General Attendees Information

We have been closely monitoring developments in Sweden and internationally related to covid-19 and in light of the ongoing impact of the pandemic on healthcare professionals and organisations, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and BMJ have decided that continuing with our plans to hold the in-person International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Gothenburg this March would not be in the best interests of the community we aim to support.

As a result, we have decided to postpone the conference to Monday 20 – Wednesday 22 June 2022.

You can find more information on our postponement here.

All registered delegates of the International Forum have automatically been transferred to the June dates (20-22 June 2022). No action is required if you wish to attend in June.

Please send your refund request to events@bmj.com by 9 May 2022 to receive a full refund on your registration fee.

Yes, your registration has been automatically transferred to the new June dates. No action is required.

We will be in Gothenburg for a three-day in-person conference from 20-22 June 2022.

We will also be offering some of the conference content virtually for those who can’t join us in person. Find out more about our online attendance package.

Please note that registration is now closed.

Yes, if you have had a poster accepted and have registered to attend your poster acceptance will automatically be transferred to the June event.

Please contact Emily Dobie (edobie@bmj.com) to confirm your poster.

All poster presenters should register by Wednesday 11 May 2022 in order to have their work presented at the conference.

Registration for the International Forum in Gothenburg is now closed. 

We will be publishing our fees for the next International Forum in Copenhagen in 2023 in September 2022 when we open registration for this conference. 

Registration for the International Forum in July 2022 (24-26 July) is open and you can find more information about our fees here. 

Your registration fee grants you access to all keynote and plenary sessions; any welcome reception/networking event that we organise; lunch and refreshments for the days you have registered for; access to the exhibition and posters; online access to all materials after the event; and certificate of attendance.

Registration is now closed.

All bookings are made online and accepted methods of payment are credit/debit card or cheque.

We can only issue invoices for groups of 5 or more.

We can only issue invoices for groups of 5 or more attendees. To ensure that your invoice is correct, we will contact you to confirm that your booking is complete before we issue your invoice. The below will affect your invoice – if you plan to make any of the changes listed below please let us know by emailing events@bmj.com and we will delay sending your invoice until you have completed your booking.

1. Adding additional delegates to your booking
2. Removing delegates from your booking
3. Changing any information of who or where the invoice should be addressed to
4. Adding a purchase order or reference number

If we have issued your invoice and you wish to book additional delegates at a later date, we suggest that you create a new booking and pay with credit/debit card. Alternatively, if the new booking is 5 or more delegates we can issue a separate invoice for the new group.

If you register online and pay with a card, you will automatically be sent a receipt from Worldpay. If you have registered using another method and require a receipt, please email events@bmj.com.

We offer discounted rates for students in full-time education, teachers, and for attendees from Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Countries. The discount applies to the International Forum registration fee for the main conference days only and we are unable to help with travel, accommodation, or other associated expenses. There are no further discounts or sponsorships available outside these categories. 

The International Forum in Gothenburg has been approved for a total of 24 CPD credits by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in England (Event code:140463).

Yes, all delegates will automatically receive a certificate of attendance on completion of an online evaluation form. This will be emailed to you after the conference.

For more information regarding accommodation please visit our accommodation page.

When booking your travel and accommodation, we urge you not to make non-refundable travel arrangements. BMJ cannot be held responsible for non-refundable travel tickets. We suggest you make your refundable travel booking only after you have received confirmation of your registration from us. Bookings, cancellations or amendments to hotel arrangements should be made by directly contacting the hotel/accommodation booking agency that you are using. We are not involved with and do not accept any responsibility for such matters.

We take our duty of care seriously and continue to closely monitor developments in Europe relating to covid-19.

We have put together an overview of the safety measures we will have in place in Gothenburg to reduce the risks still presented by covid-19. You can read these here.

If you are unable to attend you should inform us in writing (please email events@bmj.com).

If written notice is received more than six weeks before the Event (i.e. on or before 9 May 2022), a full refund of the fees set out in your booking form will be given. If written notice is received between six and four weeks before the Event (i.e. 10 May 2022– 23 May 2022), you will receive a full refund of the fees set out in your booking Form, less an administration charge of £250. If we receive written notice to cancel less than four weeks before the Event (i.e. on or after 24 May 2022) there will be no entitlement to any refund.

You may transfer a booking from one delegate to another at any time upon written notice to us.

See our Registration Terms & Conditions for full details.

Delegates are requested to comply at all times with the rules and regulations imposed by the venue. Failure to adhere to such requirements may lead to exclusion or removal from the conference. We also recommend that delegates arrange for insurance against loss to their property or any loss or damage that delegates themselves may cause at the conference.