MDM2006 Registration Information

The 7th International Conference on

Mobile Data Management (MDM'06)

Nara, Japan, May 9-13, 2006

Registration Information for MDM 2006 Conference and Workshops

On-line registration is now open! Please read the following notes carefully and register on-line.

You can make hotel reservations during conference period through registration system. Early reservation is recommended since reservation is made by first-come-first-serve basis.

We have unpectedly large number of participants who already registered. So, please understand that we may ask potential participants who willregister from now on (April 11) or on-site to attend banquet on May 11
in the separate room from the main banquet room at Nara hotel.

Important Notes:

Author registration deadline for workshop speakers is April 10.
Papers without registration will appear neither in the final conference proceedings nor in IEEE digital library.
Registration without payment will not be processed.
Fees must be paid by credit card (domestic registrants can pay fees at convenience stores).
Speakers of two or more papers are required to describe all titles of those papers as "Paper Title" at on-line registration.
If you are a member of IEEE, ACM, IPSJ, IEICE or DBSJ, you can register as Member or Student Member. At on-line registration, you are requested to input member ID.

Conference Registration Fees (in Japanese Yen)

	Early Rate (On or Before April 10)	Standard Rate (On or After April 11)
Member	JPY 50,000	JPY 60,000
Member (Conference/Workshop Speaker)	JPY 50,000	-
Non-Member	JPY 65,000	JPY 78,000
Non-Member (Conference/Workshop Speaker)	JPY 65,000	-
Student Member	JPY 25,000	JPY 28,000
Student Member (Workshop Speaker)	JPY 25,000	-
Student Non-Member	JPY 31,000	JPY 37,000
Student Non-Member (Workshop Speaker)	JPY 31,000	-
Accompanying Person	JPY 10,000

The above fee (Member, Non-Member, Student Member, Student Non-Member) includes the conference registration, workshop registration, lunch, reception, excursion, banquet and conference materials such as proceedings.
The "accompanying person" fee includes banquet, excursion and reception.
Please note that on-line registration will not be available after April 24.
You can cancel registrations, though cancellation charge will be applied. Please see below for details.

Please click the following link to register on-line.

On-line Registration & Hotel Reservation (JTB Corp)

Cancellations and Change of Registrations

Please note that conference/workshop speakers are not entitled to get refunds of registration fees. You may request cancellation via e-mail or FAX to JTB Corp. Then, please clarify your registration ID, what you have registered, and so on.

In case of cancellations on or before April 10, 2006, JPY 6,000 cancellation charge will be applied to all cancelled registrations. On or after April 11, 2006, fees cannot be refunded. Changes in registration must be requested similarly to cancellation. All refunds will be made after the conference.

JTB Corp. Western Japan EC Operation Center
MDM2006 Desk
TEL: +81-6-6260-5076
FAX: +81-6-6263-0717
E-mail: westec_op7@jtb.jp
Office hours: 9:30-17:30
(weekdays only)

Visa Information

Due to the complex nature of visa requirements, please contact the Consular Section of the Embassy or Consulate General of Japan nearest you.

Ministry of the Foreign Affairs Official Web Site

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html

Documents required for visa application will be issued to the following applicants:

Speakers/Presenters of MDM2006 conference/workshops
Committee Members of MDM2006 conference/workshops
Attendees of MDM2006 conference/workshops who have paid their registration fees.

If you satisfy the above condition, please contact MDM2006 registration secretariat via e-mail or FAX with required information (information about your self, paper title, schedule, registration ID, and so on).

e-mail: mdm2006-registration@is.naist.jp
FAX: +81-743-72-5259.

The secretariat will prepare documents necessary for a visa application, when it is confirmed that the applicant satisfies the above condition.

Visa letters will state only the following facts:

Conference title, dates and location and purposes

Questions

If you have questions on visa application, please email to mdm2006-registration@is.naist.jp or FAX to +81-743-72-5259.