IEEE CLOUD 2010 Registration

***** Advance Registration Deadlines are May 10, 2010 for Authors and June 10, 2010 for General Participants *****

For a participant who pays a full registration, he/she can:
- obtain a copy of ICWS 2010 Proceedings if the registration is for ICWS 2010; 
- obtain a copy of SCC 2010 Proceedings if the registration is for SCC 2010;
- obtain a copy of CLOUD 2010 Proceedings if the registration is for CLOUD 2010;
- obtain a copy of SERVICES 2010 Proceedings if the registration is for SERVICES 2010;
- participate in all all sessions in all FOUR co-located conferences (ICWS 2010, SCC 2010, SERVICES 2010 and CLOUD 2010);
-participate in all sessions in Workshops, SOA/Cloud Industry Summit, and Summer School on Services Computing that includes all tutorials (It is noted that the Workshops, Summit, and Summer School are part of SERVICES 2010);
-obtain one banquet ticket;

Each accepted paper REQUIRES at least one FULL registration, before the camera-ready manuscript can be included in the proceedings.There is no student rate for the author who is responsible for registration for his/her published paper. If you have more than one accepted paper, you have to register for each one individually. There is no discount if you have two or more papers accepted. It is encouraged to have your co-authors to register and attend the conferences.

If you are looking for a visa letter for attending IEEE ICWS 2010, SCC 2010, SERVICES 2010, or CLOUD 2010, please following the 2010 Conference Visa Letter Request Process . 

You can find the registration fees in IEEE ICWS/SCC/CLOUD/SERVICES 2010 Registration Fee Table. 

• online PayPal method: This method is powered by PayPal and you will be re-directed to PayPal (Pay directly from your PayPal balance or linked bank account. Or charge it to your credit card (Visa card, Master card, Discover card, American Express card)) to complete your registration process.
• offline payment method: This method will allow you to print out the registration form from the online registration system, choose from check or credit card payment option, and then fax/mail/email the signed registration form, which will be manually handled by PayPal's credit card processing system. (PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PRINT ALL INFORMATION CLEARLY TO AVOID DELAY PROCESSING.)
• There will be no wire transfer option for non-author participants.
• If you decide to send in a check, please make sure that it is payable to "IEEE 2010 ICWS", "IEEE 2010 SCC", "IEEE 2010 SERVICES", or "IEEE 2010 CLOUD" to match your registration option. Please send an email to registration@servicescomputing.org to get mailing address.

• Before you send in your check, please email to us a scanned copy of your check for speeding up the process.
• Wire transfer is available only to the accepted papers' authors. Authors who intend to use wire transfer to register must send an email request to registration AT servicescomputing.org with paper id, paper title, and paper authors. Please note that wire transfer registration amount has to add 3% to cover the bank wire transfer fee. (e.g., $600 registration fee has to transfer $618)

The registration process is explained as follows:

The 2010 online registration process includes 3 major steps:

Step1 (Authors only): This step supports author registration for:

• Research Track Papers
• Applications and Industry Track Papers
• Work-in-Progress Papers

• Services University Summer School (including Tutorials)
• Innovation Show Case
• Extra Proceedings, and
• Extra Banquet ticket.

Information about PayPal Payment

As an eBay Company, PayPal provides the most popular online payment system. PayPal allows individual customer to send money or collect money online without any transaction fee.

A participant who is new to PayPal is not required to create a PayPal account to complete the registration. You can go through an alternate checkout, and have the option to sign up afterwards. Please SELECT "No shipping required (online download, payment for a service, etc.)" when you provide your billing information on the shipping page.

A participant who already has PayPal accounts can continue to enjoy the privileges of the accounts, such as payment history and integration with eBay Auctions, with the same checkout experience. You can get a FREE PayPal account at any time.

You can use eCheck via PayPal.  

Cancellations and Substitutions

Cancellations and substitutions are allowed. However, full registration fees will be charged unless a cancellation notice is sent in writing, and received or faxed on or before June 20th, 2010 to the registration chair. All the registrations for published papers in the Proceedings cannot be cancelled.

A $150 handling fee will be applied to all canceled registrations. Fees cannot be refunded for registrations cancelled after the deadline (06/20/2010). No-shows will be billed. Registration transfer is allowed. 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.

Conference Visa Letter Request Process

IEEE's guidelines for providing visa letters are as follows:
 
Visa letters will only be issued to

• People the committee knows
• Speakers/Presenters
• Committee members
• Attendees who have paid their registration fees in full and are not from one of the countries embargoed by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
  

Visa letters will state only the facts

• Conference title, dates and location
• That the requester has paid the required registration fee in full (Verify that the credit card clears before providing letter).
• If he/she is either a committee member, speaker, or presenter