| About Registration Fee Structure |
| Our conference is organized by and chiefly attended by scientists
and leaders from pharmaceutical companies or from groups directly
involved with the development of therapeutics. Our mission
is to serve the applied industrial drug metabolism scientists striving
to impact the creation of new therapeutics and those who regulate
that activity. Goals in line with that mission that impact
registration pricing include: (1) Keeping registration costs low,
(2) Remaining inclusive as opposed to application-based or invite-only,
and (3) Providing catering & relevant location.
We welcome all in the healthcare field including CROs and technology
vendors who we know have valuble insights to share. However,
similar to other comparable societies, we offer a lower registration
rate to those involved directly in the Community of Practice we were
organized to serve. This lower registration rate is well below the
cost for catering and room rental per person -- a difference in
cost which is covered by generous contributions from our sponsors.
Rather than asking our sponsors to pay for the costs of other (possibly
competing) CROs and technology providers, we ask these groups to
pay a higher rate in order to cover their own costs.
We hope that this explanation clarifies our
pricing policy. Our ultimate goal with this policy is to keep the
quality of the meeting high and the cost low. Please contact us
if you have suggestions, questions, or concerns: contact@bsat.org |
