[robocup-humanoid] Fwd: RoboCup 08 News Letter 2 (10 Jan 2008)

Oskar von Stryk [Humanoid] stryk at sim.tu-darmstadt.de
Fri Jan 18 10:59:50 EST 2008


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From: "XiaoPing Chen" <xpc... at ustc.edu.cn>
Date: 10 Jan., 04:57
Subject: RoboCup 08 News Letter 2 (10 Jan 2008)
To: robocup2008


RoboCup 2008 News Letter 2
10 Jan 2008

Topics:
1. The website
2. International flights to Shanghai
3. Team registration
4. Pre-registration

Dear all,

The preparation for the event goes smoothly after we sent you the News
Letter 1 in
Nov 15, 2007. Thank you for your efforts to promote the preparation
for RoboCup
2008!

(1) The Website
  Now most of leagues have got access to their web page and following
announcements were posted:

&#61548;*Call for Participation RoboCup at Home League 2008
&#61548;*Call for Quota RoboCup Junior 2008
&#61548;*Call for Participation RoboCup Small Size League 2008
&#61548;*Call for Paper RoboCup International Symposium 2008
&#61548;*Call for Participation RoboCup Rescue Simulation 2008
&#61548;*Call for Participation RoboCup Mixed Reality 2008
&#61548;*Call for Participation RoboCup Humanoid League 2008

Thanks for these announcements posted on the website of RoboCup 08,
which is
necessary besides posting them on your league mailing lists. As you
know, there
may some new teams who have not joined the mailing lists of the
leagues which they
want to participate for the first time and thus the website of RoboCup
08 is their
only information resource. Moreover, it is the easiest for the LOC's
local
arrangement staff to know the process in each league from the website,
so that
they can prepare and provide sufficient services accordingly in time.

(2) International flights to Shanghai
  It is estimated that there will be more than 500,000 overseas
visitors to
Olympics, Beijing, which will begin on Aug. 8. It is also estimated
that 90% of
these visitors will make additional tour in other cities or areas of
China. We can
predict that Shanghai will be the first option of the additional tour.
Therefore,
the international flights to Shanghai will be extremely crowded! As
you know, the
LOC can do nothing except providing the information and the advice:

***PLEASE BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!***

There are two international airports, Pudong and Hongqiao, in Shanghai
and both
are OK for your trip, though most international flights will arrive at
Pudong
airport. There are shuttle buses from both airports to Suzhou every
hour, taking
about 1.5-2 and 1 hour, respectively. We will arrange extra buses
during the
"participants-arriving rush hour" if needed. We will also arrange
volunteers to
help you at both airports.

Please forward this information and advice on your mailing lists ASAP.
Thanks in
advance!

(3) Team registration
  However, some teams may not take the situation seriously, unless
they get
qualified. So it is best if we could finish qualification as early as
possible. As
reported in News Letter 1 and posted on the website, we have following
Registration Due:

  - For senior teams from Iran, Turkey, or Nigeria: April 20
  - For other senior teams: May 15
  - For junior teams: May 20
  - For individuals who only attend the symposium: June 15

Moreover, the team registration website will open on March 1. After a
team has
registered on the website, the LOC will proceed to prepare and send
invitation
letter to the team.

(4) Pre-registration
  Please provide the numbers of teams pre-registering in your league/
subleagues
after the pre-registration finishes. These numbers will be very useful
for the
LOC's preparing and propagandizing the event. Now media is really
interested in
the event. We should provide as more information as possible.

Thanks again for your invaluable efforts!

Best regards,

Zengqi Sun and Xiaoping Chen


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