International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (URAM-2023) - Participation and Registration

Participation and Registration

All persons wishing to participate in the event must be designated by an IAEA Member State or should be member of an organization that has been invited to attend. Participants from Member States or from invited organizations need to register using the InTouch+ platform. 

Representatives of Permanent Missions that already hold a grounds pass to access the VIC are not required to register separately for the symposium.

The sympsium will be held as an in-person event, with the possibility of remote connection.

Registration for VIRTUAL Observers only:

Persons who would like to attend the symposium virtually can register as an observer here.

In the week prior to the start of the symposium all registered participants and observers will receive an email notification providing login information to the virtual platform. The virtual platform will feature a ‘Live Stage’ for the on-going sessions as well as access to all symposium related material (abstracts, held presentations, posters, exhibitions) and will provide a Q&A feature, allowing virtual attendees to actively participate.

Persons who would like to follow the symposium without actively taking part and without registering can do so via the Live Video Stream, which will be made available on this web page.

Key Deadlines and Dates:

• No deadline: Submission of Form A only (no paper submission, no grant request) through the InTouch+ platform
• 01 December 2022 20 January 2023: Submission of synopsis through IAEA-INDICO
• 01 December 2022 20 January 2023: Submission of Form B (together with Form A) through the InTouch+ platform
• 01 December 2022 20 January 2023: Submission of Form C (together with Form A) through the InTouch+ platform
• 03 February 2023: Notification of acceptance of synopsis for oral or poster presentation
• 03 March 2023: Electronic submission of extended synopsis through IAEA-INDICO 
• 31 March 2023: Notification of review of extended synopsis 
• 21 April 2023: Deadline for submission of revised extended synopsis submitted through IAEA-INDICO

Registration through the InTouch+ platform:

Access the InTouch+ platform:

• Persons with an existing NUCLEUS account can sign in here with their username and password;
• Persons without an existing NUCLEUS account can register here.

Once signed in, prospective participants can use the InTouch+ platform to:

• Complete or update their personal details under ‘Basic Profile’ (if no financial support is requested) or under ‘Complete Profile’ (if financial support is requested) and upload the relevant supporting documents;
• Search for the relevant event (EVT2102337) under the ‘My Eligible Events’ tab;
• Select the Member State or invited organization they want to represent from the drop-down menu entitled ‘Designating authority’;
• If applicable, indicate whether a paper is being submitted and complete the relevant information;
• If applicable, indicate whether financial support is requested and complete the relevant information (this is not applicable to participants from invited organizations);
• Based on the data input, the InTouch+ platform will automatically generate Participation Form (Form A), Form for Submission of a Paper (Form B) and/or Grant Application Form (Form C);
• Submit their application.

Once submitted through the InTouch+ platform, the application together with the auto-generated form(s) will be transmitted automatically to the required authority for approval. If approved, the application together with the form(s) will automatically be sent to the IAEA through the online platform.

For additional information on how to apply for an event, please refer to the InTouch+ Help page.
Any other issues or queries related to InTouch+ can be sent via email to the Contact Point.

If it is not possible to submit the application through the InTouch+ platform, prospective participants are requested to contact the IAEA’s Conference Services Section via email.