It is important to decide if you want to be actively involved in the Scientific Competition. We highly encourage you to do so, as presenting at a congress is a crucial experience for a medical student. If you want to seize this opportunity, you should register as an ACTIVE participant. Otherwise, you should register as a PASSIVE participant.

We offer 3 different types of participation packs, each of them including a number of scientific events, workshops and social activities, as well as a specific Welcome Kit. To find out what each pack has to offer, visit the For Attendees > Participation Packs & Fees section of the website

To a different Active/Passive pack

Conversion between packs is possible only if you wish to switch to a higher value pack. For example someone with The Scalpel Touch Pack may switch to The Beyond the Blade Pack or The Art of Surgery Pack, someone with The Beyond the Blade Pack may switch ONLY to The Art of Surgery Pack and someone with The Art of Surgery Pack will be unable to switch

In order to upgrade your pack, go to the Extras section of your account, select Switching your pack, Upgrade and choose the desired one. Select the pack that you wish to switch to and pay the price difference between your pack fee and the current fee (i.e early/regular/late fee) of your new choice.

Active to Passive

Before the abstract submission deadline
If you wish to switch your pack to a Passive one, you can do so by accessing the Extras section of your account, selecting Switching your pack and choosing Active to Passive.

After the abstract submission deadline
If you do not submit an abstract, your account will be automatically converted to a Passive participant account.

If the abstract you submit is NOT accepted in the Scientific Competition, you can still attend the Congress as a Passive Participant.

Become a Passive Participant - you will have to pay the price difference between the Active fee and the Passive fee, until the 2nd of October 2025 (deadline Late registration period);

Ask for a full refund - contact us at this email address: treasurer@surgicon.ro. If you neither pay for Passive participation, nor ask for a refund until the 2nd of October 2025 (deadline Late registration period), your account becomes inactive and your fee is non-refundable.

Passive to active

You can update your account from Passive to Active by accessing the Extras section of your account, selecting Switching your pack and choosing Passive to Active, as long as you take the responsibility of submitting an abstract before the Submission Deadline (8th of September 2026). After the list of accepted abstracts is announced, if your abstract was not accepted, your account will return to Passive.