Agenda

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Wednesday, February 23

6:00 am - 11:45 am Set up Displays

7:00 am - 6:30 pm  Registration Open

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Networking Breakfast

8:30 am   Welcome and opening Remarks 

9:00 am   Keynote Speaker

9:45 am  Biometrics Policy, Privacy, & Screening Panel

11:45 am - 1:00 pm  Networking Luncheon
 
1:00 pm  Collection and Matching Panel 
  
3:25 pm - 3:45 pm  Networking Break

3:45 pm  Commercial Panel 
  
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm  Networking Reception

Thursday, February 24

7:00 am - 3:45 pm  Registration Open

7:00 am - 8:15 am Continental Networking Breakfast

8:15 am   Opening Remarks

8:30 am   Keynote Speaker

9:15 am - 9:45 am  Networking Break

9:45 am  Futures Panel
  
11:30 am - 1:00 pm  Networking Luncheon

1:00 pm  International Biometrics Panel
  
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm  Networking Break

2:30 pm  Biometrics in the Field

3:30 pm  Closing Remarks

3:45 pm  Conference Concludes

Location

Sheraton National Hotel
900 South Orme St
Arlington, VA 22204
(703) 521-1900

Please see the lodging tab for information on reserving a room at the Sheraton National Hotel for a reduced rate. 

Lodging

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton National Hotel.  To make your reservation, please call the hotel directly.  In order to ensure the discounted NDIA rate, you must make your reservations early and ask for the "NDIA room block."  Rooms will not be held after Monday, January 31, 2011 and may sell out before then.  Rates are also subject to increase after this date.

Sheraton National Hotel
900 South Orme St
Arlington, VA 22204
(703) 521-1900

Room Rate: $181.00 (Single/Double)

*$181.00 is the current per diem rate for the greater D.C. area during February 2011 as of April 23, 2010.

Registration

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Online Registration is now CLOSED!

Cancellations

All cancellation, substitution, and refund requests must be submitted in writing no later than February 11, 2011 to NDIA, attn: Rebecca Danahy via e-mail at rdanahy@ndia.org. There is a $75 cancellation fee for all refunds. Refunds will not be given for no-shows. If an attendee shows a balance and does not attend the conference, he/she will be invoiced for payment. This cancellation policy applies to all attendees regardless of their method of registration or reason(s) for cancellation.

Substitutions are welcome in lieu of cancellations. All substitutions must be made in writing to Rebecca Danahy at rdanahy@ndia.org. 

Displays

Companies that will be displaying are as follows:

WCC Smart Search and Match
DSCI
ANSER
Aware, Inc.
Cogent Systems
Evident, Inc.
Iritech
KEYW Corporation
Iris ID Systems
Cross Match Technologies, Inc.
University of Windsor Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research
MorphoTrak


The breakfasts, breaks, and networking reception will be held in the display area. 

*Displays will be sold on a first come, first serve basis and may sell out.

Cost
The cost to display is $1300 (includes one complimentary displayer’s conference registration and electrical hook-up along with one table and one chair). The registered displayer is welcome and encouraged to attend the conference sessions, continental breakfast, breaks, luncheons, and reception. Any additional display personnel must register as attendees and pay the attendee fee. If additional personnel are registered to be at the display table, a displayer ribbon can be added to his/her badge.

Registration
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Please complete the form above and send it to NDIA via fax, mail, or email.
Fax: 703-522-1885
Email: rdanahy@ndia.org
Mail: NDIA, Event #1860
        2111 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400
        Arlington, VA 22201

Display Rules & Regulations

1. If NDIA should be prevented from holding the conference for any reason beyond NDIA’s control (such as, but not limited to, damage to the building, riots, strikes, acts of government, or acts of God) or if a displayer cannot occupy the assigned display space due to reasons beyond NDIA’s control, then NDIA has the right to cancel the conference or any part thereof, with no further liability to the displayer other than a refund of display space fee, less a proportionate share of the conference cost incurred.
   
   
2. Neither the management of the host facility nor NDIA shall be liable for the damages, loss or destruction to the displays by reason of fire, theft, accident or other destructive causes. Displayer shall lease space at his sole risk. Neither the management of the host facility, NDIA nor any of their agents, servants or employees will be accountable or liable for accidents to displayers, their agents or employees.
   
   
3. The displayer shall be liable to the host facility and/or NDIA for any damage to the building and/or the furniture and fixtures contained therein which shall occur through acts or omissions of the displayer.
   
   
4. Displayer assumes the entire responsibility and hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, defend and hold harmless NDIA, the host facility, their officers, employees, and agents against all claims, losses and damages to persons and property, governmental charges or fines, and attorney’s fees arising out of or caused by displayers installation, removal, maintenance, occupancy or use of the display premises or any part thereof, including any outside display areas.
   
   
5. Displayer acknowledges that NDIA does not maintain and is not responsible for obtaining insurance covering displayer’s property. Displayers are advised to obtain business interruption and property damage and loss insurance to cover such occurrences.

*Note, display tables are available on a first come, first serve basis and are limited. Location of the display will be decided during move in and will also be on a first come, first serve basis.

Sponsorship Information

To purchase a sponsorship, please email Rebecca Danahy at rdanahy@ndia.org.

Reception Sponsor
$15,000

• Signage throughout the event
• Company name on the back cover of the onsite brochure
• 750-word organization description in the onsite brochure
• Main podium recognition during the conference
• Hotlink on the conference website to your organization’s website
• Literature insert (one flyer, 8.5”X11”, up to 4 pages, included in the information each attendee receives onsite, produced by the paying organization)
• 5 complimentary conference registrations
• Company name on cocktail napkins at the reception
• Event specific signage throughout the reception
• 5 complimentary reception only guest

Gold Sponsorship
$10,000

• Signage throughout the event
• Company name on the back cover of the onsite brochure
• 500-word organization description in the onsite brochure
• Main podium recognition during the conference
• Hotlink on the conference website to your organization’s website
• Literature insert (one flyer, 8.5”X11”, up to 4 pages, included in the information each attendee receives onsite, produced by the paying organization)
• 3 complimentary conference registrations

Silver Sponsorship
$5,000

• Signage throughout the event
• Company name on the back cover of the onsite brochure
• 350-word organization description in the onsite brochure
• Main podium recognition during the conference
• Hotlink on the conference website to your organization’s website

Bronze Sponsorship
$2,500

• Signage throughout the event
• Main podium recognition during the conference

Contact Info/Inquiries/Questions

NDIA POC: Rebecca Danahy, rdanahy@ndia.org or (703) 247-2587.