The 9th Annual East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
February 11-13, 2010
Abstract Selection
The abstract selection committee has made their decisions. The results of abstract selection committee will be announced via-email and/or postal mail. Please let us know if by December 30, 2009, you have not received the notification message.
Registration Form
If your abstract is selected, please download the registration form here. Complete and submit the form as an email attachment to studentconference@eastwestcenter.org by Friday, January 15, 2010, with a subject "registration - your last name". Submit it in the original MS-Word file, not in any other format. For a paper written by several authors who each wish to attend the conference, each co-author must send the registration form individually.
Please note that you are asked to submit a 100-word summary of your presentation together with your registration form.
Conference Schedule
The first day, February 11, will be for registration and opening ceremony. The second and third days, February 12 - 13, will be for sessions.
The session schedules for February 12 - 13 in general are as follows:
08:30 - 10:15 Session 1
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:15 Session 2
12:15 - 01:30 Lunch
01:30 - 03:15 Session 3
03:15 - 03:30 Break
03:30 - 05:15 Session 4
There will be 4-5 parallel sessions at any given time slot. Each session will have 3-5 oral presentations. Each presenter will have about 20 minutes (including Q & A). All rooms will be equipped with a computer and a projector.
Conference Venue & Accommodation
The conference will be held at the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, at 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848, which is adjoining the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus and the EWC residence halls. Refer to the Conference Center website for more information.
A limited number of rooms at the East-West Center Halls of Residence has been reserved for registered conference participants on a space available basis. Special rates will be made available for conference participants but will be applicable only from February 10th to 18th, 2010 (inclusive). Make sure that you mention the International Graduate Student Conference when you reserve a room.
The rates for the conference participants are as follows:
Hale Manoa & Hale Kuahine- $27 for single room- $37 for double room
Lincoln Hall
- $52 for studio
- The conference doesn't make any reservation for studio with kitchen
Rent is due upon check-in.
The single and double rooms (in Hale Manoa and Hale Kuahine) are dormitory style with shared bathroom/toilet facilities while the studio (in Lincoln Hall) has its own bathroom/toilet facility. Sheets/blankets/towels are provided in the dormitories, and all of those plus towels are also provided in Lincoln Hall. None of them has air conditioning. Shared kitchen facilities and coin-operated laundry machines are available in Hale Manoa and Hale Kuahine.
Please refer to EWC Housing website for details of housing (including pictures of the rooms) and reservation procedure.
Participants are requested to get in touch with EWC Housing authorities directly for their accomodation reservation as well as questions thereto by email at: housing@eastwestcenter.org
Please wait until you are notified about the results of the abstraction selection committee before making any reservation.
US Visa
Non-US Participants who need a B-1 visa to enter the United States are encouraged to start looking for information related to obtaining US visa from your country. The following websites may be useful for you:
- for embassy location, policies, and procedures for visa applications/issuance
- for wait times for required visa appointments/issuance by consular post
Visa waiver program
- for countries participating in a visa waiver program with the United States
However, please do not make any appointment with the US Embassy before you are notified about the results of abstract selection committee.
However, please do not make any appointment with the US Embassy before you are notified about the results of the abstract selection committee.
Contact Address
The 9th Annual International Graduate Student Conference
c/o EWC Education Program
1601 East-West Road, Burns Hall, Rm. 2089
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848
U.S.A
Tel. (808) 944-7588
Fax. (808) 944-7070
Email: studentconference@eastwestcenter.org
Web: www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference
