ACCOMMODATION:

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, free shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. 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 (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and night clubs, ...).

Other less-luxury hotels, within walking distance from Monte Carlo hotel, with lower discount rates (such as HOLIDAY INN BOARDWALK (49 USD), NEW YORK NEW YORK (59 USD), EXCALIBUR (49 USD), ALADDIN (65 USD), TROPICANA (36USD), LUXO (59 USD), are also available. You can visit http://www.vegas.com/ for more information and reservation. If you wish to share a room with other participants please e-mail a request as soon as possible to the session chair for arrangement.

Discount air round tickets ( examples: ~ 289 USD for NewYork - LasVegas; 309 USD for Chicago-LasVegas; 201 USD Seattle-LasVegas; 425 USD for Hartford(or Boston)-LasVegas ; 319 Washington, DC - LasVegas; ) can be found at http://lowestfare.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, ...