The registration levels were developed to make the conference as accessible as possible to a wide range of attendees. OBI does significant fundraising to provide different fee levels as well as scholarships.
Please select the highest level that your organization or you are able to afford. In this way, we are able to stretch our conference funding further and provide additional high-quality content and more scholarships to those who would otherwise not be able to attend.
Registration Fees
Belonging Champion: $2,930*
You are a foundation, organization or individual who wants to spread Belonging to as many people as possible by supporting those who are not able to afford the full conference registration fee. This registration level will support yourself and two scholarship applicants to attend the Conference. Register here.
Pay It Forward Foundations and Businesses: $1800*
You work for a foundation or business that has a budget for conferences or are an individual with the means to cover the actual per person cost of the conference plus supporting two other attendees at the subsidized Co-Creator rate. Register here.
Architect of Belonging: $1000*
You work for a medium to large non-profit, government, or educational institution, and your organization is paying for the cost of your registration. By registering at this level, you are paying the actual per person cost to attend the conference. Register here.
Co-Creator: $600*
This subsidized registration level is for those who cannot afford the actual per person cost of the conference. This rate may be appropriate for UC staff and faculty, employees from organizations/ institutions that do not have sufficient conference or professional development budgets, or individuals who are covering the registration cost out of their own funds and who cannot afford the Architect of Belonging rate. Register here.
Bridge Builder: $250* (Limited availability)
This highly subsidized registration option is for individuals who are unable to pay the Co-Creator rate such as staff of nonprofits with very small budgets and underemployed/low-paid individuals who are covering the cost out of their own funds. Please only select this level if you do not have the capacity to pay the Co-Creator rate. Register here.
*There will be a 3.5% credit card processing fee charged on top of all registration fees listed above. Fee is determined by the credit card company.
**If you registered you should receive a confirmation email within a few minutes of completing registration and payment. If you did not, be sure to check your spam or junk folder of the email you registered under.
Group Registration, Scholarships, & Discounts
Group Registration, Rate and Discount
If you are registering/paying for a group, you must register yourself first (or choose one group member to serve as the primary registrant) and then you will be prompted to add additional members to the registration prior to payment. If members of your group are paying individually (for example, with different credit cards), each member must register separately.
If you work for a medium to large non-profit, government, or educational institution, and your organization is paying for the cost of your registration, register your group under the Architect of Belonging rate. For groups that cannot afford the Architect of Belonging rate, register under the Co-Creator rate. These are the discounted group rate options. Register here.
Day Rates: The conference is meant to be experienced as a whole and as such, we are not extending day rates as a registration option.
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships will be made available and will be accepted on a rolling basis. The scholarship application can be found here. If the link is active, we still have scholarships available. If your application is accepted, there will be a $35 processing fee that must be paid upon acceptance of the scholarship/registration. Scholarships will be for the cost of registration only. Scholarship recipients will be responsible for coordinating their own travel to and lodging during the conference. If you do not accept the scholarship by registering/paying the fee within 14 days, the scholarship will be made available to the next applicant.
If you are unable to attend the conference after receiving a scholarship, please let us know so we can offer the scholarship to the next applicant. After completing the scholarship form, you will receive a response from a member of our team within 2-3 weeks about your application and instructions on how to register.
Registration Cancellation & Transfer
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Please email cancellation requests to obconf@berkeley.edu.
- Cancellations requested before September 12, 2026 are eligible for a refund minus a $50 cancellation fee for each registration.
- After September 12, 2026 cancellations will be refunded at 25% of the registration fee.
- No refunds will be issued after October 8, 2026.
- Failure to appear at the conference will result in forfeiture of the full registration fee.
Transfer/Substitution Policy
Please email transfer/substitution requests to obconf@berkeley.edu.
- Requests to substitute registrations can be processed until October 8, 2026.
- Failure to appear at the conference will result in forfeiture of the full registration fee.
Payment Methods
We accept all major credit cards, and credit card payments are strongly preferred.
Select the “Check” payment option ONLY if you or your organization is paying and not using a credit card. Upon selecting the Check option, you must print out your registration invoice and send it along with your check made payable to the "The Regents of the University of California" with “Othering & Belonging Conference" in the memo line. You can find our W-9 here. Please do not send checks to the address in the W-9 but to:
O&B26
Othering & Belonging Institute
UC Berkeley
460 Stephens Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2330
Your registration will be completed and considered active only upon receipt of your check. All checks must be received by October 7, 2026 to activate your registration for the conference. Please contact obconf@berkeley.edu if you are unable to meet this deadline.
Invoices will not be automatically generated. If you need to submit an invoice to your employer for payment, you must generate an invoice from the registration record page (following the payment page).
If you are a campus group in the UC system and are paying via chartstring, please use the Pay by Check option and contact Charlotte Taylor with your chartstring.
Contact
If you have any questions about registration, accessibility, or any of the above, please email obconf@berkeley.edu or leave a message at (510) 642-3326. Please note that email is our strongly preferred method of contact (if possible); most of our team works remotely and may not be as responsive to voice messages.