Information for registered participants (hotel recommendations, travel information, local things to do) https://www.espaspinal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Information-for-all-registered-participants_ESPA-2026-Murnau.pdf

Abstract submissions now closed

Conference fee's for 2026

Book by 16th February to receive the Early Bird discount rate

£200 (Students / Person with SCI / LMIC £120)

After 16th February, the standard registration fee will be £260 (Students / Person with SCI / LMIC £160)

The current conference fee's are stated above, we are still exploring sponsorship and will be in contact regarding any refund due to registrants

We hope you can join us for pre drinks on Wednesday evening, there is an option for you to add this to your registration. Auszeit restaurant in Murnau which is fully accessible https://restaurant-auszeit.de/

We also invite you to join us for a conference dinner on Thursday evening, the cost of this is £43 per person and includes a 3 course meal with house wine (meat, fish, vegetarian options available), bookable at the time of registration. https://www.zum-murnauer.de/

Following the conference, we will be offering a tour at 10:30 on Saturday morning, the tour lasts around 2 hours. There is a small cost of £6 per person, bookable at the time of registration, spaces are limited.

In the heart of the Blue Land, Der Blaue Reiter ("The Blue Rider") was founded in 1911 as an artist group of Classical Modernism by Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky. In Murnau, the Münter House on Kottmüllerallee continues to enchant art lovers from all over the world. Gabriele Münter acquired the house in 1909 at the request of her teacher and companion, Wassily Kandinsky. Together with friends such as Alexej von Jawlensky, Marianne von Werefkin, August Macke, and Heinrich Campendonk, they found inspiration here for entirely new forms of artistic expression. Gabriele Münter left behind numerous traces, which you will discover during this themed tour.