[Asis-l] SIGIR'06 Registration "EARLY BIRD" closes TODAY -- Hurry!!!

[Efthimis Efthimiadis]

Don't forget to register to attend SIGIR '06 -- and -- do not forget to
book your lodging.  The two hotels (Silver Cloud Inn and Watertown
Hotel)  will release our SIGIR room block on July 5 and after that  the
rates will increase significantly, and possibly the hotels will  be
full.  The deadline for UW dorm reservations is July 19, but best  to
take care of making  reservations now so you don't forget later.

 For more information and links to the hotels and UW dorms, visit the
lodging page of the SIGIR 2006 website:
 http://www.sigir2006.org/accomodations.asp

Cheers

Efthi

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Registration for the 29th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference  is
now OPEN! 
                      http://www.sigir2006.org August 6-11, 2006,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

SIGIR 2006

 Advance Registration until June 30
 Standard Registration July 1-31
 Late/On-site Registration starts Aug 1

Member Rates
To qualify for member rates, you must be a member of ACM SIGIR, ACM
SIGCHI, ACM SIGWEB, ACM, or ASIST. 


PROGRAM Summary

Aug 6 (Sun) - Tutorials (8)  and Doctoral Consortium (9)
       Aug 6 (Sun)  Welcoming Reception and dinner at the new Boeing
Future of Flight Aviation Center (sponsored by Boeing). 
Aug 7-9 (Mon-Wed) - Main Conference (74 papers)
       Aug 7 (Mon)  Salton Award Winner Keynote Address
       Aug 7 (Mon)  Posters (63) and Demonstrations (11) Reception &
buffet dinner
       Aug 8 (Tue)  Keynote Address by Jon Kleinberg
       Aug 8 (Tue)  SIGIR Business Meeting
       Aug 8 (Tue) Banquet at Tillicum Village (sponsored by Microsoft)
       Aug 9 (Wed)  Keynote Address by Radha Radhakrishnan Aug 10
(Thurs) - Workshops (eight 1-day) Aug 11 (Fri) - Workshop (one 2-day) 

Seventy four (18.5%) of the submitted papers were accepted. Geographic
areas represented are: 49 from the Americas, 11 from Europe and 14 from
Asia - Pacific. In addition to the full papers, 63 posters 11
demonstrations, 8 tutorials and 9 workshops were accepted for inclusion
in the technical program. A doctoral consortium with 9 PhD candidates is
also part of the technical program. 

Looking forward to seeing you in Seattle!

Cheers,

Efthi

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Efthimis N. Efthimiadis <efthimis at u.washington.edu>
Associate Professor    
The Information School, University of Washington       
Suite 370 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352840     
Seattle, WA 98195-2840, USA     
tel.(off.) 206-616-6077, (sch) 206-685-9937, fax. 206-616-3152
 http://faculty.washington.edu/efthimis
http://www.sigir2006.org
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