CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
The rates listed below are preliminary and subject to change without notice. The final rates will be listed by April 30, 2010 - 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 up to three (3) final papers as well as the conference banquet and the conference proceedings. Reduced rate registration entitles you to upload one (1) final paper, but does not include conference banquet. In case of any question about registration rates and/or refund policy, please contact the registration chair, Prof. Hideaki Ishii.
The on-line registration for the 2010 IEEE MSC may be reached via PaperPlaza. Select the MSC 2010 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
Hideaki Ishii
Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science
Tokyo Institute of Technology
E-mail: ishii@dis.titech.ac.jp
REGISTRATION POLICY (New MSC Policy)
Attendees may register under the following registration categories.
- Member: If you are a member of IEEE you are entitled to "Member" rate. This registration category is entitled to upload up to three (3) 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 up to three (3) 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 up to three (3) 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 entitled to upload one (1) final paper.
- 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 entitled to upload one (1) final paper.
Additional paper uploads for each registration category will require the amount of 200 USD.
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.
Others who pre-register and later find they cannot attend the conference may request a refund of their registration fee(s). The following rules apply:
- Requests before May 31, 2010: 90% of the fee will be refunded.
- Requests before August 8, 2010: 50% of the fee will be refunded.
- Requests after August 9, 2010: 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 to the registree.
Force Majeure: Unexpected cancellation of the event. The Control Systems Society reserves itself the right to cancel without notice or compensation the 2010 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 2010 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 2010 MSC and not to payments made by the attendees to the hotel or airlines.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION RATES (Tentative)
| Category | Apr 30 - Jun 30 Advance rate |
Jul 1 - Sep 10 On-site rate |
Paper uploads |
Conference banquet |
Extra banquet |
Proceedings CD-ROM |
Extra CD-ROM |
| Member | 500 USD | 570 USD | Up to 3 | 1 Included | 90 USD | 1 Included | 50 USD |
| Non-Member | 620 USD | 670 USD | Up to 3 | 1 Included | 90 USD | 1 Included | 50 USD |
| Life Member | 250 USD | 285 USD | Up to 3 | 1 included | 90 USD | 1 Included | 50 USD |
| Students & Retiree |
250 USD | 285 USD | Up to 1 | Not included |
90 USD | 1 Included | 50 USD |
WORKSHOPS REGISTRATION RATES
All the full day workshops will be offered on September 7th, approximately between 8:00AM to 5:00PM. The workshops list will be found at the 2010 IEEE MSC Workshops page.
| Category | Apr 30 - Jun 30 Advance rate |
Jul 1 - Sep 10 On-site rate |
| Member | 100 USD | 125 USD |
| Non-Member | 100 USD | 125 USD |
| Life Member | 50 USD | 65 USD |
| Students & Retiree |
50 USD | 65 USD |
PAGE OVERLENGTH FEE
Papers exceeding the 6 page limit will be published in the Proceedings only after payment of a page overlength fee of 175 USD/page. The page overlength fee has to be paid when uploading the final paper, i.e., by the final paper submission deadline (May 31, 2010).
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 "2010 IEEE MSC" to the Conference Finance Chair, Prof. Hiromitsu Ohmori.
Finance Chair
Hiromitsu Ohmori
Department of System Design Engineering
Keio University
E-mail: ohm@sd.keio.ac.jp
Please make checks, money orders payable to "2010 IEEE MSC". Checks must have a US bank routing number. Purchase orders, bon de commands, promissory notes, bank transfers, etc., will not be accepted.
! Attention
Note that papers cannot be uploaded until the check or money order is received and cleared. Checks and money orders must be sent in time in order to guarantee their receipt and processing before May 31.