How to register

• Authors of accepted papers and posters have to register by December 31st, 2010 under the early bird registration category, otherwise they will not be considered for presentation nor be included in the conference proceedings.
• Registration is to be done ONLINE ONLY (Please CLICK LINK BELOW)
  
• Registration and payment must be received before December 31st, 2010 to qualify for early bird registration.
  
• Deadline for all registrations is February 1st, 2011.
• Standard Rate applies from January 1st, 2011 onwards.
  
• NUS Students and students from the participating institutes of IFoU network* must enclose the copied verification of the student status with the registration form. Students will be required to show a valid student identity card at the conference.
• PhD-students and students outside participating institutes of IFoU network who will present the papers are subject to pay the delegate fee.
• Staff members of participating institutions and post docs should pay S$ 190 each and they could register at this rate for their paper.
• All participants are required to register and fulfill the payment for the conference.
• For each paper to be included in the programme, it should be paid by at least one registrant.
• Standard Rate applies from January 1st, 2011 onwards.
  
• REFUND REQUESTS MUST BE IN WRITTEN STATEMENT and received by us no later than January 10th, 2011. All refunds are subject to a 25% administrative fee. NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER January 10th, 2011.
  
• All refunds will be processed approximately 3 weeks after the Conference.

Paper Submission top of page

Notifications of acceptance for full papers and poster will be sent between October 1st to 31st, 2010. For those who have received the notification of acceptance (both for Full Paper Presentation and Poster Presentation) are required to submit the paper and poster before December 15th, 2010. Please be aware that the papers only will be published if the participants have fulfilled the registration and payment.

Since your paper will be published in the conference proceedings, observe the following submission requirements for the preparation of the manuscript:

• The papers (full paper and/or poster paper) including all the content which should be in Adobe Acrobat PDF file according to the specified format and guidelines of template (download here) (if you have trouble downloading the file, please inform us by email to ifou2011@mymicenet.net and we will send it to you as an attachment). Please take into account that the full paper may have a maximum length of 10 pages; the poster paper may have a maximum length of 4 pages including pictures, reference, etc.
  

Please submit your full paper and poster in PDF file and name it as follow:

Submission ID number.pdf
Example PDF and/or Poster file: FOUA001-00345.pdf

Moreover, we would like to stress that all the content in your papers including text, figures, images, pictures, etc., should be in English and black & white for the requirement of printing and publication.

Presentation Guidelines top of page

• Those who have been accepted to do the Full Paper Presentation should prepare maximum 20 min PowerPoint presentation, which will be presented in the parallel sessions.
  
• Those who have been accepted to do the Poster Presentation have to prepare one printed A0 poster board in portrait format according to the poster template (download here) (if you have trouble downloading the file, please inform us by email to ifou2011@mymicenet.net and we will send it to you as an attachment), which will be part of an exhibition, and, as an optional choice, 2 min PowerPoint presentations. Please be aware that no printing services will be provided by IFoU. Poster submission, should be in CMYK for the requirement of printing.

Please note that registered participants will automatically be added to the mailing list for members of the International Forum on Urbanism. They will frequently receive news concerning the conference.

Fee top of page

In the case of an author presenting more than one paper, she/he is required to pay for each paper separately. Each second or further paper will be charged with a reduced fee of S$190 per paper. In the case of one paper having more than one author, then the payment will depend on how many of the authors will be participating in the conference. Each participant is obliged to pay the fee.

Early bird fee (before December 31st, 2010)	S$390
Standard fee (before February 1st, 2011)	S$690
Staff members of the participating institutes of the IFoU-network*	S$190
NUS Student fee who are not presenting papers (the fee exclude proceedings, conference kit and meals)	S$20
DAILY entrance fee (after February 1st, 2011)	S$250

* list of participating institutes of the IFoU network
Berlage Institute Rotterdam

Berlage Institute Rotterdam
Beijing University of Technology
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Delft University of Technology
Seoul National University
Taiwan University Taipei
Tarumanagara University Jakarta
Tongji University Shanghai
Tsinghua University Beijing
Universitá IUAV di Venezia
University of Tokyo
UPC Barcelona

Payment Procedure top of page

Payment Modes available are:
(1) Credit Card
(2) Cheque/Bankdraft

Instructions for online payment by CREDIT CARD (Visa or Mastercard):

1. Create a registration login account
2. Complete the online registration and select the payment mode as “Visa” or “MasterCard”.
3. You will be re-directed to a secured payment portal by WorldPay to perform your online payment.
4. Once your transaction is processed, you will receive a confirmation email from WorldPay, followed by the registration confirmation email from the conference manager within the next working day.
5. Please note that if you used another person’s credit card to make the payment, you will be requested to submit the credit card authorization form. This form will be sent to you by email AFTER the payment is made.
6. The merchant name reflected on your credit card bill will be “INMEET CMS PTE LTD” - the appointed registration fee collection agent for the conference.

Instructions for payment by CHEQUES / BANKDRAFT:

1. Create a registration login account
2. Complete the online registration and select the payment mode as “Cheque / Bankdraft”.
3. Please issue the cheque / bankdraft to “INMEET CMS PTE LTD”.
4. Only cheques / bank drafts drawn from a Singapore bank or foreign bank with a bank branch located in Singapore will be accepted.
5. Print a copy of the invoice from the online registration system, and mail it, together with the cheque / bankdraft to the conference management office (please refer to address as indicated on the invoice).
6. Please remember to indicate your login ID, name, telephone or email and “<IFoU 2011>” at the back of the cheque/bank draft.
7. Upon receipt of your cheque / bankdraft, you will receive an email notification.
8. When your cheque / bankdraft is cleared by the bank, you will receive the registration confirmation email.

ONLINE REGISTRATION top of page

Please note that the registration login ID is DIFFERENT from the login ID for your abstract submission. As such, please click on the "Create Account" button on the registration system's login page in order to proceed with your registration. Please also ensure your pop-up blocker is disabled and you are using INTERNET EXPLORER as your browser.

If you are not able to auto-retrieve your submission details when completing the registration form, please enter the submission ID and proceed to make payment, we will verify the submission ID when we receive your payment and will update it accordingly for you.

Click on the "Register" button below and you will be routed to the online registration system to register.

Cancellation and Refunds

1. Requests for cancellations received on or before 10 January 2011 will be refunded 75% of the fee paid.
2. After 10 January 2011, there will be no refund for cancellation of participation.
3. Request for refunds are to be made in writing and send to the conference manager at:

IFoU 2011 Registration Office
Blk 998 Toa Payoh North
#07-18/19
Singapore 318993
Tel: (65) 6356 4727
Fax: (65) 6356 7471
Email: ifou2011@mymicenet.net

4. If you do not receive a response to your request email within three (03) working days after sending, please resend your email.

Neither the organizer nor its employees or its appointed Professional Conference Organizer / Registration Management Office shall be liable in Singapore or elsewhere to the registered participant in contract, tort or otherwise except as expressly stated in the registration form.