Registration

Registration Information



Register for the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention Annual Meeting

Registration is required to attend the Annual Meeting. Options for the Education Course and Mini Course will need to be added to your registration in order to attend.

Registrants will have access to meeting sessions and/or courses for three months following the event.

Discounted rates are available for Members, Emeritus Members, Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, and members of four sister societies. Details regarding these registration types are below the fee schedules shown. Please note that any trainee whose abstract is accepted may attend the meeting free-of-charge!

Registration Fees

Level Early Bird
(by 4/15)
Regular
(after 4/15)
Member $470 $570
Emeritus $295 $345
Member Joint OTIS Registration $543 $657
DNTS/ETS/NBDPN Member $570 $620
DNTS Member Limited Track $100 $100
Nonmember $700 $800
Student/Postdoc* $100 $100
One Day—Member
(Day Attending____________)
$275 $275
One Day—Nonmember
(Day Attending____________)
$375 $375
One Day—Student
(Day Attending____________)
$75 $75

* Student/Postdoc members whose abstracts are accepted would have the full meeting registration fee waived.

Education Course Fees

ALL THREE COURSES LISTED BELOW AT 20% DISCOUNT

Member $460
Emeritus $300
Nonmember $660
Student/Postdoc $108
Sister Society Member** $520

EDUCATION COURSE 1: Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Teratogenesis (3 Hour Course)

Member $225
Emeritus $150
Nonmember $325
Student/Postdoc $50
Sister Society Member** $250

EDUCATION COURSE 2: Development and Disorders of the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract (3 Hour Course)

Member $225
Emeritus $150
Nonmember $325
Student/Postdoc $50
Sister Society Member** $250

EDUCATION COURSE 3 (MINI): Single-Cell RNA Sequencing in Understanding Normal and Abnormal Development (90 Minute Course)

Member $125
Emeritus $75
Nonmember $175
Student/Postdoc $35
Sister Society Member** $150

**Members of the DNTS, ETS, NBDPN, and OTIS may register at these discounted course rates.

Online registration will open in March.
Download Printable Registration Form .

Special Registration Types

Member Registration

The Member registration rate is only available to Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention members who have paid their dues through the current year. If you are unable to register at the member rate, it is possible that your dues payment has not been received. Please contact the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention headquarters to inquire about the status of your membership. If you prefer, you may pay your dues online and register for the event in the same transaction.

Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Registration

The student and postdoctoral fellow registration rate is available to all students and postdoctoral fellows regardless of membership status. Any students or postdoctoral fellows who submit abstracts by the deadline (March 31) and are accepted for poster or platform presentation will receive a full waiver of the meeting registration fee.

Emeritus Member Registration

Emeritus members are encouraged to participate in the meeting and the Education Courses. The Society is pleased to continue to offer reduced meeting and course registration rates to Emeritus members of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention. To qualify for this rate, you must be an approved Emeritus member of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention. For more information on Emeritus membership please contact the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention headquarters.

OTIS Members

The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists will conduct a virtual meeting concurrently with the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention virtual meeting. Individuals who are members of both BDRP and OTIS and wish to attend/access both virtual meetings should select the joint member registration fee on the registration form or when you register online. The Societies will validate the membership status of all registrants. Registrants who do not meet the membership requirements for both Societies will be responsible for paying the full fee for the separate meetings. OTIS members who wish to just register for the OTIS virtual meeting should contact OTIS headquarters. These individuals will have access to the sessions within the BDRP meeting agenda that are noted as “Joint with OTIS”.

DNTS Members

The annual meeting of the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society will take place virtually over several months and includes select sessions within the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention meeting agenda that are noted as “Joint with DNTS”. DNTS members who wish to register for just these joint sessions should select the registration type DNTS Member Limited Track. DNTS members who wish to register for the full Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention meeting should select the DNTS Member rate. Member status will be verified.

ETS and NBDPN Members

Special registration rates for the meeting and courses have been set to encourage participation by members of the European Teratology Society and National Birth Defects Prevention Network. Member status will be verified upon registration.




Registration Cancellation Policy

There is a $25 charge for cancellation of the Education Course or Meeting Registration before June 1, 2021. No refunds after June 1, 2021.