78th IETF Meeting Maastricht, Netherlands July 25-30, 2010 Registration for IETF 78 is now open! Register online at: http://www.ietf.org/meetings/78/ 1. Registration Types 2. Visas and Letters of Invitation 3. Accommodations & Breakfast Information 4. IETF 79 (Beijing) Visa Information 5. Q-Fever in the Netherlands 1) Registration Types A. Early-Bird Registration - USD 635.00 Register and pay before Friday, 16 July 2010 at 17:00 PDT (24:00 UTC) for Early-Bird rate. B. After Early-Bird cutoff - USD 785.00 C. Full-time Student Registrations - USD 150.00 Full-time students with proper ID are eligible to receive a special USD 150.00 student rate. Student rate is not subject to any late-fees. Students will also be able to register on-site at the special student rate. Failure to provide valid student ID on-site will revoke the special student status. D. Day Pass Program - USD 350.00 The IAOC has elected to continue with a Day Pass Program experiment for IETF's 78 and 79. The fee is $350. The attendee may participate in the Sunday Tutorials, Welcome Reception, Social and Plenaries. Participants desiring to attend more than one day should purchase the Early-Bird registration at $635. CANCELLATION The cut-off for registration cancellation is Monday, 19 July 2010 at 17:00 PDT (24:00 UTC). Cancellations are subject to a 10% (ten percent) cancellation fee. Online Registration ends: Friday, 23 July 2010 at 17:00 PDT. After that time, all payments (whether or not you have pre-registered) and registrations must be made on-site. The Registration Fee will be USD 785. Refund requests will not be honored beyond this point. Contact the IETF Registrar, ietf-registrar@ietf.org, to cancel and request a refund. On-site Registration You can register onsite at the meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands starting Sunday, 25 July 2010 at 12:00 noon local Maastricht time. Meeting Schedule: Start Monday morning and run through Friday at 15:15 local time. Most training sessions will take place on Sunday afternoon 25 July 2010. Participants should plan their travel accordingly. 2) Letters of Invitation and Visas Letters of Invitation After you complete the meeting registration process, you will be given the option to request a letter of invitation. You can request the Letter of Invitation as soon as you finish registration, or at a later time by following the link provided in the confirmation email. Visas Please check the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs site (http://www.minbuza.nl/en/Services/Consular_Services/Visa) for list of countries with visa exemptions. We recommend you give yourself at least one month to complete the visa process. To begin the process: a) please complete Meeting registration and payment of registration fees, b) reserve accommodation, c) complete and return the visa information form in full. 3) Accommodations & Breakfast Information The IETF has sleeping room blocks at various hotels in Maastricht. The NH Hotel is next to the MECC, the meeting venue. A list of all the hotels and their rates can be found here: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/78/hotel.html. Hotel reservations will be handled by the Maastricht Booking Service and not directly with the hotels. Please use this link when making your reservations: https://www.rai-hotelservice.com/compass/external/index.cfm?meeting_ID=1182&Meeting_ID_Code=951649384. Breakfast is included as part of the guest room rate. Breakfast will -not- be provided at the meeting. Note also that guest room Internet is not included in most hotel room rates. Please note that the individual hotel’s web site rates do not typically include breakfast. 4) If you want to start planning for your trip to IETF 79 in Beijing, we have visa information online here: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/79/visa.html 5) Q-Fever in the Netherlands The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has reported an outbreak of Q fever in the Netherlands. See: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/content/in-the-news/q-fever-netherlands.aspx The IAOC is following the situation at the US Center for Disease Control (CDC), US State Department, and EU equivalents periodically. Since the recommendations for avoiding the condition are centered around staying away from farms, washing hands, and not eating raw milk (or raw milk products), the IAOC does not believe there is any reason to modify the plans for the Maastricht IETF meeting. We will continue to review the matter and provide updates as circumstances change. Only 79 days until IETF 78! _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
