SIGIR 97 Registration Form The 20th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval Philadelphia, PA, July 27-31, 1997 Please use block letters or type, and check where appropriate Mr.___ Ms.___ Dr.___ Prof. ___ Other _____________ Last Name_______________________ First Name________________________ Badge Name (if different)__________________________________________ Company/Organization_______________________________________________ Address____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ City___________________________ State_______ Postal Code___________ Country__________________________ Phone__________________________ Fax_______________________________ E-mail_____________________________________________________________ Check here if this is your first SIGIR conference: ________________ (A Newcomers' breakfast will be held.) **Conference Registration Fees Member of ACM, BCS-IRSG, GI, or IPSJ: _____ Membership No.: __________________________ Non-member: _____ Full-time student (proof required): _____ One-day Registration: M T W (circle one) **Tutorials (check up to two): Multimedia Information Retrieval (morning) ______ Algorithmic and Cognitive Approaches for IR (morning) ______ IR Systems: Research and Design Methods (afternoon) ______ Implementation of High-performance IR Systems (afternoon) ______ Machine Learning for IR (afternoon) ______ Software Agents for IR (morning) ______ Evaluation of IR Systems (afternoon) ______ Cross-language IR (morning) ______ **Workshops Beyond Word Relations (July 31) ______ Networked Information Retrieval (July 31) ______ Summarization and Visualization (July 31) ______ Cross-Lingual IR (July 31) ______ Education and Curriculum Development (July 26) ______ **Special Events Extra banquet tickets (indicate how many) ______ Indicate here any special needs such as vegetarian meals. Please specify: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ **Payment Information Registration Amount $________ Tutorial Amount $________ Workshop Amount $________ Banquet Tickets $________ Total Amount Due $________ Early registrations must be postmarked by June 15 to receive the discounted fee. Registrations paid by credit card may be faxed or e-mailed. Checks should be made payable to SIGIR 97 and mailed to: SIGIR 97 P. O. Box 7270 McLean, VA 22106-7270 USA E-mail: 76631.1703@CompuServ.com Fax: +1 703-790-7237 **Credit Card Information: Card No __________________________________________ Expiration Date_____________________________________ Signature__________________________________________ Registrations must be postmarked by July 11, 1997. Please register on site after this date. Questions?? Call 703-356-8300 E-mail: 76631.1703@CompuServ.com For Office Use: Recd____________ Check No._______________ Amount__________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Information Full conference registration (including members of cooperating organizations and non-members) includes attendance at all technical sessions, Proceedings, conference banquet, lunch at the SIGIR Annual General Meeting, and two receptions. Tutorials and workshops require a separate fee. Additional copies of the Proceedings at $50.00 and the tutorial notes will be on sale at the conference. The ACM member rate is available to members of ACM, SIGIR, BCS-IRSG, GI, and IPSJ. The student rate is available to full-time students and only when sufficient evidence is submitted along with the registration form. (For information on joining ACM and/or SIGIR, contact ACM by phone at +1-212-626-0500, by fax at +1-212-944-1318, by email at acmhelp@acm.org, or see their web page at http://www.acm.org/membership/join.html.) All payments must be made by check in U. S. funds or by VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. Cancellations must be received at the McLean address in writing, postmarked by July 11, 1997. Refunds will be made on cancellations marked by July 11, less a cancellation fee of $25.00. Hotel reservations should be made directly with the DoubleTree Hotel Philadelphia, ph. +1-215-893-1600, fax. +1-215-893-1663. The SIGIR conference rate of $109/night plus tax is available for reservations made by June 30, 1997. Further information on Philadelphia area hotels can be found at http://www.libertynet.org/phila-visitor/, or by contacting the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, ph. +1-800-537-7676, tourism@libertynet.org. ______________________________________________________________________ SIGIR '97 Registration Fees To register, please complete the registration form found in the center of this booklet and return it to the address shown. To receive the early fee, registrations must be postmarked by June 15, 1997. Do not mail registrations after July 11, 1997. The following fees will apply: Registration Early Late Members of cooperating organizations $325 $400 Non-members $400 $450 Students $125 $150 One day $150 $150 Tutorials Members or non-members One tutorial $ 90 $115 Two tutorials $160 $200 Students One tutorial $ 75 $100 Two tutorials $100 $200 Workshops $ 50 $ 60 Additional Banquet Tickets $ 55 $ 55 There are opportunities for students to receive free registration in exchange for working at the conference. Contact the Volunteers Chair, Eric Brown (brown@watson.ibm.com) for details. -------------------------- Conference Banquet The conference banquet will be held in the Franklin Institute Science Museum, at the intersection of 20th and Race Streets. In addition to housing the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, the Museum offers a variety of hands-on science and technology exhibits. The banquet will offer a sampler of traditional foods from Philadelphia's varied neighborhoods. The admission to the conference banquet is included in the full conference fee, but is not included in the student fee. Additional banquet tickets may be purchased for $55.