IGTI Policy on No-Show Authors Beginning with ASME Turbo Expo 2010, the IGTI Board instituted a policy intended to reduce the number of no-show authors at conferences. This was in response to input from the IGTI Membership concerning significant increases over the years in the number of authors that failed to show up to present their papers or even notify the session organizers. Along with detracting from the general environment at the conference, no show authors increase costs because their actions result in unused rooms. These costs are ultimately passed to attendees through increased registration fees. IGTI works hard to keep the costs as low as possible and reducing the number of no-show authors will save money. The policy states that no-show authors will not be permitted to submit technical papers for any future IGTI conference until they have paid the three-day registration for the conference they missed. This policy applies to all authors on the paper. If no author is able to attend, which is sometimes unavoidable, a replacement speaker should present the paper, after they are fully briefed on the content. While this is less than a good option, we understand that problems arise and it is not always possible for one of the authors to attend. The Conference Chair is able to grant a waiver from this policy. However, a documented effort to attend or find a replacement speaker is generally needed.