Badge Pick Up Information

Badge pick up is located at the Baltimore Convention Center (BCC) (1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21201) in the Pratt Street Lobby on the second floor of the BCC. In order to ensure a smooth check in process, please have your QR code ready to scan or your email address and confirmation number handy. Badge pick up hours are listed below:

Saturday, 27 January 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Sunday, 28 January 7:30 AM - 8:30 PM

Monday, 29 January 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Tuesday, 30 January 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM

Wednesday, 31 January 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Thursday, 1 February 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM

All participants, in-person and virtual, will have access to content before, during, and up to three months after the meeting takes place. 

Special conference registration information for the 23rd Annual Student Conference, 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals, 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International as well as short course information and press registration can be found here. 

*PLEASE NOTE:  AMS Full Members, AMS Student Members, and AMS Retired Members must have a 2024 AMS Membership to receive the rates posted below.

In-Person and Remote Registration Rates

Registration Policies

• Please note that all payments must be made in full in order to attend this meeting. All unpaid registrations will be canceled if payment is not received by 10 January 2024. From January 10, 2024 through the end of the meeting, payment for registrations will be accepted by credit card only and must be completed online by the attendee using their AMS login. No exceptions will be granted.
• Everyone presenting (both oral and poster) and/or attending the 104th AMS Annual Meeting must register. 
• By registering for the AMS Annual Meeting, you are agreeing to adhere to the Professional and Respectful Conduct at AMS Meetings Policy and AMS Commitment to Care Policy and Waiver.
• Cancellation policy: Those registered may cancel their registration up until and through 18 December. Refunds (less a $50 processing fee) will be granted. Please email [email protected] to request the cancellation. After 18 December, no refunds will be granted for canceled registrations. 
• Early registration rates are valid through Friday, 1 December 2023. The last day to switch attendance method between virtual and in-person, is 10 January 2024.
• Photo Release:  From time-to-time AMS uses photographs of conference events in its promotional materials. Unless this permission is revoked in writing to AMS, by virtue of their attendance all conference visitors agree to the use of their likeness in such materials.

• Statement on Open Meetings: All meetings of AMS committees, boards, and the Council are, in principle, open to members of the Society, although portions of some meetings may be held in executive session when dealing with personnel issues, awards, or other matters of confidential nature. As a matter of courtesy and to ensure adequately sized meeting rooms, members wishing to observe a particular committee, board, or Council meeting should contact its chairperson in advance. Members may request a place on the agenda by following a similar procedure. Please feel free to contact AMS Headquarters for assistance.

• Attendee Lists: AMS will make attendee lists available to any registered attendee. Attendees who do not want their name and address information included on the list must note this at the time of their registration. Please send an email ([email protected]) to request a copy of the attendee list after the meeting. The list will only be delivered in an electronic format and will contain names, addresses, and affiliations (if provided). No phone numbers or email addresses will be provided.

• Abstract Fee:  Please note that the abstract fee of $120 is refundable only if the abstract is NOT accepted.  The abstract fee is separate from the registration fee. 

• Recordings: In an attempt to expand the audience for presentations and to provide a more complete and permanent record of the authors’ remarks, presentation recordings will be made available in the online program and mobile app (48 hours after your session ends). Copyright of recorded presentations remains with the author(s). Permission to use figures, tables, and brief excerpts from presentations is granted provided that the source is acknowledged. Any use of material in presentations that is determined to be "fair use" under § 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act or that satisfies the conditions specified in § 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act (17 USC § 108, as revised by P.L. 94-553) does not require the permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, password sharing, posting in the electronic form on other servers, or other uses of this material, excepted by the above statement, requires written permission or a license from the author(s).

• Guests Badges: If you are attending in person, you may bring up to two guests to the event.  Guests will not be able to join you for sessions but may join you for functions to which all attendees are invited, such as exhibits, poster viewings, and coffee breaks.  There is a $50 fee for each guest badge.  Please note: To have your guest(s) join you for food functions, you will need to purchase additional ticket(s). Please note guest badges are not available if you are attending remotely.
• Please note that an individual must have a 2024 AMS membership to receive a Member registration rate. 
• No on-site registration will be available for in-person attendance. In-person attendance must be completed in advance. 
• All registrants will have access to present and/or attend the Virtual Poster Slam on 23 January 2024
• Registration rates for the 104th Annual Meeting are the same for in-person and virtual participants. We made this decision so that we can offer a robust, flexible, and equitable experience for everyone, whether you are in-person or virtual. Other factors involved include:
  • Increased costs for the in-person experience (audiovisual expenses, food and beverage costs, facility rental, on-site labor, travel costs, health and safety protocols etc.)
  • Increased costs for the virtual experience (internet and hardware for live streaming, software for messaging and chat, labor, etc.)
  • It makes it easier for attendees to change their registration method from in-person to virtual and vice versa
  • It allows presenters the opportunity to present/facilitate discussion in-person or virtually with an in-person and virtual audience.

Financial Support

In keeping with our goal to ensure that anyone who wants to participate in the Annual Meeting can do so - the AMS supports a program to provide financial support for complimentary and reduced registration fees. There is a limited amount of funding available for this program. Those who can show financial need and/or are from professional groups that would typically not receive funding from their home institution to attend an AMS Annual Meeting will be considered.  This financial support covers reduced or complimentary registration fees, it does not cover travel or lodging. 

The application deadline was October 31st.  Applicants will be notified by November 15th.  

**If you apply for assistance, please do not register until you hear back from AMS.

*2024 Cosponsoring Societies:  American Geophysical Union (AGU), Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS), Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), Chinese Meteorological Society (CMS), European Meteorological Society (EMS), Indian Meteorological Society (IMS), International Commission on the History of Meteorology, The Oceanography Society