FLAIRS-30 Report Ingrid Russell FLAIRS-30 Conference Chair

Paper Submissions 17 ST proposals submitted; we ended-up with 17 special tracks 225 paper submissions (most since 2006) 52 to main general track and 173 to special tracks Acceptance  103 Full Papers 36 Short Papers 25 Poster Abstract Only Acceptance Rate is 63%.

Registrations 26 Early Registrations (17 students) 180 Paid Registrations 131 Author Registrations 26 Early Registrations (17 students) 12 Invited Speakers/Organizers/Honorees 4 Standard Registrations (1 student) 1 Late/Onsite Registration 192 Total Registrations

Attendees 3 Invited Speakers Of 192 registrants 178 attended 14 no-shows

FLAIRS-30, By Country Country Count United States 126 (66%) Canada 13 Brazil 11 Germany France 10 India 3 Singapore Ireland 2 Mexico Algeria 1 Beligium Chile Greece Japan Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabi Spain Sweden United Kingdom

Comparison, By Country FLAIRS-28 Country Count Brazil 6 Canada 13 Chile 1 China Czech Republic 3 Egypt France 9 Germany 5 India 2 Ireland 4 Italy Japan Kenya Korea, Republic Of Mexico New Zealand Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden United Arab Emirates United States 85 (55%) FLAIRS-30 Country Count Algeria 1 Beligium Brazil 11 Canada 13 Chile France 10 Germany Greece India 3 Ireland 2 Japan Mexico Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabi Singapore Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States 126 (66%) FLAIRS-29 Country Count Australia 4 Austria 1 Brazil 6 Canada 16 Czech Republic 3 Egypt France 7 Germany 5 Greece Hong Kong Ireland Italy Japan Korea, Republic Of Mexico Norway Singapore 2 Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States 109 (62%)

FLAIRS-30, Hotel Block DAY   Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Total DATE 5/20/17 5/21/17 5/22/17 5/23/17 5/24/17 5/25/17 5/26/17 Contracted Block 10 70 80 30 8 4 272 As of: 05/08/2017 16 104 108 100 49 7 1 385

Comparison, Hotel Block FLAIRS-30 FLAIRS-29 DAY   Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Total DATE 5/20/17 5/21/17 5/22/17 5/23/17 5/24/17 5/25/17 5/26/17 Contracted Block 10 70 80 30 8 4 272 As of: 05/08/2017 16 104 108 100 49 7 1 385 DAY   Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Total DATE 5/11/16 5/12/16 5/13/16 5/14/16 5/15/16 5/16/16 5/17/16 5/18/16 5/19/16 5/20/16 Contracted Block 15 87 291 (orig 230) As of: 05/13/2016 3 4 16 84 88 90 37 5 1 331 FLAIRS-28 DAY Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Total DATE 5/16/15 5/17/15 5/18/15 5/19/15 5/20/15 5/21/15 5/22/15   Contracted Block 5 80 90 40 305 As of: 04/22/2015 20 83 91 89 34 8 1 326

Bottom Line… Estimated Revenues = $90,247.05 Estimated Expenses = $85,303.63 Estimated Total Profit = $4943.42

Registration Comparison Registrations FLAIRS-30 FLAIRS-29 FLAIRS-28 Author Registrations 131 128 109 Early Registrations 33 25 Early Student Registrations 17 12 11 Invited Speakers/Organizers/Honorees Standard Registrations 5 9 7 Standard Student Registrations 1 2 Late/Onsite Registrations 3 One Day Registrations - Total Paid Registrations 180 165 144 Total Registrations 192 177 155

Author no-shows and their interesting stories Jean-Yves Bezaiu: chair of session 9D – did not contact us Valeria Bodishtyan – did not contact us Erik Cambria – did not contact us and much more… Matthieu Hourbracq – contacted us but after his talk time and gets more bizarre…

Concluding Remarks