3rd IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control
(MSC 2009)
Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
July 8-10, 2009

Conference Registration Information




Please review the registration and refund policy carefully as refund penalties may apply. All registration categories include access to technical sessions, coffee breaks and opening and closing receptions. Note that full registration includes the privilege to upload papers as well as the conference banquet and the conference proceedings. Student and Retiree registration do not entitle you to upload papers, nor do it include conference banquet. In case of any question about registration rates and/or refund policy, please contact the Registration Chair, Dr. Natalia Dudarenko.

The on-line registration for the 2009 IEEE MSC may be reached via PaperPlaza. Select the MSC 2009 conference and enter your PIN and password. Alternatively, if you have a paper in the conference, at the time of final submission you will be forwarded to the registration pages.

Registration Chair

Natalia Dudarenko

Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics

E-mail: msc09@physcon.ru


REGISTRATION

A full member or non-member registration is required to be able to upload papers. Attendees may register under following registration categories, not all categories entitle you to upload papers.

Member: If you are a member of IEEE you are entitled to "Member" rate. This registration category is entitled to upload final papers.

IEEE Life Member: If your IEEE membership status is that of Life Member, Life Senior Member or Life Fellow, you may register at Life Member rate. This registration category is entitled to upload final papers.

Non-member: If you are not a member of IEEE, you should register at the non-member rate. This registration category is entitled to upload final papers.

Student: If at the time of registration or at the time of initial submission of paper for review you were a "full-time student" at a recognized institution, you may register at student rate. You may be required to provide evidence of full-time student status. This registration category is NOT entitled to upload final papers.

Retiree: If at the time of registration or at the time of initial submission of paper for review you had retired or did not hold a full time employment, you may register at Retiree rate. This registration category is NOT entitled to upload final papers.

Conference Support for Developing Nations: awardees are entitled to upload their final papers.


REFUNDS


If an author has uploaded a paper using his/her registration, the registration will not be refunded, even if the paper is withdrawn.

Requests before May 8, 2009: 90% of the fee will be refunded.

Requests after May 8, 2009: No refund.

Cancelled events: In the event of cancellation of an event (e.g. a Workshop), a full refund for that event will be issued.

Force Majeure: Unexpected cancellation of the event. The Control Systems Society reserves itself the right to cancel without notice or compensation the 2009 IEEE MSC in the event of force majeure cases (for example, but not limited to acts of nature such as fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood or terrorist attacks). In such cases, the CSS is freed of all responsibility.

Limitation of liability of the Control Systems Society. In the event of it being impossible for the CSS to carry out the 2009 IEEE MSC for force majeure cases, so long as this arises from a cause not attributable to the CSS, CSS shall only be obliged to reimburse the payments received subject to deduction of any costs it has incurred in preparing the event. This liability only extends to the payments made directly to the 2009 IEEE MSC and not to payments made by the attendees to the hotel or transpotration.


CONFERENCE REGISTRATION RATES


Category Fee till May 5 Fee after May 5 Paper
uploads
Conference
banquet
Extra
banquet
Proceedings
CD-ROM
Extra
CD-ROM
Advance rate On-site rate
Member 440 USD 510 USD Allowed 1 Included 80 USD 1 Included 50 USD
Non-Member 500 USD 590 USD Allowed 1 Included 80 USD 1 Included 50 USD
Life Member 210 USD 240 USD Allowed 1 included 80 USD 1 Included 50 USD
Students &
Retiree
210 USD 240 USD Not allowed Not included 80 USD 1 Included 50 USD

Corporate Registration - 5000 USD

Gold Corporate Registration - 10 000 USD

Other options (packages) for corporate sponsorship/exhibitions are also possble. Please contact Industry Chairs.

PAGE OVERLENGTH FEE


Papers exceeding the 6 page limit will be published in the Proceedings only after payment of a page overlength fee of 175USD/page. The page overlength fee has to be paid when uploading the final paper, i.e. until the final paper submission deadline (May 15, 2009). The paper cannot be uploaded otherwise.

No paper over 8 pages can be uploaded.