*ISA Annual Convention Blog*

ISA's 53rd Annual Convention

Power, Principles and Participation in the Global Information Age

Hilton San Diego Bayfront,
San Diego, California, USA
April 1-4, 2012

Welcome to the official blog for the ISA Annual Convention, where we will have the most up-to-date convention news.

ISA On-Site Registration in Montreal

The ISA onsite registration desk will be located on Level 2 of the Le Centre Sheraton Hotel during the following times:

• Tuesday, March 15: 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
• Wednesday, March 16: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
• Thursday, March 17: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
• Friday, March 18: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
• Saturday, March 19: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Those who have already pre-registered may pick up their program and name badge at the Registration Desk and those who have not yet registered may complete the registration process. Registration rates have been posted here.

Before You Leave for Montreal

Here is a list of helpful tips to check off before you leave for Montreal:

• Travel: Ensure that your travel plans are in order including: passport, travel visa (if required), hotel guest room reservation (and confirmation number) and plane tickets (boarding passes)
• Weather: ISA panels/events are occurring in 3 different hotels (the Sheraton, Fairmont and Marriott), within a 4-5 minute walk of each other - we recommend you check the weather prior to departure
• ISA Registration: Review your Convention Registration to ensure that ISA has received your registration information and fee
• Coordinate with Panel: Be sure to coordinate with your panel chair about presentation length and ensure that the panel discussant(s) has received your paper (contact information for your panel(s) can be obtained from the detail tab to the left of your panels in the My Program area of MyISA)
• Upload Paper: To ISA Paper Archive no later than 1 week prior to your scheduled panel(s)
• Flashdrive: Be sure to bring your presentation (Windows compatible) on a flashdrive for your panel session (PDF or Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 ONLY, a Windows netbook is set up on-site in each panel room)
• Revisit Online Program: To check for any last minute panel/meeting changes to the program and take advantage of MyISA's option to search and build your own program schedules

The Annual Convention: What To Know Onsite

We recently posted a special list of items that we are calling "What To Know Onsite" to our Annual Convention website. This list includes helpful information on: travel & transport, currency exchange, convention registration and check-in, where events are located, hotel services (included coat check, luggage check, networking spaces and lounges), ISA awards and receptions, travel grant award info, tips for first-time attendees (including info on what to wear), and tips on what to see and where to dine in Montreal.  We hope you will find this list to be helpful and informative.

Marriott & Hilton Rooms Available

The Marriott and the Hilton let us know that they now have a limited number of rooms available at the group rate. Please see the Convention Hotels website for room rates and links to online reservations.

Paper Archive 2011 Now Open

When you have time, please take a moment to upload your paper(s) to the convention paper archive, hosted by All Academic. We have posted abstracts for papers to be presented on paper panels and poster panels (participants on roundtable discussions do not need to upload papers).

To log-in to All Academic, please use:

UserName:  your e-mail address (that you used on the paper proposal form)

Password:    ISA2011

Note that the this is your All Academic user info, this is not your MyISA user info.

You do not need to log-in to search and browse the archive, only to upload your paper.

Once logged in, click:

• Submit / Edit Submission
• Then, click on the right side: Edit
• Then, click: Upload Upload Paper
• Then, click: Browse (to locate your paper on your hard drive)
• Then, click: Upload and Continue

All Academic will then provide a confirmation screen. You may also edit the paper title and abstract as needed. The archive is open now and will remain open indefinitely. If you have questions about the archive, please use the comment link below.