Will the workshop be rescheduled?
We will not be rescheduling the workshop for another time in 2020 as the fast-evolving situation with COVID-19 leaves too much uncertainty for sound planning. Any information about future GBD education and learning opportunities are shared via the IHME newsletter, and on the IHME website.
Will the workshop be held online instead of in-person?
The GBD Technical Workshop was designed as an in-person learning opportunity that centered on lectures, and hands-on learning activities. The workshop material will not be hosted virtually.
For anyone interested in learning about the GBD Study through an online format, we recommend taking the Introduction to the GBD Online Course. Please note, the Introduction to the GBD Online Course does not cover the same materials as would have been presented at the GBD Technical Workshop.
Yes, IHME will be fully refunding all registration fees. Your refund will be returned to you via the original payment method you used.
Refund Information:
- If you paid via credit card, your refund has been issued by our financial team on Friday, March 13. The refund will be placed back on the card you used for the original transaction. You will receive a second email confirming that this transaction has been sent, and with a transaction number for your records. Depending on your financial institution, it may take 5 business days for the refund to be processed.
- If you paid via wire or bank transfer, in order to initial the refund, our financial team needs an invoice for the registration fee from the original sender. Please address the invoice to “the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)” and send it via email to [email protected]. We will confirm receipt of the invoice and begin processing the refund to you via a wire or bank transfer. This process is expected to take between 3 - 4 weeks.
- Will my refund include the registration portal and service fees?
- Yes, IHME will refund the full registration cost, including the registration portal and service fee.
- Yes, IHME will refund the full registration cost, including the registration portal and service fee.
- Will I be refunded for the airfare I purchased to attend the workshop?
- No, please speak with your airlines about refunding, or if appropriate, applying your ticket to other travel.
Will my scholarship transfer to a different GBD Workshop?
Depending on the state of funding in future years, IHME’s Learning and Development Team will extend scholarships from this year for the following year’s workshop. We greatly value your application to the GBD Technical Workshop Scholarship program and aim to honor the award you received. This means that assuming you are able to participate during the subsequent workshop and that IHME has appropriate funding your scholarship will be honored.
The travel agency in Greece that booked flights as a part of your scholarship will handle the cancellations directly with the airlines.
Will I have to re-apply for future GBD Technical Workshop scholarship applications?
- If you received a scholarship to attend the GBD Technical Workshop 2020: No, you will not need to re-apply. When the next in-person technical workshop is scheduled, IHME’s Learning and Development Team will reach out to successful scholarship recipients to see if you are available to attend.
- If you did not receive a scholarship to attend the GBD Technical Workshop 2020: If funding is available, IHME will hold an open call for scholarship applications.
I have applied for a visa to attend the GBD Workshop. Will you reimburse me for my visa fee?
No, scholarship awards are not inclusive of visa fees, and IHME is not able to reimburse individuals for visa application costs.
How long will I have access to the GBD Online Course?
If you are a member of the GBD Collaborative Network, you receive access to the course through your membership in the network and will therefore retain your access. All individuals who received access to the course through registering for the GBD Technical Workshop 2020 will sustain access until May 29, 2020.
Do I need to do anything to cancel my logistics and accommodations?
Only if you extended your stay in Greece for travel before or after the workshop. All accommodations for between Sunday, May 24 through Saturday, May 30 will be cancelled by the workshop staff in Greece, and they will communicate directly with the hotel, and ground transportation. If you had planned to bring along family or friends to the hotel and had therefore upgraded your room or extended your stay in Greece, please do connect with the travel agency to make decisions regarding those reservations.
If you received a scholarship, inclusive of airfare, and booked a flight with the Greek travel agency, they will handle the cancellations of those flight itinerary.