• Planning to register multiple symposium attendees? Consider a sponsorship. View “How Do I Become A Sponsor” below. 
• Academic members receive 50% off the standard member registration.
• PLMA MEMBER PASSES are not eligible for use at PLMA Symposiums.
• Needs-based scholarships in exchange for volunteering: 
  A limited number of opportunities exist to volunteer at the symposium in exchange for a discounted registration. Please contact 
  Judy Knight for more information.

Learn more about sponsorship opportunities here.

• All registration payments must be received one week prior to the symposium. All walk-up registrations, including those for off-site events, must be paid on-site at the time of signup.
• If you are unable to attend this event, you may cancel your registration for a full refund until Monday, August 17, 2026. Cancellations received after Tuesday, August 18, 2026 will receive 50% of their total registration rate.
• If you become ill after Friday, August 21, 2026, please obtain a doctor’s note documenting your illness. In this situation, you can apply your registration fee as a credit toward a future PLMA event, or you can request a refund in the form of your original payment method. Please email your doctor’s note with proof of illness to memberservices@flexload.org.
• PLMA is unable to issue refunds for no-shows.

PLMA will provide breakfast on Wednesday, and lunch for both days, along with light refreshments and an evening reception. 

For those flying in, Lyft or Uber are available options.

Onsite parking is available.

• Hourly, $23
• Daily, $49

There is an electric car charging station onsite.

• MASKS: Please respect the space of colleagues who need to continue to wear masks.
• VALUABLES: Please do not leave your valuables and belongings unattended, at any time!
• MISSING BADGE: Please notify the PLMA Registration Desk if you notice someone at the event without a PLMA name badge.
• SAFETY IN NUMBERS: Please walk in groups of two or more whenever you leave the hotel property.
• EMERGENCY OR MEDICAL EMERGENCY: Please notify the PLMA Registration Desk immediately, in person or by phone (call Nick Philip at 317-519-9686). PLMA will summon additional help and provide you with next steps.

All attendees or others who interact with attendees must comply with PLMA’s Code of Conduct posted at Policies. Some policies are highlighted below but these are not the entirety of the policy or the Code of Conduct. You are encouraged to review the Code of Conduct in its entirety to ensure you and your organization are in compliance during PLMA events. Here are a few key highlights:

• Anti-Harassment Policy:
  PLMA is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, color, ethnicity, political position, or religion.
• Symposium Promotion Policy:
  PLMA recognizes that one of the benefits of a PLMA event is the interaction among the attendees and the open environment provided. It is the intent of PLMA that participants attending PLMA events be allowed to fully participate without outside distraction.
• Anti-Trust Statement:
  PLMA’s Antitrust guidelines direct all symposium participants to avoid discussion of topics or behavior that would result in anticompetitive behavior including: restraint of trade and conspiracies to monopolize, unfair or deceptive business acts or practices, price discriminations, division of markets, allocation of production, imposition of boycotts, and exclusive dealing arrangements.
• Photographs:
  Video recordings, screenshots, and still shots are taken throughout the event and may be posted afterward as symposium resources. By completing registration you agreed to have your image captured and all such images may be used for PLMA promotional purposes. 

You are welcome to conduct your own special events or meetings that do not compete with PLMA’s symposium agenda. To make meetings more accessible and still allow registrants to get the most out of the symposium’s learning and networking opportunities, PLMA offers the following guidance for hosting sanctioned sponsor or other activities: (please also see the Symposium Promotion Policy in the Code of Conduct)

Please schedule your personal and professional meetings and activities either prior to or following PLMA’s scheduled symposium programming.

• Tuesday, August 25:
  The symposium agenda includes a 60-minute lunch during which food will be served for the first 30 minutes. Free time is available until symposium sessions resume.
• Wednesday, August 26:
  The symposium concludes at 12 pm. Please plan personal and/or professional activities for after 12 pm.