- Location
The 2008 TRECVID Workshop will be held on November 17 and 18 in the Green Auditorium,
in the Administration Building (Building 101), at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) main campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
- Form NIST 1260
This form is required from all non U.S. citizens. Please complete the top half of this form only. Failure to provide this information prior to arrival at NIST will result in significant delays (up to 24 hours) in entering the NIST facility. Form NIST 1260
By Monday, November 10, complete form NIST 1260 and send it electronically to:
marylou.norris@nist.gov (Mary Lou Norris, NIST Conference Office)
Subject: 2008 TRECVID Workshop participant, NIST FORM 1260
- Registration
The 2008 TRECVID Workshop registration fee is $242. Register by Monday, November 10, 2008.
Signs will direct you to the registration area once you are in the Administration
Building. The registration fee of $242 includes: notebook,
coffee breaks, two lunches, a dinner, transportation to and from the conference hotel
and NIST each day, and transportation to and from the dinner. Additionally, we
will be offering the choice of a hard-copy and/or CD version of the conference
notebook at the conference.
If you are planning to attend the TRECVID 2008 Workshop and your passport is from: Cuba,
Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria,
you must contact Lori Buckland no later than
October 16, as additional information is required from you.
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: Teresa Vicente, (teresa.vicente@nist.gov), phone: 301-975-3883.
TRECVID questions: Paul Over (over@nist.gov) or Lori Buckland (lori.buckland@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.
- Wireless Access
Wireless Access will be available to participants. Please indicate on the registration
form if you will want wireless access so that you can receive a password when you
check-in at the workshop.
- Continental Breakfasts, Coffee Breaks and Lunches
Continental breakfast will be served each day in the West Square Cafeteria at NIST.
Refreshments will be available at coffee breaks. Lunch will be provided
for attendees on Monday, November 17 and Tuesday, November 18 in the NIST
main cafeteria.
- Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at the
Holiday Inn Gaithersburg at a group rate of $113, single or double,
plus 13% tax (when registering on line use code VID to get the group rate). Or, you may call the Holiday Inn Gaithersburg directly at telephone: 301-948-8900,
and mention the NIST/TRECVID Workshop when making your hotel reservations.
Reservations must be made by Saturday,
November 1, 2008. Reservations must be canceled by 4 p.m. on the
arrival date in order to receive a refund.
Round-trip 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.
- Dinner
A dinner, preceded by a cash bar, will be held at Growlers Restaurant, Gaithersburg, MD, on Monday, November 17. One banquet ticket is included in the cost of the workshop registration. Transportation will be provided from the Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to Growlers Restaurant, 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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