REGISTRATION

The 29th Conference on Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education is pleased to offer its full program both in-person and virtually.

All in-person attendees will have full access to the virtual space, and can attend talks virtually and interact with virtual attendees.
Virtual attendees have full access to the entire conference program except for in-person poster session(s) and round tables.

Key registration dates (see Important Dates for more):

The last day for early-bird registration pricing is January 8.
At least one author for every paper and poster must be registered by January 22.
The last day to register for in-person conference attendance is February 5 (unless we sell out beforehand)
Registration for virtual conference attendance is available until February 26 (after Feb 19 there may be delays)

Pricing

We were forced to increase registration fees to cover the rising costs of goods and services. We prioritized keeping the conference accessible to virtual attendees and students, thus only increasing virtual registration by $10 and all student in-person registrations by at most 7% compared to last year; non-student in-person registrations increased by at most 13%.

RUME is functionally a "no-sponsor" conference and so all costs must be covered through registration fees. Primary conference costs are meals (approx $450/person) and AV (approx $52K total); we incur processing and administrative fees for every transaction. There are additional costs associated with printing badges, signage, etc. Total costs and final revenue/deficit will be presented after the conference at the annual SIGMAA RUME business meeting.

Scholarships

As part of the registration process you will have the opportunity to make a donation to the RUME scholarship fund. This fund helps cover the cost of attendance for students without sufficient travel funds from their departments. It is the intention of the RUME Executive Committee to support as many students as possible who do not have institutional travel/conference support. There will be a prioritization of students who are presenting papers or posters.

We are currently working on ways to make a donation separately from registration, and how scholarship support will work. In previous years, this has been in the form of either a partial refund to the registration cost, or a complimentary hotel night on your reservation.

Scholarship form and instructions coming soon!

FAQs about Registration

If your questions aren't answered here, please email rumesandiego@gmail.com

Cancellations & Refunds

In light of vendor policies and logistics deadlines, the cancellation and refund polices for conference registration vary by date and registration type. Requests for refunds should be directed to RUMEsandiego@gmail.com . After Feb 19, no refunds will be possible.

If you originally register for virtual-only: you may cancel your registration through February 19 and will be issued a refund of the registration cost minus $25 in processing/administration fees.

If you originally register for in-person:

Through February 5: and be issued a refund of the price difference minus $50 in processing/administration fees.
From February 6-19: you may switch to virtual-only registration and will be issued a refund of the registration cost minus $475 in committed food costs and processing/administration fees.

Why so many email addresses?

We're asking for up to three email addresses from people, since folks sometimes use different email addresses for different accounts. Specifically:

Conference communication: the email address where you want to receive updates about the conference which get sent to registrants/attendees. General announcements will often come through MAA Connect and/or the separately managed listserv.
MAA/SIGMAA: in order to be eligible for the discounted SIGMAA rate, you have to be a member of the SIGMAA. We ask here for the email address associated with your MAA membership(s) so that it can be checked against the membership list. If you think you're a member but the discounted rate doesn't appear, you'll need to get in touch with the MAA folks.
Gather: we use Gather (or GatherTown) to organize the virtual conference space. If you already have a Gather account, use that email address. If you don't, provide one associated with a zoom account for the smoothest experience.

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