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Registration Information

Registration is now closed.

Registrations will not be accepted after June 19 or at the conference.

If you are staying at Asilomar Conference Grounds, the Asilomar housing fee covers your meals beginning with dinner on the day of your arrival and ending with lunch on the day of your departure.  In addition your registration fee covers all conference activities including concurrent sessions, keynote presentations, breaks, shuttle service between Asilomar Conference Grounds and conference events, field-based workshops on Thursday and special evening events and entertainment on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Fees do not cover the Monday professional development workshops or the Friday field trips.

If you are not staying at Asilomar Conference Grounds, your registration fee covers all meals at Asilomar and a daily facilities fee from Monday dinner through Friday lunch.  In addition, your registration fee covers all conference activities including concurrent sessions, keynote presentations, breaks, shuttle service between Asilomar Conference Grounds and conference events, field-based workshops on Thursday and special evening events and entertainment on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Fees do not cover the Monday professional development workshops or the Friday field trips.

Concurrent Sessions Only Registration enables you to attend keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, breaks and lunch on Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1, as well as the silent auction reception, dinner and live auction on the evening of Wednesday, July 1.

Refund/Cancellation Policy
Refund requests must be in writing and must be postmarked by May 15, 2009.  Registration cancellations are subject to a $50 processing fee.  Other fees (field trips, professional development workshops, promotional items) are nonrefundable, regardless of the date.  Cancellations after May 15, 2009 forfeit all fees.

NMEA Membership
All conference attendees must be members of NMEA.  If you are not currently a member, your non-member registration fee included NMEA membership for one year.

Spouse/Guests attending must be registered in order to participate in evening events, including the Monday exhibitors’ reception and bonfire, Wednesday auction reception and dinner, Thursday evening event at Monterey Bay Aquarium and shuttle service between Asilomar and these events.

Meal Options
The food service at Asilomar Conference Grounds will accommodate vegetarian and vegan dietary preferences, if they know in advance.  Additionally, the chef will work directly with anyone who has medical restrictions.  Please check in with the chef upon arrival at Asilomar.

Professional Development Day
Your fee covers your registration in the workshop, break, lunch and facilities fee, as well as workshop materials.

For complete information about all Professional Development choices, click here.

Field Based Workshops
For Thursday's workshops lunches and transportation between the field sites and Asilomar are included in your registration fee.

For complete details about all Field Based Workshop choices, click here.

Optional Field Trips
The conference committee has arranged a number of facilitated field trip options for an additional fee on Friday, July 3.  A limited number of tickets are still available.  If you are interested, please inquire at conference registration.

For complete details about all optional Field Trips, click here.

Green Conference Options
The conference committee is working to make NMEA 2009 the greenest conference yet.  We contracted with Asilomar Conference Grounds specifically because of their focus on conservation.

Additionally, we are encouraging all attendees to bring reusable water bottles, coffee mugs and tote bags from home. Since that is not always possible, a very limited number will be available for purchase at the conference.

For more information on our efforts to make NMEA 2009 an environmentally friendly event, click here.

Buddy Breakfast
Each year NMEA attempts to match up first-time conference attendees with seasoned conference goers. The Buddy Breakfast is on Tuesday, June 30 at 7:15 a.m.  If you have signed up, you can meet your buddy and ask/answer questions about the conference and NMEA.  

Special Opportunities
A number of informal science institutions in our region have offered special programs and pricing options to NMEA 2009 conference attendees.  We don’t have all the details worked out at this time.  But if you’re interested in adding a visit to one of these great sites either before or after the conference, let us know and we’ll send you more information.