- 24th Annual RPM Conference
October 26, 2017 - October 28, 2017
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Event Phone: 847-298-6404 (Mike)
The Registration Table will open at 9:00 AM on Thursday, October 26, outside the ballroom.
On Friday and Saturday it will open at 8:00 AM with Seminars beginning at 9:00 AM.
Attendees, Vendors, and Speakers can register here for the event, either paying online with a credit card or PayPal account, or by printing a registration invoice and mailing a check.
Online registration will be open until 7:00 PM CST on 10/22/2017, after which time registration will be accepted on-site. The price for one-day admission on Saturday, October 28, is $35 cash at the door and will provide access to the vendor/display room and seminar schedule for that day.
ATTENDEES
Your standard event registration (earlybird rate of $99 is available up until 11:55 PM CST on September 26) includes a full seminar schedule, access to the Vendor and Display Rooms, and the fellowship and learning that comes from a long weekend with like-minded modelers.
Meals are available as extra fare, in case you do not want to attend them all. The first meal is a kick-off luncheon with a presentation by Philip Weibler showcasing the Illinois Central Railroad from steam to diesel in both color and black & white slides. It is a great way to get the event started and learn about what is in store for the conference as we also overview the event and highlight some new features this year.
Thursday evening is the traditional RPM Banquet with a high-quality multimedia presentation.
Friday is the popular Friends of the Freight Car dinner with a continuation of last year’s prototype research roundtable presentation and discussion planned.
VENDORS
Your standard vendor registration ($50) includes one table for the duration of the three day event, and badges for up to two employees. Additional tables can be purchased at $45 each (6’x30″ tables). Meals are not included with the standard registration, but can be added on separately. If you need an electrical hook-up, the hotel service charge is $10. (Vendors do not need Earlybird Registration for their first two employees in attendance)
SPEAKERS
When your presentation is approved, you will receive a coupon code to enter on the payment screen. This coupon will cover the cost of your base registration, and then meals can be added at separate cost. Please choose the base registration, and any meals, then enter the code on the payment screen to received the discount.
UPDATE: HO and O scale Mini-Kits have all been spoken for. We have a handful of S and N scale.
Venue: Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center Lisle, IL
Venue Phone: (630) 505-1000
Venue Website: http://www.sheratonlisle.com/
Address:
Description:
Rooms are available at a discounted rate of $99.00 per night at the Sheraton Hotel Lisle. Registrations should be made under the "Railroad Prototype Modelers" block of rooms. The special rate is also available three days before and after the event, if you would like to come early or stay late in order to enjoy more of what Chicago has to offer.
Here is the link to online booking for the RPM event:
https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/RPM2018
If you have any difficulties securing the discounted rate, please Email Me and I will help get you in touch with the right people at the hotel.
For the dinosaurs left lurking around, a printable registration form would be nice to facilitate sending a check by USPS mail. Some people still do this and prefer not to make payments on the web!
(can’t just make a clumsy printout of the on-line form, because no postal address is provided to mail it to)
Jeff-
You can fill out the registration online at this page, and then just choose to print out an invoice instead of entering your credit card information online. The option is on the third and final “payment” page of the process. The invoice has the mailing address right on it!
If you prefer to not even send personal information through the website, then please send me an email at mike@rpmconference.com and I’ll make sure you are on the postcard mailing list that still goes out to those we haven’t connected with online!
Let me know what I can do to help. The online registration really helps save us time on the backend for printing badges, not having to enter data manually with paper registrations, etc. But we don’t want to leave anyone out, so we’ll do whatever we can.
Thanks,
Mike