Registration for Balisage and pre-conference Symposium
Registration Fees (in US dollars)
Separate registration fees for the two events

Ballisage: The Markup Conference

Conference Registration:

• $975 Regular Registration
• $775 Registration for members of co-sponsors*, full-time academics, government employees
• $300 Speaker Registration
• $250 Speaker Registration for members of co-sponsors*, full-time academics, government employees
• $0 Press

Single Conference Day:

• $500 Regular Registration
• $400 Registration for members of co-sponsors*, full-time academics, government employees

Preconference Seminar
International Symposium on Versioning XML Documents and Vocabularies
(fee not included in conference registration)

• $125 Regular Registration
• $100 Registration for members of co-sponsors*, full-time academics, government employees

Additional Fees

• $75 Additional Fee for On-site Registration

Registration Contact:

Tonya Gaylord
Phone: +1 301 315 9631
Fax: +1 301 315 8285
Email: registrar@balisage.net

Registration:

Online conference registration is available at: Credit Card Registration for attendees paying by VISA or MasterCard.

A printable registration form (for attendees who prefer to mail a check or supply credit card information by mail or fax) is available at: Printable Registration form. Faxing and mailing instructions appear on the form.

Advanced Registration Deadline
Advanced registration closes on 1 August 2008 . Registration will re-open onsite 11 August 2008. A $75 onsite fee will be added to ALL onsite conference registrations.

Payment Policy
All valid registrations MUST be accompanied by full payment or government purchase order.

Letters of Invitation
If you require a Letter of Invitation for your visa application, please send a request for a letter of invitation to the registrar (address above). In that letter you must state that you are either:

• a author of an accepted paper at the conference, or
• a conference participant who has paid the registration fee and agrees that once the letter of invitation is issued your registration fee will not be refundable.

Confirmation Policy
Confirmations will not be sent until complete payment is received. Completed registrations will receive confirmations via fax or email within 5 business days. If you do not receive confirmation of your registration please contact the Registrar:
registrar@balisage.net; +1 301 315 9631.

Cancellations
Cancellations must be received in writing. If received before 20 July 2008, only a $75 processing fee will be incurred. No portion of the registration fee will be refunded after 20 July 2008. No portion of the registration will be refunded if a Letter of Invitation has been issued. more info

Additional Registration Policies
Academic Rates, Presenter Registrations, and Press Registrations.

* Co-sponsors to date include: DC XML Users Group, Philadelphia XML Users Group, XML UK, The Text Encoding Initiative, OASIS, and the W3C.

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