ISIT 2009 Symposium Report: A Recap of Key Events and Highlights

1. Status Report for ISIT 2009 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Date:June 28 (Sun) - July 3 (Fri), 2009 Venue:COEX in Seoul, Korea Homepage:http://www.isit2009.info

2. Table of Contents 1. Organizing Committee and TPC ..………………….. 3 2. Venue ……………………………………………………. 4 3. Accommodations ……………………………………... 6 4. Room Reservations …………………………………... 7 5. Financial Details ………………………………………. 9 6. Tentative Program at a Glance ……………………. 11 7. Potential Sponsors ………………………………….. 14

3. Organizing Committee and TPC ■ General Co-Chairs ◆Jong-Seon No (Seoul National University, Korea) ◆H. Vincent Poor (Princeton University, USA) ■ Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs ◆A. Robert Calderbank (Princeton University, USA) ◆Habong Chung (Hongik University, Korea) ◆ Alon Orlitsky (University of California, San Diego, USA) * Technical Program Committee Members in CFP

4. Venue ■ COEX (Convention & Exhibition) COEX, Asia’s premier international convention and exhibition center, includes a 7,000-seat multifunction convention hall, an ultra-modern auditorium, a luxurious ASEM hall, a grand ballroom and up to 51 meeting rooms for a wide variety of meetings and events. Its facilities are also the most technologically innovative.

5. Venue ■ COEX from Incheon International Airport Gimpo Airport Gimpo Airport IncheonInternational Airport IncheonInternational Airport COEX ↔Incheon Int. Airport COEX ↔ Gimpo Airport

6. Accommodations ■ Room Rate and Information ◆The rates are subject to 10% service charge & 10% value added tax.

7. Room Reservations : Total 67,958,000KW (10%Tax Included) ■ Session Rooms (1USD = 1000KW)

8. Room Reservations ■ Banquet Room ■ Functional Rooms

9. Financial Details ■ Registration Fee ■ Number of Registration

10. Financial Details ■ Income : USD 432,300 (Not Included financial supports from governments and Companies) ■ Expense ■ Surplus : $34,342

11. Tentative Program at a Glance ■ Sunday June 28th, 2009 ◆4 Tutorials: two in parallel, 9am to noon and 1pm to 4pm ◆Opening reception and registration, 8am to 9pm ◆BOG meeting ■ Monday June 29th, 2009 ◆Opening remarks ◆Plenary ◆Morning sessions with coffee break ◆Afternoon sessions with coffee break ◆Spouses’ excursion

12. Tentative Program at a Glance ■ Tuesday June 30th, 2009 ◆Plenary ◆Morning sessions with coffee break ◆Awards luncheon ◆Afternoon sessions with coffee break ◆Editor’s dinner ◆Spouses’ excursion ■ Wednesday July 1st, 2009 ◆Plenary ◆Morning sessions with coffee break ◆Poster sessions : recent results ◆Afternoon excursions - Palace Tour in Seoul - Korean Folk Village Tour - Buddhist Temple Tour

13. Tentative Program at a Glance ■ Thursday July 2nd, 2009 ◆Shannon Lecture ◆Morning sessions with coffee break ◆Afternoon sessions with coffee break ◆Spouses’ excursion ◆Conference banquet - Reception, Dinner, Entertainment - Speech: General Co-Chairs, TPC Co-Chairs, Announcement of the 2010 Claude E. Shannon award winner ■ Friday July 3rd, 2009 ◆Plenary ◆Morning sessions with coffee break ◆Afternoon sessions with coffee break ◆Closing ceremony

14. Potential Sponsors ◆Korea government agencies (KOSEF, MIC, etc) ◆Samsung Electronics ◆LG Electronics ◆SK Telecom ◆ KTF ◆Companies from foreign countries ◆US government agencies (NSF, ONR, etc.)

15. ISIT 2009, Korea THANK YOU !