2022 European Meeting on Achromatopsia and Blue Cone Monochromacy

Date: April 9, 2022
Location: NH Venezia Laguna Palace Hotel – Mestre, Venice, Italy
Title: European Meeting on Achromatopsia and Blue Cone Monochromacy
Invitation for: All European families affected by BCM

Associazione Acromati Italiani and BCM Families Foundation are pleased to invite you to the second European Meeting on Achromatopsia and Blue Cone Monochromacy which will take place on April 9, 2022 in Mestre NHVenezia Laguna Palace, via Ancona 2, Mestre Venezia.

The meeting will be an opportunity to meet in person with other families and to hear from scientists and biotech companies the progress of scientific research and gene therapies. We will talk about the future projects of our associations. Come and participate, we are waiting for you.


Thanks to our gold sponsors: Adverum Biotechnologies, AGTC and MeiraGTx

Important notes


1) BCMFF can pay for your rooms: make the reservation directly to the hotel website with the option of payment in hotel – not pre-paid. Send an email to renata.sarno@bcmfamilies.org with your reservation number so she knows she must pay the room at the checkout. The hotel has family rooms, or, if you are coming with a large family, you can book 2 double rooms.


2) Please send to renata.sarno@bcmfamilies.org the total number of people that will come with you. We have a limited number of seats in the Conference Room at the NH Venezia Laguna Palace Hotel and a limited number of seats for the lunch. Only people in the list will have priority to access the meeting.

3) Covid Rules: Italian regulation requests that only fully vaccinated people can access hotels, restaurants and meeting rooms.

4) Children: there will be a children area inside the Conference Room. Please if you come with children, send us information on number of children and their age.

How to reach the NH Venezia Laguna Palace Hotel

Mestre is in Italy, very close to all Venice attractions. It is separated from Venice by a long bridge.

The meeting will be at the NH Venezia Laguna Palace.

Hotel address is: via Ancona 2, Mestre Venezia.

You can reach Mestre:

by Airplane: the nearest airport is the Venice Marco Polo Airport. Taxi from the airport takes 10 minutes.

by Train: there is a train station in Mestre: Mestre Stazione F.S. Taxi from the airport takes 5 minutes.

by car: there are parking spaces near the NH Venezia Laguna Palace hotel:

Parking spaces are in area B, while the Conference Room is in A


Preliminary Agenda: