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		Step 3a: Read about the registration fee and optional conference expenses
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		Participant conferences are entirely self-supporting. All conference participants, including presenters, pay
 registration fees. (And their own expenses)
 
			
				| General Registration
 $145 Registration  (USD)
 $  50
		Per-day registration  (USD)
 
 High 
				school and undergraduate students
 $25 Registration
 
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				Fee (except per-day) covers conference days (June 19-22)
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				Fee includes conference proceedings
 ●  Fee does not include other meals, activities - see options 
				below
 ●  Your fee is refundable, no questions asked, 
				anytime before the
 first day of the conference (June 19)
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				|  Hearst Castle Tour  2:00-9:00 Saturday June 21
 $75 per person - Join your host and other attendees for 
				an afternoon of adventure and camaraderie, as you travel by bus 
				along the scenic California coast to the famous 
				Hearst Castle. 
				Tour the castle, take in a 
				National Geographic movie on the building of the castle, and explore the visitors center. 
				Enjoy a box dinner overlooking the beautiful Pacific Ocean, then return along the coast at sunset and back to the Embassy Suites. Your accompany-ing family or guests are welcome 
				to participate in both events.
 
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				| Meals at the STAR Conference |  
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				The Embassy Suites offers fine 
				dining and superb ambiance. We have arranged three buffet 
				lunches (optional) to facilitate camaraderie among partici-pants. 
				There are, however, several other restaurants with-in walking 
				distance which are listed for your convenience on our
				Lodging, Meals, 
				and Travel page |  |  
				| Focus
				Lunches 12:45-1:45  Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
 $20 per person, per lunch (plus tax and gratuity= $26). Join your host and other 
				participants 
				and their guests, for a buffet lunch in the Embassy Suites Atrium–a 
				perfect opportunity to focus ideas, compare session notes, and 
				make new friends.
 
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				| Get Acquainted Buffet 
				Dinner  6:00 Thursday June 19 $30 per person (plus tax and gratuity = $38.50).  A 
				wonderful opportunity to renew old acquaintances and meet new 
				friends.  Join us in the Embassy Suites Banquet Room before 
				the opening evening of the conference.
 
 You may choose between
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		Stuffed Chicken Breast, tomato, and roasted cauliflower
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		A special vegetarian dinner entree
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				| Student Recognition 
				Dinner  6:00 Friday June 20
 (Public Invited)
 $32 per person (plus tax and gratuity = $41.00).  
				Honoring students for their scientific and engineering 
				achievements. Join us in the Embassy Suites Banquet Room before 
				an evening of student and other presentations.
 
 You may choose between
 ● 
		Roasted Chicken with garlic fingerling potatoes and green beans
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		A special vegetarian dinner entree
 
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				| Closing Banquet  5:30 Sunday
 $36 per person (plus tax and gratuity = $47).  Join all 
				the conference participants for our closing banquet, dessert, 
				and banquet talk, in the Embassy Suites Banquet Room.
 
 You may choose between
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		Roast Prime Rib with chive gratin potatoes and fine cut veggies
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		Grilled Salmon with red rose parsley potatoes and carrots
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		A special vegetarian dinner entree
 
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				| STAR Conference Proceedings Complimentary
 Included in your registration
 
 |  | Step 3b:  Add to PayPal Cart Click appropriate yellow buttons below-register only 
		yourself under General or Student registration. You may then 
		adjust the quantities of other items, in the Pay Pal shopping cart, to 
		reserve meals and activities for your guest(s), or the number of 
		proceedings you wish to order.
 
 or click here
		for a pay-by-check form
 
 
			
				| General 
				Registration - $145 
 
 Per-day registration -  
				$ 50
 
				or
 High School & Undergraduate Student Registration  - $25
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				| Hearst Castle Tour - $75 (Includes 
		round trip transportation, Hearst Castle Tour & Movie, & box dinner)   |  |  
 
   
		  
			
				| Lunches - $26 each  
		(Includes lunch buffet, iced tea and coffee, dessert, tax, & gratuity) |  
				| Friday 
				Roll-in Deli  $26 |  |  
				| Saturday Baja Buffet    $26 |  |  
				| Sunday Deli 
				Buffet    $26 |  |    
			
				| Get-Acquainted Dinner
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				$38.50 per person (Includes entrée, iced tea and coffee, dessert, tax, & gratuity) |  
				| Choose: Stuffed Chicken Breast 
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				| Vegetarian |  |    
			
				| Student Recognition Dinner
				- $41.00 per person (Includes entrée, iced tea and coffee, dessert, tax, & gratuity) |  
				| Choose: Roasted Chicken |  |  
				| Vegetarian |  |    
			
				| Closing Banquet - $47 per person (Includes dinner entrée, iced 
		tea and coffee, dessert, tax, and gratuity) |  
				| Choose:  Prime Rib |  |  
				| Salmon |  |  
				| Vegetarian |  |    |  | 
	
		| Step 4: Check Out 
		You may use the PayPal check out at the right. or 
		Click here 
		for a form that you may fill out and mail with your 
		check or money order (USD).
 | PayPal Check Out
  If 
		the name on the credit card is differentthan yours, associate your name with the
 name on the credit card in an email to:
 STARConference@msn.com
 so we can properly credit you with your 
payment.
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