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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Quality and Safety Conference

Registration

Registration for the 2026 ACS Quality, Safety & Cancer Conference, to be held July 30-August 2 in Orlando, FL opens in the spring! Check back for updates. 

The conference registration fee includes:

  • Access to all General and Breakout Sessions (preregistration required) including two keynote speakers
  • Welcome Reception
  • Abstract Poster & Exhibiting Reception
  • Lunch Friday and Saturday (includes a dedicated networking lunch)
  • Daily morning and afternoon networking breaks
  • Access to exhibitors with products and solutions that aim to advance the standards of quality and safety in surgical and cancer care
  • Access to the Mobile App
  • Continuing Education hours for surgeons, nurses, and more
  • And more!

Attendees are not officially registered for the conference until registration and payment have been received.

Attendees are also able to select to participate in a preconference workshop; please note, an additional fee* will be required to register. Attendance for these workshops is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Abstract Presenters

All acceptances for abstract submissions will require in-person attendance at the meeting and a registration fee payment. Posters will not be printed on an author's behalf. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be responsible for printing their own posters to bring onsite.

Registration Fees

  Conference Only Preconference Workshops
  Early-Bird (Early April-6/17/2026) Standard (6/18/2026-7/29/2026) Onsite (7/30/2026-8/2/2026) Fee is in addition to conference fees*
Attendee (Participant of an ACS Quality Program) $495 $595 $695 +$125
Attendee - Non-Participant (Not a Participant of an ACS Quality Program) $995 $1,095 $1,195 +$125
Trainee/Resident/Student/Intern $125 $150 $175 +$125
  Conference Only Preconference Workshops
  Early-Bird (Early April-6/17/2026) Standard (6/18/2026-7/29/2026) Onsite (7/30/2026-8/2/2026) Fee is in addition to conference fees*
Attendee (Participant of an ACS Quality Program) $495 $595 $695 +$125
Attendee - Non-Participant (Not a Participant of an ACS Quality Program) $995 $1,095 $1,195 +$125
Trainee/Resident/Student/Intern $125 $150 $175 +$125

*Please note: Full conference registration is required to attend a preconference workshop. There is no workshop only option. Space for the preconference workshops is limited, and attendance is first-come, first-served.

Confirmations

Confirmations will be sent via email once your online registration has been completed. 

Policies

Substitutions

Conference attendee substitution from one individual to another is permitted. Please notify registration@facs.org for a registration transfer.

Guests

Registered attendees may bring a guest to social events for a fee of $150.

Children in Attendance

  • Children under the age of 16 are not permitted to attend QSC activities.
  • Children 16 or older who are registered must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult at all times.
  • A professional and disturbance-free environment must be maintained. 

Cancelation/No-Shows

All conference participants must notify ACS Registration Services via email at registration@facs.org to cancel their registration. Cancelations received on or before June 30, 2026 will be refunded minus a $75 cancelation fee. Cancelations received on or after July 1, 2026 are non-refundable, and all registration fees will be forfeited.

Confirmations

Confirmations will be sent via email once your online registration has been completed. 

Questions

Should you have any questions regarding registration, please contact ACS Registration Services at registration@facs.org.