Policies

Registration Policies

Pre-registration ends February 1, 2010
All registration and payments received after February 1, 2010, must pay the late registration fee. If payment is not received by CompuSystems (HIMSS' conference registrar) by February 1, 2010, you may still submit your registration with the onsite rate fee. Registrations submitted after February 1, 2010, will not appear in the attendee roster distributed on-site.

Badges Will Be Mailed Prior to Conference

You will receive your badge and event tickets in the mail starting approximately four weeks before the conference. Please remember to bring your badge with you to the conference. HIMSS does not ship badges internationally. International attendees can pick up their conference badges onsite. Badge reprints onsite will cost $50.

If you chose to print your badge onsite, please print out your registration confirmation with your bar-code and you will be able to collect your badge at any self registration kiosk onsite.

Registration Confirmation

If no email address is provided during registration, expect your conference registration confirmation 5-10 business days after the receipt of your registration if your registration is received by February 1, 2010.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Full conference registrations, exhibit hall only passes, single day registrations and events only registration, less a $100 cancellation fee, are refundable if submitted in writing to himss10cancel@compusystems.com or by modifying your current registration online and selecting the option to cancel your registration on or before February 1, 2010. Registrations and cancellations received after February 1, 2010, are not refundable. You cannot reinstate a registration after you cancel it. HIMSS membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. If you cancel and are entitled to a refund, expect the refund within 30 days. Faxed and Website registrations must be charged to Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover. No purchase orders are accepted. All refunds will be issued back to the original payment type. Cash payments will be refunded by check.

Substitution Policy

Registrants unable to attend may send a substitute. If the substitute is not a member, the non-member fee will be required. Substitutions must be made in writing to himss10@compusystems.com.

Online substitutions will be accepted until Feb 2010. Substitutions after Feb 1, 2010 will be accepted only if the original badge is produced with a company letter authorizing the substitution.

All refunds will be issued back to the original payment type. Cash payments will be refunded by check.

HIMSS reserves the right to cancel or reschedule programs and to close registration when programs are sold out. For these reasons, registrants are advised against purchasing non-refundable airline tickets.
Should the HIMSS conference be cancelled, your registration fee will not be refunded but will automatically be applied to the next Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition.

Privacy Policy

By registering for the conference you are providing permission to receive emails, mailings and faxes related to the conference. If you wish to opt out of receiving any of these materials you may do so by emailing the HIMSS office at annualconference@himss.org.

Other Policies

I agree not to copy or permit to be copied, in any form or format, without the express written permission of HIMSS, any of the contents of the HIMSS 2009 attendee roster. I also agree not to use the roster contents for any commercial, marketing, promotional, or political purposes. No solicitation is permitted by anyone except by exhibitors within the confinement of their booth.

For security reasons, badge swapping is not permitted. Anyone found wearing a badge that does not match his/her identification will be evicted from the conference without a refund. In addition, the badge/name will be cancelled without a refund.

By registering, I agree to all the terms and conditions set forth above including the use of photographic images. Noncompliance will result in registration cancellation without refund.