ICRA 2010 Anchorage May 3-7, 2010

Why Anchorage? Excellent meeting facilities World-class hotels Strong local support Pre and post activities

Convenient to many locations Why Anchorage? Convenient to many locations

Nonstop or Direct Flights to over 30 US cities Direct or nonstop Taipai Tokyo Seoul One stop from most European Cities Nonstop or Direct Flights to over 30 US cities Ten direct flights to Mexico Direct to 6 cities in Canada Frankfurt

IEEE experience (only a few examples): Why Anchorage? IEEE experience (only a few examples): WCCI 1998 1200 Lithography 1999 250 Photovoltaics 2000 900 Infocom 2001 800 IMTC 2002 400 Parallel Arch 350 Automatic Control 1100 ICC 2003 Geoscience 2004

Conference Committee Videos: Jing Xiao General Chair: Wesley Snyder Finance: Ron Lumia Industrial liaison: Bill Townsend Program: Vijay Kumar Local Arrangements chair ICRA 1987, Org. Chair ICNN 1989 (over 2K attendees), General Chair CBMS 94 Local Arrangements: Mike Willmon

Hotels are first quality and reasonably priced

Hotels Hotel Distance to Egan Center Rooms Rates (2004) 8% hotel tax, no sales tax Captain Cook 3 blocks (4 min) 547 115 Hilton 2 blocks (3 min) 600 109 Marriot 4 blocks 392 92 Sheraton 7 blocks (12 minutes) 375 95 Westmark 1 block (2 min) 130 79

Plenaries at the PAC Adjacent to Egan

Egan Center Next to Performing Arts Center Up to 25 simultaneous sessions Capacity for large or small meetings Capacity for banquets and exhibits Central to Anchorage and hotels Rental fee waived

Opening Reception at Anchorage Museum of History and Art

Tutorials at Alyeska

Exhibits/coffee/banquet at Egan

Roboditarod

Well, Anchorage is only 5 minutes from Alaska. Why Anchorage? Well, Anchorage is only 5 minutes from Alaska.