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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Registration Rates:

  Before July 1, 2011 After July 1, 2011
General: $500.00 $550.00
Student: $250.00 $300.00

These costs include catered meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for all participants. All dietary needs can be accommodated.

 

Field Trip Rates:

Fluid Flow and Sedimentation in the Lower Fraser River (August 6, 2011):        $150.00

There are 40 seats available on the field trip boat that will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

 

Important Dates:

Early Bird Deadline: July 1, 2011
Cancellation Deadline: July 1, 2011

 

How to Register:

Complete the ON-LINE FORM. Payment for registration fees will be accepted by credit card on-line via a secure server.

All credit card transactions will be processed in Canadian dollars and are subject to current exchange rates.

 

Cancellations and Refunds:

Full refunds, less a $50 CAD administration fee will be granted to cancellations received by July 1, 2011. No refunds will be issued after that date.

Refunds will be processed after the conference. Substitute delegates are welcome.

 

Confirmation of your registration:

When you register on-line and pay by credit card, you will receive immediate confirmation by e-mail via our server.

If payment is made by check, your registration is not confirmed until payment is received.  Once payment is processed a payment confirmation will be e-mailed to the account provided on your registration.

 

Receipts

Please print out your receipt from the web as this will be your original copy.

If you have questions about registering please contact:

Conference Secretariat
Meeting, Event & Conference Services, Burnaby
Halpern Centre - Room 110
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia Canada V5A 1S6
Telephone 778.782.4910; Fax 778.782.3420    E-mail meetbby@sfu.ca

 

ACCOMMODATIONS

Simon Fraser University sits atop Burnaby Mountain. Accommodations have been reserved in the SFU dormitories (which are unoccupied in summer) at a cost of $37.50/night (single dormitory room) or $45.00 per night (single room in a shared townhouse).
Complete the ON-LINE FORM. Payment for accomodations will be accepted by credit card on-line via a secure server.
Space has also been reserved at the Executive Inn Coquitlam (http://www.executivehotels.net/coquitlamhotel/) which is 7 km from campus, at the base of Burnaby Mountain. Please use the group name CFS-2 or Booking ID 5927 when making reservations.
There are a host of other accommodations in Vancouver, Burnaby and Coquitlam that are easily accessible via the Skytrain rapid transit system.

 

PLANNING TRAVEL TO SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Burnaby is a neighboring suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. The main campus of Simon Fraser University (SFU – Burnaby), where the conference will be held, is 16.5 km from downtown Vancouver. The Skytrain rapid transit system connects SFU to downtown Vancouver and the Vancouver International Airport (YVR).

The Greater Vancouver area can also be accessed from the following airports:
1) Seattle-Tacoma Airport (SEA) which is a 5 hour bus or train ride away in Washington State;
2) Bellingham International Airport (BLI) which is 80 km south of Vancouver in Washington State (this airport primarily services the Vancouver area);
3) Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) which is 50 km west of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.
Vancouver can also be accessed by car, bus, or train (see http://wikitravel.org/en/Vancouver) for more information.