Onsite Information

Registration Hours

Conference Registration is in Salons A&B off the Grand Lobby of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center

• Wednesday, November 30 5:00-8:00pm
• Thursday, December 1 7:00am-6:00pm
• Friday, December 2 6:30am-5:30pm
• Saturday, December 3 7:00am-4:30pm
• Sunday, December 4 7:00-10:00am

Pre-registered Before November 14

If you registered before November 14, badges and tickets for any clinics, tours or other events you chose have been sen to you by mail. Keep these materials safe and bring them with you to Washington. When you arrive at the Convention Center, please follow the signs to NCSS Registration. If you already have your name badge, you only need to pick up your program, badge holder, and tote bag. If you have misplaced your badge, or did not receive it in the mail, please visit the badge pickup and reprint counters to have a badge reprinted.

Pre-registered After November 14

If you registered after November 14, or did not receive you materials by mail, go to the name badge pick-up and reprint counters, to pick up your name badge and/or tickets.

Be sure to make time to visit the NCSS Bookstore, located outside Hall D on level 2 of the Convention Center.

Bookstore Hours

• Thursday 1:00-5:00pm
• Friday 8:30am-6:00pm
• Saturday 8:00am-5:30pm

Free Coffee and Tea
Free coffee and tea are available both Friday and Saturday mornings at designated stations in the Exhibit Hall.

Food Court
Lunch will be available for purchase in the food courts in the exhibit hall on Friday and Saturday. Look for the food court signs in the Exhibit Hall.

Sack Sitters will provide packing, shipping, photocopying, and bag checking services for all conference attendees. Lists of available speaker handouts may also be purchased. Sack Sitters is in the Exhibit Hall.

The barcode on your badge is part of a lead retrieval system that allows you to share your contact information with exhibitors. With the lead retrieval system, an exhibitor asks to scan your badge as you visit the booth, capturing your contact information (address, and email) encoded on your badge. This allows exhibitors to send you information while the conference is still fresh in your mind.

Sharing of the information encoded in your badge is voluntary. Exhibitors can not read this information remotely without your knowledge.

Metrorail
Attendees have direct access to Washington’s extensive Metrorail system at the Mount Vernon Square/Convention Center station on the Green Line. Metro Mobile Site

Parking
While the Walter E. Washington Convention Center does not have a parking facility, there are more than 3,000 parking spaces in a three-block radius of the Convention Center, available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Visitor Information Center
At the Mount Vernon Square entrance of the Convention Center, Destination DC has an information desk that will provide information and sug- gestions on what to see, how to get there, theater and con- cert ticket information, and where to eat.