The registration fee for SIOF non-members includes the annual membership to the association which comprises many advantages described at the following link:
All registration fees are net prices exempt from Value Added Tax. The SIOF is an Italian registered association for non profit and is not liable to VAT. For this reason, the Society does not possess a VAT number.
Bank coordinates
Bank account number: 1872764
Account holder: Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica – SIOF
Bank name: Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Branch: Agenzia n. 45, Via Panciatichi, 48, Firenze
IBAN: IT59Q0103002844000001872764
BIC: PASCITM1W21
Reference for payment – you must write: ICOP2024 – your name – your family name
Payment by Paypal or Credit Card
First select the type of your fee from the drop-down menu.
The payment by credit card is always processed through Paypal; it is not necessary, however, to have (or to open) an account at Paypal. When you press the pay button, you are redirected to a Paypal page. There, if you have a Paypal account, you can use it straight; otherwise, please click on the bottom string in the page and proceed using your credit card.
Remember to specify the reason for payment.
Reference for payment – you must write:ICOP2024 – your name – your family name.
NOTICE: In case the fee payment is not made by you personally (e.g. if the name of the card holder is not yours or if the bank transfer is made by your Institution/Company), you are also kindly asked to send an e-mail to
specifying who or which institution has actually made the payment for which participant. This would avoid mistakes in establishing the right correspondence between registered participants and fee payers.