Registration

Step 1:
Please fill out the “Registration Form”. Either type within the form and print it or print it first and then fill in the information.
Send to:

Step 2:
If paying by check send completed form with your check to the address provided.

If paying by credit card proceed to the Paypal buttons. Be sure to choose the selection that matches your printed Registration Form and follow the PayPal instructions to complete your payment.

IMPORTANT: Print a copy of the PayPal receipt and send it with the Registration Form that you mail in.

There will also be on-site registration. Keep in mind there are limited sessions, so you should register ahead of time.

~~Early Registration Fee~~ (begins March 31 - ends June 14)
Three Days: $285
Two Days: $250
One Day: $125

Regular Registration Fee (begins after June 14)
Three Days: $345
Two Days: $300
One Day: $150

On-Site Registration Fee (July 18, 19, 20)
Three Days: $370
Two Days: $320
One Day: $160
Checks only, no exceptions.

Award’s Luncheon ticket $15.00, must be included when making your registration payment either by check, purchase order, no personal checks accepted. No tickets will be sold on-site.

Cancellation Fee
Notice of registration cancellation must be made in writing to the Registrar of VSIAS at VaSummerInstitute@verizon.net . If you cancel up until July 5, 2011, then there will be a $50 fee for canceling. If you cancel after July 5, 2011, then there will be a $75 fee for canceling. Reimbursement will be by check if there is a cancellation.

Credit for Attendance
VSIAS is an education provider for a number of credentialing and academic organizations. VSIAS exercises its ethical responsibility to ensure that contact hours are earned fairly and honestly by awarding contact hours for session attendance only if an individual attends a minimum of 80 percent of that session. VSIAS Faculty can not make exceptions to this policy and will take required professional action in cases of misrepresentation.

Hotel Accomodations:
The Williamsburg Hospitality House: Rates are $91.00 Single and Double Occupancy, plus 10% (state and local tax) plus $2/room/night. This rate will be honored two days prior to the conference and two days after the conference based on availability of rooms.

The above rates are State/Federal Per Diem. All rates are subject to state and local taxes, currently 10% sales tax (state and local sales taxes combined) and $2.00 per room per night Williamsburg occupancy tax. Taxes are subject to change.

In the event that the state government per diem rises prior to the arrival date, the guest room rate will be adjusted accordingly. In the event that the per diem rate drops prior to the arrival date, the guest room will remain $91.00.

You may make your hotel reservations directly with the Hospitality House (757-229-4020 or 1-800-932-9192). Reference the Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies for the conference rate of $91.00 per night, plus taxes. All reservations must be made by June 15, 2011.

Check-in time is 3:00 PM and check-out time is 11:00 AM. Please do not arrive to check-in before 3:00 PM, as the hotel does not have enough space to store everyone’s suitcases and materials.

Reckitt Benckiser is sponsoring a luncheon and speaker in the Papillon Restaurant at noon. This luncheon is Free to attend, but you must make your reservation when you send in your registration form. You will receive 1 Contact Hour for attending this luncheon. When you pick up your registration packet at the conference, you will receive a Monday RB Ticket.

Awards Luncheon If you wish to attend, you must register and pay for this lunch with your registration. We will not be selling tickets to attend the luncheon at the conference.
Deadline to register for the Awards Luncheon is June 16, 2011. Cost $15.00.

Lunch Box selections will be available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Cost for Lunch Box meals is $15.00 and must be paid for with your reservation. The menu is: Monday: lunchbox menu: Turkey Club or Veggie Sandwich, Chips, Brownie and a Beverage. Tuesday: lunchbox menu: Pit-Smoked Ham & Swiss on Marbled Rye Sandwich or Veggie Sandwich, Chips, Cookie and a Beverage. Wednesday: lunchbox menu: Chicken Caesar Wrap, Chips, dessert and a Beverage or a Veggie Wrap, Chips dessert and a Beverage. (Meals may vary slightly)

Workshops
Pre-register for all workshop preferences. Skills-building workshops are limited to specific numbers and assigned on a first-come (by the date of registration) basis. For those workshops not limited in number, pre-registration is important in order to best accommodate space requirements. All registrations must be mailed in to: VSIAS 2010, P.O. Box 29726, Richmond, VA 23242-0726.

Once your registration and payment have been received by VSIAS, you will receive a registration confirmation by e-mail. Bring a copy with you. VSIAS will not provide you with a record of workshop choices on-site. If your employer registers for you, please get your registration confirmation from your employer.

Handouts
No print copies of handouts will be provided. Handouts will be available for download at www.vsias.org

Parking
There is free parking at the Williamsburg Hospitality House on a first come basis. There is no shuttle bus transportation.

Certificates of Attendance
Certificates must be verified by stamp or code at each session to receive credit for session attendance.

Continuing Education Units
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will again be available from The College of William and Mary. You will need to complete the form on the back of the certificate of attendance and have it authorized by William and Mary staff on Wednesday prior to leaving the conference. The fee for CEUs is $12 and certificates will be mailed after the conclusion of the conference by The College of William & Mary.

Intellectual Property
The Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies (VSIAS) respects each conference participants' rights to copyright ownership and privacy.

Copyright ownership
The copyright to any works created by a participant for a VSIAS conference remains with that participant. VSIAS requires only enough permission to be able to make use of those works for the normal purposes of its conferences, such as display to attendees, reproduction and distribution of hand-outs to attendees, and the like.

Privacy
VSIAS maintains strict confidentiality with respect to participants’ personal information, including phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses, and employer information. Such information will not be provided to parties outside VSIAS without express written consent from the participant.