TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION ( Data from Last Year, will be updated later )

The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with FREE shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, casino, spa, pools, sunning decks, water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa, sauna, arcade virtual reality game rooms. In walking distance from here there are also a number of free shows, bars, a restaurants, night clubs, shopping centers, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day. The negotiated hotel's room rate for conference attendees is 79USD + tax per night (no extra charge for double occupancy). The hotel is on SOUTH STRIP within walking distance from most other Las Vegas attractions.

Other hotels, within walking distance from Monte Carlo hotel, with discount rates (such as HOLIDAY INN BOARDWALK - 3 minutes of walking (29 to 49 USD), NEW YORK NEW YORK - 5 minutes of walking (59 USD), EXCALIBUR - 7 minutes of walking (49 USD), ALADDIN - 5 minutes of walking (65 USD), TROPICANA - 7 minutes of walking (36USD), LUXO - 10 minutes of walking (59 USD), are also available. You can visit http://www.vegas.com/ or http://www.lasvegas24hours.com/ for more information and for reservations. If you wish to share a room with other participants please e-mail a request as soon as possible to the contact address for an arrangement.

Discount air round tickets ( examples: ~ 289 USD for New York - Las Vegas; 309 USD for Chicago-Las Vegas; 201 USD Seattle-Las Vegas; 425 USD for Hartford(or Boston)-Las Vegas: or 319 for Washington, DC - Las Vegas; ) can be found at http://lowestfare.com/ or http://www.orbitz.com/.

For international participants: the state of Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away from other attractions and major cities, including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, ...