1. Location: COEX, Seoul, Korea Dates: June 28 (Sun.) – July 3 (Fri.), 2009 Some Key Organizers: – –General Chairs: Jong-Seon No & Vince Poor – –Program Chairs: Rob Calderbank, Habong Chung & Alon Orlitsky – –Finance Chairs: Mung Chiang & Jun Heo Conference loan of US$40,000 from the IT Society, Nov. 20, 2007 Contract with PCO, March 5, 2008. (US$ 50,000) Deadline for advance registration: April 30, 2009 ISIT09:BoG Update March 18, 2009

2. Signed contract with COEX for ISIT 2009, April 18, 2008 (US$ 70,000) Established website of ISIT2009 at www.isit2009.info, by PCO, April 2008www.isit2009.info Paper submissions: 964 papers (deadline: Jan. 17, 2009) (accepted 603 papers out of 993 submissions for ISIT2008) Authors notified by March 31, 2009 (TPC meeting @ CISS) Upload of accepted papers by April 30, 2009 At least, one author per paper must register by April 30, 2009 and each author registration covers up to two papers. ISIT2009 COEX, Seoul Korea

3. Shannon Lecturer –Jorma Rissanen (Tampere University of Technology) Plenary Speakers –Richard Baraniuk (Rice University) –David Tse (UC Berkeley) –Raymond Yeung (Chinese University of Hong Kong) –Nago Alon (Tel Aviv University) Tutorials –Emmanuel J. Candes (CIT); Recovering the Unseen: Old and New –Amin Shokrollahi (EPFL); Fountain Codes –Balaji Prabhakar (Stanford University); Writing on a Clean Slate –David Tse (UC Berkeley); Interference Management; An Information Theoretic View ISIT2009 COEX, Seoul Korea

4. Outside Funding –Very difficult to get financial support from companies in Korea due to severe economic crisis –But the high exchange rate of Korean won to US dollars helps a lot in balancing the budget –Thus we can expect a small budget surplus without financial support from the companies in Korea. –We are still seeking financial support from US and Korean companies and government agencies (NSF, ONR, etc.). –Financial support from HP in US of around 3000US$. ISIT2009 COEX, Seoul Korea

5. ISIT2009 Budget Details Meeting Rooms with Tax$67,958 A/V Equipments$20,000 Banquet600 x $120 = $72,000 Luncheon600 x $70 = $42,000 Reception350 x $40 = $14,000 Coffee600 x $60 = $36,000 Gift700 x $20 = $14,000 Promotion (CFP, Program)$20,000 Proceedings$20,000 Travel$10,000 Conference Administration (PCO)$50,000 Committee$12,000 Credit card fee and Audit fee$10,916 Miscellany$20,000 Total $408,874 Income: USD432,300 (Not including financial support from government and private sources.) Expenses: USD408,874 ( Surplus: USD23,426 )

6. ISIT2009 Registration Registration Fee Number of Registrations 2006(USD)2007(USD)2008(CD)2009(USD) Member Advance575754675700 On-Site674867775850 Nonmember Advance700881825800 On-Site8001041925950 Student Advance250413375350 On-Site350494425420 2005200720082009 Member Advance 267368331300 On-Site 7037 90 Nonmember Advance 6454 66 50 On-Site2712 14 20 Student Advance 117290318200 On-Site 2526 61 40 Total 630787880700

7. Registration Fee for Attendees from Korea –There is a severe economic crisis in Korea, even relative to US –High exchange rate of Korean won to US dollars; it changed from 950Kwon/1USD, 2008 to 1550Kwon/1USD, today. –Very difficult for attendees from Korea to register for ISIT2009. –We would like to post the registration fee for attendees from Korea in Korean won at an exchange rate of 1350Kwon/1USD. –Gives an advance registration fee for IEEE members of 945,000Kwon. –We could post this information in Korean for Korean attendees. –If the exchange rate goes down, we can adjust accordingly. ISIT2009: BoG Action Item