Registration: Attendees must register under one of the following registration categories. Note that student registrants are allowed to upload one final paper, in addition to receiving one electronic proceedings.

Member: If you are a member of IEEE, InFORMS, SIAM or SICE, you are entitled to "Member" rate. This registration category is entitled to upload up to three final papers. Additional papers can be uploaded for 200 USD each.

IEEE Life Members: If your IEEE membership status is that of Life Member, Life Senior Member or Life Fellow, you may register at Life Member rate (you need to send an email with your PIN and IEEE number to the registration chair prior to registering). This registration category is entitled to upload up to three final papers. Additional papers can be uploaded for 200 USD each.

Non-member: If you are not a member of any of the above organization(s), you should register at the non-member rate. This registration category is entitled to upload up to three final papers. Additional papers can be uploaded for 200 USD each.

Student: If at the time of registration or at the time of initial submission of paper for review you were a "full-time student" at a recognized institution, you may register at student rate. You may be required to provide evidence of full-time student status. This registration category is entitled to upload ONLY ONE final paper. Additional papers can be uploaded for 200 USD each.

Retiree: If at the time of registration or at the time of initial submission of paper for review you had retired or did not hold a full time employment, you may register at Retiree rate. This registration category is entitled to upload ONLY ONE final paper. Additional papers can be uploaded for 200 USD each.

Refunds: If an author has uploaded a paper using his/her registration, the registration will not be refunded, even if the paper is withdrawn. Those who pre-register and later find they cannot attend the conference may request a refund of the advance registration fee(s).

Requests before September 30, 2016: For requests received before the Advance Registration deadline (September 30, 2016), 90% of the fee will be refunded.

Requests between October 1 and November 30, 2016: For requests received between October 1 and November 30, 2016, 50% of the fee will be refunded.

Requests after November 30, 2016: There will be no refunds for requests received after November 30, 2016.

Force Majeure: Unexpected cancellation of the conference. The Control Systems Society reserves itself the right to cancel without notice or compensation IEEE CDC 2016 in the event of force majeure cases (for example, but not limited to acts of nature such as fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood or terrorist attacks). In such cases, the CSS is freed of all responsibility. 
Limitation of liability of the Control Systems Society: In the event of it being impossible for the CSS to carry out the IEEE CDC 2016 for force majeure cases, so long as this arises from a cause not attributable to the CSS, CSS shall only be obliged to reimburse the payments received subject to deduction of any costs it has incurred in preparing the event. This liability only extends to the payments made directly to the IEEE CDC 2016 and not to payments made by the attendees to the hotel or airlines.