Conference Registration — (does not apply to Exhibitors)

As a conference presenter from a college or university, your registration is discounted to $430, or $100 less than the member early registration fee. You may register anytime, including at the conference, at this rate.

Conference Registration — Exhibitors

If your company or organization is sponsoring or exhibiting at the CUPA-HR National Conference and Expo 2008, registration will be available in early summer.

Hotel Reservations

The Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront is offering special group rates of $143, plus 14.99 percent tax for single occupancy. Information regarding hotel reservations will be made available to you when you register for the conference. If you will not be registering for the program, please contact Shiona Christensen for hotel details.

Audio/Visual Requirements — Deadline September 1

Your session room will be set up with the equipment you requested during the proposal process. Please provide your own laptop loaded with appropriate software if you have requested an LCD projector. If you would like to rent a laptop, you can order them directly from the hotel's audio visual department (a fee will be charged). If your requirements have changed or you would like to add equipment, please contact Shiona Christensen by September 1 at schristensen@cupahr.org.

Biography

Based on speaker feedback from previous years, each presenter will introduce him or herself. CUPA-HR staff will be available to help with any A/V issues or needs presenters have during a session, but CUPA-HR staff will not be introducing speakers.

Handout Submission — Deadline September 15

As part of CUPA-HR's continued efforts to conserve environmental resources, the association will not provide paper handouts for conference attendees. Instead, we will place all session handouts provided by our speakers on a password-protected Web site. Attendees may choose to print these prior to the conference or at our cybercafé on site.

Handouts must be submitted by September 15 as an e-mail attachment (we cannot accept fax copies) to schristensen@cupahr.org. If you cannot meet the September 15 deadline, or you have a special situation, please contact Shiona Christensen by e-mail at schristensen@cupahr.org or by phone at (865) 862-2843. Copies of materials made on-site will be at the speaker's time and expense, and CUPA-HR will not reimburse expenses incurred for reproducing print materials.

Session Presenters are Invited to Submit White Papers

In addition to providing session handout materials, you also may choose to prepare a white paper to explain your topic further. One or all session presenters may author a white paper, but only one white paper may be submitted per session.

White Papers and Concurrent Session Handouts May Be Selected for CUPA-HR Publications and/or Knowledge Center

A committee of your peers may select some of the white papers or concurrent session handouts to appear in an upcoming issue of a CUPA-HR publication and/or online in the members-only CUPA-HR Knowledge Center. The national office will notify you if your white paper or session handout materials are selected to appear in a publication and/or the Knowledge Center.

What to Submit by September 15

1. Your session handout materials to schristensen@cupahr.org;
2. A white paper (optional).
   Please send white papers in a Microsoft Word document format (.doc) to schristensen@cupahr.org. Your cover page for the white paper must include the name, institution, title and phone number of the author(s).