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The 2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit takes place at the Seattle Convention Center - Summit and the adjacent Hyatt Regency Seattle.

Badge pickup will be available at the Registration Desk in the lobby of the Seattle Convention Center - Summit. See below for Registration Desk hours.

Please be aware that badge pick-up will be self-service. Please have your Meeting registration confirmation email, and the included QR code, ready to scan. You may scan from your device or a printed copy.

Monday, April 7 — 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, April 8 — 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, April 9 — 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday, April 10 — 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, April 11 — 7:30 am – 1:30 pm

Yes, MRS encourages you to utilize the official housing of the 2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit. MRS receives meeting space at a discounted rate as a result of contracting a large block of sleeping rooms at the official Meeting hotels. Click here for a list of options.

You will be able to search our Meeting Program in a variety of ways. The full program will be available on our 2025 Spring Meeting page in late February. You will be able to browse and search by presentation, or you can download a PDF. You will also be able­­ to search the program and build your daily schedule in the Official MRS Meeting App, which will launch in March.

 

No, there will not be a virtual component for the 2025 MRS Spring. For the MRS Spring Meeting, all of our sessions will be held onsite. There is not a virtual component representing the complete content of this meeting. MRS does however, offer a suite of workshops, webinars, tutorials and virtual programming year-round on a variety of topics, including some topics that have been presented during the Spring and Fall Meetings. To learn more about our virtual programs, click here.

No, transportation is not provided. Click here to find transportation options around Seattle. 

Click here to view a list of parking garages close to the Seattle Convention Center - Summit. You can also view alternate travel options for getting to Seattle and the Summit.

No. Snacks will be available at the Symposium X lectures and at Poster Sessions, but meals are not provided by MRS. 

Local food options include:

• The Summit - Seattle Convention Center. Directory of food and beverage options options within the Summit.
• VisitSeattle.com. Discover the best places to eat in Seattle.
• What's close. View a more localized list of food options.

No, MRS does not provide these services. For luggage storage, please check with your hotel concierge.

The Exhibit is located in the Seattle Convention Center - Summit, Level 2, Flex Hall. See below for a list of days and times.

Exhibit Dates and Hours

Yes! More information will be provided closer to March when the app will be made available.

MRS is pleased to supply you with a visa invitation letter. Visit the Contact Us page and select Meetings from the drop down menu.

Please visit our Meeting Events page for a full list of non-technical talks and sessions taking place in Seattle.

All registered attendees will have access to all on-site Meeting content, including technical and non-technical sessions/events, Tutorials, the Career Fair and other career advancement opportunities, plenary and other featured talks, and the exhibit.

Badge pickup will be available at the Registration Desk in the lobby of the Seattle Convention Center - Summit. See below for Registration Desk hours.

Please be aware that badge pick-up will be self-service. Please have your Meeting registration confirmation email, and the included QR code, ready to scan. You may scan from your device or a printed copy.

Monday, April 7 — 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, April 8 — 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, April 9 — 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday, April 10 — 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, April 11 — 7:30 am – 1:30 pm

All attendees are required to register if you wish you access technical sessions, non-technical sessions or events, or the exhibit. Click here to register!

The registration process is self-service, register online using your device (requires credit card payment). Register here.

Click here to view our cancellation policy. 

Please visit our Contact Us page and select "Registration" from the drop down menu.

No additional registration is required for tutorials. After you pick up your badge onsite, you can head straight to whichever tutorial room you would like to attend. Click Here for a list of tutorials.

Yes, a PhD student may register at the student rate. Postdocs must register at the Member/non-member rate.

All paid attendees will receive an Attendance Certificate via email delivery to your email address used during registration. Please ensure if you are using a company email that the mrs.org domain is added to your allow list by your IT department. The Attendance Certificate will be sent the same day of your badge pick-up. 

Yes, a link to register to attend the Exhibit Hall only will be available in March on our registration page.

MRS does not offer lifetime Memberships. We have two one-year Membership cycles—January 1 through December 31 and another from July 1 through June 30 of the following year. 

Please contact [email protected] and instructions for sending payment by wire transfer will be emailed to you.

MRS Membership dues are not used for lobbying purposes.  

Contact [email protected] and a Membership letter will be emailed to you. 

MRS Members have electronic access to MRS journals, including the MRS Bulletin. If you wish to receive a printed version of the MRS Bulletin, you can add the $25 subscription payment to your Membership renewal form. You can also contact [email protected] to add the subscription to your existing MRS Membership. 

Please contact [email protected] and a staff member will look up your Membership record.

Possibly your institution’s firewall is preventing mass emails from MRS to be received in your inbox and you may need to notify your IT Department to allow MRS emails to be received. Please contact [email protected] so that a staff member can check your email history. In the meantime, the MRS staff member can temporarily reinstate your preferred email address. 

Please contact [email protected]. A staff member will help you resolve your login issue. If you have a new email address that has not been added to your MRS record, you can use your previous email address to access your account to add your new email address as your preferred cyber contact address. 

The Member Services Department will need to create your MRS account for you. Please contact [email protected] so that your account may be created.

The MRS Membership system does not accept retroactive payments for missed Memberships. Renewal reminders for Memberships are send out in mid-May and in November, depending on the individual Membership cycles. If the Membership is not paid by the start of the new cycle, your Membership will be suspended for three months but you can still make the payment online. After three months, the Membership is marked as terminated and you will need to contact [email protected] so that a new Membership order can be generated. 

Individuals working or studying in developing countries are eligible for discounted electronic Membership. You will automatically receive the discounted rate when you enter a country that qualifies based upon World Bank classification.  You must upload documentation as a step in the process. See MRS Membership is for Everyone for more information.

Please check your MRS record to make sure it includes your expected date of graduation. The payment site pulls the rate from the information provided in your MRS account.

Confirmation emails will be sent to accepted authors after the regular Call for Papers period in mid-December. Breaking News accepted authors will receive confirmation emails in late-January. Please contact our Meetings Programming Team at [email protected] with any questions.

Please contact our Meetings Programming Team at [email protected].

Yes, all presenters, including invited speakers, are required to provide their own laptop that will plug directly into the projector. MRS does not provide laptops for your presentation.

For your preparation, a Speaker Ready Room will be located in the Seattle Convention Center - Summit.

Presenters must be physically present onsite to present. You cannot stream into the meeting and you cannot request a colleague/symposium organizer/etc. to play a pre-recorded video for you.

Click here for “10 Things Oral Presenters Need to Know”. 

Yes. There are audio/visual (AV) help desks located in close proximity to all technical session rooms. A Speaker Ready Room is also available in the Seattle Convention Center, Level 4.

All presenters will be issued Certificates of Verification upon completion of the 2025 MRS Spring Meeting. Please allow 4-6 weeks for email delivery. If after six weeks you have not received your certificate, visit our Contact Us page and choose Meetings in the drop down menu.