About the 21st Annual WORLDSymposium™

WORLDSymposium will be conducting the 2025 Annual Research Meeting as a LIVE event. The meeting will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, in San Diego, California, USA.  On Demand recordings will be available for remote attendees and will include many of the core elements of the in-person Annual Research Meeting.

Registration Opens: August 1, 2024
Advance Registration Deadline: January 6, 2025

Leading scientists from around the world are selected to present their research findings at platform, and poster sessions. Accepted abstracts submitted before October 1, 2024 deadline will be published in the peer-reviewed “Lysosomes” issue of Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, February, 2025 and on the WORLDSymposium mobile app.

Registration is required for admittance to all scientific sessions, platform sessions, exhibits, posters, award presentations, and other meeting events. The official language of the Annual Meeting is English.

WORLDSymposium 2025 Location

All scientific sessions, exhibits, posters, and meeting offices will be located at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, in San Diego, California, USA. Click here for more details. Hotel Registration opens August 1, 2024. Attendees are urged to make hotel reservations early.

All scientific sessions and posters will also be available On Demand.

Satellite Events

Please see the Satellite page for this information.

Assistance for Attendees with Special Needs

WORLDSymposium is committed to assisting attendees with special needs. We urge individuals requiring assistance to indicate needed special services when registering. If you have questions or concerns, please contact us in advance of the meeting by emailing info@worldsymposia.org with your specific request, using the phrase “Assistance with Special Needs” in the subject line.

Attire/Dress Code

Appropriate dress is business casual. Please dress appropriately whenever appearing on pre-recorded or live video for presentations or when in video meetings.

Camera, Mobile Phone, and Video Recording Policies

Official Policy: Attendees are strictly prohibited from using cameras, including mobile phone and tablet cameras, and all other audio and/or video recording devices in all meeting session rooms. This policy aims to encourage presentation of the latest findings by protecting researchers sharing unpublished information, as well as prevent disruption in the session rooms.

This means attendees may not take photos or video of speakers presenting or their slides. Attendees not adhering to this policy may be asked to leave the room and will be asked to delete all photos or videos already taken; additional action may be taken with repeated or egregious offenders. Attendees are also asked to be respectful of their colleagues by silencing all mobile devices before entering meeting rooms. When registering, you are required to agree that you will adhere to this policy.

Use of Recording Equipment: Taking photos, videos or audiotapes of slides, posters and presenters or questions and answers is strictly prohibited. Copyright and intellectual property law is observed during all WORLDSymposium presentations, sessions and events.

Poster Photo Policy: Attendees may take photos of posters ONLY if the poster author agrees. Authors who do not want their posters to be photographed will have to indicate as such on their posters. No other photography, or audio or video recording is allowed. Attendees who photograph or record poster information for which they have not obtained permission will be asked to leave the session immediately.

Consent for Use of Photographic Images: Registration and attendance at, or participation in, WORLDSymposium Scientific Sessions and other related activities, constitutes an agreement by the registrant to permit WORLDSymposium use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions, audiotapes of such events and activities.

Certificate of Attendance

Certificates of attendance will be available by completing an online evaluation at the conclusion of the meeting.  Details will be provided to all registered attendees in the Mobile App.

Children

Children under the age of 18 are not permitted in WORLDSymposium Scientific Sessions or Exhibit Hall. Children under 18 may be registered as family members/accompanying persons of fully registered patient/family attendees, and must be accompanied by a registered parent or a guardian at all times in any common areas of the meeting.

Documents and Downloads

From the schedule at a glance to floor plans, the Documents page contains the files available on the WORLDSymposium site. Files will be added as they become available.

Exhibit Hall

Please see the Exhibitors page for details.

Guests

Guests are not permitted in the Exhibit Hall or Specific Sessions, unless prior approval is requested and approved by WORLDSymposium.

Press

WORLDSymposium welcomes press/media who wish to attend the WORLDSymposium 2025 Annual Meeting. Please see our Press section for details on press guidelines, policies, and registration.

Registration

All registration information, including attendee categories, rates, deadlines, payment details, the registration form, and registration hours, can be found in the Registration section. If you have questions, please email them to info@worldsymposia.org, using the phrase “Meeting Registration” in the subject line.

Registration Scams

There is an increase in the incidence of fraudulent websites, callers and emails posing as official websites, as well as unauthorized housing and registration companies attempting to solicit event attendees. Please note that these websites and solicitations are scams and it is your responsibility to avoid sharing any personal and/or financial information.

WORLDSymposium does not provide any contact details or conference registration details to third parties. Booking through WORLDSymposium’s official meeting registration link is the only way to ensure your meeting registration and hotel registration are legitimate, your credit card information is secure, and you benefit from all services provided to conference attendees.

If you think you’ve been a victim of fraud, contact the following authorities:
The Internet Fraud Complaint Center
Your local Postal Inspector
The Federal Trade Commission

Learn more information at the National Internet Fraud Watch Information Center.

Schedule

Please see the Program page for this information.

Social Media Guidelines

Please see the Social Media Guidelines page for this information.