Registration & Hotel Reservation
Please Note: Our reserved block of rooms is now filled up. If you plan to stay overnight, please see Alternative Hotels for Overnight Stay below.
There is a registration fee of $350 to attend the conference. This fee covers attendance, proceeding (CD-Rom), all meals, and the reception. This fee does not cover the lodging expenses.
Attendance to the conference is by invitation only. All ITA Alliance members are automatically invited to the conference. Limited number of non-ITA participants will be invited. If you are not an ITA Alliance member and would like to attend, please contact the Conference General Chair to arrange for your attendance.
By now all invited attendees should have received an e-mail with their ID/PW for secure registration. With that information, please follow the following URL to arrange for your registration and lodging reservation:
For questions and concerns and if you have not received your ID/PW, please contact the Conference General Chair or the Conference Management Desk.
While there is no deadline for the registration, we encourage you to register early. This will help the conference management to plan better for the event. In addition, if you plan to stay overnight at the conference hotel, this will assure you to secure a reservation at the low rate we have negotiated with the hotel at the conference site. In addition to the block of rooms for the days of the conference , we have also reserved a small block of rooms for Sunday September 23, 2007 and for Thursday September 27, 2007 for our attendees who prefer to arrive in advance and/or stay over at the conference site on Thursday. Alternative Hotels for Overnight Stay Cancellations & Refunds: There is a charge associated with cancellations of the registration and hotel reservations, as follows: Registration Cancellation: Hotel Reservation Cancellation:
Our reserved block of rooms for low rate overnight stay is now filled up and we cannot accept any more reservation. If you plan to stay overnight, we recommend one of the following three alternatives. You need to arrange your own reservations.
3501 University Blvd E
Adelphi, Maryland 20783 USA
Phone: 1-301-985-7300
While you stay at the conference site, you may have to pay a higher rate for your stay
10000 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, MD 20740 USA
Hotel Front Desk: 1-301-3456700 Reservation: 1 888 HOLIDAY (888 465 4329)
This hotel is about 3 miles away from the Conference Center. Shuttles are provided by the hotel to the Conference Center. Please ask the front desk for the details. The approximate rate at this hotel is $156 per night.
6400 Ivy Lane
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770 USA
Phone: 1-301-441-3700 Toll-free: 1-800-676-5975
This hotel is also about 3 miles away from the Conference Center. The approximate rate is $219 per night.
To cancel your registration and/or hotel reservation, please send an e-mail to the Event Manager of the conference, Ms. Irene Briske (wmplus@us.ibm.com) and copy Parviz Kermani (parviz@us.ibm.com).
Your credit card is not charged till about two weeks prior to the conference date. For cancellations before Monday September 10, 2007, full refund will be provided. For cancellations on and after Monday September 10, 2007, there will be a processing charge of $25. For no-show and no cancellation notice, there will not be any refund.
No charge for cancellations before Monday September 17, 2007. One night charge ($179) for cancellation made on, and after Monday September 17, 2007. Please note that this is in addition to the $25 processing fee for registration cancellation.