Policies
Registration Policies
Pre-registration ends January 24, 2011
All registration and payments received after January 24, 2011, must pay the late registration fee. If payment is not received by CompuSystems (HIMSS' conference registrar) by January 24, 2011, you may still submit your registration with the onsite rate fee. Registrations submitted after January 24, 2011 will not appear in the attendee roster distributed on-site.
Badges Will Be Mailed Prior to Conference
If pre-registered and selected to have your badge mailed, you will receive your badge and event tickets in the mail starting approximately two weeks before the conference. Please remember to bring your badge with you to the conference. HIMSS does not ship badges internationally. International attendees can pick up their conference badges onsite. Badge reprints onsite will cost $50.
If you chose to print your badge onsite, please print out your registration confirmation with your bar-code and you will be able to collect your badge at any self registration kiosk onsite.
Registration Confirmation
If no email address is provided during registration, expect your conference registration confirmation 5-10 business days after the receipt of your registration if your registration is received by January 24, 2010.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Full conference registrations, exhibit hall only passes, and single day registrations, less a $100 cancellation fee, are refundable only if submitted in writing to himss11cancel@compusystems.com on or before January 24, 2011. Registrations and cancellations received after January 24, 2011, are not refundable. You cannot reinstate a registration after you cancel it. HIMSS membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. If you cancel and are entitled to a refund, expect the refund within 30 days. Faxed and Website registrations must be charged to Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover. No purchase orders are accepted. All refunds will be issued back to the original payment type. Cash payments will be refunded by check.
Substitution Policy
Registrants unable to attend may send a substitute. If the substitute is not a member, the non-member fee will be required. Substitutions must be made in writing to himss11@compusystems.com.
Online substitutions will be accepted until January 24, 2011. Substitutions after January 24, 2011 will be accepted only if the original badge is produced with a company letter authorizing the substitution.
HIMSS reserves the right to cancel or reschedule programs and to close registration when programs are sold out. For these reasons, registrants are advised against purchasing non-refundable airline tickets. Should the HIMSS conference be cancelled, your registration fee will not be refunded but will automatically be applied to the next HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.
RFID
HIMSS will be utilizing RFID technology at this year’s conference to identify individuals’ movement and collect demographic information in select areas of the conference. These will include such areas as the exhibition floor, exhibitors booths, and Exhibitor Solution Sessions. If you do not wish to participate in this technology you will be given an opportunity to opt out when completing your registration.
Other Policies
I agree not to copy or permit to be copied, in any form or format, without the express written permission of HIMSS, any of the contents of the HIMSS11 attendee roster. I also agree not to use the roster contents for any commercial, marketing, promotional, or political purposes. No solicitation is permitted by anyone except by exhibitors within the confinement of their booth.
By registering for the conference you are providing permission to receive emails, mailings and faxes related to the conference. If you wish to opt out of receiving any of these materials you may do so by emailing the HIMSS office at annualconference@himss.org
For security reasons, badge swapping is not permitted. Anyone found wearing a badge that does not match his/her identification will be evicted from the conference without a refund. In addition, the badge/name will be cancelled without a refund.
By registering, I agree to all the terms and conditions set forth above including the use of photographic images. Noncompliance will result in registration cancellation without refund.
