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MIT Quantum Computing Conference, Toga Party

Posted by timothy on from the put-those-qbits-in-their-hypothetical-places dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "MIT is hosting a LARGE quantum computing conference on July 22-26, 2002. Should be a lot of fun. Most of the famous scientists in the field will be there. However, I and others are a bit horrified by the high (some might say elitist) entrance fee ($325) which practically precludes students from participating. Too bad there isn't an open-conference advocacy."

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  1. Re:high entrance fee by xyzzy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In fact, it's dirt cheap. I'm attending two conferences over the next two weeks that are $600 and $500. But it's worth asking about a student discount. The fees may seem high, but the conference has to pay for things like the hotel meeting areas, services, food, etc -- it doesn't just pay for itself. The only way around that is to get a big corporation to sponsor the conference.