The Conference Site
Needless to say, as a commercial, educational, and cultural center, Philadelphia is one of the most exciting cities in the US. The following sites provide more information about
- Philadelphia in general
- Art museums and performing arts
- Official visitor site
- A guide to visiting Philadelphia, in English and other languages
The ACM MIR 2010 Conference will be in the National Constitution Center (about), in the Independence Mall of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia has excellent public transportation system, including airport-downtown tail train, regional rail, subway. See here for more information.
Tour Guide
The Conference Tourism Chair prepared this document (view) as a guide of the local areas.
Registration
Click HERE to register for the conference. Rates (in US Dollars) for early, pre-registration, and on-site registration are as follows:
| Early (ends 02/05/2010) | Pre-registration (ends 03/28/2010) | On-site (starts 03/29/2010) | |
| Student without banquet * | |||
| Student * | |||
| ACM Member - Full | |||
| ACM Non Member - Full |
* IMPORTANT NOTE: The above rates include a banquet ticket, coffee breaks, and conference CD proceedings. Optional activities include a trip to Barnes foundation (with many impressionist paintings; highly recommended, see more info on the conference front page; for an additional $20). Participants can also purchase an extra banquet ticket for $65. Note that at least one author per accepted paper must register as a full registrant by 01/05/2010. Full registration types include ACM Members and ACM Non-members only. Student registrations do not count as full registrations. A student registration fee requires an email confirmation on student's full-time study status from the student's thesis/academic adviser. Email the confirmation to the Registration Chair Dr. Dhiraj Joshi (dhirajjoshi16@gmail.com). The MIR 2010 conference is currently seeking student travel support for some US-based graduate students who have authored accepted papers. More information will be emailed to the authors once we secure such funding. There is a charge of 20% for cancellation before February 5, 2010, and 50% after that. No refund requests will be honored after March 28, 2010.
>>> CLICK HERE to register for the conference <<< . You will be taken to a site managed by the ACM and RegOnline.
Hotel
The ACM and the conference have finalized a group hotel contract with the 5-star Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia. The room rate is $169 per night for this top-notch historical hotel, located at the very center of the city with very close proximity to various attractions (the conference site, museums, the concert halls, theaters, restaurants, and shopping). Without the conference rate, this hotel is much more costly in March (run at almost double of the rate). You are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this and the block of rooms is very limited. The group hotel rate will likely be much less expensive than if you book by yourself for the same quality hotel. In the map below, the conference site is at (A) and the hotel is at (B).
As you see from the map, the subway stations (shown as M) are located right at the hotel and near the venue. A complete subway map is available (click the link to view). You can take the blue line from the City Hall (hotel) to the venue (5th street station). It is also a pleasant walk along Market Street or Chestnut Street.
How to Book: Go to http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Philadelphia/Default.htm and book with the group code ACMACMi. You can also call 1-800-241-3333 and reference Association for Computing Machinery- MIR Meeting for phone-in reservations.
Ritz-Carlton Hotel -- Philadelphia