Registration At a Glance

Discounted registration fees are available for members of the IEEE. Discounts are also available for students.

Early registration cut-off date is 11:59 pm PDT on May 1, 2008. EDAS registration page will be updated for the appropriate early/late charges. Early registration fees are: $600 for IEEE members, $750 for non-members, $350 for student IEEE members, and $450 for student non-members. Late registration fees are: $720 for IEEE members, $900 for non-members, $420 for student IEEE members, and $580 for student non-members. Please enter your IEEE membership number in the EDAS profile.

Banquet policies: Student registration fees do not include tickets to the banquet. If you register as a student and wish to attend the banquet, make sure you purchase an additional ticket through EDAS. The price is $100 per ticket.

Author registration deadline is April 16, 2008. Each accepted paper has to have one author registered as a full (non-student) technical session attendee. For authors who have several accepted papers, one of the papers has to have a full (non-student) registration, while all other papers of the author may have a student (co-author) registration. Note, that funds must be received by April 16, 2008, i.e., faxes and mails should be sent appropriately.

Extra pages: extra pages are charged at $150 per page, with a maximum number of extra pages of two (2) for regular and extended papers, and a maximum number of extra pages of one (1) for all other types. This fee must be received by the author registration deadline. Total income from these over-length charges will be employed to support travel grants for students.

NOTE: Visa support letters will be issued only to attendees who have paid their registration fee in full. Attendees are advised to apply for visa as early as possible.

Authors of accepted papers can request visa support letters from organizing chair by emailing to wowmom08@ics.uci.edu. Please follow the following sample and tell us your information. After verifying your registration status, we will send you the support letter for visa application.

Sample Request for Visa Assistance

Name (Mr/Ms):____________________________________________________
Email address: ___________________________________________________
Affiliation:________________________________________________________
Conference Title: __________________________________________________
Conference Dates: ________________________________________________
Conference Location: ______________________________________________
Are you an IEEE Member? Yes No If Yes, Your IEEE Member Number:_________
Are you a speaker/presenter? Yes No
Title of paper you are presenting: _____________________________________
To what post office address should the letter be mailed?
Street: _________________________________________________________
City: ___________________________________________________________
State/Province: ___________________________________________________
Postal Code _________________ Country: ____________________________

Please be aware that visa support letters will state only the following facts:
a. Conference title, dates and location.
b. That the requester has paid the required registration fee in full.
c. If they are a committee member, speaker or presenter.

Additional information about US visa appliation can be found on the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Services Web Site - http://travel.state.gov/visa_services.html.