Archives for April 2014

REGISTRATION WEBSITE (https://802world.org/apps/session/86/register2)

Fees & Deadlines:

The registration fee covers AV equipment, network/Internet services, power hook-ups for laptop computers, continental breakfast, morning and afternoon refreshments, and meeting services and supplies.

The combined hotel room stays of IEEE 802 attendees covers the meeting rooms themselves. For this reason, anyone who is not a registered guest at the Manchester Grand Hyatt must pay a higher registration fee than attendees staying at the Plenary Session hotel. The correct registration fee must be paid prior to receiving your badge, which permits entrance to scheduled meetings.

Early:  Before 6 PM Pacific Time, Friday May 23, 2014

• $US 500 for attendees staying at the Manchester Grand Hyatt
• $US 800 for all others (including local attendees not staying at the group hotel)

Standard:  After 6 PM Pacific Time, Friday May 23rd and Before 6 PM Pacific Time Friday July 4, 2014

• $US 600 for attendees staying at the Manchester Grand Hyatt
• $US 900 for all others (including local attendees not staying at the group hotel)

Late/On-site:  After 6 PM Pacific Time Friday July 4, 2014

• $US 800 for attendees staying at the Manchester Grand Hyatt
• $US 1100 for all others (including local attendees not staying at the group hotel)

Student:  Until July 17, 2014

• $150 US for all attendees (no group hotel stay required)

• The Student meeting fee is available to full-time college students at the bachelor or post-graduate level.  The Student meeting fee is available only one time per person.  The person using the Student meeting fee will not be able to use meeting attendance to gain or maintain voting rights.  A valid current student ID must be shown to pick up the meeting badge.
• Requests will be handled on a first come, first served basis. Thank-you for your understanding.

University Outreach Day: July 15, 2014

• $US 25 for Full-Time Students/Faculty (students at the bachelor or post-graduate level)
• A Single Day Session, to introduce Students and Faculty to IEEE 802 Standards Activities.
• There is a limit of 30 students for the University Outreach program.
• Requests will be handled on a first come, first served basis. Thank-you for your understanding.

GROUP RESERVATIONS WEBSITE (MANCHESTER GRAND HYATT)

https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=11303871

Wednesday, July 16, 2014, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

On the evening of Wednesday, July 16, of the IEEE 802 July 2014 Plenary week, a Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session will be held for all attendees to gather and discuss Emerging Applications that may leverage or impact the overall IEEE 802 community. The format of the BOF will be short presentations from a selected panel to seed the discussion on how Emerging Applications may affect, leverage, or utilize technology based on the IEEE 802 family of standards.

Attendees should plan to gather at 6:30pm for light hors d’oeuvres and a drink prior to the start of the BOF Panel at 7pm.

Proposals on Emerging Application topics are invited. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Internet of Things, Vehicular Networking, Industrial Networking, Changing Existing Application Spaces, etc. Please submit your proposed topic via the Topic Proposal Submission Form.

Questions should be directed to Pat Thaler (pthaler@broadcom.com)  or John D’Ambrosia (jdambrosia@ieee.org).

The next IEEE 802 Plenary Session will take place July 13-18, 2014,  in San Diego, CA USA at:

*Information Only – Not for IEEE 802 Group Reservations

The following IEEE 802 Working Groups will be participating: 802.1, 802.3, 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.18, 802.19, 802.21, 802.22, 802.24 and OmniRAN EC Study Group. 

EVENT REGISTRATION: Registration for the July 2014 IEEE 802 Plenary Session will be available soon.

GROUP HOTEL RATES: IEEE 802 has made arrangements with the Grand Hyatt Manchester to provide rooms with special rates for IEEE 802 Plenary Session attendees.  A Reservations Link for IEEE 802 Plenary Session attendees will be available soon.

Please contact the IEEE 802 Meeting Planner should you require additional information or assistance with registration for the July 2014 IEEE 802 Plenary Session.

IEEE 802 Meeting Planner
Face to Face Events
2699 Iversen Court
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: (408) 241-8906
Fax: (408) 241-8918
E-mail: 802info@facetoface-events.com