Registration

2023 Railway Roadbed & Ballast Symposium Rates

Rates are listed below and provide what is included with each registration type. 

Member
 

Early Bird Pricing Through 1/6/23:
$875

After 1/6/23:
$975

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Committee 1 Member
 

Early Bird Pricing Through 1/6/23:
$787

After 1/6/23:
$887

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Group Member*

Email meetings@arema.org to register as a group.

Early Bird Pricing Through 1/6/23:
$787

After 1/6/23:
--

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Student Member**
 

Early Bird Pricing Through 1/6/23:
$375

After 1/6/23:
$375

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Non-Member

Become a Member to take advantage of the discounted member rate.

Early Bird Pricing Through 1/6/23:
$1075

After 1/6/23:
$1175

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Presenter***
 

Early Bird Pricing Through 1/6/23:
$0

After 1/6/23:
$0

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Field Trips
 

Early Bird Pricing Through 1/6/23:
$50

After 1/6/23:
$50

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* Group Registration must include (10) or more full registrations submitted simultaneously and must paid for by one payment to receive a 10% discount. Registrations must be received by January 6, 2023.  Discount applies only to a Full Symposium registration fee and not Student registrations. Email meetings@arema.org for details.  

** Student Members receive complimentary dues. Apply for membership at www.arema.org. 

*** Must be an approved Presenter.

Event Information

The AREMA Railway Roadbed & Ballast Symposium will be held February 6-8, 2023, in Kansas City, MO at the InterContinental Kansas City.  The Symposium will consist of key railroad industry leaders, practitioners, and researchers devoted to examining challenges and solutions related to railway track ballast, roadbed and drainage. This Symposium is comprised of recommended practices and relevant accumulated knowledge from subject matter experts in the railroad industry. It is not intended as a regulatory qualification. The Symposium will be available On Demand soon after the event ends.

Join AREMA today!

An AREMA Membership demonstrates to your colleagues, customers and clients that you are a professional in your field, dedicated to improving your practical knowledge and exchanging information with your peers in order to advance the railroad engineering industry. Become a Member and receive the Member discounted rate for Symposium Registration.

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Cancellation & Transfer Policy

Cancellations must be received in writing on or before January 6, 2023 to meetings@arema.org to obtain a refund. A 20% processing fee will be charged for all cancellations regardless of the reason. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made after January 6, 2023. Transfers may be made for a $60 processing fee by sending an e-mail to meetings@arema.org. The individual submitting the transfer request is responsible for all financial obligations (any balance due) associated with that substitution, which could include a member to a non-member registration fee. 

Participation Waiver

As a condition of my participation in this meeting or event, I hereby waive any claim I may have against AREMA and its officers, directors, employees, or agents, or against the presenters or speakers, for reliance on any information presented and release AREMA from and against all liability for damage or injury that may arise from my participation or attendance at the program. I acknowledge that participation in AREMA events and activities brings some risk and I do hereby assume responsibility for my own well-being. If another individual participates in my place per AREMA transfer policy, the new registrant agrees to this disclaimer and waiver by default of transfer. I understand that travel and gathering involves risk of sickness, including sickness or death from COVID-19. I waive and release AREMA and its sponsors and their employees and agents, from and against claims, liabilities and expenses arising from injury, sickness or death from contraction or spread of COVID-19 or other communicable disease due to travel to or attendance at an event sponsored by AREMA. I will take necessary precautions while at the event including, but not limited to, engaging in appropriate social distancing, wearing a mask when requested and/or required, minimize face touching, frequently washing hands and avoiding risky environments such as crowded bars or restaurants. I agree not to attend any AREMA event if I feel ill or have had recent exposure to a COVID-19 case.  If I do attend the event and I feel ill, I will alert AREMA staff that I am not feeling well and will cancel my event participation. I realize there will not be a refund provided if I am unable to attend while on-site and the program will be available to me On Demand after the event.  If I have to extend my stay at the hotel because I am not feeling well, I will do so directly with hotel staff to make my own arrangements. This waiver and release are binding on me and my heirs, including my successors.  

Photographic Images and Video Agreement

Registration and attendance at, or participation in The Symposium and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to AREMA’s use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videos, electronic reproductions and audios of such events and activities.