CONFERENCE AND TUTORIAL REGISTRATION All information concerning the registration procedure and costs are presented here. COVERING THE EXPENSES FOR PAPER PUBLICATION Do not jeopardize the publication of your work in the proceedings! Please, read carefully the following information concerning the registration procedure that is presented in the author's kit, especially if you are the prospective presenter of an accepted paper or if you need to guarantee inclusion of your accepted paper in the proceedings. No exception is allowed. An accepted paper will be published in the proceedings only if the registration form and the full-fee payment for one of the authors is received and correctly processed Only member or non-member fees are allowed to cover the publication of an accepted paper. Student registration fees cannot be used to guarantee the publication of an accepted paper. If the author registering to cover the paper publication is a student, he has to pay the appropriate member or non-member fee. Members to whom the society bylaws grant special discounts (e.g., Life members of the IEEE) cannot use the discounted rates to cover the publication of an accepted paper: they have to pay the member fee. One author registration will cover the publication expenses of only TWO accepted paper: for each additional accepted paper associated to the same registration, a $50 printing contribution will be charged. If no registration has been received and correctly processed to cover the paper publication, the conference organizers will contact the authors before the paper is removed from the proceedings. To cover the registration expenses, authors must use the registration form available in the author's kit. SERVICES AND FEES The registration fees are as follows and must be paid in US dollars:
To qualify for member rates, the membership number must be provided in the registration form. No exception. To qualify for student rates, a copy of the student identification card or an equivalent declaration signed by the institution must be provided with the registration form. No exception. Member and non-member conference registration fees include entrance to all sessions, one copy of the CD-ROM proceedings, coffee breaks, lunches, the Wednesday evening banquet. Student and IEEE Life Member registration includes one copy of the CD-ROM proceedings, entrance to all sessions, coffee breaks, and lunches. All conference registration fees do not include printed conference proceedings. Printed conference proceedings should be purchased by 1 March 2004: a limited number will be available after this deadline. Member and non-member tutorial registration fees include entrance to one tutorial, one copy of the printed notes for that tutorial, and coffee break. The following additional items can be also purchased and must be paid in US dollars:
REFUND POLICY Conference registration will not be refunded if it is required to cover the publication expenses of an accepted paper. Lunch and banquet tickets will not be refunded after 14 May 2004. Tutorial registration will not be refunded after 14 May 2004. If a tutorial will be cancelled, the tutorial registration will be always refunded; no additional penalty can be claimed to the conference organizers or the sponsor by people registered at a cancelled tutorial. REGISTRATION AND PURCHASE To register and cover the publication erxpenses, authors must use the form available in the author's kit. To register and purchase additional items, please, use ONLY ONE of the three following options:
Print and fill this registration form and send it to the conference registration office by mail to IMTC Conference Coordinator, Myers-Smith Inc., 799 N. Beverly Glen, Los Angeles, CA 90077, USA Remember that all mail which is sent to an address in the USA from outside the USA may take a long time to arrive: therefore, we warmly recommend not to use mail if you are outside the USA. Print and fill this registration form and send it to IMTC Conference Secretariat, Myers-Smith Inc., at +1 (310) 446-8390. Fill in and send this registration form by email to the conference registration office at lee.myers@ieee.org. If you are registering at a student fee, you must mail or fax a copy of the student identification card or an equivalent declaration signed by the institution must be provided with the registration form. Registrations that have not been sent to the addresses specified above will not be considered. REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION No registration confirmation will be sent to the registrants before the conference. If your registration has any problem, you will be contacted directly by the IMTC Conference Coordinator. For your convenience, the list of registrations received and processed by the IMTC Conference coordinator is shown here. The above list will be updated periodically. Check the date of the last update before contacting the IMTC Conference Coordinator and wait for at least 4 working days after your request to allow for its processing. TUTORIAL REGISTRATION On Monday, 17 May 2004, the following tutorials have been organized: REGISTRATION PROBLEMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION For further information concerning your registration, please, contact
only the IMTC Conference Registration by phone at +1 (310) 446-8280, by fax at +1
(310) 446-8390, or by email at lee.myers@ieee.org
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