Comments on: Plan to Attend SIGIR ’09! http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/04/17/plan-to-attend-sigir-09/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/04/17/plan-to-attend-sigir-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2908 Daniel Tunkelang Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:41:50 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1961#comment-2908 $475 at the time (the dollar's gotten stronger in the past year), but point taken. I suspect they were depending on funding sources that aren't quite so generous this year. I know that the program committee is working hard to get sponsors, and this isn't a fun year to do it. $475 at the time (the dollar’s gotten stronger in the past year), but point taken. I suspect they were depending on funding sources that aren’t quite so generous this year. I know that the program committee is working hard to get sponsors, and this isn’t a fun year to do it.

]]> By: jeremy http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/04/17/plan-to-attend-sigir-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 jeremy Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:30:37 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1961#comment-2907 Yes, CIKM last year was also quite the shocker. But the SIGIR 2008 fee was S650 (650 singaporean dollars), which comes out to around $430 USD. And for many, many years, that's been about the price... somewhere in the $450-500 USD range. It's just a bit of a shock. Yes, CIKM last year was also quite the shocker. But the SIGIR 2008 fee was S650 (650 singaporean dollars), which comes out to around $430 USD. And for many, many years, that’s been about the price… somewhere in the $450-500 USD range.

It’s just a bit of a shock.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/04/17/plan-to-attend-sigir-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2906 Daniel Tunkelang Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:20:55 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1961#comment-2906 That may actually make CHI cheaper per attendee. As I said, I'm not privy to the pricing considerations--and I'm sure this is a harder year than most to recruit sponsors. I guess I'm just not shocked, given last year's SIGIR and CIKM fees: http://www.sigir2008.org/registration.html http://www.cikm2008.org/registration.php That may actually make CHI cheaper per attendee. As I said, I’m not privy to the pricing considerations–and I’m sure this is a harder year than most to recruit sponsors. I guess I’m just not shocked, given last year’s SIGIR and CIKM fees:

http://www.sigir2008.org/registration.html
http://www.cikm2008.org/registration.php

]]> By: jeremy http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/04/17/plan-to-attend-sigir-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 jeremy Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:11:24 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1961#comment-2905 But CHI is 5x the size of SIGIR. But CHI is 5x the size of SIGIR.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/04/17/plan-to-attend-sigir-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2898 Daniel Tunkelang Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:56:24 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1961#comment-2898 I'm not privy to the pricing, except in making sure there would be a one-day option for the Industry Track. But I did did a look at the <a href="http://www.chi2009.org/Attending/Registration.html" rel="nofollow">CHI registration fees</a>--seems comparable, no? I’m not privy to the pricing, except in making sure there would be a one-day option for the Industry Track. But I did did a look at the CHI registration fees–seems comparable, no?

]]> By: jeremy http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/04/17/plan-to-attend-sigir-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2897 jeremy Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:01:22 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1961#comment-2897 'spensive this year, wow. ‘spensive this year, wow.

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