This message is a reminder to those planning to attend ICCV '98. The web page for the meeting is http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/lsd/iccv/index.html OR http://www.cse.iitb.ernet.in/~iccv98 HOTELS Hotels at a range of daily rates are available (see conference website). All are conveniently located with respect to the conference site. There will be free buses running between the hotels and the conference site. All hotels have satisfactory airconditioning and other usual facilities - they should all suffice. The more expensive ones have central airconditioning, superior room furnishings, modern buildings and superior service. Suit your needs. Blocks of rooms have been reserved at each of the hotels listed on the website. Please make your reservations early. After October 30, the hotels are free to release the rooms to others. AGENTS AND AIRFARES THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR PLANNING. DECEMBER AND JANUARY ARE THE PEAK MONTHS FOR TRAVEL TO/FROM INDIA. PLAN YOUR TRAVEL NOW. SEATS ARE FILLING UP. The conference website lists some travel agents within USA. The following website contains information about travel agents in several countries obtained through surveys: http://Gremlin.chrr.ohio-state.edu/Travel/ USA: The fares depend on when you leave. Most fares do NOT require a minimum length of stay in India anymore. It is easy to get your desired travel dates if you do your planning before August 31. After that date, it begins to get harder to find the exact dates you want. Before Sometime in the Second Week of Dec and After Dec 24: Most fares for Chicago-Bombay-Chicago (or Chicago-Delhi-Chicago) range from $950 to $1350 depending on when you leave and on which airline. Dec 14-Dec 24: This is high season; expect to pay $200-300 more. Before Thanksgiving: Lowest fares. CANADA: The fares are comparable to those from USA. EUROPE: Fares are cheaper if you go through travel agents that do volume business in travel to India. REGISTRATION Registration form will be made available on the web. You may send the completed form through paper mail or email to the address indicated on the form, or you may register via the web. In addition to breakfasts, lunches, coffee breaks, transportation and reception, the registration fee also includes a banquet and a performance by Mallika Sarabhai - one of the top living dancers in India today (http://www.Darpana.com/). Mallika Sarabhai is co-director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, where she co-ordinates the training of hundred of students in dance, theatre, puppetry and music, and directs the Darpana Dance Company, the Janavak Folk and Tribal Dance Company, and Darpana for Development. Her career has developed >from being a young, internationally acclaimed, classical dancer and film personality, to being an activist and commentator on social issues. As dancer, actress, choreographer, writer and instigator of community projects she challenges audiences to sit up and think, to realign themselves to questions of ecology, cultural atrophy, and the very place of the arts in our society. TOURS A number of tours are available to sites near and far from Bombay. Please check the conference website as well as the web site for Bombay and neighboring places (http://www.mumbainet.com/). CUSTOMS The following websites are useful for customs related information: http://konark.ncst.ernet.in/customs/, and http://konark.ncst.ernet.in/customs/Guide.html The daily forex rates can be found at http://www.expressindia.com/fe/forex.html