A waiver of the conference registration fee and/or SCMS membership requirement may be granted in exceptional circumstances for contributors such as media practitioners, artists, or renowned scholars from other disciplines whose contributions would illuminate the panel or workshop topic. If chairs or organizers will be requesting a waiver for any panel, workshop, or roundtable participant, a waiver form must be submitted online by Friday, August 30, 2024 at 5:00 pm CT.

If the panel, workshop, or roundtable proposal is accepted and the conference program chair approves the waiver, the organizer of the panel, workshop, or roundtable along with the individual receiving the waiver will receive an email notification from the home office by early December 2024.

Note: Open call participants and graduate students do not qualify for these waivers. Artists, renowned scholars or filmmakers from other disciplines cannot receive a registration and/or membership waivers in two consecutive years.