ACCREDITED ACTIVITIES: Am I right in assuming that accreditation does not need to be sought for the IOA Congress and that I just quote the number from the Schedule of Accredited Activities?
There is a list of pre-approved conferences such as the IOA Congress in the Schedule of Activities. All conferences and meetings on the pre-approved list will be accredited and attract the points indicated in the Points Allocation guidelines. However, it is still necessary for the organiser of pre-approved conferences and meetings to submit an application for accreditation with a copy of the program and detail of the speakers within 6 months of the meeting. This is to ensure (a) the standard of the conference/ meeting is at the expected level, and (b) to permit an upgrade of points in the case of high quality speakers and/or content. It is easy to check if it has already been accepted as a CPE activity as all activities accredited to date are listed with the Reference Code and Points Allocated. In the case of the 2004 IOA Congress the Reference Code was 2-04_04. If the conference does not have a Ref number, it may still be claimed by writing “pre-app” as the Reference Code and claiming
