Your membership may be listed under a different email address than the one you are trying to use to register. First, please check that you are using the same email address to register as you used for your NACTA membership. NOTE: Please it can take 3-5 business days for the member rate to be reflected for registration after joining NACTA.  

If you continue to receive the incorrect rate, please reach out to support@nactateachers.org.

If you are a student, the student rate should display automatically if you use the same email address as associated with your membership. If you are using the correct email and still do not see  the option to register as a student, please reach out to support@nactateachers.org.

If you are not a student member and would like the discounted student rate, please email a letter from your dean or department chair on university letterhead stating that you are a student to support@nactateachers.org.

Alternatively, you can join NACTA today for $35.00 USD per year! Click here to join today!

We ask that you pre-register for sessions to allow presenters to have an accurate headcount for their sessions. Many presenters tailor their sessions for the number of expected attendees. It also ensures that they will have sufficient materials available. Workshop spaces may be limited and are available on a first-come first-served basis. 

Yes, you can switch sessions after you have registered. To modify your registration, please click the "Modify Registration" button at the bottom of any conference website page to log in. You will need to enter your email address and password you set up during registration to modify your registration.
If you do not remember your registration password, please click here.

*You will be asked to log in using the credentials you created during registration

Yes, you must pay the full registration fee even if you can only attend part of the day. There is no one-day rate for the NACTA Conference. 

Attendee Cancellation Policy

Your registration fee, less a $100 USD administrative fee, will be refunded when the NACTA Office receives written notification before May 15, 2026. Substitutions can be made. No refunds will be made after May 15, 2026.

Attendee Substitution Policy

Substitution of registrations is permitted prior to the conference and onsite. Only one substitution is permitted per original registrant. The individual submitting the substitution request is responsible for all financial obligations (any balance due) associated with that substitution as well as updating any contact information. 

Exhibitor Cancellation Policy

Cancellation requests must be received in writing no later than May 1, 2026, and are subject to a $250 USD cancellation fee per booth. If space is reduced prior to May 2, 2026, 20% of the total cost of space will be retained. If space is reduced between May 2, 2026 to May 15, 2026, 50% of the total cost of the space will be retained. There are no refunds for reduction or cancellation after May 15, 2026.

Once you've completed your registration, you can click the "Invoice" button on the final page. If you have already completed your registration, click the button below to log in and download your invoice.

You may also click "Modify Registration" at the bottom of this page and click the "Invoice" button on the final page. 

*You will be asked to log in using the credentials you created during registration

Your agenda only shows sessions you're registered for, so if something's missing you may not have selected it when you registered. You can add it by modifying your registration here.
If it still doesn't appear reach out to us via email at support@nactateachers.org.

*You will be asked to log in using the credentials you created during registration

Lunch will be provided for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Dinner will be provided on Tuesday.
Breakfast will not be included.

No. The guest fee only covers the cost of meals and attendance at the Keynote and Blue Ribbon sessions. If your guest wishes to attend other sessions, they must pay the full registration rate.

All conference activities will take place at The Mill at Mississippi State University, 600 Russell Street, Starkville, Mississippi.

NACTA will provide wifi throughout the conference venue.

For each NACTA Oral Presentation Session, a moderator is selected who will oversee the session and provide assistance as appropriate. Oral presentation slots are no less than 1 hour long and within that time frame parallel sessions are scheduled. Each of these sessions contains 4 or more consecutive presentations. The presentations will be grouped thematically as best as possible.

The layout of each session will be:
00:00 opening by the session moderator
00:00 presentation #1, 10 min talk + 5 minutes Q&A
00:15 presentation #2, 10 min talk + 5 minutes Q&A
00:30 presentation #3, 10 min talk + 5 minutes Q&A
00:45 presentation #4, 10 min talk + 5 minutes Q&A
...
Then wrap up and closure by the session moderator

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the 4+ presenters PRIOR to the session and explain the process for the session. If you are an oral moderator and you do not know who your presenters are, please contact support@nactateachers.org. 
• Verify that all presentations are properly loaded on the session room laptop.
• Open the session by welcoming the speakers and the audience and notify participants of the closest exit in case of an emergency.
• Remind participants to turn their cell phones off as a professional courtesy.
• Introduce each speaker by name, institution, and title of the presentation.
• Guide the discussion and Q&A after the presentation. Please prepare the abstracts of the presentations in your session in advance so that you are prepared.
• Remind participants about session evaluations that will be coming via email.
• Keep each presentation and the session as a whole on time by making sure the presentations start exactly on 00:00, 00:15, 00:30 and 00:45 so that the conference participants who want to switch rooms in between presentations will not miss the beginning of the next lecture.

Important: If a presentation is canceled (no-show), please:

• Do not move forward with the next speaker but postpone the session for 15 minutes.
• Do not change the order of presentations.
• Do not allow presenters to ‘combine’ two or more presentations into one longer presentation. Conference participants who want to switch rooms in between presentations will count on the presentations as listed in the program!

Close the session by thanking the speakers and the audience for their presence and contributions.