MER FAQs
- Attendance Certificate: Can I receive a Certificate of Attendance for attending MER?
- Attire for MER: What is the dress code?
- Cancellation Policy: What is MER's Cancellation Policy?
- Conference Cost: How much is MER registration?
- Conference Includes: What does the conference registration include?
- Contact Us
- Government Discount: Is there a MER government registration fee discount?
- Kickoff Time: What time is the first session?
- Registration Center: Where is the MER Registration Center located?
- Session Materials: Where do I get the session materials?
- Substitutions: If I can't attend, can I send someone in my place?
- Tutorial Cost: How much are the pre-conference tutorials?
- Tutorial Includes: What does the pre-conference registration include?
Yes! At the conclusion of the conference, all registered attendees can download their own PDF certificate from their personal myMER page
Your Certificate of Attendance enables you to apply for professional credits with various organizations such as the Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM).
Your Certificate of Attendance enables you to apply for professional credits with various organizations such as the Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM).
Registrants typically dress as they do for work with "business casual" being the minimal level. We want you to be comfortable as you learn at MER. Many have found that a light sweater or jacket is very nice to have.
The entire registration fee for MER and the pre-conference tutorials will be refunded, less a $50 service charge, if the cancellation request is received by Cohasset Associates, Inc. fourteen (14) days prior to conference. Cancellations between 14 and 8 days prior to the conference will receive a 50% registration refund. Registrants who do not notify Cohasset Associates of their cancellation seven days before the conference are responsible for their entire conference and pre-conference (as applicable) registration fee.
MER conference registration includes:
- Registration to all sessions the attendee elects to attend.
- Access to myMER, which provides the ability to "personalize" your conference experience, book personal and exhibitor appointments, download session materials, and take notes via personal handheld devices or laptops...(and much more).
- Three-course lunches (on Monday and Tuesday).
- Welcoming Reception Sunday evening (from 5 to 7 pm at the Westin hotel).
- Two two-hour Networking Receptions (from 5 to 7 pm on Monday and Tuesday).
- Light breakfasts before first sessions (on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday).
- Morning and afternoon refreshments throughout the conference.
- Free 30 day access to MER 2012 sessions on RIM on Demand (www.rimeducation.com) post-conference.
Phone: 1 - (800) 200-7667
Fax: 1 - (800) FAX-7667
Email: mer@cohasset.com
Mailing Address: Cohasset Associates, Inc., 3806 Lake Point Tower, 505 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL, 60611
Support: support@cohasset.com
There is no government discount for MER registration or pre-conference tutorials.
Sessions begin promptly at 8:30 am every day of the conference. Note: on the first day of the conference, you will need to check in at the MER Registration Center to verify your attendance and receive your MER conference registrant name badge. Please plan to do this by 8:15 am.
The MER Registration Center will be located on the second floor of the Westin hotel adjacent to the Wellington Ballroom where the opening sessions will be held.
It is important to register for myMER in order to download all session materials before the conference. There will be no notebooks, as in previous years. The MER Conference has "gone green". It would be helpful for you to have your laptop, iPad, iPhone, iPod, or any personal handheld device or smartphone as you will have access to the materials and can take notes via myMER before, during, and after the conference. If you do not have a device, please print all materials and bring them with you to the conference so that you may take manual notes. If you have a device that can access myMER during the conference and wish to still have paper materials, please print all materials and bring them with you to the conference.
Yes someone else can attend in your place. Please contact the MER Conference Administrator (mer@cohasset.com) so that the correct registrant information is reflected in our records and on the registrant's name badge.
Registration for the pre-conference tutorials is $695.00. Pre-conference tutorial registration is not included in the conference registration.
The MER pre-conference registration includes:
- Registration to any one of the pre-conference tutorials.
- Pre-conference tutorial notebook for the pre-conference tutorial that the registrant attends.
- Lunch on Sunday
- Light breakfast before tutorials begin
- Morning and afternoon refreshments on Sunday
