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ACNM 2010
P.O. Box 758898
Baltimore, MD

or

Fax to (202) 331-0111

 

Registration Fees

General registration includes access to all keynote, premier, educational sessions, poster presentations, and the awards ceremony. It also includes admission to all general conference meals and social functions such as coffee breaks, the Midwifery Celebration and Welcome Reception.

New this year! Your meeting registration includes access to the ACNM Online Education Library - including CEUs. Most educational sessions (excluding paid workshops) will be recorded, and handouts and materials will be available for your review and education, and print-on-demand certification.

General Registration does not include admission to any of the paid workshops or other special ticketed events. You must register and pay the additional fee for those programs separately.
Registration fees for the 2010 ACNM Annual Meeting & Exposition:

 

Early Bird

Before April 29th

Advance

Before May 28th

On-site

After May 28th

Active Member * $440 $525 $580
Active supporting * $365 $450 $505
Associate Member (Friend) $365 $450 $505
Student ** $250 $295 $315
Non-Member $660 $745 $900
Non-Member Student $350 $395 $415
One-Day registration Member*** $185 $185 $185
One-Day Registration Non-Member*** $205 $205 $205
       
You may register online after May 28th, but you will be charged the on-site fee.

* You will be required to provide your ACNM member number.
** A valid student ID must be present at registration on-site.
***There is a two-day maximum allowed for one-day registrations.

 

Registration Types

 

Meeting Attendee

Exhibitor Personnel

Exhibit Hall Only

Admission to all educational sessions: includes all keynote, premier, educational sessions, poster presentations, and awards ceremony.

 

 

Online access to most Annual Meeting C.E. programs after the conference via ACNM's Live Learning Center

 

 

One (1) copy of the 2010 Printed Meeting Program

 

 

Admission to the Exhibit Hall: includes poster sessions

Admission to all food & beverage functions: includes scheduled meals and breaks

 

Admission to the Welcome Reception

Admission to the Midwifery Celebration Party

 

 

Name Badges

Name badges will be provided to all registered attendees and are required to enter all areas of the Annual Meeting.  All attendees, including Exhibit Hall Only registrants, must stop at Registration to be issued a badge.

NO BADGES WILL BE MAILED in advance.


Online Education

Attend ALL the sessions at the 55th Annual Meeting! Live and in person or post-meeting in the comfort of your home or office. Take advantage of the post-Annual Meeting online at ACNM's Live Learning Center, where you'll have library to ongoing access to all educational sessions recorded from the Annual Meeting. Online education offerings include audio presentations, handouts and other relevant materials, and are available for additional continuing education credits with
print-on-demand certification.

2010 Educational CD

The CD is not included as part of registration. If you would like to purchase an additional CD, the cost is $69.

Cancellation and Refund

All cancellation notices must be submitted in writing. Registrants may expect to receive refunds four to six weeks after the conclusion of the Annual Meeting. Substitutions are permitted; however, notification must be received in writing. Notification of substitution can be faxed to (202) 331-0111 or mailed to the ACNM Annual Meeting address.

A $50 cancellation fee will be assessed for all cancellations received on or before Thursday, April 29. Between Friday, April 30 and Friday, May 28, a fee of 50% of the registration fee will be assessed. After Friday, May 28, cancellations due to extenuating circumstances (i.e., death, accident, illness) must be submitted in writing, must include appropriate verification, and must be received by ACNM by Monday, June 21. No refunds will be granted for any reason after June 21, 2010.

Exhibitor Registration

Each 10'x10' booth receives two complimentary Exhibit Hall Personnel Registrations.  All exhibitors who have sent in their booth application by March 1st will receive an email with their specialized link to register their booth staff.  If you reserve your booth after March 1st, you will receive your exhibitor login via email with your exhibitor confirmation letter.  If you do not receive your specialized exhibitor login, please contact Amy Roth, Exhibits Manager, at ACNMMeeting@courtesyassoc.com.

Exhibit Hall Only Registration

Exhibit Hall Only Registration will again be available for the Annual Meeting.  Exhibit Hall Only Registration allows access to the Exhibit Hall, as well as Poster Sessions, and Product Demonstrations.  Exhibit Hall Only Registration is $30.  You may register online or onsite.

Additional Items for Purchase

You must be registered for the ACNM Annual Meeting & Exposition to take advantage of these additional items.

 

YOUR OPTIONAL TICKETS / ITEMS


Ticket Prices

Tickets must be paid in full before the Meeting starts in order to guarantee your participation.

Saturday, June 12:

Schedule

Price

First Timer's Reception

6:30pm - 7:30pm

FREE

Midwifery Business Networking Meeting

6:30pm - 9:30pm

$50

 

 

 

Sunday, June 13:

 

 

Welcome Reception Guest Tickets

8:30pm - 10:30pm

$25

A.C.N.M Foundation, Inc., Fundraiser

8:30pm - 11:00pm

$50

 

 

 

Monday, June 14:

 

 

Cervilenz Adjunct Symposia

6:00am - 8:00am

FREE

Midwives of Color Reception

8:00pm - 10:00pm

$45

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 15:

 

 

Lobby Day on Capitol Hill

12:30pm - 6:00pm

FREE

Capitol Hill Reception

4:00pm - 6:00pm

$50
$15 (Student Tickets)

Midwifery Celebration Party Guest Ticket (Ticket is included in all meeting registrations)

8:00pm - 10:30pm

$25

     

Wednesday, June 16:

 

 

Birth Center Tour 2:00pm - 4:00pm $35
     

Miscellaneous Ticketed Items / Opportunities

Exhibit Hall Only Access

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday

$30

Guest / Spouse Registration for Welcome Reception, Exhibit Hall, and Midwifery Celebration Party

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday

$65

CD of All Educational Sessions

 

$69

Washington, DC City Pin

 

$5

Workshops

The following workshops will be provided at this year's Annual Meeting.  Please note that these courses are an additional cost.  Click here for detailed course descriptions.

WORKSHOP OPTIONS
Saturday, June 12, 08:30am - 4:30pm

Title

Full Day Workshop Fee

WK 01 - Practice Makes Perfect: Using Simulation to Improve Management of Obstetric Emergencies
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Presented by: Jenifer Fahey, CNM, MSN, MPH
CEU: 0.7 Rx: 0.7

$235

WK 02 - Caring for Women During Cesarean Section: The Midwife as First Assistant
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Presented by: Nell Tharpe, CNM, CRNFA
CEU: 0.7 Rx: 0.7

$235

WK 03 - Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Presented by: Jan M. Kriebs, CNM, MSN, FACNM
CEU: 0.7 Rx: 0.7

$235

WK 04 - With Women Around the World: How to Get Started in International Work
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Presented by: Anne Hyre, CNM, MSN, MPH
CEU: 0.7

$235

WK 05 - Pharmacology
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Presented by: Glen E. Farr, Pharm.D
CEU: 0.7 Rx: 0.7

$235

Exam Prep Workshop (8am - 4pm)
Presented by: Angela Wilson-Liverman, MSN, CNM
CEU: 0

$235 (Students Rate $150)

 

Saturday, June 12, 08:30am - 12:00pm

Title

Half Day Workshop Fee

WK 06 - Pessary Fitting with 'Toprah' and the Twins: A Hands-On Course for Midwifery Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Ellen Craig, CNM, MS, FACNM and Martha A. Rode, BSN, CNM and Tola Omotosho
CEU: 0.35 Rx: 0.35

$135

WK 07 - The Great and Simple Teaching of the Breath: Use it in Labor
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Rose St. John, BS, E-RYT 500, T 500
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 08 - Acupressure Pre-birth Treatments for Cervical Ripening and Labor Stimulation at Full Term Gestation
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Katie Moriarty, CNM, PhD, CAFCI
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 09 - A Taste of Centering: An Introduction to a Group Model of Care
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Colleen Marshal Senterfitt, CNM, MSN
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 10 - Starting Your Own Home Birth Practice: Yes you Can!!
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Mairi Breen Rothman, CNM, MSN
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 11 - First Trimester Ultrasound Examination
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Betty Kay Taylor, CNM, RDMS and Cydney Menihan, CNM, RDMS
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 12 - Preparing the Future: ACNM Annual Preceptor Workshop
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Judy Lazarus, CNM, MN
CEU: 0.35

FREE

WK12A - Centering Pregnancy and the Latina Immigrant: Experiences from the Field
Saturday, June 12, 8:30AM - 12:00PM
Presented by: Margaret Hutchinson, CNM, MSN
CEUs = 0.35

$135

WK 13 - Billing and Coding: Beginner Level
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Joan Slager, CNM, DNP, CPC, FACNM
CEU: 0.35

WK13A Physiology and Management of Abnormal and Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding and Endometrial Biopsy
Saturday, June 12, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented by: Angela Denaris, CNM, PhD
CEU: 0.35 Rx: 0.35

$135

 

Saturday, June 12, 1:00pm - 4:30pm

Title

Half Day Workshop Fee

WK 14 - Advancing the Science behind Women's Hormone Balancing with BHRT
Saturday, June 12, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Presented by: Erin Lommen, ND
CEU: 0.35 Rx: 0.35

$135

WK 15 - Ethical Dilemmas in Midwifery: Where Law and Ethical Practice Coincide or Collide
Saturday, June 12, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Presented by: Mary Kaye Collins, CNM, JD
CEU: 0.35

FREE

WK 16 - Third Trimester Ultrasound for Midwives
Saturday, June 12, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Presented by: Barbara McFarlin, CNM, PhD, RDMS and Cydney Menihan, CNM, RDMS
CEU:

$135

WK 17 - When Practice Guidelines and the Latest Evidence Conflict: 2010 Hot Topics in Perinatal Care
Saturday, June 12, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Presented by: Saraswathi Vedam, CNM, MSN
CEU: 0.35 Rx: 0.35

$135

WK 18 - Billing and Coding: Advanced Level
Saturday, June 12, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Presented by: Joan Slager, CNM, DNP, CPC, FACNM
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 19 - Vacuum Assist
Saturday, June 12, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Presented by: Peter Johnson, CNM, PhD, FACNM
CEU: 0.35

$135

 

WORKSHOP OPTIONS
Wednesday, June 16, 09:00am - 5:00pm


Title

Full Day Workshop Fee

WK 20 - Combining LSS & HBLSS Programs to Achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented by: Jody R. Lori, CNM, PhD
CEU: 0.7

$235

WK 21 - Caring for Women During Cesarean Section: The Midwife as First Assistant
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented by: Nell Tharpe, CNM, CRNFA
CEU: 0.7 Rx: 0.7

(REPEAT of WK02)

$235

WK 22 - Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Review and Update on 2008 NICHD Terminology
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented by: Tekoa King, CNM, MPH
CEU: 0.7 Rx: 0.7

(REPEAT of WK03)

$235

WK 23 - Pharmacology
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented by: : Glen E. Farr, Pharm.D
CEU: 0.7 Rx: 0.7

(REPEAT of WK05)

$235

 

Wednesday, June 16, 09:00am - 12:30pm


Title

Half Day Workshop Fee

WK 24 - Team Strategies and Tools and to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - 12:30pm
Presented by: Michelle Munroe, CNM
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 25 - Constructing Better Exams to Assess Competency
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - 12:30pm
Presented by: Mary K. Barger, CNM, MPH, PHD and Mary Brucker, CNM, PhD, FACNM
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 26 - Explore the Pelvic Floor and More: The Foundation of Health in the Body
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - 12:30pm
Presented by: Richard Sabel, MA, MPH, OTR, GCFP
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 27 - First Trimester Ultrasound Examination
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - 12:30pm
Presented by: Cydney Menihan, CNM, RDMS
CEU: 0.35

(REPEAT of WK11)

$135

WK28 Birth Centers in Action
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00AM - 12:45PM
Presented by: Cynthia Flynn, CNM, PhD
CEUs = 3.0

$135

 

Wednesday, June 16, 1:00pm - 4:30pm


Title

Half Day Workshop Fee

WK 29 - Umbilical Cord Management: Evidence, Debate & Practice Recommendations
Wednesday, June 16, 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Presented by: Judith S. Mercer, CNM, PhD, FACNM
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 30 - Treating Diastasis Recti: Getting to the Core of Postpartum Fitness with the Tupler Technique
Wednesday, June 16, 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Presented by: Julie A. Tupler, BSN
CEU: 0.35

$135

WK 31 - Third Trimester Ultrasound for Midwives Workshop
Wednesday, June 16, 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Presented by: Barbara McFarlin, CNM, PhD, RDMS, Cydney Menihan, CNM, RDMS and Paula Woletz, MPH, RDMS, RDCS
CEU: 0.35
(Repeat WK 16)

$135

WK 32 - Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA)
Wednesday, June 16, 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Presented by: Jini Tanenhaus, PA-C, MA
CEU: 0.35

$135

Important Note: Please note that workshops may require a minimum number of participants, and may be cancelled if the minimum is not met. Should a workshop be cancelled, you will contacted and you may select a different workshop.

Workshop Cancellation

Workshops scheduled for Saturday, June 12 and Wednesday, June 16, require additional fees (unless otherwise indicated), pre-registration, and prepayment. Because ACNM makes financial obligations based on the number of tickets sold, we cannot refund tickets unless the event is cancelled. Workshops are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, and tickets are required for admittance. You may sell or give your ticket to another individual. In the event of a workshop cancellation, ACNM will reassign you to another workshop of your choice at an equal value or issue a refund. All refunds will be process no later than six weeks after the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.

For registrant cancellations, a cancellation fee of 25% of the workshop fee will be assessed for cancellations received on or before Thursday, April 29. Between Friday, April 29 and Friday, May 28, a fee of 50% of the workshop fee will be assessed. No refunds for workshop cancellations will be granted, for any reason, to registrants canceling after Friday, May 28.

Global Health Council Conference

The Global Health Council Conference will take place at the Omni Shoreham (across the street from our headquarters hotel, Marriott Wardman Park) from June 14th - 18th.

If you are registered for the ACNM Annual Meeting or the Global Health Council Conference, you will be allowed into the GHC exhibit hall at no cost. Simply show your name badge at the exhibit hall entrance and you will be allowed admittance. Discounted One day registrations for the Global Health Council Conference are available to ACNM registrants. Visit http://www.globalhealth.org/conference_2010 for more information.

Receipts and Certificates of Attendance

All attendees who register online will receive a receipt/confirmation via email, upon completion of the registration process and payment.  Additionally, attendees will receive a paper receipt onsite, which will be attached to the attendee's badge.  Any additional printed receipts or certificate of attendance will be available on-site at the Customer Service Desk, located at registration.

On-Site Registration Hours

Any registration received after May 28th will be considered an on-site registration.  On-site registration will be located in the Marriott Foyer of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
On-site Registration will be open during the following hours:

Saturday, June 12th

7:00am - 6:00pm

Sunday, June 13th

7:00am - 6:00pm

Monday, June 14th

7:00am - 6:00pm

Tuesday, June 15th

7:00am - 6:00pm

Wednesday, June 16th

7:30am - 11:00am

On-site registration will accept company or personal checks drawn on a US bank, travelers checks, credit cards (MasterCard or Visa only), and cash.  Electronic transfers and purchase orders will not be accepted.