Re: [Tccc] Cost of attendance from developing countries / in general

I believe the discussion on this particular topic "Cost of attendance from
developing countries / in general" has been narrowed down to just
registration fees which is IMO not the main factor for the no-shows.

Earlier, Martin Drozda did the simple math and found that attending
Globecom 2009 costs 2500 Euro (3750 USD). My point is reducing the
registration fees by $100-200 will not make any difference for people
coming from developing countries or those with limited budget.

Most people with limited/no funds used to pay the registration fees with
no real intention to attend the conferences. Unfortunately, they had no
choice. With the new no-show policy, some started to tweak it by
presentations by non-authors. If non-authors presentations are no longer
allowed, researchers from developing countries may be forced to publish in
regional conferences.

-Osama.

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Osama Bazan, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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