All authors, speakers, chairs, co-chairs and session organizers must register and pay the appropriate fee.

Advanced registration is now closed. All attendees MUST register at the conference.

Registration Fees

Category Early Bird Until 8/19/10 Advance Until 11/8/10 After 11/12/10 or On-Site Presenter $585 Not Available Not Available Regular Registrant/ASME Member $585 $635 $735 +Non-Member $760 $860 $960 Non-Member One-Day Not Available $325 $375 ASME Student Presenter/Member $150 Not Available Not Available ++Student Presenter/Non-Member $150 Not Available Not Available ASME Student Member $150 $200 $250 ++Student Non-Member $250 $300 $350 ASME Life Member-Paper Presenter $585 Not Available Not Available §ASME Life Member $75 $75 $75 **Guest/Spouse $25 $25 $25 **Committee Meeting Only $25 $25 $25 ***Student Design Contest No Charge No Charge No Charge

On-Site Registration Hours

Friday, November 12 12:00pm – 5:00pm Saturday, November 13 7:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, November 14 7:00am – 7:00pm Monday, November 15 6:30am – 6:00pm Tuesday, November 16 6:30am – 6:00pm Wednesday, November 17 6:30am – 6:00pm Thursday, November 18 6:30am – 4:30pm

Location: Pre-Function Foyer Area, Level 1/West Building/Vancouver Convention Centre.

Registration Policies
Full registration categories (Presenter, Regular Registrant, ASME Life Member/Retired, ASME Life Member, ASME Life Presenter, ASME Student Member) include access to ALL technical sessions, poster sessions, Exhibits, lunch on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, (1) Copy of the DVD Conference Proceedings, admission to the Keynote Presentation admission to the Conference Opening Reception, and the Honors Assembly.

⁺ALL Non-Members fully paid for the conference are entitled to one-year FREE ASME Membership. Your registration fee also includes: access to ALL technical sessions, poster sessions, exhibits, lunch on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, (1) Copy of the DVD Conference Proceedings, admission to the Keynote Presentation, admission to the Conference Opening Reception, and the Honors Assembly.

⁺⁺ALL Student Non-Members fully paid for the conference are entitled to one-year FREE ASME Student Membership. Your registration fee also includes: access to ALL technical sessions, poster sessions, exhibits, lunch on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, (1) Copy of the DVD Conference Proceedings, admission to the Keynote Presentation, Conference Opening Reception, admission to and the Honors Assembly. A Student must be enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate program with a major in engineering. ID is required for all student non-members. Proper ID is required for registration.

^**Accompanying Guest & Committee Meeting only registrants are allowed attend ALL Committee Meetings, the exhibit area, admission to the Keynote Presentation, Conference Opening Reception, and the Honors Assembly. No other technical sessions or programs are included. Note^* should you wish to attend the lunches you will have to purchase a lunch ticket per day for an additional price of $30.00 or $110.00 (Mon-Thurs).

^***Student Design Contest registrants are allowed to attend the Student Design Contest, admission to the exhibit area, Conference Opening Reception, admission to the Keynote Presentation and the Honors Assembly. No other technical sessions or programs are included. Note^* should you wish to attend the lunches you will have to purchase a lunch ticket per day for an additional price of $30.00 or $110.00 (Mon-Thurs).

^§"Life" Membership is a grade of membership and achieved when a member has accumulated 35 years of PAID membership and is retired and/or 65 years of age.

Please be sure to wear your official Congress badge at ALL times. Those without a badge will be denied access to the event.

Refund Policy
For Presenters and Student Presenters, refund requests must be faxed to (212) 591-7856 by August 26, 2010. Once the refund is issued, the paper will be removed from the proceedings and the presentation will be removed from the final program. If however a co-author has registered and paid by the August 19th deadline, and is designated to present the paper, the paper will not be removed. All authors who have been designated to present a paper at the conference must register as a Presenter or Student Presenter. ASME will assess a $75 administrative fee for all cancellations. Cancellations after August 26, 2010 will not be honored. For more information on this, please go to http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2010/RegistrationRequirement.cfm.

Refund request for all other attendees must be faxed to (212) 591-7856 by October 29, 2010. ASME will assess a $75 administrative fee for all cancellations. Cancellations after October 29, 2010 will not be honored.

For registration questions please contact: imece@asme.org

Registration Requirement for Presenters at Congress 2010
Every published paper, presentation and panel presentation must identify a designated Presenter. This Presenter must register and pay the applicable conference fees by the Early Bird registration date (August 19, 2010). If not, the paper will not be included for publication in the proceedings and the accompanying presentation information will be removed from the conference program. For more information about this requirement please visit the Mandatory Presenter Registration page.

Please see the definitions below:
Presenter = Author Presenter, Panelist, Presenter of a Poster Paper, Presenter of an Oral Presentation.
Paper = Technical publication, extended abstract, short paper, poster paper, oral presentation, panel presentation. The paper types to be published are technical publication, extended abstract, short paper, and poster paper.

Non-Presenting Authors and Chairs
All participants, including non-presenting authors, session chairs and co-chairs are required to register and pay the appropriate registration fee.

Cooperating Societies
Members of cooperating societies may register for the Congress at the ASME member rate.

Registration Policies
View the full list of registration policies.

Frequently Asked Questions
Please visit the FAQ page if you have any questions.