IPDPS 2018 Registration Details

Fees · Visa Letters · Student Travel Assistance

Fees

Please note before you register:

• Click here for Online Registration by credit card, check or wire transfer.
• Advance registration fees must be received before 11:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time (GMT -05:00), 20 March 2018 27 March 2018. Onsite fees will apply after that time and date.
• Member number(s) for IEEE and ACM Life & Student members are required for the respective fees. A copy of a student photo ID for the current year and IEEE or ACM Student Membership Number must be presented when checking in at the symposium registration.
• Refund Policy: All refund/cancellation requests must be provided in writing and received by 12 May 2018. There will be an administrative fee of $50 deducted from each refund. All refund requests must be in writing to IEEE MCE, by emailing IPDPSreg@ieee.org
• Additional Paper Fee: 
  Authors must register by 20 March 2018 27 March 2018  for each paper to be presented. One registration is valid for one (1) paper. Authors presenting multiple papers may pay an "Additional Paper Fee" of US$200 for each extra paper.
• Extra Page Fee:
  The number of pages for IPDPS 2018 papers must meet the following limits: main conference (10 pages) and workshops (10 pages), unless otherwise specified in Author Resources for camera ready papers. Authors in these categories may purchase two (2) additional pages in the proceedings.

Visa Letters

Visa invitation letters will only be issued to attendees who have paid their registration fees in full and are eligible to travel to Canada. Attendees will need to check locally (for their country of origin-citizenship) to determine the visa requirements for travel to Canada and whether they require an invitation letter from the conference. If you require a letter, when you have completed your registration and paid your fees, complete the information requested in the Request for Visa Assistance form and email it to visa@ipdps.org.

Although some people may need only their valid passport, most will require a visa or an Electronic Travel Authorization to travel to Canada. Be sure to check carefully as to what requirements apply to you. Go to this website to determine what you need to travel to, or transit through, Canada.

If a visa is required, note that Canada does not have a visa office in every country so it is important that delegates visit the website of the Canadian visa office (see this site for locations) responsible for processing their visa application.  Information is available on the CIC website on how to submit a visa application and the documentation required. 

Processing times for visa applications vary depending on the visa office and the time of the year. Participants are encouraged to apply approximately 12 weeks in advance of their departure date to ensure they receive the visa in time. The International Events and Convention Services Program (IECSP) of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has officially recognized the conference, and the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 6-character Special Event Code for this conference is “18IPDS” should this information be required in your visa application.

Student Travel Assistance

A limited number of travel assistance grants will be available through the IPDPS sponsor, the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP). In addition, funds for travel support to full time students attending US colleges and universities will be available through a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Application details will be posted on the IPDPS Website in February. Note that all student authors must have registered to be eligible for support and must be a member of IEEE. All student travel grants are made in the form of reimbursement post-conference.