MPE 2013+ Workshop on Education for the Planet Earth of Tomorrow

September 30 - October 2, 2015
NIMBioS, University of Tennessee

Organizers:

Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University, ccchavez at asu.edu

Midge Cozzens, DIMACS, Rutgers University, midgec at dimacs.rutgers.edu

Eugene Fiorini, Muhlenberg College, eugenefiorini at muhlenberg.edu

Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University, hgaff at odu.edu

Suzanne Lenhart, NIMBioS, University of Tennessee, lenhart at math.utk.edu

Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu

Kelly Sturner, NIMBioS, University of Tennessee, ksturner at nimbios.org

• Workshop Announcement

• Call for Participation

• Call for Papers

• Application to Attend and for Financial Support Attendance is by invitation.
  Priority for financial support will be given to Early Career Researchers. Early Career Researchers are defined as faculty or researchers who have earned their doctorate within the previous three years, postdocs, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates with research experience.

• Application to Contribute a Paper

• Program

• Slides

• Registration Form (Pre-registration deadline: September 23, 2015) Stop! If you have applied to attend, do not fill out this form until your attendance has been confirmed.
  Fill out this application if you are an invited speaker or you have been invited to attend after you have submitted an application. Registration fees are waived for invited speakers. In some cases, those who apply for financial support will be granted a reduced fee waiver. All others are expected to pay the registration fee.
  Participation in this workshop is invitation only, although if you would like to attend, please fill out the Application to Attend and for Financial Support.

  DIMACS Workshop Registration Fees
  	Registrations on or before September 23, 2015	Registrations after September 23, 2015
  Industry (non-DIMACS member) Participant:	$450	$500
  Academic/Nonprofit/Government (non-DIMACS member) Participant*	$280	$320
  Early Career Participant*, DIMACS Member Participant, Invited Presenter Participant, Waived Registration Participant**	$0	$0

  The registration fee is payable by credit card or e-check through ScholarChip. When the registration page is completed, clicking "Submit" will redirect the registrant to the ScholarChip webpage which will collect the payment information.

  Registration fees include participation in the workshop, all workshop materials, breakfast, lunch, breaks and any scheduled social events (if applicable).

  * Early Career Participant is defined as a faculty member whose doctorate was completed within the last three years, postdoc, graduate student or undergraduate student. Early Career registrants are encouraged to apply for a travel scholarship at Application for Financial Support for Early Career Applicants to Attend. Travel scholarship applications will be accepted until all slots are filled. Applicants will be notified of their status by the travel scholarship committee.

  ** Only select "Waived Registration Participant" if you have spoken directly to, and received permission from, a workshop organizing committee member.

• Hotel Arrangements:
  A room block has been made at:
  Four Points by Sheraton Knoxville Cumberland House
  1109 White Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37916
  Telephone (865) 865-971-4663
  Four Points by Sheraton Knoxville Cumberland House Website
  $10 for overnight parking. Please inform the front desk during check in for your name to be added to the master list.

  Walking directions from the hotel to the workshop venue (NIMBioS): http://www.nimbios.org/visitorinfo/location

  Please contact Bidisha Nag at bidisha.nag@rutgers.edu for hotel arrangements.

• Local Travel information:

  You will need to take a taxi from the airport to the hotel (cost $35 oneway for 20 min ride; you can be reimbursed for this). You can use Paradise Taxi; 865-525-9580 or Uber.

• Important Reimbursement Information

  Attendees who have been offered support should keep two rules in mind. Reimbursement for air travel can only be made for travel on US Flag Carriers, REGARDLESS OF COST. (For example, travel on airlines such as United, Continental, USAir, and others that are United States based are allowable. Travel on airlines such as Lufthansa, SAS, Air Canada and other airlines based outside the US cannot be reimbursed by DIMACS.)

  The second rule to keep in mind is to get original receipts for all reimbursable expenses. See: DIMACS Travel Reimbursement Policy & Procedures

• If you're coming from abroad, check the latest visa requirements (they are changing all the time) and get an early start on obtaining a visa.

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