2026 NIST Photometry Short Course

Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in attending the 2026 NIST Photometry Short Course, to be held at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

Refund Policy

Refunds are available until October 3, 2026. After this date, any registration changes and refund requests will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Please send all refund requests to confprog@nist.gov.

Please note: If you are registering to attend in-person at an event held at either a NIST, NCCoE, DoC or any other federal facility: These facilities are controlled-access facilities, and you will be asked a few additional questions prior to your arrival to process your registration. Attendees who do not complete the pre-arrival questions will not be permitted to enter.

Registration for in-person attendance closes on October 19, 2026.

Note: Please read over our Code of Conduct for NIST Conferences

NOTE: Your registration is not valid until you have successfully completed the entire process and received a printable confirmation page and an email confirmation.

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 271 et seq. (which includes Title 15 U.S.C. 272) and section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 3710a. 5 U.S.C. 301; 44 U.S.C. 3101

Purpose: The Communications and Outreach Office provides communications support to help NIST share its research results, services, and programs; to assist policymakers in learning about NIST’s role and activities; and to advise and assist NIST managers on public affairs and policy strategies. In support of this mission, the Public Affairs Office System includes a cloud-based application that enable marketing and event management professionals to administer and track events through marketing automation, payment processing, and reporting.

Routine Uses: NIST will use this information to conduct necessary government business to enable marketing and event management professionals to administer and track events through marketing automation, payment processing, and reporting. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notices: Commerce / DEPT-23: Information collected Electronically in Connection with Department of Commerce Activities, Events, and Programs; Commerce / DEPT-2: Accounts Receivable. Commerce/DEPT-6: Visitor Logs and Permits for Facilities Under Department Control

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary, however this information is required in order to participate in a NIST sponsored event. The failure to provide accurate information may delay or prevent you from receiving this access. Submitting voluntary information constitutes your consent to the use of the information for the stated purpose. When you submit the information, you are indicating your voluntary consent for NIST to use of the information you submit for the purpose stated.

Any and all personal information submitted by an individual will be used for the sole purpose of communicating with that individual, identity management, and for payment processing of the event.

This information may also be retained indefinitely as deemed necessary for the purpose of distributing updates and information. For additional information, see the NIST Privacy Statement/Security Notice at https://www.nist.gov/privacy-policy.

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Expiration 7/31/2028

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