Registration & Scholarships

The 2026 DUG Conference will be help at the Strasenburgh Planetarium at the Rochester Museum & Science Center in Rochester, NY!

DUG 2026 registration is now open! 

Please register to attend DUG 2026 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 2026, 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.

For All Conference details please visit the DUG Conference webpage provided by the host.

Dates:

October 12-16, 2026

Pre-Conference Workshops: October 12-13, 2026

Post-Conference trip: October 17, 2026

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 Conference Scholarship

DUG is able to offer a scholarship to help defray the costs of travel and accommodation.  The DUG Conference Scholarship awards funds of up to $3,000 to help defray accommodation and travel costs to selected applicants.

Applications are open as of June 1, 2026. APPLY HERE!

Details and eligibility requirements can be found on the application form.

Applications will close June 30, 2026

Recipients will be announced July 13, 2026.

Digistar Institute Erin Steinert Memorial Scholarship

The Erin Steinert Memorial Scholarship provides one chosen recipient with reimbursement of the registration fee for Digistar Institute hosted by Cosm in Chadds Ford, PA. 

Digistar Institute 2026 will be held July 27- August 1, 2026.

Applications for 2026 are NOW OPEN - Apply HERE!

Applications for 2026 will close on June 15, 2026

Recipient will be announced on July 1, 2026