ASEA SEC 8 | Registration Information

Welcome to the Registration Page

Before you continue with the registration process for ASEA SEC 8, please take the time to review the registration options and our policies.

You can do so by clicking on the menu options above. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Registration Options

The details for each registration product on our store page can be found below. Please review them to ensure you choose the right option for you.

All prices listed are in U.S. Dollars (USD).

Standard Registration

An author may submit up to TWO manuscripts for one registration fee. An additional fee is required for any additional manuscript beyond two. See the 'Miscellaneous' section for more details.

Registration Type	Rates	Description
Regular Registration	Early Bird: $895 Standard: $995 Late: $1045	The standard registration option for conference attendees. Includes conference lunches and coffee breaks.
Student Registration	Early Bird: $775 Standard: $874 Late: $923	A discounted rate for standard registration offered to students. To qualify for this option, you must be a full-time student currently enrolled at a higher education institution. You will be required to show your student ID at the registration desk on-site.
Regular Conference Package	Early Bird: $1000 Standard: $1100 Late: $1150	In addition to standard registration, this package includes the dinner banquet and welcome reception.
Student Conference Package	Early Bird: $875 Standard: $975 Late: $1025	The discounted student rate for the Conference Package. Student eligibility criteria applies.
Tech Committee Member	Early Bird: $765 Standard: $840 Late: $855	A discounted rate for the members of our conference technical committee. Includes conference lunches and coffee breaks.

Other Conference Attendees

Not an author, but want to attend? These options are for you.

Registration Type	Rates	Description
On-Site Exhibitor	Early Bird: $1175 Standard: $1375 Late: $1475	For businesses who want to showcase, display, and advertise their products and/or services at the conference. All on-site exhibitors will have access to: A presentation space of 4 meters x 2 meters A table of size 1.4 meters x 0.6 meters Two chairs Two presentation charts of size 1.5 meters x 1.5 meters An electrical power supply with multiple outlets Conference Wi-Fi Additionally, one on-site exhibitor fee will provide free access to the conference for two individuals (including the on-site exhibitor). Conference lunches and coffee breaks are included.
Accompanying Person (A/P)	Early Bird: $200 Standard: $250 Late: $275	This registration option is ONLY for a registrant's spouse, family, or friends. If you are an Author or Co-Author, you do NOT qualify to be an A/P. A/P registration includes: Conference Lunches Coffee Breaks Welcome Reception A/P Tours held during the main conference (if held)

Publishing without Attending (PWA)

For authors who aren't interested in attending the conference in person, you can still have your papers published using the options below. An additional fee is required for any additional manuscript beyond two. See the 'Miscellaneous' section for more details.

Paper Option	Rates
One Paper	Early Bird: $495 Standard: $545 Late: $570
Two Papers	Early Bird: $595 Standard: $645 Late: $670

Add-Ons

These are extra experiences to help you make the most out of your time in Christchurch. Additional fees apply.

Event Option	Rates	Description
Cultural Tour	Early Bird: $79 Standard: $84 Late: $89	The subject of this conference's cultural tour is: TBD. It will be held on Friday, April 16, 2027. For more details, please visit our Cultural Tour page.
Technical Tour	Early Bird: $45 Standard: $49 Late: $53	The subject of this conference's technical tour is: TBD. It will be held on Thursday, April 15, 2027. For more details, please visit our Technical Tour page.
Dinner Banquet	Early Bird: $105 Standard: $119 Late: $126	The dinner banquet will be held on the night of Wednesday, April 14, 2027 at TBD. For more details, please visit our Dinner Banquet page.
Evening Welcome Reception	Early Bird: $46 Standard: $46 Late: $46	This is a welcoming ceremony and icebreaker event that offers attendees a valuable opportunity to network with their fellow peers. It will be held on the evening of Monday, April 12, 2027. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.

Miscellaneous

Item / Service	Rates	Description
Additional Paper (Beyond Two)	Early Bird: $325 Standard: $355 Late: $370	For authors who wish to publish more than two papers in the conference proceedings. This fee applies to each additional paper beyond the two covered with your base registration.
Student Scholarship	Early Bird: $5 Standard: $5 Late: $5	All donations received from the purchase of this product will go towards funding scholarships for engineering students.
Makeup Fees	Early Bird: $1 Standard: $1 Late: $1	You do not need to worry about this product unless you find yourself in one of the following scenarios: You are upgrading from 'PWA' to 'Regular Registration' or 'Student Registration'. You are upgrading from a lower-priced product to a higher-priced product. (e.g., 'Student Registration' to 'Student Conference Package') You underpaid for your registration and must make up the difference. Please adjust the quantity of Makeup Fees purchased to match the total dollar amount you need to pay.

Registration Prices

All prices are in US$.

Registration Category	Early Bird Before December 31, 2026 PST	Standard Rates Before February 22, 2027 PST	Late Rates After February 22, 2027 PST
Regular Registration	$895	$995	$1045
Student Registration	$775	$874	$923
Regular Conference Package¹	$1000	$1100	$1150
Student Conference Package¹	$875	$975	$1025
Tech Cmte Member Registration	$765	$840	$855
On-Site Exhibitor²	$1175	$1375	$1475
Accompanying Person Registration (A/P)³	$200	$250	$275
Cultural Tour	$79	$84	$89
Technical Tour	$45	$49	$53
Dinner Banquet	$105	$119	$126
Evening Welcome Reception	$46	$46	$46
Publishing without Attending (One Paper)	$495	$545	$570
Publishing without Attending (Two Papers)	$595	$645	$670
Additional Paper (Beyond Two)	$325	$355	$370
Student Scholarship⁴	$5	$5	$5
Makeup Fees	$1	$1	$1

Conference package includes registration, dinner banquet, and welcome reception.
On-site exhibitors receive a presentation space of 4 meters x 2 meters, one table 1.4 meters x 0.6 meters, two chairs, two presentation charts 1.5 meters x 1.5 meters, electrical power supply with multiple plugs, conference wi-fi, as well as free access to the conference for two people including coffee breaks and lunches. The Evening Welcome Reception and Dinner Banquet are extra and have to be paid for.
Accompanying person (A/P) registration includes lunches, coffee breaks, welcome reception, and A/P tours during the main conference (if held). A/Ps mean only spouses, living partners, children, parents, friends, and close relatives. Any author/co-author is NOT considered an A/P.
The student scholarship is a donation that goes towards funding scholarships for engineering students.

Payment Methods

PayPal (Credit Card)

PayPal is our preferred payment method for registration. It is fast, secure, and convenient, accepting all major credit cards, debit cards, and PayPal accounts. For most countries, PayPal also offers a 'Guest Checkout' option for registrants who wish to pay without creating an account.

To proceed with your payment, please click the Store menu option above. You will be redirected to our online store, where you can select the appropriate registration product and complete your purchase.

Please note that all payments made via credit card are subject to a 3.74% service fee.

Bank Wire Transfer/Western Union

If you cannot use PayPal, you may choose to pay via bank wire transfer or Western Union.

Payments made via bank wire transfers MUST include a 4.2% service fee of your total registration price.

Payments made via Western Union MUST include a 3.3% service fee of your total registration price.

Registrants are responsible for covering any additional transfer fees charged by their bank, intermediary banks, or Western Union.

Please note that bank wire transfers typically take 2-3 weeks for funds to clear and appear in our account, while Western Union payments usually take at least 1-5 business days for us to pick up and process. Therefore, if you choose either of these methods, we recommend initiating the transfer as soon as possible to ensure your registration is processed in a timely manner.

If you would like to proceed with a bank wire transfer or Western Union payment, please contact us at isec.sec@gmail.com to request the necessary transfer details and instructions.

Once the transfer is complete and the funds have been received, we will send you a confirmation email and receipt. Please do not request a receipt before then.

Refund Policy

For payments made by:

PayPal/Credit Card: The PayPal fee and a US$ 30 admin and processing charge will be deducted from all refunds.
Western Union: Any Western Union fees and a US$ 30 admin and processing charge will be deducted from all refunds.
Bank Wire Transfer: A US$ 70 bank transfer fee and a US$ 30 admin and processing charge will be deducted from all refunds.

No refunds will be offered for registration made under the 'Publishing without Attending' category.

Refund Schedule

Eligible refunds will be processed in accordance with the following schedule:

Refund Request Date	Refund Amount
On or before January 1, 2027	75% of the registration fee
By February 1, 2027	50% of the registration fee
By March 1, 2027	25% of the registration fee
After March 1, 2027	No refund

Authors requesting a 50% refund or higher will not have their manuscsript(s) published in the conference proceedings.

Downgrade Policies

Authors downgrading from 'Regular' or 'Student' Registration to 'Publishing without Attending' will be refunded the difference in fees, minus applicable charges based on the original payment method:

PayPal/Credit Card/Western Union: Refunded minus a 5% service fee and a US$ 25 admin and processing fee.
Bank Wire Transfer: Refunded minus a US$ 70 bank transfer fee and a US$ 25 admin and processing fee.

Invoices and Receipts

Invoices

As ISEC has not yet provided any publication services at the time of registration, we do not issue invoices. However, corresponding authors may generate their own proforma invoices via their Author Workspace. If you are a co-author but wish to generate a proforma invoice to attend the conference, you must ask your corresponding author or an individual with an author account to generate the proforma invoice for you.

If you are neither an author nor a co-author but require a proforma invoice, please contact the ISEC Secretariat at isec.sec@gmail.com.

Receipts

All registrants who make payments via PayPal will receive both an email receipt from PayPal and an automated email receipt from ISEC Society. In accordance with ISEC's paperless policy, no physical receipts will be issued. Please download and save your receipts locally.

For payments made via bank wire transfer or Western Union, registrants will receive a receipt via email once the funds have been received and processed (NOT to be confused with when the wire transfer is made or when the money is dispatched by Western Union).

Cancellation and Rescheduling Policy

The conference may be canceled/rescheduled due to uncertain or unforeseen circumstances (e.g., natural disasters, pandemics, strikes, low participation, or Acts of God) at the discretion of the ISEC Society and the Conference Organizing Committee.

If the conference is rescheduled for any reason, no refunds will be provided.

If the conference is completely canceled and cannot be rescheduled, ISEC will provide refunds for your registration fees (minus the service fee and administrative fee). For more details, please see the "Refund Policy" section.

Events, activities, and timetables/technical programs are also subject to change depending on the number of participants, changes/delays with subcontractors/vendors, and scheduling conflicts.

Terms & Conditions

1. Terms

By accessing this web site, the Registrant is agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and accepts responsibility for compliance with any applicable local laws. If the Registrant does not agree with any of these terms, the Registrant is prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.

2. Use License

a. Under this license the Registrant may not:

modify or copy the materials from the ISEC website;
use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on ISEC-Society's web site;
remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server.

This license shall automatically terminate if the Registrant violates any of these restrictions and may be terminated by ISEC-Society at any time. Upon terminating the Registrant's viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, the Registrant must destroy any downloaded materials in the Registrant's possession whether in electronic or printed format.

3. Disclaimer

The materials on ISEC-Society's web site are provided "as is". ISEC-Society makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, ISEC-Society does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

4. Limitations

In no event shall ISEC-Society or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on ISEC-Society's Internet site, even if ISEC-Society or a ISEC-Society authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to the Registrant.

5. Revisions and Errata

The materials appearing on ISEC-Society's web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Although, the ISEC-Society strives to update the website and keep it current, ISEC Society does not warrant that all of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. ISEC-Society may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. ISEC-Society does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials. The registrant accepts a duty to empty his/her cache before entering the website, and refreshing the pages before accessing information, so as to avail of the latest information.

6. Links

ISEC-Society has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by ISEC-Society of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user's own risk.

7. Site Terms of Use Modifications

ISEC-Society may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site the Registrant is agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

8. Conference Cancellation Condition

Should the conference not be able to be held at the planned dates for any reason, including but not limited to Acts of God, war, civil unrest, lack of participation, economic turmoil or upheaval, natural disasters, epidemics and pandemics, labor strikes, university shutdown, government shutdown, country or city lockdown, military or police crackdown, illness or death of organizer(s), or any other impacting reason whatsoever, the conference organizers shall endeavor to reschedule the conference. No refund will be due to registrants under this circumstance, save what is under the return policy.

However, in the event the conference is totally canceled or otherwise not rescheduled, the registrant shall be entitled to a return per the return/refund policy schedule in Item 10 of his or her registration fees less the Paypal fee, and shall not be entitled to any further damages, payments or reimbursements. All accepted, paid, and copyedited articles shall still be published in open access.

The registrants and paid attendees at this conference shall hold harmless the conference organizers, including the host, all participating organizations, ISEC Society and its officers and representatives, all ISEC sponsors and co-sponsors, ISEC vendors and subcontractors, local organizing committee, ISEC technical and advisory committees, and editors and co-editors of the proceedings against all costs, damages, lost revenue, and expenses.

9. Timetable Re-scheduling

ISEC Society has the right to adjust events, activities, and timetable depending on number of participants.

10. Return/Refund Policy

The return/refund policy of this conference is given at the specific conference website under "Registration." The refund dates may be relaxed by ISEC Society, but shall not be tightened, except under extenuating circumstances of Item 8.

I, the Registrant, further understand the following:

Those Registrants requesting a 75% refund will not have their manuscript published.
There will be no refund for registration made under the 'Publishing without Attending' category, as this is understood to be a concessionary item.
The Regular and Student Registrations cannot be changed for 'Publishing without Attending'.
Other conference-specific conditions mentioned at the website also hold.

11. Release Agreement For Conference Events/Activities and/or Technical Tours/Cultural Tours

In consideration of the acceptance of my registration in the above event/activities/tour(s), I hereby waive, release and discharge any and all claims for damages, for death, personal injury or property damage which I may have or which hereafter accrue to me, against ISEC Society and the conference host university as a result of my participation in all conference events/activities/tour(s).

This release is intended to discharge the ISEC Society and host university, and its officers, employees, students, and volunteers of each and any other public agencies from and against any and all liability arising out of or connected in any way with my participation in the events/activities/tour(s) even though that liability may arise out of the negligence or carelessness on the part of persons or agencies mentioned above.

I, the Registrant, further understand that accidents and injuries can arise out of participation in the tours; knowing the risks, nevertheless, I hereby agree to assume those risks and to release and to hold harmless all of the persons or agencies mentioned above who (through negligence or carelessness) might otherwise be possibly liable to me (or my heirs or assigns) for damage. It is further understood and agreed that this waiver, release and assumption of risk, is to be binding on my heirs and assigns.

I, the Registrant, have read this Release Agreement, fully understand it and agree to be legally bound by it.

12. Conference Photographs

The registrant expressly permits ISEC Society, attendees, and other participants to take photographs of the conference events, any presentation, and of other activities where the Registrant may appear in the photograph.

13. Governing Law

Any claim relating to ISEC-Society's web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of North Dakota without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

General Terms and Conditions applicable to Use of a Web Site.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our policies, or need assistance with registration or payment, please feel free to contact us using the information provided below.

General Inquiries: isec.sec@gmail.com

Technical Support: support@isec-society.org

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