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Program & Registration Details

Program

The TGF 2017 Conference attracted multiple researchers/practitioners with a rich set of presentations structured in an intensive program. The program had the following structure. Each lectern presentation took 18 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions/answers (23 minutes total).

Presenters must coordinate with the conference organizers in order to provide a soft-copy of their presentations/posters.

Download a PDF or Excel complete version of the program.

Additional information regarding the conference "app" and the wireless access among other details may be found in the conference welcome package.

 

Wednesday 19 July

 16:00  Distribution of Registration Materials
 17:00  Welcome Reception
 20:00  End of Day

 

Thursday 20 July

7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Plenary Session/Key Note Speaker (3 presentations)
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Track 1 & Track 2 (4 presentations)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Track 1 & Track 2 (5 presentations)
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Poster Session 1 (18 posters)
17:30 Group Picture/Free Social Time

 

Friday 21 July

7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Track 1 & Track 2 (4 presentations)
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Track 1 & Track 2 (4 presentations)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Track 1 & Track 2 (4 presentations)
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Poster Session 2 (18 posters)
17:00 Preparation for Social Event
18:00 Social Event - Buffet on the Potomac River (Social Event Brochure)

Saturday 22 July

7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Track 1 & Track 2 (4 presentations)
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Track 1 & Track 2 (5 presentations)
12:30 End of Conference

Registration

All conference attendees registered prior to the conference and there was no on-site registration. Personal badges were provided to identify registered participants. Conference packet pick-up for all registrations was done at the conference reception desk on July the 19th and July the 20th of 2017. The registration desk was located at the Science and Engineering Hall B1 Level (next to Lehman Auditorium: 800 22st Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20052, USA).

The registration desk was in operation during the following hours:

  • Wednesday, 19 July 20174:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Thursday, 20 July8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Participants with full registration received admission to the conference breakfasts, luncheons and the main social event, a Cruise on the Potomac River. The full registration also covered the transportation costs to the social event and the TGF 2017 Book to be published by Springer after the conference.

The following registration rates were applied:

Early Bird Registration (before 19 June, 2017):
Standard registration USD 550
Student registration (Master and PhD) USD 450

Late Registration (after 19 June, 2017):
Standard late registration USD 650
Student late registration USD 550