Registration for the Dec 2023 Workshop is now closed. Please visit the Tutorials – Meiler Lab page to be added to the priority contact list for future workshops.
This workshop is limited to 15 participants. After you have sent in your information, in a day or two you should receive an email confirming your successful registration. Details for payment and hotel registration will be included in that email. If you are registering after the workshop has reached capacity, you will be put on a waitlist and contacted in the case of cancellations.
Registration Fee
The registration fee is $300 for academic/non-profit participant, and $600 for industry participants. Payment of the registration fee must be made via check in advance, or by cash paid the first day of the workshop. Unfortunately, we cannot accept any credit card or purchase order payments. The Registration fee includes:
- All workshop materials including use of a computer with all necessary programs installed.
- Group dinner one evening
- Daily lunches
- Coffee, light breakfast items, and snacks
The registration fee does NOT include hotel or transportation costs. These must be booked separately.
Cancellation
Since space is limited, please contact us as soon as possible if you are not able to attend the workshop, so that those on the waiting list may have the opportunity to attend. The cancellation fee is $50 until two weeks before the workshop, when it will go up to $150.
Travel & Lodging
Airline arrivals
For those arriving by plane, we recommend flying through the Nashville International Airport (BNA). See the Nashville International Airport Ground Transportation page for an extensive list of ground transportation options from the airport.
Lodging
The Holiday Inn at Vanderbilt on West End has a block of rooms for our workshop participants. Hotel booking information will be provided in the registration confirmation email. A pre-arranged hotel shuttle will bring attendees in a group to and from the workshop each day.
Workshop Location
The workshop will be held in the Stevenson Center Teaching Lab, room 5119, part of the Vanderbilt University Campus. The Stevenson Center is an easy ten-minute walk from the Holiday Inn or five minutes from shuttle drop-off points. See the Vanderbilt Campus Maps for the location of the building. (The teaching lab is on the lowest level of the “SC Science & Engineering” building.) Google maps labels the building with “Department of Biomedical Engineering”.
For general GPS/mapping purposes, use the address “1225 Stevenson Center Ln., Nashville”.
On Campus Parking
As on campus parking is limited, we recommend you leave your vehicle at the hotel and either walk to the workshop location, use a hotel shuttle, or public transit.
On-street parking: There is limited, metered, on-street parking on 24th Ave S.
Ramp parking: Visitor parking is available at the nearby Wesley Place Garage. See the Vanderbilt visitor parking page for more details.