Registration & Scholarships

DUG 2025 registration is now open! 

Please register to attend DUG 2025 either in-person or remotely. For remote attendees, most events will be available via Zoom. All registered attendees will receive links to events so in-person and remote attendees can interact. Everyone attending DUG 2025, in-person or via Zoom, must be registered in advance.  Check if your institution is a member (you can contact us using the Contact link) If not a member, you can renew or join using the Membership tab.

Dates:

September 15, 16, 17: Pre-Conference Workshops (a summary of the workshops being offered  can be downloaded here)
September 17 (afternoon) - Explore Birmingham Museum sites
September 17(evening), 18, 19: DUG Conference
September 20: Post-Conference Trip

Prices:

In-person registration is £148 ($200)/person
Remote registration via Zoom is 29.60 ($40)/person

In addition to registration, each site must be up to date on DUG registration dues. These are US$40 per year per site.

Payment Instructions:

Please fill in this registration form, then pay using the links below

Payment for in-person attendance, includes the Awards' dinner (£148): In person attendance
Payment for on-line attendance (£29.60):  On-line attenance
Payment for a guest for Awards' Dinner (£45) (Black tie optional, but highly encouraged): Awards' dinner guest

Talks and Demos:

Call for users to present at the conference - Please consider sharing how you are using Digistar in your theatre!   Please fill in this form if you wish to be a presenter at the conference.  (Note: if you cannot attend DUG either in person or virtually, you can still submit a DUG Demo!) 

• Talk is a chance to share your experiences or expertise in an area that will be of interest to planetarians in other domes.  This can be a work in progress or information about a project or event you’ve worked on.  Presenters of talks sometimes use Digistar or Powerpoint; please specify if you need any equipment (e.g. dome or place to project PPT).  Talks can be 10 to 40 minutes long, presented in person or virtually.
  
  
• DUG Demo is a Digistar script/show/content that you wish to demonstrate and share with other DUG members.  These demos are submitted to the DUG Library for free use by other members.  If you’ve made it because it’s useful, then chances are other users will find it useful, too!  Demos have been as short as 1 minute and as long as full shows.  (Conference time is limited, so a limit might be placed on demo length;  we may ask for demo givers to present only 15 or 20 minutes of a longer demo in the interest of time.)  We love to see a variety of content and perspectives at the conference, from educational to entertaining, from simple to complex.  Access to the Library is via the Member’s section on the DUG website (digistardomes.org). Demos can be submitted either directly to Karen Klamczynski (librarian@cosm.com), or via the Digistar Cloud (if you wish it to be available to all Digistar users, not just the DUG Members).

Scholarships:

DUG is able to offer a scholarship to help defray the costs of travel and accommodation.  To apply for a scholarship of up to $1,000 to help defray accommodation and travel costs, read this Criteria document then fill in this Form and send a letter of support from the applicant's supervisor/manager to Colin Hutcheson (President@DigistarDomes.org) by 4 July 2025.