Registration

Registration is not yet open for this meeting.

Due to increasing costs associated with this event, including venue hire, a registration fee for academics has been introduced for the Botanicals Meeting 2027. In addition to meeting rising costs, this will also help provide more clarity over the likely number of attendees on the day, enabling the Society to cater more accurately for attendees and reduce waste.

Admittance to this event is for registered and authorised attendees only. Unfortunately we cannot permit access to visitors or allow non-registered persons to enter the meeting or exhibition. If you have any questions, please contact Katie Reynolds.

If you are not an academic and are from a commercial organisation, you will need to pay to attend this event as a sponsor, further information can be found on the Sponsorship/Commercial attendees page.

Venue and Travel

The Botanicals Meeting will take place at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne.

 

Shuttle Bus: We will be providing a private bus to the Institute from three collection points. 

  1. Leonardo Royal Hotel Köln - Am Stadtwald, Dürener Straße 287, 50935 Cologne (Lindenthal),
  2. Essential by Dorint Köln-Junkersdorf, Aachener Str. 1059-1061, 50858 Köln (Junkersdorf), close to tram station Mohnweg on tram line 1
  3. Tram station Bocklemünd on tram lines 3 and 4.

More details will be announced closer to the conference.

Train: Within Cologne: Ticket 1b – for the Strassenbahn (tram) and busses. Valid for 90 minutes including changes. The cost is 4 € (KVB website). These tickets can be bought on the platform or in the train at the ticket machines. Tickets can also be purchased online on the DB Navigator app of Deutsche Bahn, KVB app or the VRS app.

From Cologne main station take the Strassenbahn (tram) 5 (direction Am Butzweiler Hof) and get off at stop Subbelrather Str./Gürtel. Change here for bus 141 or bus 143 (direction Bocklemünd). The bus stop is located opposite the crossroads on Subbelrather Str./Gürtel. Get off at stop Goldammerweg. Walk (for approx. 15 min) straight on Vogelsanger Straße and Carl-von-Linné-Weg (cross railway lines and motorway, pass farm on the right-hand side, cross Belvederestraße).

From Neumarkt, you can also take the Strassenbahn (tram) 3 (direction Görlinger-Zentrum) or the Strassenbahn (tram) 4 (direction Bocklemünd) and get off at Rochusplatz. Change here for bus 141 or bus 143 (direction Bocklemünd). If you leave the tram station at Rochusplatz at the exit closest to the head of the train and take the right escalator, the bus stop is just 100 meters ahead of you. Get off the bus at stop Goldammerweg. Walk (for approx. 15 min) straight on Vogelsanger Straße and Carl-von-Linné-Weg (cross railway lines and motorway, pass farm on the right-hand side, cross Belvederestraße).

Bus: The nearest public bus stop is Goldammerweg 1km away.

Car: Should you decide to come by car, the MPIPZ has its own car park which you can use free of charge for the duration of the conference. You have to register at the gate first to be allowed on the MPIPZ premises.

Taxi: You can call +49 221 2882 to order a taxi with TAXI RUF Köln eG (MPIPZ address: Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Köln-Widdersdorf) and will pay about 35 - 40 € for a trip from the city centre to the MPIPZ. You can also use the taxi.eu app for ordering a taxi online.

Plane: Cologne’s city centre is well-connected to three airports: Köln Bonn (CGN; 15 minutes by train), Düsseldorf (DUS, 45 minutes by train) and Frankfurt (FRA, 60 minutes by fast train - ICE).

  • A Stadtbahn (city train) (S13 or S19) or Regionalbahn (regional train) (RE6, RE8 or RB27) takes you from CGN (stop: Köln/Bonn Flughafen) to the city centre (stop: Köln Hbf) or the MPIPZ (stop: Goldammerweg, Köln-Vogelsang, see below).
  • Regionalbahn (regional trains, RE1, RE5 & RE6) take you from DUS (stop: DÜSSELDORF FLUGHAFEN (DUS)) to the city centre (stop: Köln Hbf) or the MPIPZ (stop: Goldammerweg, Köln-Vogelsang, see below).
  • A non-regional Intercity-Express (ICE XXX) takes you from FRA (stop: Frankfurt(M) Flughafen) to the city centre (stop: Köln Hbf or Köln Messe/Deutz) where you can then use public transport to reach the MPIPZ (stop: Goldammerweg, Köln-Vogelsang, see below).

You can check connections and buy tickets at one of the ticket machines in the airport or through the DB Navigator app of Deutsche Bahn.

Accommodation

Please note accommodation is not included in your registration. There are a number of hotels in the area, some of which are listed below: 

Commercial Attendees / Sponsorship

If you have any questions regarding the event sponorship, techno bites, or commercial attendee tickets please contact Nick Cameron or Kitty Ng.

Attendee Information

Further information will be sent out to you, by email, nearer the time of the meeting.

The RMS are committed to reducing waste and making all of our activities more sustainable. With this in mind, we have reduced the amount of printing associated with our events, turning to online solutions, therefore, we will only be providing an electronic copy of the pdf meeting booklet, sent to you prior to the meeting. We will also not be producing any materials specifically for this event. Pens and notepads will be available at the RMS welcome desk.

Every care will be taken to cater for any dietary requirements or allergens. Attendees must make the RMS aware of these requirements via the registration process. If you have any concerns, please contact katie@rms.org.uk.

Presenting at the Meeting

If you are giving a talk, please note your talk time and duration on the programme. A laptop with a data projector will be provided. Please bring your presentation on a memory stick. If you wish to use your own PC or Mac, please bring the appropriate connector to attach it to the data projector. If you have travelled from outside the UK please ensure you have a UK power adaptor.

You will need to be available during the break before your talk to load your presentation on to the AV system and to make sure it works.  This will enable the session to run smoothly and to time.

If you are presenting a poster, your poster number can be found in the pdf meeting booklet, as well as poster session times. Please put your poster up next to your assigned number upon arrival, Velcro will be made available to you.

Accessibility

If you have any questions or accessibility requirements you would like to inform us of, email katie@rms.org.uk.

Photography at RMS Events

Taking photographs or video of the submitted or invited presentations is not permitted during this RMS event. Presentations at this event may contain unpublished work and the taking of photographs may discourage those with unpublished research from attending and presenting at this and future events.  Delegates that take photographs or videos of talks or posters at this event will be asked to stop.

Official Photography

There may be a number of people taking official photographs to record this event and also to use in future promotional material for the RMS. If for any reason you do not wish to be included in these photos, please let your RMS event organiser know on the day of the event.

Code of Conduct

Please ensure that you have read and understood the RMS Code of Conduct prior to attending the event.