Hot Interconnects - A Symposium on High Performance Interconnects at Stanford University August 2004

Welcome to the
IEEE Hot Interconnects 2004
Symposium on High Performance Interconnects
Online Registration

Please read the conference guidelines and pricing information below. Now accepting American Express!

NOTE: Any sub-category (i.e. Speaker, Committee, Patron, Press, or Volunteer) registration requires prior approval and acknowledgement by the registration committee at IEEE Hot Interconnects. If you do not have prior permission, your registration will not be valid and therefor purged from the system prior to the conference. To gain approval for any sub-category registration please contact your Chair leader for instruction.

Symposium Registration includes daily continental breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks, plus a Conference Dinner Reception, and one copy of the conference proceedings. Student pricing does not include Reception dinner on Wednesday evening, but a ticket may be purchased at time of registration for $45.

Tutorial Registration includes daily continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshment breaks plus one copy of the tutorial notes. Admission to the tutorials IS NOT included with symposium registration and requires an additional fee which is PER TUTORIAL .

Important Dates
1 August 2004 -- Advance registration fees end Midnight Pacific Daylight Time.
7 August 2004 -- Cancellation deadline -- cancellations MUST be in writing
18 August 2004 -- All wire transfers and check payments must be received to avoid onsite registration and payment. Copies are not accepted.

Pre Conference Registration and Confirmation
The online registration form is encrypted with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology and can only be read by IEEE Hot Interconnects. Your information will be verified and an electronic receipt provided, which should be printed out and kept for your records.

To qualify for advance registration discounts, registration form and payment must be received by Midnight (Pacific Daylight Savings Time) on August 1, 2004. Registrations and payments received after Aug 1 will be charged at the late/on-site registration rate.

Mail check payments to:
IEEE Hot Interconnects
c/o Anne Watters
2601 Commonwealth Ct.
Plano, TX 75093

If you do not receive confirmation, please call 1-650-331-0681, or email Liz Rogers. Please reference IEEE Hot Interconnects 2004.

Advance Registration Fees (on or before Aug 1)

	Member	Non-Member	Full-Time Student
Symposium	$300	$375	$100
Full Day of Tutorials	$200	$250	$200
One Half-Day Tutorial	$100	$125	$100

Late/On-Site Registration Fees (after Aug 1)

	*Member*	*Non-Member*	*Full-Time Student*
*Symposium*	$360	$450	$120
*Full Day of Tutorials*	$240	$300	$240
*One Half-Day Tutorial*	$120	$150	$120

Tutorial Information

Tutorial 2 (1/2 day)- Resilient Network Infrastructures for Global Grid Computing

Tutorial 3 (1/2 day)
Internet Infrastructure Security

Tutorial 4 (full day)
High-Speed Networking: A Systematic Approach to High-Bandwith Low-Latency Communication

Member and Student Discounts
To qualify for the discounted Member rates, you must be a member of IEEE or the IEEE Computer Society, and include your membership number(s) at the time of registration. To qualify for the Student rate you must be a full time student. Students must present a current student ID on site. Student Conference rate does not include Reception Dinner on Wednesday night.

Travel Discounts for IEEE Hot Interconnects 2004 attendees, speakers, committee, and volunteers who are also IEEE Members can be found here.

Invitation Letters
Invitation letters can be issued only to speakers, presenters, committee members, IEEE members or persons known by the organizing, steering or program committees. In addition registration fees must be paid in full before the letter is provided. Letters will only be sent by US Postal Mail or fax and only to the individual registered for the conference. Please contact Anne Watters regarding Visa letters.

Payment
Payment must accompany all registration forms and can be made by credit card (MasterCard, VISA, American Express), bank check, or wire transfer. For international wire transfers, please contact Anne Watters for account information. Checks or money orders must be in U.S. funds, drawn on U.S. banks, and payable to IEEE Hot Interconnects. No registrations will be accepted over the phone. Forms received without actual payment WILL NOT be processed.

On-site Registration
On-site registrants will pay late registration fees. Forms of payment accepted on site: credit cards (MasterCard, VISA, American Express), traveler's checks, company or personal checks, and cash. Wire transfers will not be accepted at on-site registration.

Cancellations and Substitutions
Cancellations and substitutions are allowed. However, full registration fees will be charged unless a cancellation notice is received in writing on or before Wednesday, 18 August 2004. A $50 handling fee will be applied to all canceled registrations. Fees cannot be refunded for registrations canceled after the meeting begins. No-shows will be billed. Contact IEEE Hot Interconnects for substitutions (allowed at any time). A letter on your company's letterhead is required from the original registrant stating the conditions of the substitution and the name of the replacement. Submit cancellation/substitution notices to Anne Watters or Liz Rogers.

Attendee List
As some registrants request that their names be left off of our mailing lists, it is IEEE Hot Interconnects' policy not to distribute an attendee list to registrants on-site.

Questions
Questions about the registration process should be directed to Liz Rogers. Please reference IEEE Hot Interconnects registration. Thank you.