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Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center DriveMiami Beach, FL 33139
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Floor plan / Level 2
Make sure you visit the 'Conference Networking Hub' during the week for:
- Registration desk
Saturday: 1500 - 1800Sunday: 1000– 1800Monday – Thursday: 0745 - 1730Friday: 0800 – 1415 - IBA Membership
- Speaker information desk
- Exhibition
- Refreshment breaks
- General delegate lunches
- Networking
- Internet café
- Social function bookings
- Accommodation desk (Outside Hub)
Important dates
18
OCT
18
OCT
The last day that an individual can add social events or guests in advance of the conference is Tuesday 18 October.
Note: From 29 October, subject to availability, any remaining social function places can be purchased via your My IBA account. Please note that we cannot accept any special dietary requests for social function purchases made after 18 October.
All advance social function bookings must be finalised by close of business on Tuesday 18 October. From 29 October, and subject to availability, social function purchases can be made via your My IBA account or at the IBA registration desk. Please note that we cannot accept any special dietary requests for social function purchases made after 18 October.
Places at social events that are returned to the IBA registration desk in Miami, will only be refunded, less a 15 per cent administration charge, if they are resold. Any applicable refunds will be issued automatically after the conference. All new purchases at the conference are subject to availability.
Notice of cancellation must be received in writing at the IBA office by Tuesday 18 October. A 15 per cent administration charge will be deducted for conference cancellations, including any social functions and Guest costs. After this date, no refunds can be made; however, your entire registration can be transferred to a substitute delegate employed within your law firm/company on-site at the IBA Registration Desk.
If you cancel your registration after the deadline and do not transfer to a colleague, any social function places you have purchased will automatically be returned to be resold and cannot be claimed at a later stage by another delegate. Successful social function resales will be refunded, less an administration charge of 15 per cent, from the London office after the conference.
No exception will be made to this policy. Should you have difficulties in obtaining your visa and are not able to attend the conference, this cancellation policy will still apply.
Note: Cancellation terms and conditions apply upon submission of registration.
The substitute delegate employed within your law firm / company must provide written permission for the transfer from the original delegate. Only one transfer/substitute per registration is permitted. The entire registration, including any social function bookings, will be transferred to the new delegate. If the original delegate is an IBA member and registered at the IBA member registration fee rate then the substitute delegate must be an IBA member, become an IBA member or pay the difference in registration fee rates.
29
OCT
From 29 October, subject to availability, any remaining social function places can be purchased via your My IBA account. Please note that we cannot accept any special dietary requests for social function purchases made after 18 October.
Conference information
All delegates are responsible for checking visa entry requirements for the United States; we strongly recommend you check on a regular basis for any change to the entry formalities into the USA.
Applications can take up to several months to process and delegates will have to apply for their visa in person at their local embassy. Please contact your local embassy for entry formalities and apply for any required visa well in advance. Your visa letter can be downloaded from your My IBA account under , manage attendees.
US Visa Waiver Programme (VWP) – since 2009 travellers to the US previously eligible to visit under the VWP are now required to obtain travel authorisation prior to travel Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA). In addition, from 1 April 2016 all travellers wishing to enter the US under the VWP need to hold a passport with an integrated chip.
For further information please visit the following website: www.travel.state.gov
It has been brought to our attention that there are multiple companies contacting past attendees, claiming to represent the IBA, offering ‘assistance’ with registration and hotel bookings.
They are operating by cold-calling and spamming companies whose names have appeared on previous List of Participants, Programmes and Sponsorship recognition. The only accommodation agent the IBA works with is Judy Lane ICS. Judy Lane ICS does not contact delegates on behalf of the IBA without delegates making initial contact. Please ignore any communication that does not come directly from the IBA or Judy Lane ICS.
All delegates who have registered and paid for the conference, social functions and membership fees in full by close of business on Tuesday 18 October will receive a voucher for the fast-track registration desk. The voucher is scheduled to be emailed on Tuesday 25 October to the email address supplied upon registration. Please bring this voucher to the registration desk either in hard copy or on your smartphone.
For security reasons, name badges must be always worn during the conference and at social functions. Your name badge is your ‘entry’ for the Opening Ceremony, Welcome Party and any IBA social events you have purchased place(s). Access to the IBA event space at the Miami Beach Convention Center, once you have collected your registration documentation will be denied entry unless you are wearing the correct conference badge.
After initial collection of conference documentation, guests are limited to the Accommodation desk located outside the Grand Ballroom, Level 2, Miami Beach Convention Center. Guests are not permitted to attend, under any circumstance, working sessions or general delegate lunches, except for the Opening Ceremony and the Rule of Law Symposium. Security checks will be in place and staff will challenge delegates not wearing a valid conference badge. Proof of identity is required for replacement badges.
For Conference delegates from jurisdictions where CPD/CLE is mandatory, the IBA will provide a Certificate of Attendance for the Conference. Subject to CPD/CLE requirements, Conference delegates can use this to obtain the relevant number of hours’ accreditation.
The number of CPD/CLE hours available may vary depending on the rules applied by the members’ bar association/law society on time recording criteria. To request a Certificate of Attendance, please email: confs@int-bar.org after the conference.
It is important that you inform the IBA upon registration (confs@int-bar.org) if you are a wheelchair user and/or have limited mobility as we will need to take this into account when planning transportation during the conference. The IBA selects, where at all possible, venues with little or no obstacles for those who have restricted mobility; the Miami Beach Convention Center is fully accessible.
A multi-faith prayer room will be available for use at the conference during registration hours.
The conference dress code is smart casual for the working sessions and social events, unless otherwise stated. A suit and tie are not necessary.