Who Can Attend

Anybody who are interested in the researches and development in IR and other information access technologies and their evaluation are welcome to join NTCIR-9 Meeting and EVIA regardless of participation of the evaluation task(s) set by the NTCIR-9 organizers.

There are no differences between the task participants and non-task delegates regarding the fee and the materials that you will receive at the conference. We welcome non-task delegates to join the conference and discussion.

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Online Registration

Online registration is available here. The payment is by Credit Card or in Cash.

*Only in the case that the payment by a credit card and cash is not acceptable by your organization, the bank transfer is available.
Please consult the NTCIR Project Office at ntc9mtg-sec

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On-site Registration

On-site registration is available. But please notice that the payment shall be in cash only at on-site.

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Fee

Category	Early Registration (Until October 31)	Online Registration (From November 1 to November 25 30 (extended))	On-site
Full registration (non-students)	JPY 30,000	JPY 32,000	JPY 35,000
Student (with proceedings)	JPY 8,000	JPY 10,000	JPY 10,000
Student (without proceedings)	0	0	0

Category	Online Registration (Until November 30)	On-site
Student Banquet	JPY 4,000	JPY 5,500
Accompanying person Banquet	JPY 5,000	JPY 5,500
Student Lunch (per day)	JPY 1,000	JPY 1,000
Accompanying person Lunch (per day)	JPY 1,500	JPY 1,500

* All the registration categories include access to all the sessions in the meeting (both EVIA and NTCIR-9 Meeting), access to online proceedings and coffee (December 6-9).
* Full registration includes one CD-ROM of the proceedings (both EVIA 2011 and NTCIR-9 Meeting) and the evaluation results, a banquet and three lunches (December 7-9).
* Student (with proceedings) registration includes one CD-ROM of the proceedings (both EVIA 2010 and NTCIR-9 Meeting) and the evaluation results, a banquet and three lunches (December 7-9).
* "Student Banquet" and "Student lunch" ticket are available for students (without proceedings).
* Online proceedings will be available for free from December 6, 2011.

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Cancellation Policy

In case of cancellation, written notification should be sent to the NTCIR Registration Office by November 4.
Refunds will be made according to the following guidelines.

Until November 4, 2011: 100% refund of registration fees
From November 5, 2011: No refund

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Student ID

Student registraion (either with or without proceedings) requires a valid student ID. Please bring your student ID with you at the conference venue. Without student ID, you may be requested to re-registere as "full registration".

GO TO ONLINE REGISTRATION

Any inquiries concerning registration should be addressed to:

NTCIR Registration Office c/o ICS Convention Design, Inc. Chiyoda Bldg., 1-5-18, Sarugakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8449 Japan Phone: +81-3-3219-3600 FAX: +81-3-3219-3577 E-mail: ntcir9_reg