Exhibits

The 17th International C. elegans Meeting will be held at UCLA from June 24 – 28, 2009. This meeting has been held every two years since 1979 and is the only international meeting exclusively devoted to research on C. elegans. Previous C. elegans meetings have led to the exchange of knowledge, ideas, methods and reagents, and have been vital in fostering the sense of excitement and the collegiality that characterize our field.

Based on past meeting attendance, we anticipate 1,650 participants and approximately 1,300 presentations this year. This meeting provides a forum that serves both C. elegans veterans and new-comers to the field.
 

Presentation of Products and Services

Exhibits must showcase instruments, products or services used in teaching or research, books or other publications in related scientific fields, computer programs and other products that encourage and support research in areas of genetics represented by the GSA. In keeping with the educational purpose of the GSA meetings, sales and order-taking are discouraged.

Exhibitor names, addresses and telephone/fax/email/web site numbers and address will be listed in the Program and Abstracts Volume or Program Addendum. This book serves as a reference and resource guide for registrants and others who purchase it.
 

Exhibit Space Rental

Exhibitor Registration Form

Commercial tables are $1,750 and give-away literature table space is $100. Included in standard table space rental:

• One six foot table and two chairs
• Two Full Conference Registrations for exhibit representatives
• Listing in Program and Abstracts Volume or Program Addendum
• Post-conference Registration Mailing List

For the give-away literature space rental fee, meeting staff will place information and materials on a table in the exhibit area with other such items and will refresh as necessary. This rental fee does not cover meeting registration for anyone.

Payment by check should be made payable to the Genetics Society of America or charge to Visa, MasterCard or American Express will be accepted. Payment and application should be sent to: Anne Marie Mahoney, Meetings Manager, Genetics Society of America, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814, Phone: (301) 634-7309, Fax: (301) 634-7079, e-mail: mahoney@genetics-gsa.org.
 

Exhibit Hours

The exhibits will be held during the poster sessions in Pauley Pavilion.
 

Shipping Instructions

Exhibitors are responsible for shipping their exhibit materials. Regular parcel post, UPS or Federal Express shipments should not arrive at the University before June 23 and should be addressed as follows:

First and last name of recipient
Company Name
17th International C. elegans Meeting
UCLA
Pauley Pavilion, Room 164
301 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, California 90095

For questions about your shipment, please contact Tanya Williams (twilliams@ha.ucla.edu).
 

Insurance

The Genetics Society of America, the 17th International C. elegans Meeting Program Committee and the University of California, Los Angeles and their officers, agents and employees assume no liability for exhibitors' property. Exhibitors are expected to carry adequate liability and loss insurance to cover possible loss/damage/theft of equipment, displays, personal items or other materials under the supervision of the Exhibitor.
 

Space Cancellation

Space may be canceled by written request to the Genetics Society of America and the entire amount paid by the Exhibitor will be refunded if request is received before May 29, 2009. GSA will retain 50% of the total paid by the exhibitor for space cancellation requests received after May 29.
 

Meeting Site and Facilities

All plenary sessions will be held in Royce Hall. Poster sessions will be in Pauley Pavilion. Concurrent sessions will be held in Sunset Village and DeNeve Plaza. Attendees will be accommodated in residence halls within a ten-fifteen minute walk of Royce Hall and Pauley Pavilion. Meals will be served in two of the university dining halls located in the residence halls.
 

Conference Registration

Two conference registrations are available to commercial exhibitors. Please supply the names of the company representatives on the Exhibitor Application.
 

Sponsors

If you are interested in sponsoring the meeting please contact Anne Marie Mahoney at Mahoney@genetics-gsa.org, Meetings Manager.