1. FLAIRS-30 Report
Ingrid Russell FLAIRS-30 Conference Chair

2. 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%.

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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%)

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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…

12. Concluding Remarks