Registration

Please note: All participants at the in-person conference—presenters, attendees, exhibitors, staff members, guests, and vendors—will be required to be fully vaccinated (including a booster, if eligible) at least 14 days prior to the start of the meeting. In addition to a vaccination mandate for attendees, we will follow all federal, state, and local government and venue requirements for masks, social distancing, and other measures. Further policies can be found on the Conference Policies page.

Those planning to attend in-person must register by March 21, 2022. There will be no on-site registration.

During the registration process, you will be asked to create a new account or sign in to an existing account. If you were a GSA member or attended a GSA conference in the last seven years, you already have a GSA account and should use the “forgot your password” option.

In-person Participant Registration

Low- and Middle-Income Country Waiver

Virtual participant registration fees for full-time residents of any country with low- and middle-income economies will be waived. Please complete the waiver application by January 10, 2022 to receive information on how to register for virtual attendance.

In-person Participant Registration Fee includes: 

• Plenary and Platform Sessions, including the Larry Sandler Award Lecture
• Networking socials
• Poster sessions
• All pre- and post-conference in-person workshops, based on availability (Must register in advance)
• Complimentary participation in virtual pre- and post-conference workshops, based on availability (Must register in advance)
• Opening Mixer
• Exhibits
• Conference App for desktop, laptop, and mobile devices
• Unique login information to register for workshops and participate in virtual meeting activities through the Conference App
• Access to all posters (and audio commentary, where available) through the Conference App for 30 days
• Access to all Plenary and Platform session recordings and abstract-driven oral presentation recordings through the Conference App for 30 days
• PDF of abstract book
• PDF of program book
• Networking opportunities via the Conference App, Slack, and Zoom

Payment Options

Payment must be made by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover) through the online registration process. Credit card payments will not be accepted by telephone or fax.

GSA does not accept purchase orders for registration payments.

Registration Resource Center

Visit the Registration Resource Center to update your contact information or print a receipt. You will need your badge number to access your record, which is listed in your registration confirmation email.

Cancellation

Do not click the “Cancel Registration” button on the registration form at any time. If you wish to request cancellation of your registration, contact Suzy Brown at sbrown@genetics-gsa.org.

Cancellation requests received by February 1, 2022 are fully refundable and will not incur a cancellation fee. All cancellations received between February 2, 2022 and March 1, 2022 will incur a $50 cancellation fee. Cancellations received on March 1, 2022 or later will not be eligible for a refund. There is no additional fee to change your registration from in-person to online attendance or vice versa. If switching from online to in-person you will be responsible for the difference in the registration price. Requests for changes in participation type should be received by GSA no later than February 1, 2022.

Do not cancel your registration if all you want to do is edit your registration form before you submit it. You can do that by navigating between pages using the “Back” and “Next” buttons.

Virtual Participant Registration

Virtual Participant Registration Fee includes:

• Unique login information allowing registrants to participate in online meeting activities
• Access to streaming abstract-driven oral presentations, including keynotes and concurrent sessions through the Conference App (42 hours)
• Access to all online posters (and audio commentary, where available) for 30 days
• Access to all Plenary and Platform session recordings and abstract-driven oral presentation recordings through the Conference App for 30 days
• PDF of abstract book
• PDF of program book
• Complimentary participation in all pre- and post-conference workshops, based on availability (Must register in advance)
• Conference App for desktop, laptop, and mobile devices
• Networking opportunities via the Conference App, Slack, and Zoom

In addition to the costs associated with an in-person meeting, registration fees also cover technology and staff time in organizing and running the online components of the meeting. Fees for virtual conference attendance are used for the following:

• Custom development, testing, and subscription costs for the conference app, registration program, scheduling software, Zoom webinar licenses, private video hosting, and other services
• Design and communications services for creating and maintaining a website, writing and sending blast emails and surveys to attendees, developing technical instructions for the conference technology, creating an abstract and program book, promoting awareness of the meeting, and other tasks
• Live technical support, conference hosting, and hardware
• Project management and other logistical and administrative tasks
• Development and implementation of conference career development programming