
MAY 27-31 | HAVANA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER
2nd Pan-American Congress of Physiological Sciences
MAY 27-31 | HAVANA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER
2nd Pan-American Congress of Physiological Sciences
INVITATION
The local Organizing Committee of the Second Pan American Congress of Physiological Sciences invites you to participate in this scientific event. This Congress will stimulate a creative exchange of ideas and the collaborative work among our societies from the entire occidental hemisphere.
Havana celebrate in 2019 its 500 Anniversary of its foundation and as the capital of all the Cubans have been preparing Old Havana to show an ancient and at the same time a young city considered Cultural Heritage of the Humankind since 1982 and one of the marvelous cities of the world since 2016.
All the participants societies of the II Pan Am-2014 start to work on this project almost 5 years ago when we celebrate a first meeting during the first version of this continental congress in Iguazú Falls in August 2014.
We organize different meetings during the Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego California in 2016, Rio de Janeiro 2017 during the 38th Congress IUPS and again in San Diego in April 2018 in order to organize a world-class congress.
Alberto Juan Dorta Contreras MSc PhD
President LOC-PanAm 2019
who to CONTACT
email for EVENT ABSTRACTS
official EVENT WEBSITE
CUBAN SOCIETY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Alberto Juan Dorta Contreras, PhD.
E-mail: adorta@infomed.sld.cu
HAVANA NTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER CUBA
Zósima López Ruiz, Spec., BA.
Phone: 53-7-208 51 99 / 53-7-202 6011 to 19, extension 1510
E-mail: zosima@palco.cu
MEMBER REGISTRATION
registration fees
MEMBERS
AND NON MEMBERS
all prices are in US dolars

** Postdoctoral trainees: Trainees have obtained their doctoral degree within the last five years and are currently enrolled in a postdoctoral trainee program
registration fee
PAYMENT EXEMPTIONS
members registration fee
PLENARY SPEAKERS Congress Registration is FREE
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Congress Registration is FREE
SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS Congress Registration is $270 USD anytime
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Credential
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All activities as listed in the OFFICIAL PROGRAM of the event
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Material sets of the Congress (portfolio, pen, desk pad, scientific program book, and CD with ISBN)
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Participation and/or author certificate
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Participation in opening and closing ceremonies
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Participation in all scientific sessions
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Welcoming cocktail
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Farewell lunch
INCLUDES
registration fees
ACCOMPANYING PERSON
ACCOMPANYING PERSON REGISTRATION
$200 USD
accompanying person registration fee
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Credential
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Participation in opening and closing ceremonies
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Welcoming cocktail
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Farewell lunch
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City Tour with lunch included
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Visit to The Terrazas with lunch included and round trip transportation
Las Terrazas - an ecological project located in the Sierra del Rosario, a Biosphere Reserve declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. This tour begins with a welcome cocktail at the Curujey Ranch with musical entertainment, visits to the partially built ruins of the coffee plantation, good view and a coffee at the house of one of the peasants of the Zone and a peasant lunch in one of the restaurants in the area.
INCLUDES
hotel cost
EVENTO HAVANATUR SA
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
lower hotel fares
NEW RESERVATIONS ONLY
effective January 22 2019
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
per person per night in CUC
HOTELS
HOTEL NACIONAL DE CUBA
HOTEL IBEROSTAR PARQUE CENTRAL
HOTEL MELIA HABANA
HOTEL MELIA COHIBA
HOTEL FOURPOINT SHERATON
HOTEL PACKARD IBEROSTAR
HOTEL PALCO
HOTEL RIVIERA
HOTEL INGLATERRA
HOTEL VEDADO | SAINT JOHN
SINGLE
$ 203.00
$ 382.00
$ 174.00
$ 174.00
$ 231.00
$ 289.00
$ 99.00
$ 260.00
$ 189.00
$ 77.00
DOUBLE
$ 160.00
$ 210.00
$ 117.00
$ 117.00
$ 160.00
$ 189.00
$ 82.00
$ 196.00
$ 146.00
$ 56.00
HOTEL NACIONAL DE CUBA
Single Room Occupancy $189.00 CUC per person per night
Double Room Occupancy $132.00 CUC per person per night
Single Room Occupancy $213.00 CUC per person per night
Double Room Occupancy $149.00 CUC per person per night
HOTEL PARQUE CENTRAL
accommodation cost
INCLUDES
casa particular cost
INVICTA Group Services
per night per person with breakfast included
per night per room with breakfast not included
airport | hotel | airport
to and from the congress hall
all transfers for all the official activities of the congress
Hotel Accommodations
or Casa Particular Accommodations
Airport Transfer
Daily Transfer
Transportation
CASA PARTICULAR ACCOMMODATIONS
per room per night ( MAX Double Occupancy ) $45.00* - $65.00* - $75.00*
* breakfast can be purchase at each Casa Particular
per day | per person at a low cost of $5CUC - $8CUC
provided by
INVICTA Group Services
DOCUMENTATION
To satisfy regulations in both Cuba and the United States, you will need to carry the following documentation. These documents will be given to you by INVICTA GROUP SERVICES:
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CUBAN VISA (TOURIST CARD)
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TRAVEL AFFIDAVIT
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LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION from INVICTA GROUP SERVICES stating that you are traveling under one of the approved categories
all travelers
TRAVEL CATEGORY
CUBA TRAVEL AFFIDAVIT - GENERAL/SPECIFIC LICENSES
5. PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS OR CONFERENCES 515.564 (b)
I am a full-time professional whose travel transactions are directly related to attending a professional meeting or conference in Cuba, which directly relates to my profession, professional background or area of expertise, including are of graduate level full-time study; for which the purpose of the meeting or conference is not to promote tourism in Cuba and whose schedule of activities does not include free time or recreation in excess of that consistent with a full time schedule of attendance at professional meetings or conferences.
all payments via
INVICTA Group Services
ALL US PAYMENTS
All the fees here are presented in the Cuban Peso Convertible (CUC), the official currency in Cuba, which exchange rate correspond to approximately to 1.00 CUC for US $ 1.00 if payment is made in the US, via INVICTA Group Services. All hotel fees must be paid in advance before congress.
Those people interested in paying all registration fees in Cuba, must make it at the right moment of the registration at the Havana International Conference Center, by using the official circulating currency in Cuba 1.00 CUC for US$ 0, 8685.
PANAM2019 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Alicia Mattiazzi - aliciamattiazzi@gmail.com
CUBAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Alberto Juan Dorta Contreras – adorta@infomed.sld.cu
Jairo Lumpuy Castillo – jlumpuy@gmail.com
William Castillo González – williamcg@nauta.cu
Alina Alerm González- alina.alerm@infomed.sld.cu
AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Gary C. Sieck – sieck.gary@mayo.edu
ARGENTINE PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Alejandro Aiello – aaiello@med.unlp.edu.ar
Alberto Crottigini – acrottogini@favaloro.edu.ar
BRAZILIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Maria Jose Campagnole – Santos - mjcampagnole.ufmg@gmail.com
CANADIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Catherine B. Chan – cbchan@ualberta.ca
COLOMBIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Hilda González Olaya – hgonzalez4@unab.edu.co
CHILEAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Bredford Kerr – bkerr@cecs.cl
MEXICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Benjamín Floran Garduño – bfloran@fisio.cinvestav.mx
PANAM2019 INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Gary Sieck, President International Scientific Committee (ISPC) – sieck.gary@mayo.edu
Alberto Juan Dorta Contreras, Cuban Physiological Society – adorta@infomed.sld.cu
Nibaldo Hernández, Cuban Neuroscience Society – nibaldo@infomed.sld.cu
Alina González-Quevedo, Cuban Physiological Society – aglez@infomed.sld.cu
Patricia Molina, American Physiological Society - pmolin@lsuhsc.edu
Alejandro Aiello, Argentine Physiological Society - aaiello@med.unlp.edu.ar
Alberto Crottigini, Argentine Physiological Society - acrottogini@favaloro.edu.ar
Martin Vila-Petroff, Argentine Physiological Society – mvila@med.edu.ar
Maria Jose Campagnole – Santos, Brazilian Physiological Society - mjcampagnole.ufmg@gmail.com
Eduardo Colombari, Brazilian Physiological Society - eduardo.colombari@foar.unesp.br
Graham Collingridge, Canadian Physiological Society - g.collingridge@utoronto.ca
Hilda González Olaya, Colombian Physiological Society - hgonzalez4@unab.edu.co
Benjamín Floran Garduño, Mexican Physiological Society - bfloran@fisio.cinvestav.mx
Daniel Ortuño Sahagún, Mexican Physiological Society - daniel.ortuno.sahagun@gmail.com


HAVANA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER HAVANA CUBA
Founded in 1979, the Havana International Conference Center is an institution of indisputable prestige in Cuba, specialized in events and congresses organization. It is located in one of the most beautiful residential neighborhoods of the city and covers an area of 60 000 square meters. The Center organizes, promotes and carries out conventions, congresses, symposia, conferences, national and international meetings, fairs and exhibitions.
Moreover, it encourages and commercializes the activities scheduled for each of the international events and fairs held in HICC, through a wide network of official agencies in Latin America, North America and Europe, without exclusive character and in common agreement with associations and companies interested in these services.

PANAM2019 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS
CUBA´S CUSTOMS RULES
In order to enter into and departure from Cuba, an individual will be needed a six-month validity Passport, tourist card or visa and a round-trip ticket. Upon arriving in Cuba, José Martí´s airport immigration officials will request passport, round-trip ticket and tourist card or visa.
TOURIST CARD OR VISA
It is mandatory to hold a tourist card or visa to enter into Cuba. Upon buying your round-trip ticket, you must request the travel agency or the Cuban diplomatic representation based in your country the tourist card or visa in order to enter into Cuba. Visa for Cuba is valid for 30 days. Whether your stay in the Caribbean Island exceeded the respective 30 days, you should renew your tourist card or visa. This legal procedure must be carried out at the available immigration offices of Cuban provinces´ capitals and must meet the following: a prior CUC tax payment in stamps which are available to buy at Metropolitan Bank branches.
MEDICAL INSURANCE
The Cuban government demands a Medical Travel Insurance covered by Medical Expenditures and valid for the whole stay period. All those paeople who are interested in travelling to Cuba are obliged to provide a Medical Insurance covering all medical expenditures in case of either a disease or accident.
OFFICIAL CURRENCY
The Cuban Convertible Pesos (CUC) is the official circulating currency in Cuba. It can be obtained upon arriving the country, at the airport, hotels, Banks and currency exchange offices (Cadecas). The exchangeable international currencies are: Euro, US and Canadian dollar, Sterling Pound, Swiss Francs, Mexican Pesos and Japanese Yen, in accordance with the current exchange rate.
CREDIT CARDS
You can also use credit cards as VISA, MASTERCARD and CABAL, as long as they are not drawn from a U.S. bank.
SAFETY
Cuba is a very safe nation.
WEATHER
Cuba has a moderate sub-tropical weather. Havana and the western provinces have a chillier and nicer weather than in the Eastern region.
DRESSING CODE
It is advisable to wear cotton-made clothes.
ELECTRIC POWER
The electric current generally works to 110 V/60 Hz.
MOBILE PHONES AND INTERNET USE
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ROAMING
http://www.etecsa.cu/telefonia_movil/roaming/
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SERVICE CONTRACT WITH CUBACELL
http://www.etecsa.cu/telefonia_movil/contratacion_y_activacion/
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Countries and operators with SMS HUB contracts:
http://www.etecsa.cu/telefonia_movil/sms_hub/
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INTERNET SERVICE CONNECTION
http://www.etecsa.cu/internet_conectividad/
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WEB NAVATION ROOMS
http://www.etecsa.cu/internet_conectividad/salas_de_navegacion/
PANAM2019 PARTNER SOCIETIES
