82nd IETF Meeting Taipei, Taiwan November 13-18, 2011 Host: Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) Host Website: http://ietf82.tw/ Meeting venue: Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) http://www.ticc.com.tw/index_en.aspx 1. Social Event Information 2. Meet Taiwan Card 3. Hyatt Hotel Guest Room Public Area Network 4. Overflow Hotels - Taxis are inexpensive 1. Social Event: Cultural Night in Taipei Venue: Taipei World Trade Center Club at TWTC International Trade Building Taiwan Network Information Center is honored to welcome IETF delegates to the Cultural Night in Taipei held at the top of the TWTC International Trade Building, overlooking Taipei's latest developed business district. Taiwan is a place mixed with a variety of cultures. The Cultural Night in Taipei will present all the guests the most popular traditional ritual theatre performance, Techno Prince (Nezha), and the traditional Chinese orchestra. All the guests will also be given souvenirs made by folk artists. Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Cost: US$ 40.00 Additional information can be found at: http://ietf82.tw/social_events.html To Register for social: https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf82/eventticket.py NOTE: You must first register for IETF 82 to purchase a social ticket. Register online at: http://www.ietf.org/meetings/82/ 2. Meet Taiwan Card Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade kindly provides all participants of international meetings held in Taipei (including IETF 82) a MEET TAIWAN CARD, which offers free wireless Internet service and various discounts for shopping, dining, accommodation, transportation, leisure, entertainment, communication, and other services during the meeting. The MEET TAIWAN CARD is free of charge. For more details, please visit http://card.meettaiwan.com/welcome.aspx You can also access this information through the Host's Web Page at: http://ietf82.tw/ The Meet Taiwan Card will be distributed by the host at the Host Reception Desk located in 1F South Foyer. 3. Hyatt Hotel Guest Room Public Area Network The IETF network will be available in the Hyatt from Sunday, November 13 through Friday November 18 in the following areas: Guest room wired internet access: The IETF network will be limited to a certain number of floors at the Hyatt. If you made your reservation in the IETF block your room will be on a specified floor with wired IETF network access. Because of the hotel equipment, there will not be IPv6 access. IETF attendees with reservations at the Hyatt outside of the IETF room block may request their room be on one of the floors access to the IETF network and the Hyatt will do their best to accommodate the request. Wireless in all guest rooms will remain on the Hyatt Hotel network, however, the hotel is increasing their available bandwidth to meet the expected increase in usage. Public area wireless: The lobby, restaurants, and clubs on floors 1, 2, and 3 of the Hyatt will have IETF wireless access in most locations. This will include the full set of IETF SSIDs and services, including IPv6. Note that the Hyatt Hotel wireless will also be available in these areas. 4. Overflow Hotels - Taxis are inexpensive Rooms are still available at the following overflow hotels: Shangri-La Hotel: 15 September 2011 Deluxe Room (single): NTD 6,300; USD 215; EUR 150; JPY 16,511 Howard Plaza Hotel: 19 October 2011 Superior Room (single): NTD 4,800; USD 164; EUR 114; JPY 12,580 The IETF Network will not be available for these hotels. For additional information on guestrooms, please visit: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/82/hotel.html Taxis are inexpensive and plentiful in Taiwan, the Metro system is also very convenient for getting from the overflow hotels to the main venue. Map showing location of various hotels and main meeting venue: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202242792288504239937.0004abd9856d6ec81a436&msa=0&ll=25.035877,121.55797&spn=0.004977,0.009613 Only 23 days until the Taipei IETF! Register online at: http://www.ietf.org/meetings/82/ _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
