Hello everyone,

For those who have expressed interest in attending 58^th IPSF World Congress to be held in Egypt, sorry to have kept you waiting! Here comes the registration.

A)     Do take some time to read through 1) the details of 58^th IPSF World Congress 2012 in the promotional slides, especially the Pre-Congress Tours (attachment 1) and 2) the FAQs that I have gotten from some of you (attachment 2).

An agreement has already been reached with the organizer to customize a pre-congress tour for us on the condition that 12 or more people sign up for 58^th IPSF World Congress and the tour. It will be a 4 day tour around Alexandria, Luxor and Cairo.

Promo Slides: http://www.mediafire.com/?65ipzf0bq661d9j
Registration & FAQ: http://www.mediafire.com/?v9u2d2tx4so4yi0

To sign up for 58^th IPSF World Congress through NUSPS (for phase 1 super early bird registration):

1.       Register through NUSPS via the online registration form before deadline on 22^th March 2012. The URL to the online registration form can be found on the FAQ and registration attachment (2nd file).

2.       Do check your mail for an acknowledgment of your registration. Your registration should be acknowledged within 3 working days.

3.       A mail will be sent to you before 25^th March if your registration has been successful.

4.       Make payment to the NUSPS treasurer. A 2 week default in payment will be deemed as withdrawal from 58^th IPSF World Congress and the vacancy will be given to other applicants.

5.       Participants are most likely required to charter for their own flights and inform Jun Kai (vp@nusps.org) of their flight details. Preliminary cost estimate for arranged international charter flights is at SGD$1500+/-.

6.       Jun Kai will send your CP confirmation letter directly to IPSF on your behalf so you need not worry about verifying your IPSF membership to qualify for a lower rate. Everyone in NUSPS is by default, a member of IPSF.

For late sign ups after the stipulated deadline for registration via NUSPS:

1.       Register on the IPSF website on your own.

2.       Email Jun Kai (vp@nusps.org) your full name, matriculation number, mobile number, email address, passport number and nationality.

3.       Jun Kai will prepare the CP confirmation letter for you which you will need to attach in your application to qualify for IPSF member’s rates.

4.       All payments and transaction (like specific room partners request etc) with the organising committee will have to be done on your own.

There will not be any interviews conducted for IPSF World Congress. Applications made through NUSPS for the 1^st registration period are likely to get through so there should not be any reason for non-qualification J

For those who need to consider it through for a while more and intend to register on your own, do not register too near the deadline since there are payments and other details to be settled BEFORE the deadline. For any other details or queries, do contact Jun Kai (vp@nusps.org), VP of NUPS and CP for NUSPS to IPSF.

B)      APPS and IPSF World Congress are great alternatives to the Student Exchange Programme (SEP) and a great chance to interact with fellow pharmacy students from all around the world! So do take up this opportunity and sign up ASAP!

C)      IPSF has an initiative called the Development Fund Event Grant. This DF event grant is meant to promote the objectives of the Federation by making it possible for students and young pharmacists to attend IPSF events regardless of their financial circumstances. Events include APPS in July and the IPSF World Congress in August. More details and application can be found on http://www.ipsf.org/en/df_news . However, do be informed that the eligibility criteria are stringent. Thedeadline for the application of the DF event grant is 30th April 2012.

D)     Thank you all who indicated interest already for your enthusiasm. Do grab your friends along to sign up for APPS (in my previous message) and IPSF World Congress now! J

Have a happy holiday this Lunar New Year everyone!