Registration

The registration for the 16th International Symposium on Combinatorial Search (SoCS) 2023 will be handled by Ms. Milena Zeithamlová, a symposium local arrangements chair.

To register, you are kindly asked to complete

REGISTRATION FORM  (closed)

and pay the registration fee (see the options below). Registering early will save you money, and also it will help us to organize things better!

The deadline for early registration is May 17, 2023 and the late registration deadline is July 7, 2023.

Regular and Student Fee includes:

• • • attendance at SoCS 2023 symposium – admission to invited talks, master classes, technical sessions, DC talks, community meeting - Fri, Sat, Sun

    • symposium package

    • 5 coffee breaks

    • 3 lunches - Fri, Sat, Sun

    • welcome dinner on Thursday July 13, 2023

    • symposium dinner on Friday July 14, 2023

    • dinner on Saturday July 15, 2023

    • pool time on Sunday afternoon July 16, 2023 

A copy of a valid student card or a student confirmation (in English) can be requested by organizers upon the arrival at the registration desk. Student ID number (the number of the valid Student card) will be required already during the registration process. 

If an accompanying person would like to join symposium participants for lunches or dinners, the order can be made at the hotel reception the day in advance. An accompanying person will not have access to sessions during the symposium. 

For each accepted paper, at least one author should pay registration fee to be included in the symposium program.

Payment

Payment to be made in CZK (Czech Crowns):

• • by card (VISA/VISA Electron, MasterCard/Eurocard, Maestro)

  • by bank transfer (possible only until July 7, 2023) 

    • • IBAN: CZ0801000000000221442101

      • Swift Code: KOMBCZPP

      • CZK Account No.: 221442101, Bank Code: 0100

      • Bank address: Komercni banka Prague 10, Vladivostocka 2, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic

      • Account holder: Ing. Milena Zeithamlova

      • Address: Kazasska 1426/6, 101 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic

If you have any difficulties in sending the payment in CZK (Czech Crowns) by bank transfer, please contact the registration chair. 

Please indicate your PROFORMA INVOICE number and your name as payment description/identification. Please make sure that the bank transfer is net of all bank charges and commissions made. Remaining charges will be requested upon your arrival when registering.

Confirmation / Proforma Invoice / Invoice

Once you have completed the online REGISTRATION FORM you will receive the email confirmation. In the case of

• • credit card payment, the proforma invoice corresponding to your payment (pdf document) will be attached to the confirmation email. Confirmation email contains very important information including the status of your card payment. After your successful payment authorization, you will receive immediately a final invoice. (If the card payment is declined by the authorization center, just click on the link of payment status and fill the card details again or use another card).

  • bank transfer, the proforma invoice corresponding to your payment (pdf document) will be attached to the confirmation email. The final invoice will be issued upon the receipt of the payment on our account and sent attached to the confirming email.

Cancellation Policy & Refund

All refund requests must be made in writing by email to the SoCS 2023 registration chair.

• • if the cancellation of the symposium is made before or on June 12, 2023, the registration fee reduced by CZK 1 500 will be refunded

  • if the cancellation of the conference is made from June 12, 2023 till June 26, 2023, the registration fee reduced by CZK 4 000 will be refunded

  • after June 26, 2023, however, no fees can be refunded

  • all refunds will be processed after the event 

If you cannot attend, your registration is transferable to another participant (the same type of registration fee). Please inform the local arrangements chair as soon as possible, but no later than July 3, 2023, to whom your registration should be transferred.

Invitation Letter & Questions?

If you need a Letter of Invitation to obtain a visa, Ms. Milena Zeithamlová – local arrangements and registration chair - will send you such a letter upon request, once you have registered for the symposium and paid the registration fee.

Registration-related questions should be addressed to her as well.