General Conditions

• Click here for conference/workshop registration.
• Each paper/poster must have at least 1 dedicated registration by Aug 19, 2016, otherwise it will not be included in the conference program and proceedings.
• A student cannot register at the student rate if she/he is the only author who registers for an accepted paper.
• If an author is an ACM/SIGBio member or ACM/SIGBio student member, he/she will get a discount, as specified in the following table.
• Extra page charges: $100 per page (up to 2 pages).
• For registration using checks, please make the checks payable to ACM and send the checks to:
  
• Cancellation requests received on or before Aug 20, 2016 are fully refundable less a processing fee of 10% of the amount paid. There will be no refunds after Aug 20, 2016. All cancellation requests must be in writing via email to pghosh@vcu.edu.
• For further questions regarding registration, please contact Dr. Preetam Ghosh (pghosh@vcu.edu).

Registration Fee Table
Conference registration covers the workshop costs.

Registration Type	By August 19, 2016	After August 19, 2016
ACM/SIGBio Member	600 USD	700 USD
Non-ACM/SIGBio Member	700 USD	800 USD
Student ACM/SIGBio Member	400 USD	500 USD
Student Non-ACM/SIGBio Member	500 USD	600 USD

Venue

ACM-BCB 2016 will be held at:

• Motif Seattle
• 1415 5th Avenue
• Seattle, WA 98101
• www.motifseattle.com
• Hotel: 206-971-8000
• Reserve: 1-855-515-1144

ACM-BCB Room Rates
The following room rates are valid for September 29, through October 9, 2016:

Room Type	Price
Single/double occupancy	$209.00
Triple occupancy	$229.00
Quad occupancy	$249.00

The discounted rates are available until September 3rd, 2016.
These rates are European plan (no meals included) rates. Room rates quoted above are non-commissionable, net rates, subject to tax, which is currently 15.6%, and/or state or local mandated tax, which is currently $2.00 per night.

Access Fee
In addition to the rates set forth above, there will be a daily Access Fee of $6.95 (discounted from $12.95) per room, per night, plus tax for the ACM attendees which will provide following items:

• Wireless internet in all common area’s and guest room
• Unlimited access to Press Reader – digital content for over 1,200 publications
• Unlimited local and long distance phone calls (Continental USA)
• Complimentary access to our Tesla and electric vehicle charging stations
• In-room coffee and tea service
• Two bottles of water; replenished daily
• Unlimited use of the fitness facilities
• Daily wine tasting reception
• Unlimited use of the business center
• 10% discount on all food items in Frol!k Kitchen + cocktails

Reservations
Reservations can be made with Motif Seattle at this link.

Student Hotel Roommate Finder Spreadsheet
Students may find a roommate for the conference through the Student Hotel Roommate Finder Spreadsheet for ACM-BCB 2016. Finding a roommate is to help your finances only. It is not required. We cannot recommend to you and do not take responsibility for who you share the room with. If you received an ACM-BCB 2016 NSF Travel Grant and share a room, please get a split receipt so that you can be reimbursed for your half of the room.

Travel Grant

The conference will support travel grants for US-based students. The applicants should submit the following 3 files in 1 batch to Profs. Wang and Zola (acmbcb2016.travel@gmail.com) by August 12th, 2016 with the following email subject line:

ACM-BCB'2016 NSF Travel Award Application from Applicant_FirstName_LastName at InstituteName

1. A statement letter from the student or young professional, which includes:
   • A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date; students should demonstrate a serious interest in bioinformatics, through their coursework and projects.
   • A description of areas reflected in the ACM-BCB 2016 program that would impact the student's research.
   • A statement about why the conference attendance is important to the student.
2. A supporting letter from the student's supervisor/advisor, which includes:
   • Confirmation that the student is in good academic standing.
   • The suitability on the ACM-BCB 2016 program material to the student's research area.
   • Ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference.
3. A paper/poster title(s) accepted to ACM-BCB 2016.
4. The applicants need to submit their camera ready paper(s) before the travel grant submission to be qualified for award review. (Poster and workshop authors: This requires camera ready papers to be submitted early - the travel grant deadline precedes the camera ready deadline)

For each of the file, please use the following filename format so that your files will be assembled easily.

• LastName_FirstName_File01_ResearchSummary
• LastName_FirstName_File02_Advisor-LOS
• LastName_FirstName_File03_PresentationTitle

Priorities will be given to female and minority students and young professionals.

Important Dates:
Application deadline: August 12th, 2016
Award notification: August 17th, 2016

Visa

We would be happy to send you a visa support letter if you need one to attend ACM-BCB 2016.
These letters must come from ACM, and you can find the information to request your support letter at http://www.acm.org/sigs/volunteer_resources/conference_manual/visas.