with CTPC (Covid Test Prescription Code): €50
- step 1: create your CTPC. This can only be done by yourself. Your GP or the test centre can't assist you on this.
- step 2: book your online appointment
- mark that you have a CTPC, that you request a travel or event test appointment and that you don't have symptoms
- select a test centre near the conference venue (Heilig Hart Hospital Leuven, Naamsestraat 105, 3000 Leuven), give your CTPC and book your appointment
- step 3: get tested
- step 4: receive your test result
- in your online personal health platform under "mijn testresultaten*"
- via your CTPC and 4 last digits of your mobile number
- in your EU COVID Health Certificate
For a COVID certified antigen test, you can go to one of the pharmacies in the city centre: e.g. Apotheek Vanschoenwinkel (Diestsestraat 129, 3000 Leuven / +32 16 22 31 12) or Apotheek Vandenbosch (Brusselsestraat 136, 3000 Leuven / +32 16 22 15 30). Please note that making an appointment is required. You can find the opening hours of both pharmacies online.