CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
The rates listed below are preliminary and subject to change without
notice. The final rates will be listed by April 15, 2008 - at the
time of final submission. Please review the registration and refund
policy carefully as refund penalties may apply. All registration
categories include access to technical sessions, coffee breaks and
opening and closing receptions. Note that full registration includes
the privilege to upload papers as well as the conference banquet and
the conference proceedings. Reduced rate registration does not
entitle you to upload papers, nor does it include conference
banquet. In case of any question about registration rates and/or
refund policy, please contact the registration chair,
Dr. Simon Hecker.
The on-line registration for the 2008 IEEE MSC may be reached via
PaperPlaza. Select the MSC 2008 conference and enter your
PIN and password.
Alternatively, if you have a paper in the conference, at the time of
final submission you will be forwarded to the registration pages.
Registration Chair
Simon Hecker
Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
German Aerospace Center - DLR
E-mail:
Simon.Hecker@dlr.de
REGISTRATION
A full member or non-member registration is required to be able to
upload papers. Attendees may register under following registration
categories, not all categories entitle you to upload papers.
Member: If you are a member of IEEE you are entitled to "Member" rate. This registration category
is entitled to upload final papers.
IEEE Life Members: If your IEEE membership status is that
of Life Member, Life Senior Member or Life Fellow, you may register
at Life Member rate. This registration category is entitled
to upload final papers.
Non-member: If you are not a member of IEEE, you should register at the non-member rate. This
registration category is entitled to upload final papers.
Student: If at the time of registration or at the time of
initial submission of paper for review you were a "full-time
student" at a recognized institution, you may register at student
rate. You may be required to provide evidence of full-time student
status. This registration category is NOT entitled to upload
final papers.
Retiree: If at the time of registration or at the time of
initial submission of paper for review you had retired or did not
hold a full time employment, you may register at Retiree rate. This
registration category is NOT entitled to upload final
papers.
Conference Support for Developing
Nations awardees are entitled to upload their final papers.
REFUNDS
If an author has uploaded a paper using his/her registration, the
registration will not be refunded, even if the paper is withdrawn.
Requests before August 8, 2008: 90% of the fee
will be refunded.
Requests after August 8, 2008: No refund.
Cancelled events: In the event of cancellation of an event
(e.g. a Workshop), a full refund for that event will be issued.
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Force Majeure: Unexpected
cancellation of the event. The Control Systems Society
reserves itself the right to cancel without notice or
compensation the 2008 IEEE MSC in the event of force
majeure cases (for example, but not limited to acts of nature
such as fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood or terrorist
attacks). In such cases, the CSS is freed of all responsibility.
Limitation of liability
of the Control Systems Society. In the
event of it being impossible for the CSS to carry out the
2008 IEEE MSC for force majeure cases, so long as this arises from a
cause not attributable to the CSS, CSS shall only be obliged to
reimburse the payments received subject to deduction of any
costs it has incurred in preparing the event. This liability
only extends to the payments made directly to the 2008
IEEE MSC
and not to payments made by the attendees to the hotel or
airlines.
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
RATES
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Category |
Apr 15 - Aug 4 |
Aug 5 - Sep 5
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Paper
uploads |
Conference
banquet |
Extra
banquet |
Proceedings
CD-ROM |
Extra
CD-ROM |
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Advance rate
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On-site rate
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Member |
390 USD |
460 USD |
Allowed |
1 Included |
80 USD |
1 Included |
50 USD |
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Non-Member |
465 USD |
535 USD |
Allowed |
1 Included |
80 USD |
1 Included |
50 USD |
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Life Member |
195 USD |
230 USD |
Allowed |
1 included |
80 USD |
1 Included |
50 USD |
Students &
Retiree |
195 USD |
230 USD |
Not allowed |
Not included |
80 USD |
1 Included |
50 USD |
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WORKSHOPS REGISTRATION
RATES
All the full day workshops will be offered on September 2nd,
approximately between 8:00AM to
5:00PM. The workshops list can be found at the
2008 IEEE MSC workshops page.
Student registrants are entitled to get one free workshop
registration.
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Category |
Apr 15 - Aug 4 |
Aug 5 - Sep 5
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Advance rate |
On-site rate |
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Member |
100 USD |
125 USD |
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Non Member |
100 USD |
125 USD |
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Life Member |
50
USD |
65
USD |
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Retiree |
50
USD |
65
USD |
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PAGE OVERLENGTH FEE
Papers exceeding the 6 page limit will be published in the
Proceedings only after payment of a page overlength fee of
175USD/page. The page overlength fee has to be paid when uploading
the final paper, i.e. until the final paper submission deadline (May
15, 2008).
The paper cannot be uploaded otherwise.
No paper over 8 pages can be uploaded.
PAYMENT METHODS
The preferred way of payment is by CREDIT CARD. Visa, MasterCard and
American Express will be accepted.
Those who
are absolutely unable to pay by credit card, can use CHECKS or MONEY
ORDERS in US currency. To pay by CHECK or MONEY ORDER, you should
first register on-line for the conference via PaperPlaza. Indicate
when you register which type of payment you are using. The on-line
system will generate an e-mail acknowledgement at the time of
payment. PRINT the e-mail acknowledgement and MAIL it along with
your CHECK or MONEY ORDER payable to "2008 IEEE MSC" to
the Conference Finance Chair,
Dr. Dimitrie Popescu
Finance Chair
Dimitrie C.
Popescu
