Registration is Open!
What to Do!
Individual Registration: Anyone attending from an exhibiting company should use the Exhibitor Registration Form in order to receive access to the hall during set-up/tear-down times. Your exhibit booth must be paid in full in order to register. Those speaking at the conference are asked to use Speaker Registration Form; instructions on how to register as a speaker will be forwarded directly by SAME's Speaker Liaison, Belle Febbraro.Anyone attending the conference must register. NO ONE is automatically registered, including booth staff.
The correct registration form must be used. Several different registration forms will be used: one for Attendees; one for Exhibitors; one for Speakers; and one for Guests/Spouses. Please make sure to register using the correct form.
To ensure that you receive the correct registration fees when you register online, please make sure your SAME membership is up-to-date. To change, update or start your SAME membership, contact the SAME membership department at member@same.org.
Pricing
| Full Conference | Early Bird Registration: Through February 28 |
Advanced Registration: March 1 - April 21 |
Regular Registration: April 22 - Onsite |
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| Member | Non-Member | Member | Non-Member | Member | Non-Member | ||
| Industry - Large Business | $600 | $750 | $750 | $900 | $900 | $1,050 | |
| Industry - Small Business (100 employees or less) | $450 | $750 | $600 | $900 | $750 | $1,050 | |
| Industry - Young Member (39 years old or younger) | $450 | $750 | $600 | $900 | $750 | $1,050 | |
| Academia, Non-Profit, Fully Retired | $450 | $750 | $600 | $900 | $750 | $1,050 | |
| Industry-Speaker | $350 | $450 | $350 | $450 | $350 | $450 | |
| Uniformed Service/Government | $113 | $450 | $113 | $450 | $113 | $450 | |
| Uniformed Service/Government-Speaker | $113 | $113 | $113 | $113 | $113 | $113 | |
| Student Member | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Spouse or Guest | $300 | $300 | $350 | $350 | $450 | $450 | |
| Exhibit Hall Only-Only for Exhibiting Companies | |||||||
| Exhibit Hall Only | $350 | $350 | $350 | $350 | $350 | $350 | |
| One Day Pass | |||||||
| One Day Passes may be issued for attendance on either Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Speakers are provided a complimentary pass for the day in which they are speaking. Please note that Friday's one day pass includes the Society Ball for speakers only! Prices noted below are for One-Day. | |||||||
| Industry-Large Business | $349 | $449 | $399 | $499 | $399 | $499 | |
| Industry-Small Business | $299 | $449 | $349 | $499 | $399 | $499 | |
| Uniformed Service/Government | $0 | $200 | $0 | $200 | $0 | $200 | |
| Academia, Non-Profit, Fully Retired Member | $299 | $449 | $349 | $499 | $349 | $499 | |
| Student Member | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| One Day Pass-Speaker | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| A La Carte Items | |||||||
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| Member | Non-Member | ||||||
| Opening Reception-Industry | $100 | $125 | |||||
| Opening Reception-Uniformed Service/Government | $0 | $50 | |||||
| Opening Reception-Spouse/Guest | $50 | $50 | |||||
| Technical Tour | $60 | $60 | |||||
| Society Ball-Industry | $125 | $150 | |||||
| Society Ball-Uniformed Service/Government | $35 | $75 | |||||
| Society Ball-Academia, Non-Profit, Fully Retired Member | $75 | $75 | |||||
| Society Ball-Spouse/Guest | $100 | $100 | |||||
| Pre-Conference Courses | |||||||
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| Member | Non-Member | ||||||
| SMPS: Building Your Bottom Line through Business Development - Large Business | $250 | $300 | |||||
| SMPS: Building Your Bottom Line through Business Development - Small Business | $175 | $225 | |||||
| AIA Disaster Assistance Program: Building Evaluator Training - Govt/Academia | $175 | $175 | |||||
| AIA Disaster Assistance Program: Building Evaluator Training - SAME or AIA Member | $225 | $325 | |||||
What Your Registration Includes:
Full Conference Registration: All Education Sessions, Wednesday Society Leadership & Post Awards Luncheon (RSVP required), Wednesday Evening Opening Reception at KC Live!, Thursday General Session with Keynote, Thursday Networking Reception, access to Exhibit Hall during show hours with Networking Lunch (Thursday-Friday), Society BallSpouse/Guest Full Conference: Wednesday Society Leadership & Post Awards Luncheon (RSVP required), Wednesday Evening Opening Reception at KC Live!, Thursday General Session with Keynote, Thursday Networking Reception, access to Exhibit Hall during show hours, with Networking Lunch (Thursday-Friday), Society Ball
One Day (Wednesday) Registration: Society Leadership & Post Awards Luncheon (RSVP required), Education Sessions on Wednesday, Wednesday Evening Opening Reception at KC Live!, access to Exhibit Hall during show hours on Wednesday
One Day (Thursday) Registration: Wednesday Evening Opening Reception at KC Live!, Thursday General Session with Keynote, All Education Sessions on Thursday, access to Exhibit Hall during Show hours on Thursday and Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall Thursday
One Day (Friday) Registration: Thursday Evening Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall, Friday Education Sessions, Closing General Session with Engineering Service Chiefs Panel
Exhibit Hall Only Registration: Exhibit Hall access (including set-up and tear-down), Wednesday Evening Opening Reception at KC Live!, Meals in the Exhibit Hall (This registration type is available to exhibiting companies only).
Please Note: Full Conference and One Day Registrations are also available on the Exhibitor and Speaker Registration Forms. Exhibitor registrations will receive access to exhibit hall during set-up/tear-down/show hours.
Individual Registration Cancelation and Refund Policy
Cancelations will be accepted through April 23, 2018, and must be received in writing, to registration@same.org. Registration fees will be refunded in full minus a handling and processing charge of $75.00 for individual registration. If your registration fee is $0.00, you will not be charged a fee if you cancel. SAME regrets that refunds cannot be issued after April 23, 2018, or for no-shows, except for deployed forces with orders. You may transfer your registration to a colleague if circumstances prevent you from attending the conference. The cancelation fee and deadline do not apply to government registrations. Government registrations will receive full refunds at any time. Please send cancelations to registration@same.org.Registration Transfer
To transfer your registration, please email registration@same.org with ALL of the following: the substitute's full name (including prefix and suffix), position title, email address, work address, work phone, mobile phone number, and an emergency contact name and phone number. If the substitute's membership category is different from the original registrant, the registration fee difference will be charged.Beginning Friday, May 18 (4:00 pm, EST), we are no longer able to request a registration transfer by email, it must be done onsite. Please have the substitute go to the Full-Service Registration Counter with the primary registrant's confirmation email.
