ISA Annual Convention 2009 Blog

Locating Panel Contact Info

We have received a few inquiries from participants asking where they can find the contact info for their panel. Here are the instructions on how to access panel contact info in MyISA:

1. Login (http://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/myisa/)

2. On right menu, click: Convention: New York 2009

3. On right menu, click: View Program

4. On tabbed menu, click the My Program tab.

5. Click the checkbox "+" to the left of the panel name to reveal participants.

6. Click the checkbox "+" to the left of the participants name.

The e-mail address will be displayed on the far right of the screen.

Brooklyn Marriott Extends Group Rate Deadline

We have just been informed that the Brooklyn Marriott (overflow #1) is extending the group rate reservation period until Jan 23, based on availability. Our group room rate there is: $199 single/double. To make your reservations please call the hotel or use their online reservation system. For information on our overlfow hotels, please see the convention hotel website.

Crowne Plaza Extends Group Rate Deadline

We have just been informed that Crowne Plaza (overflow #2) is extending the group rate reservation period until Jan 23, based on availability. Our group room rate there is: $239 single/double. To make your reservations please call the hotel or use their online reservation system. For information on our other overlfow hotels, please see the convention hotel website.

New Yorker Hotel Extends Group Rate Deadline

We have just been informed that the New Yorker Hotel (our overflow #5) is extending its cutoff date for our group rate reservations to Feb 6. Our group room rate is: $165 single/double. To make your reservations please call the hotel at 800-764-4680 (212-971-0101 local or international). For information on our other overlfow hotels, please see the convention hotel website. 

Professional Development Events

The Professional Development Committee is sponsoring the following events at the ISA Annual Convention in New York, Feb. 15-18, 2009. We hope that these events will encourage the active participation of young scholars in ISA and help them develop their careers in international studies:

• Panel on Publishing: Finding Appropriate Outlets and Learning the Rules of the Road. Sunday, Feb. 15th, 10:00-11:45 PM, Shubert at Marriott Marquis
• Professional Development Committee Meeting: Monday, Feb. 16th, 2:00-3:00 PM, J.W. Marriott Suite Room 4329, Marriott Marquis
• Panel Discussion on Academic and Non-Academic Careers: From Survival Skills to Ultimate Goals. Wednesday, Feb. 18th, 8:00-9:45 AM, Shubert at Marriott Marquis

Full information on the panel participants can be found on page 31 of your Convention Program.

Paper Archive

We are again partnering with the All Academic company to host the paper archive for the 2009 Annual Convention in New York. According to our list of dates and deadlines they will open the archive on Jan. 12th. We plan to send an e-mail to all participants announcing the archive and including instructions on how to upload papers.

U.S. Visa Waiver Program Expands

The U.S. Visa Waiver Program--which allows citizens of certain countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa--has been expanded to include the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and South Korea. Fore more information, please see the State Department's Visa Waiver Program website.

Marriott Marquis Sold Out

ISA's contracted group-rate room block with the New York Marriott Marquis hotel is sold out.  Because our host hotel always sells out early in the reservations process, ISA contracts with several overflow hotels at group rates for our convention attendees. We have excellent group rates at all of our overflow hotels, and all overflow hotels are within an easy subway ride to the Marquis, or within walking distance. ISA monitors our hotel room blocks daily. We will post any changes in availability to our host or overflow hotels on the hotel website.

ISA Login FAQ

As you know, we have a new system that no longer uses the e-mail address and member ID as a login. We now ask members to choose their own user name and password. Here is a list of frequently asked questions that may help you with the new login process.

1. The system will not recognize my login, what do I do?

When you try to login and your user name or password are not correct you will receive the following error message:

Your login attempt was not successful. Please try again.

Like many people you may have several passwords that you use for various online services and if, after trying your regular passwords, your login still fails, please use the Forgot Username/Password link that appears directly below the login box on the MyISA website.

Clicking this link will generate a a text box into which you may place your e-mail address. Then select either User Name (if you forgot your user name, use this link) or Reset Password. Next, click Send. This will generate an e-mail sent to your e-mail address, the e-mail will contain either your user name or a link to create an entirely new password (depending on which option you selected).

The password should be at least six characters long and the form will take any standard character including comma, dot, question marks, etc.

If you are trying to reset your password and you do not receive the reset password e-mail there could be a few things causing this.

• the e-mail address you provided may not be your primary e-mail in the MyISA system.
   
• the reset e-mail may be diverted to your spam folder.
   

In either case, please e-mail ISA (isa@u.arizona.edu) with the subject line Reset Password Failed and a new temporary password will be mailed to you.

2. I tried to login and the system is asking me for my member ID and I don't know what that is.

If you already have an account on the system and you attempt to create a new account, this process will cause error messages. 

You do not need a member ID to login to MyISA. The login only requires your user name and password.

3. I can't login and all I want to do is register for the convention, can you help?

We have posted multiple methods of registration on our website:

http://www.isanet.org/newyork2009/2008/02/register-for-th.html

We would be happy to accept your registration payment by phone, fax, e-mail or postal mail. We will still need to get your MyISA account access restored and will work with you to complete the process.

Hotel Status

We have posted all of the overflow hotels to the hotel website, we now have six hotels that will offer discounted room rates for our convention attendees. Room reservations are made with the hotels, not with ISA.

Marriott Marquis Almost Full
ISA's contracted group-rate room block with the New York Marriott Marquis hotel is sold out on the night of Tuesday, February 17, and almost sold out on the remaining nights of the convention. There is limited availability at the ISA group rate on the nights of February 14, 15, 16.  You may still obtain rooms at the Marriott on all nights of the convention, but nights that are sold out at the ISA group rate will be available only at the non-group rate, and based on availability.  The hotel did give ISA more rooms on the nights of the 15, 16 and 18, but could not expand our group rate on the night of the 17th.  Because our host hotel always sells out early in the reservations process, ISA contracts with several overflow hotels at group rates for our convention attendees. We have excellent group rates at all of our overflow hotels, and all overflow hotels are within an easy subway ride to the Marquis, or within walking distance. ISA monitors our hotel room blocks daily. We will post any changes in availability to our host or overflow hotels on this website.