General Information

The symposium will officially begin on Sunday at 5:00 PM with two plenary lectures. Following the lectures, we'll offer a BPS Get-together, where complimentary beer, pretzels, and sausages will be served. 

The symposium will conclude on Tuesday night after the final sessions, with a BPS Conference Dinner at the Arvena Kongress Hotel.

You can download the BPS '25 Invitation Flyer as pdf here:

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The full BPS '25 program can be downloaded as pdf here:

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The location of the BPS '25 is at the

University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstr. 30
95447 Bayreuth,

Bldg. NW II
Lecture halls H18 and H19.

In front of the lecture halls you'll find the Symposium Office (S 76), exhibits of supporting companies, coffee & tea. You'll find a map and more directions left at 'Directions and Accommodation'.

You can still register any time by clicking “Registration” in the left-hand menu using the online registration procedure. Online registration will be open until Sept. 14, 2025. 

An Invoice is available upon request at any time. For invoice requests, please contact: bps@uni-bayreuth.de

Please note: The address provided during registration will be used as the billing address.
Please ensure that this is the correct billing address for your institution and, if necessary, update it in your BPS account.

It is possible to have lunch at the dining facilities (mensa) on campus. Lunch is included in your BPS’25 registration fee and you will receive lunch tickets for Monday and Tuesday. You can use each open line and have a free choice of meals. Salads, vegetarian and vegan meals are also available.
Please hand out your lunch ticket to the person at the cash register.

Payment in cash is not possible at the campus dining facilities.

You will receive a name tag in your welcome package at the BPS '25 Symposium Office which is located in front of the lecture hall. Please display your BPS '25 name tag throughout the conference, in particular for coffee and lunch breaks.

Participants are requested to mute their phones in the BPS '25 lecture halls all the times.

WiFi (WLAN) access will be provided on site, via free @BayernWLAN or via eduroam (if you are registered at
your home university). In room S 71 (also building NW II) there are workstations available for online access
exclusively for BPS ’25 participants.

You will receive our certificate that you participated at the BPS '25 in your welcome package at your registration in the Symposium Office.

Exhibitions from sponsors of BPS ’25 will be outside the lecture halls and open during both conference days.
BPS ’25 is thankful for the support of the participating companies and institutions

Please note: Taking photos or recordings of the presentations is not permitted, out of respect for the speakers and their content. We kindly ask all participants to adhere to this policy.​

The official language of the BPS '25 is English.

In case you wish to cancel your BPS '25 registration, please inform the Symposium Office by e-mail (bps@uni-bayreuth.de) accordingly. If you qualify for a refund (i.e. you have already paid your conference fee), a service fee of 50 EUR will be deducted.

Neither the BPS '25 organizers nor the University of Bayreuth will accept liability for personal injury or loss or damage of property of participants and accompanying persons either during the conference or while traveling to the conference. Participants are strongly recommended to get their own insurance coverage, for cases such as health and accident, lost luggage, or trip cancelation.

• We use and store your contact address and data exclusively for registration purposes. The storage takes place in protected areas and is only accessible for the IT administrator and the symposium organizers. (Wir verwenden und speichern Ihre Kontaktadresse und Daten ausschließlich für die Registrierung. Die Speicherung erfolgt in geschützten Bereichen und ist nur für den IT-Administrator und die Organisatoren des Symposiums zugänglich.)
  
  
• We do not forward or give your email and contact data to third parties. (Wir geben Ihre E-Mail- und Kontaktdaten nicht an Dritte weiter.)
  
  
• Abstracts of posters and lectures will be stored online with password protection and will be only accessible to the conference participants and symposium organizers. (Kurzzusammenfassungen der Poster und Vorträge werden passwortgeschützt online gespeichert und sind nur den Konferenzteilnehmer und die Symposium Organisatoren zugänglich.)
  
  
• In this registration form you will be asked whether you would like us to include your name, address, and email in the either printed or electronic participants list. (In diesem Anmeldeformular werden Sie gefragt, ob wir Ihren Namen, Adresse und E-Mail in dem gedruckten oder elektronischen Teilnehmerverzeichnis aufnehmen dürfen).
  
  
• You are willing to receive emails from the symposium organizers regarding the organization and the communication in respect of the BPS you have registered for. (Sie möchten E-Mails der Organisatoren über den Ablauf und für Informationen in Zusammenhang mit dem Symposium, für das Sie sich angemeldet haben, erhalten.)   
  

You have to agree to our Privacy Policy during registration.   

• Invited and contributed lectures: A video projection system will be available for all presentations, allowing you to present directly from your own laptop. We strongly recommend using your own device to ensure compatibility and ease of use. If this is not possible, please bring your presentation on a USB stick. Please ensure that all media files are properly embedded. 
  Laptops for upcoming sessions will be set up and tested during the break preceding each session. Please bring your laptop to the front during the break before your presentation so that it can be connected and checked in time. The available equipment in the lecture halls supports HDMI connections. If your laptop uses a different output format—such as VGA, DVI, USB-C, or Apple-specific ports—please bring the appropriate adapter with you. 
  To avoid technical issues, we recommend testing your presentation in advance and having a backup version available, preferably in PDF format. If your presentation includes audio or video content, please confirm with the technical staff beforehand whether sound output is supported.
  
  
• Poster introduction: For the short oral introduction of Poster Session I & II we need a PDF file with your presentation which will be on display during the 2 min. See "Poster Guidelines" above.