| General Info, Fees & Discounts |
General Information:
The Conference registration fee includes participation in all general sessions, your choice of breakout sessions, bonus plant tours and pre-sessions; 2 lunches; an evening Networking Reception with plenty of food and cash bar; 1 breakfast and refreshments during breaks, conference materials. It also includes an opportunity for Hot Seat! sessions with specialists on a limited first-come-first served sign up during the event. Register Early for the best selections.
Dress is business casual. For plant tours, no open-toed shoes and no cameras without special permission, please.
DISCOUNTS
Early Bird Discount has been extended through September 17!: The registration fee ($175) reflects the early-bird discount until 8 a.m. on Sept 18; at that time the full rate of $195 will be in effect.
Team Discounts: If 3 or more people from your company will be registering for Compete Smart, use this special identifier code for each registratoin: team3plus This code enables you to receive $25 off each person's registration fee. Enter the code where prompted (case sensitive) and hit "apply code".
SBDC Scholarship Offer: If you are a U.S. Military Veteran or a U.S. Veteran-owned company, take advantage of a very special percentage scholarship equivalent to $100 off your paid registration. This opportunity is being provided by the Montana Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in partnership with the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC) and is funded in part through an SBDC Cooperative Agreement with the SBA.
These scholarships are available, after the conference, for up to three paid registrations of anyone from a Veteran-owned company OR up to three paid registrations from any U.S. Veteran in a non-Veteran-owned company. The percentage scholarship can also be made for the paid registration of any Veteran who attends, paying his/her own registration. You must indicate whether attendee is a Veteran or if company is Veteran-owned by checking the appropriate box on the Attendee Information page at the time of registration. Following the conference, MMEC will inform the Montana SBDC office of eligible paid registrations from the attendance report; attendance is required for the 51% scholarship offer. Sorry: These cannot be credited back to credit card payments and will be sent to the address shown on the auto-generated invoice.
These scholarships are available, after the conference, for up to three paid registrations of anyone from a Veteran-owned company OR up to three paid registrations from any U.S. Veteran in a non-Veteran-owned company. The percentage scholarship can also be made for the paid registration of any Veteran who attends, paying his/her own registration. You must indicate whether attendee is a Veteran or if company is Veteran-owned by checking the appropriate box on the Attendee Information page at the time of registration. Following the conference, MMEC will inform the Montana SBDC office of eligible paid registrations from the attendance report; attendance is required for the 51% scholarship offer. Sorry: These cannot be credited back to credit card payments and will be sent to the address shown on the auto-generated invoice.
HOTEL INFORMATION
Accomodations: A block of rooms for attendees has been reserved at the Holiday Inn Grand Montana for the nights of Oct. 6 & 7 at a special block rate of $99 per night plus tax.
Use group booking code MAN when calling hotel reservations directly at 1-800-465-4329 to make your reservations at the special conference rate for the Compete Smart Manufacturing Conference. If your travels bring you to Billings early, this block rate is good Oct 4 through 9. If you have any problems making reservations at the block rate, please contact Deborah Nash at MMEC.
Use group booking code MAN when calling hotel reservations directly at 1-800-465-4329 to make your reservations at the special conference rate for the Compete Smart Manufacturing Conference. If your travels bring you to Billings early, this block rate is good Oct 4 through 9. If you have any problems making reservations at the block rate, please contact Deborah Nash at MMEC.
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