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2025 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses
July 13-18, 2025
Information
Transportation and Lodging
Getting to Tahoe:
Transportation is available from the Reno/Tahoe International Airport. Granlabakken can assist with making your
reservations through North Lake Tahoe express service with runs provided every 2-2.5 hours between 10a and
Midnight.
PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS VIA EMAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO:
MaximillianCastellon@granlibakken.com
Tahoe Transportation
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Ride Share: If you’d like to ride share, you can use this app from any city to Granlibakken:
https://www.poparide.com/find
You can specify that you are attending CIAP and find people also traveling to CIAP and travel together.
Please don’t leave your ride-shares behind!
Reminders for staying at Granlibakken:
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Lodging room check in time is 4:0 p.m. and checkout time is 11:00 a.m.
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Full prepayment is due by 7/9/2023. Please remit payment to: Granlibakken Conference Center, P.O. Box 6329,
Tahoe City, CA 96145, or call (800) 543-3221.
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CANCELLATION at any time is subject to a $25.00 handling fee. Reservations canceled after 7/9/2023 are charged
$100.00 per person.
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No shows are charged 2 nights at the package rate. Participants who check-in a day late or checkout a day early
are charged the full package rate unless the alternate arrival/departure dates are confirmed 72 hours in
advance.
Reminders Off site:
Granlibakken Shuttles: Shuttles will start with 2 pickups in the am. One around 7 and another around 730. Traffic can
be congested in and around Tahoe, so we suggest going for the earliest times. In the evening the shuttles will be as
needed and go until 11pm.
There is also a local dial-a-ride service called TART connect which operates until midnight.
https://tahoetruckeetransit.com/tart-connect/
Note: Uber and Lyft are reported as “not reliable”
CIAP Code of Conduct
CONFIDENTIAL REPORT of alleged violations of the CIAP Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy
The Conference on Implantable Prostheses Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy
CIAP Student Aid Application
Deadline
Applications for Student Aid are due by April 1, 2023.
Eligibility Requirements
All applicants must be pre-doctoral candidates, or post-doctorates who received their doctoral degree no more than
two years prior to the start of the conference. Students in a Masters' Degree program and individuals who completed
their doctoral degree more than two years ago are not eligible.
Financial Assistance Offered
The level of financial assistance offered will depend on the funding available. Students from the U.S. and from other
countries are encouraged to apply.
Donated Time
Funded students will be called on to assist with general operational needs of the conference.
Application
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Sponsor's Letter (not to exceed 1 page)
Please comment on the student’s potential to make substantive contributions to the field of auditory implants
and to interact and benefit from the milieu of this meeting. A confirmation that the sponsor will provide
remaining costs for the student to travel and attend the meeting is required.
2.
Applicant's Statement (not to exceed 1 page)
Please indicate the relevance of your work to the field of auditory implants and how attendance at CIAP will
contribute to your work. Please include the title/abstract number of all co-authored submissions to the
conference. A confirmation that you will donate your time to assist the operational needs of the conference, if
funded, is requested.
Submission of Financial Aid Applications
Submit applications to Wendy James (wsjames@uw.edu) by April 1, 2023. Please type "CIAP Student Aid Application"
in the subject line. Awardees will be notified by May 1, 2023.
CIAP Dependent Care Support
We encourage attendance at CIAP by providing awards to help with costs related to dependent/child care. Each
award will be in the amount of $500, to be paid at or soon after CIAP. All attendees presenting their work (podium or
poster) are eligible for this award.
To apply for this support, please submit a paragraph text (not longer than half page) describing why this award is
needed and how it will help with dependent care costs, along with a copy of the abstract submitted.
Submit applications to Wendy James (wsjames@uw.edu) by March 15, 2023. Please type "CIAP Dependent Care
Support Application" in the subject box. Awardees will be notified once the program has been assembled.
Useful Links
Tahoe Area Regional Transport (TART)
Local Attractions
Tahoe Treetop Adventure Parks: If you are interested in zip-lining/tree trop trekking at Granlibakken,
please contact www.tahoetreetop.com and make sure to choose the “Tahoe City Granlibakken” site.
Hiking in the Lake Tahoe Area
Tahoe Area Information and Activities