BLAST XVIII
January 19-24, 2025
Cancun, Mexico
Fiesta Americana Resort
Hybrid Meeting
Registration
August 1st - October 15th, 2024
In Person Registration
Single Room = $2,360
Double Room = $1,410
Please be aware that the registration timeline for BLAST XVIII is significantly compressed compared to previous BLAST meetings for multiple reasons:
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BLAST, Inc. signed a contract committing to pay the hotel a down payment at a much earlier time frame than in past years. We must collect registration fees in time to meet our contractual payment deadlines.
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BLAST XVIII will take place during peak tourist season in Cancun.With no prior BLAST meetings in Cancun as a basis to estimate probable attendance or what the ratio of single to double rooms will be, we tried to reserve enough rooms for the meeting while minimizing our financial risk.Similarly, demand for rooms during the meeting might exceed our contracted block. In both cases, signing up early will provide the best chance for us to obtain needed extra rooms.
Guest Registration
Guests are welcome to join us for all meals, evening posters sessions, Wednesday excursion and Thursday's evening reception. Guests will not be admitted to the Monday afternoon trainee mixer or the scientific sessions.
Guest Costs
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$246.00 for guests ≥ 13 years old to join a scientist with a paid single room
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$1,1194.00 for guests ≥ 13 years old to join a scientist with a paid double room
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$367.00 for a child 5 to 12 years old to join a scientist with a paid room
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$0.00 for a child 0 to 4 years old to join a scientist with a paid room
Additional Nights
(Availability Not Guaranteed)
Price Includes Food & Drinks at Fiesta Americana
Prices Vary Depending on Date
Extra Night Dates Include
Thursday January 16th - Sunday January 26th
Price Range for Extra Nights:
Adults - $470 - $536
Children - $72
Virtural Participation Registration Site
Prices Increase by $25 after 11/15/2024
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$250 for 1st Person from Lab
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$200 for 2nd Person from Lab
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$150 for 3rd Person from Lab
In Person Registration October 16th - November 15th, 2024
Prices Increase by $50 after 10/15/2024
In Person Registration:
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Single Room = $2,410
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Double Room = $1,460
TALK Abstracts
Due November 1st, 2024
POSTER Abstracts
Due December 1st, 2024
BLAST XVIII Meeting Twitter
About Us
The BLAST Conference is the premier venue to hear the latest scientific advances in prokaryotic signal transduction and motility. Starting in 2023, BLAST meetings will be hybrid. The meeting consists of two keynote talks, ~50 short talks and ~100 posters. The short talks are selected from submitted abstracts, and typically 70% are given by students and postdocs. BLAST is run by a legal non-profit scientific organization, created for the purpose of holding these biennial international meetings. Typically there are about 130-170 attendees—the BLAST Community— including faculty, staff scientists, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from academic institutions, private industry, and government agencies.
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