General Information

Conference Venue

The 15th Ottawa Conference will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Designed to be a "city within a city", this 100 acre site includes the KLCC Park and Petronas Twin Towers.
  
The main Conference and most of the preconference workshops and courses will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre with 2 preconference workshops taking place at the International Medical University (IMU).
 

How to get to Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is located 75 kilometres (35miles) south of Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC); an hour's drive by direct motorway link or 28 minutes on the KLIA Ekspress Rail Link (ERL).

KLIA is served by 47 airlines operating to over 100 scheduled destinations and this number is increasing. Direct mid to long haul access is provided to 5 Australian and 5 Middle East cities, 7 North American and African cities and 9 European cities plus the Asian regional and domestic network.

For more information, visit the KLCC website and select 'attending an event' and then 'transport'

Visa Information

To find out if you need a visa for Malaysia, please see the website: http://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/visa/visa-requirement-by-country


Please request an invitation letter from ottawa2012@aosconventions.com  An invitation letter will be issued on receipt of payment. If your visa is subsequently refused, the organisers will reimburse the registration fee less an administration fee of MYR 300, on presentation of the appropriate documentation from the Malaysian Immigration Authority.

Please provide the following details for the invitation letter:

a. Name in Passport
b. Passport Issuing Country
c. Passport Number
d. Passport Expiry Date

Currency

The Ringgit, the Malaysian currency, is exchangeable at Money Changers and Banks.  Travellers cheques may be cashed at any of the banks located in the city.

Major credit cards are accepted in most hotels and large shops, but beware of illegal surcharges. Banks will advance cash against major credit cards. With American Express, Visa and MasterCard as well as Cirrus, Plus and Maestrobank (debit) cards, you can withdraw money from automatic teller machines (ATMs) in big cities and many towns. Sterling and US dollar traveller's cheques can be cashed at Malaysian banks, licensed money changers and some hotels.

Banking hours are generally Mon-Fri 9.30am-4pm and Sat 9.30am-noon.  Some banking facilities at Suria KLCC open on Sat and Sun till 4pm.

As a guide, the Ringgit is currently MYR 3 to $1 USD, and MYR 5 to £1.

Weather

Malaysia has a typically tropical climate with temperatures ranging between 27 degrees C and 35 degrees C year round and with humidity around the 90% level year round.

The tropics can take some adjusting to and it is advisable to take it easy on arrival if travelling from non-tropical climes though plentiful air-conditioning makes this adjustment easier

Language

The language of the Conference is English.