March 4-8, 2009
Chicago, IL
The Westin Michigan Avenue

Participant conference registrationincludes all conference materials; refreshment breaks; the President’s Welcoming Reception on Thursday evening, a reception on Friday evening, as well as the Closing Reception on Saturday evening; entry to the scientific sessions, the master lectures, poster sessions, and the award presentations; and a collegial atmosphere to meet and interact with colleagues from around the world who are interested in personality assessment research and practice.

Conference registration can be completed with the registration form in the promotional brochure which will be mailed to the membership the first week of December 2008 or by accessing an online registration form through our web page (www.personality.org) after the first week of December.

As part of its SPA Annual Meeting program, the Society for Personality Assessment will again present full-day and half-day workshops. The Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists, and SPA maintains responsibility for the program and its content. The full-day workshops will offer 7 CE credits and the half-day workshops will offer 3.5 credits. CE credits will also be available, at no extra charge, for the two Master Lectures and for approximately 14-16 symposia sessions. A listing will appear in the Program Book.

The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago is on the Magnificent Mile across from Bloomingdale's and the upscale shops of Water Tower Place. The exhilarating excitement of Chicago is at their doorstep or venture into the Loop for business. For details on the hotel, see: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1030

Hotel reservations must be made directly with the hotel. To get the special conference rate, please inform the hotel that you are with the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA).

Westin Michigan Avenue
909 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago , IL 60611
Tel: 312-943-7200

Reservation deadline to receive the conference rate: February 7, 2009

Accommodations:

SPA realizes that you have a number of options when securing your accommodations for the SPA Annual Meeting. We would like you to know that, in order to secure the block of rooms at a reasonable room rate, SPA has made a financial commitment to the Westin Michigan Avenue. If the block is not filled, there are financial implications for SPA, and it will affect our ability to negotiate room rates for future meetings. Also, to keep our financial liability minimal, we do not reserve an unusually large block of rooms. Consequently, the rooms in the block may be taken early. If so, the hotel has no obligation to honor the low room rate for additional rooms, although they will try to accommodate your needs.