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Important Dates:

 
September 24, 2013
Abstract Submission Opens

Conference Registration Opens

 
November 5, 2013
Deadline for Workshop Requests
 
December 9, 2013
Abstract Submission Deadline
 
December 22, 2013
Larry Sandler Award Submission Deadline
 
February 3, 2014
Deadline for Early (Discounted) Conference Registration
 
February 28, 2014
Deadline for Hotel Reservations
 

 

2014 Meeting Organizers:

 

Daniela Drummond-Barbosa
Elissa Lei
Mihaela Serpe
Mark Van Doren
 

Show Decorator

 

The official service decorator is Global Experience Specialists (GES)

 

Contact:

Global Experience Specialists (GES)
491 C Street
Chula Vista, CA 91910

 

Phone:  800.475.2098
Fax:    866.329.1437

 

International Exhibitors only:
Phone: 702.515.5970
Fax:   702.263.1520

Contact GES on-line at www.ges.com/chat


 

Decorator Services

 

Services are limited to those outlined in this prospectus. A representative of Global Experience Specialists (GES) will be on site during scheduled move-in, set-up and dismantle hours.

 


 

Furniture, Labor, Carpeting Rentals

 

Forms and information necessary to order labor, furniture or carpet may be obtained by contacting, in advance, the official service contractor listed below.

 

Exhibits requiring laborers to build or assist in constructing displays should order the necessary labor in advance.

 

For order forms please see the online service kit

 


 

Drayage and Shipping

 

Global Experience Specialists (GES) will handle drayage. Up to 200 pounds of advance warehouse drayage is included in the space license fee. This service includes receiving freight/shipments at the Global Experience Specialists (GES) warehouse, storage of freight until delivery to the meeting site, and delivery to the exhibitor’s assigned exhibit space. All freight charges must be PREPAID. Complete information on drayage rates is available in advance upon request from GES. Exhibitors shipping by van, motor freight or air must send a copy of the bill of lading to GES. The bill of lading must include the number of pieces, weight, classifications, carrier and routing of delivering carrier to Global Experience Specialists (GES).

 

The services provided by Global Experience Specialists (GES) include: 1) receiving and storing boxed or crated display shipments at their warehouse, 2) delivery to the exhibitor's booth, and 3) removal of boxed shipments from the booth and reloading same on outgoing carriers.

 

ONLY BOXED OR CRATED SHIPMENTS MAY BE CONSIGNED TO THE GES WAREHOUSE.

 

Global Experience Specialists (GES) will receive freight from February 21, 2014 and will store freight until delivery to the Town & Country Resort & Conference Center. All freight shipments consigned to the warehouse must arrive no later March 20, 2014.  Freight will only be accepted Monday-Friday between the hours of 7:30 am and 2:30 pm. The forms in GES Service Kit should be used on all boxes/crates to expedite handling.  Freight can also be shipped using the following information:  

To:  (exhibiting company)
Attention: 55th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Booth #______
c/o GES
491 C Street
Chula Vista, CA 91910

DIRECT SHIPMENTS of exhibit boxes and crates to the Town & Country Resort & Conference Center will not be accepted.