Conference Registration

Who May Attend

CUG meetings are not open sessions according to our organization's corporate bylaws and guidelines. Admittance to any meeting session requires the appropriate identification badge. Generally speaking, employees of a CUG Member site (identified by its CUG site code), and users of computing services provided by a CUG Member site, may attend a CUG meeting as a registered Installation Participant from that CUG Member site. (Note: For your convenience, there is an option to pay your site's annual membership fee on the conference registration form.)

In addition, CUG bylaws specify that a "CUG Visitor" is "Any individual who is not an Installation Representative and who is invited to attend a specific function of the Corporation ... [with] the prior approval of the Board of Directors." This generally applies to an occasional invited speaker who brings important perspectives to our meeting in support of a strong technical program.

Finally, CUG bylaws state that "Meetings shall not be used for marketing or other commercial purposes."

Cray Inc. employees

Please do not use this form to register. Your conference registration is processed by Linda Yetzer. Her phone number is (1-651) 605-8961; e-mail address is yetzerll@cray.com.

First-time Attendees

We encourage first-time attendees to seek out CUG Board Members and other CUG leaders. Board Members and SIG and Focus Chairs will be wearing ribbons by which you may identify them. They look forward to welcoming you and to helping you with information about how CUG works.

Registration deadlines

Date
Fee

Register by March 26 for an early bird rate
$675

Received by April 23
$750

Received after April 23
$825

The deadline for early registration is March 26, 2008. After March 26 the registration fee increases from $675 to $750. The deadline for hotel reservations is April 7. After April 7, the hotel can no longer guarantee rooms as part of our conference block at our conference rate. You must make your own hotel reservations.

Your registration fee includes

Admission to all program sessions, meetings, workshops, and tutorials
Lunch, plus morning and afternoon refreshments each day for the duration of the conference
Wednesday CUG Night Out (Registered attendees may purchase additional tickets for their guests)

All conference attendees will receive the conference Proceedings on our secure web server and on CD-ROM.

Please note that all attendees must wear conference badges during CUG Conference activities.

Before you continue to the registration form:

Please be sure you know how you will pay your registration fee: by credit card, check, or purchase order. If you will pay by credit card, be sure you have it in hand before you begin. You will need it in order to complete the registration and payment process.

Continue to the online conference registration form.

Cancellations

Conference registration cancellations must be received by the CUG Office before April 23, 2008. All registration fees will be refunded (less a $25 handling fee) if the cancellation is received by this date.