Early Registration Deadline: September 13, 2024

*Facility Usage Fee

The guest room block and group room rate that have been negotiated with the host hotel include costs incurred to provide the large quantity of meeting space required for this conference. If a sufficient number of guest rooms are not occupied by conference attendees throughout the meeting, organizers will incur additional costs for meeting room rental charges. Therefore, we encourage all meeting participants to stay at the host hotel. Participants not lodging at the Embassy Suites Orlando – Lake Buena Vista South during the conference will be charged a $100 Facility Usage Fee to cover their portion of meeting room rental charges incurred. If your residential address is located in Osceola, Orange, Polk or Seminole County, you are exempt from the Facility Usage Fee for this conference. [More about the Facility Usage Fee…]

What does the registration fee include?

Registration Fee

The registration fee provides full participation in 2.5 days of educational programming, a program book including speaker information, Monday's Service Awards Lunch and Monday's Welcome Reception and FFL Awards Sponsored by the Florida Friendly Landscaping Program, Tuesday's Awards of Excellence Lunch, and daily refreshment breaks. Registered attendees will have access to all session recordings following the conference, once video editing is completed. The following conference activities are available for attendees:

Guest Registration Fee

Provides guests 10 years of age or older participation in the Monday's Service Awards Lunch, Monday's Welcome Reception and FFL Awards Sponsored by the Florida Friendly Landscaping Program, and Tuesday's Awards of Excellence Lunch. Please note that guests are not permitted to attend the daily educational sessions or refreshment breaks.

Refund Policy

Requests for registration refunds will be honored if written notice of cancellation is received by the UF/IFAS Office of Conferences & Institutes on or before Friday, September 20, 2024. Please contact the conference registrar, Kimberly Brand, at kimmer72@ufl.edu or 352-392-5930 if you wish to cancel your registration. A $50 processing fee will be deducted from each registration, and a $25 fee will be deducted for each guest refund.

Accommodations

Functional needs of people with disabilities can be reasonably accommodated by contacting the Office of Conferences & Institutes at least 21 working days prior to the conference. We can be reached by phone at 1-352-392-5930, by FAX at 1-352-392-4044, or by calling 1-800-955-8771 (TDD). The TDD number can only be accessed from within the State of Florida. We recognize that needs may change, even in the moment. We will do our best to accommodate all needs.

Advance session selection is not required. When registering, you will not be asked to select which concurrent sessions you want to attend. Instead, seating will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis inside each meeting room for all sessions.

Registration will open on or before July 1.