Registration

Registration Now Open @ http://www.regonline.com/Tapia07

Registration Rates

		Early bird (to Sept 7)	Regular (to Oct 13)	Onsite
Professional (ACM/IEEE-CS Member)		USD 450	USD 525	USD 550
Professional (not ACM/IEEE-CS Member)		USD 550	USD 625	USD 650
Student		USD 325	USD 400	USD 425

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Onsite Registration will be held at the hotel at the following dates and times:

Registration will be in the East Registration area.   Download a pdf map of the hotel's lobby and meeting rooms. -- Right-click on this link, and choose "Save Link As" to save it to your hard drive.   It's a large .pdf file, 521KB), or to view the map in your web browser, click here.

Travel and Hotel

The Richard Tapia Conference will be held at the

Hilton Walt Disney World Resort Hotel
1751 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida USA 32830
Phone: (407) 827-4000
Fax: (407) 827-3890

The negotiated hotel room rate is $169+tax/night.

To register, call the hotel at (407) 827-4000.

Use the Group/Convention Code: "Grace Hopper - Richard Tapia" to receive the negotiated rate, which should also be available as early as three days before and as late as three days after the conference dates.

If you need an alternate hotel, rooms are available by calling these nearby hotels:

Doubletree Hotel
1-407-934-1000
2305 Hotel Plaza Boulevard, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Royal Plaza
1-800-248-7890
1905 Hotel Plaza Boulevard, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Best Western
1-800-348-3765
2000 Hotel Plaza Boulevard,   Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Airport
The Orlando International Airport (MCO) is 18 miles from the hotel.

Driving to the Hotel
Exit from Airport Blvd. toward the Terminal B/North exit.
Follow to SR-528 West to I-4/Florida’s Turnpike (Toll applies).
Take Tampa/I-4 West/Disney World to Exit #68/SR-535/Lake Buena Vista onto SR-535.
At next traffic light, turn Left to Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Follow for ½ mile.

Other Transportation to/from Hotel
Browse through the information listed at: http://www.orlandoairports.net/ops/bus_taxi.htm

• Cab: ~$55-60 one way
• Mears Shared Shuttle (Mears Transportation Group): ~$19 one-way per person or $31 round-trip per person.  Reservations: http://www.mearstransportation.com or (407) 423-5566.
  Note: This is a shared ride. Waiting times at the airport can be up to 45minutes. Additionally, it will take 30-45minutes to reach the hotel, depending on traffic. For the return trip from the hotel to the airport, you will be asked to schedule transportation 3 hours before your return flight.