General Information

Location of Meeting:

The 3rd IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, will be held in Cairo, Egypt, 12-14 December 2005 at the Pyramisa Hotel. It is recommended that participants check into the hotel on December 11th.

Registration:

There is no registration fee for this invitation only meeting. In order to have as much information for facilitating airport pick-up, number of participants (types of rooms needed) as well as, information for our final reports, we are asking that each attendee fill in an information sheet that will be used for notification of future developments and may be used as an invitation list for future conferences in the area. Please indicate if you will be travelling alone or accompanied, as well as country of nationality, etc. to assure that we are able to comply with any contingencies. Please also advise us of any special needs.
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Hotel costs:

In order to secure the conference hotel rate of $95.00 (U.S. dollars) per night conference participants should not make reservations directly to the hotel, instead all housing arrangements will be handled through the conference organizers. Upon arriving at the hotel go directly to the conference registration desk. Please note that payment for the conference hotel stay must be paid at the time of the conference registration and this must be in either by cash or check (credit card will not accepted).

The hotel rate includes all taxes and a continental breakfast. Lunch will be provided for attendees on both days of the meeting. Our sponsors have generously agreed to invite all participants to a gala Dinner on December 12th. Arrangements have also been made for participants for a day-trip to tour the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in Alexandria on December 14th transportation and lunch will be provided courtesy of the conference sponsors.

Airport arrivals and transportation:

Transportation from the airport to the hotel will be provided. In order that this may be facilitated it is imperative that the conference organizers know the name of the airline you are using, the flight number, and the arrival time. Upon arrival someone will be waiting for you with a sign featuring the IME ICC3 Conference logo. This person will help you through customs and passport control/immigration be sure to look for that person before you proceed to passport control/customs. Note that if have not already done so, you will need to pay cash for the required visa at the airport so please be prepared.

Visas:

Visas are required of persons from the following countries: Algeria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and all African countries, you should submit your visa application in good time. It is recommended that you do this at least eight weeks prior to the conference. The process may take longer in certain countries. Below is a list of embassies that may also be used by participants from countries that do not currently have embassies in Egypt:

Tourist trips/extending stay:
Egypt is a beatiful and historical place to visit and tourists trips to places outside of Cairo can be arranged through the conference registration desk. Please also let us know if an extended stay at the hotel is required so that we can help make those arrangements.

Funding:

We are trying to locate potential funding agencies to help defray the cost of travel, etc. and will notify you of any possibilities when we receive news. Please be aware that an invitation and attendance at this meeting does not imply any legal obligations on the part of IFLA.

Programme:

The programme includes several plenary sessions on key issues of bibliographic access, discussions on recommendations, and next steps. The working group meetings will focus on issues of personal names, corporate body names, seriality, uniform titles, and multi-volume/multiple part works in which several sub-themes will be highlighted and discussed with the expectation that the groups will present recommendations to the final plenary session. Approximately 60 invited participants are expected to actively work in groups to discuss these matters.

The role of the national representatives and representative for the rules used in each country will be to lead a discussion on these topics within that country prior to and following the meeting. The representatives are expected to present those viewpoints and recommendations during the working group sessions and to work towards global harmonization for the development of an international cataloging code.