2007 TRECVID Workshop

November 5-6, 2007

Red Auditorium
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland USA

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General Information

Location
The 2007 TRECVID Workshop will be help in the Red Auditorium, in the Administration Building (Building 101), at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) main campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Registration
The registration fee of $260 includes: workshop notebook, coffee breaks, two lunches, and a banquet dinner. Please register by Monday, October 29, 2007.

Due to increased security, no on-site registrations will be accepted and all attendees must be pre-registered. Photo identification must be presented at check-in at the Visitor Center if you are driving to NIST. Non-U.S. Citizens must provide a passport. Attendees must wear their conference badge at all times while on the NIST campus.

Contacts
Registration questions: Angela Ellis, phone: 301-975-3881
Payment questions: Betty Mandel, phone: 301-975-5440, fax: 301-975-8943
TRECVID questions: Lori Buckland (lori.buckland@nist.gov) or Paul Over (over@nist.gov)

Communications
The telephone number for contact with the meeting is 301-975-2997 or 2998. Attendees will not be called out of the meeting to receive telephone calls, except in emergencies. Public phones are located outside the Green Auditorium.

Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Gaithersburg Holiday Inn (use code NTC to get the group rate), telephone: 301-948-8900, at a special rate of $109, single or double, plus 12% tax. To register for rooms, please call the hotel directly by October 19, and mention the "NIST TREC Conference" room block. Reservations must be canceled by 4 p.m. on the arrival date in order to receive a refund.

Roundtrip transportation will be provided between the hotel and NIST each day in the morning and evening. Attendees are encouraged to use this service, as parking at NIST may be limited.

Coffee Breaks and Lunches
Refreshments will be available at coffee breaks. Lunch will be provided for attendees on Monday, November 5 and Tuesday, November 6 in the NIST cafeteria.

Barbeque Dinner
A dinner, preceeded by a cash-bar, will be held at Smokey Glen Farm, Gaithersburg, MD, on Monday, November 5. One banquet ticket is included in the cost of the workshop registration; additional banquet tickets may be purchased for $35. Transportation will be provided from the Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to Smokey Glen Farm, then back to the hotel at the conclusion of the dinner.

Travel
Super-Shuttle, 1-800-258-3826, and Federal Airport Shuttle, 1-866-721-2929, offer commercial van service from Dulles International, Ronald Reagan National, and Baltimore-Washington International Airports to Gaithersburg. Call for reservations.

The Washington Metro has subway service to Gaithersburg. Metro can be boarded at National Airport. Take a Yellow Line train marked "Mount Vernon Square" to the Gallery Place stop and transfer to a Red Line train marked "Shady Grove" to the Shady Grove station. Service is every 6 to 15 minutes, depending on the time of day. The travel time from National to Shady Grove is about 50 minutes. Taxis are available from the Shady Grove Metro station to area hotels."

To reach the Gaithersburg Holiday Inn:
Traveling north on I-270: take Exit 11, Rt. 124 East, Montgomery Village Avenue. At the second traffic light, turn left, then immediately right into the hotel parking lot.

From southbound I-270: take Exit 11, Route 124, Quince Orchard Road/Montgomery Village Avenue. Turn left at the first light onto Route 124, stay in the far left lane. Go straight thru the second light. At the next intersection, turn left onto Route 355/N. Frederick Avenue, then immediately right into the hotel parking lot.

For other information about NIST and the Gaithersburg area, please see: NIST Visitor Information.




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