What does the registration fee cover, and are there any registration fees waived or scholarshiped?
All delegates are required to pay the registration fee ($US 150 ‘Early-Bird’ or $US 200 regular non-western or $US 300 ‘Early-Bird’ or $US350 regular for developed countries), without exception. This will mostly cover the basic food and lodging costs for the conference, except delegates from developed countries are asked to pay for their own lodging per recommendations of various priced hotels made by the Japanese Host Committee. Lodging optionally includes breakfast, thus the seven meals provided at the conference along with breakfasts will provide three meals a day beginning with dinner on Tuesday night and continuing through Saturday breakfast. The registration fee also covers airport transportation if arrival is on May 10 or 11 and departure on May 15.
