1. Important dates

3. Workshop Proceedings

Each paper submitted to the consideration was reviewed at least by three reviewers. The Workshop Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in its series "Lecture Notes in Computer Science", volume 3685, which will be available for the participants on-site within the Workshop dates.

The working languages are English and Russian. Simultaneous translation will be provided for.

All materials concerning MMM-ACNS-05 Workshop are available at the regularly updated web site http://space.iias.spb.su/mmm-acns05/

7. Workshop Venue, Accommodation, Cultural Program

MMM-ACNS-05 Workshop will take place in the historical building of "Palace of Grand Prince Vladimir Romanov", now "House of Scientists", located in the heart of St. Petersburg at the address: 26, Dvortsovaya emb., St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia.

This venue allows the conference organizers to arrange for workshop itself as well as for the associated events (informal discussions, reception, breaks, etc).

All participants are expected to arrive to St. Petersburg directly. Workshop organizers intend to arrange for transportation upon arrival and departure as well as from the hotels to the workshop venue and back.

The following assistance in housing could be provided by local organizers. We have engaged a Destination Management Company "Monomax" to assist participants in housing and cultural program. It is possible to make reservations at reasonable price in hotels in St. Petersburg downtown area from $100 per night (single room), and from $110 per night (double room). Also reservations in better and more expensive hotels at $120 - $400 per night can be offered (hotels like Astoria, Europe, and Radisson SAS).

8. Registration

1. Credit card (VISA / Mastercard / AmEx) may be used for all charges
   
   To make payment with your credit card, please sign the Agreement of Payment Form (which will be created automatically after proceeding the on-line registration!) and fax it back to +7 812 335 99 58 or +7 812 324 7322. Please make sure to transmit your credit card information to the above secure fax number.
   
   Agreement of Payment Form can be also received from Monomax Ltd. upon a request by e-mail: Anna.Danilova@monomax.org.
   
   Your credit card will be charged by Monomax for the amount stated. Receipt confirming the payment will be sent to you from Monomax by fax.
   
   We regret that we are unable to accept private checks, company checks or Eurocheques.
   
   
2. Bank transfer to NORDEA BANK (Finland)
   
   If you prefer to pay by bank transfer, use this option in the payment section. The invoice will be created automatically in the process of on-line registration if the form of payment will be chosen "bank transfer".
   
   If you have problems with on-line registration you may ask for invoice sending the request by e-mail: Anna.Danilova@monomax.org
   
   
3. On-line payment of MMM-ACNS-05 Workshop registration fees.
   
   Monomax uses Assist as its secure online credit card payment system. Assist is secured by SSL 3.0 technology, making your purchase safe online. After you choose payment with credit card option simply follow the further steps which will appear on https://secure.assist.ru/ web server: fill in the necessary personal and billing information, and Assist will process your Monomax Ltd. payment. ONLY Visa and EuroCard/MasterCard are accepted!
   
   Money refund to the card holder is carried out according to the credit card payment system terms and conditions. In this case all banking fees are to paid by the card holder. For more information please contact Monomax Ltd. managers, Anna.Danilova@monomax.org. The manager will instruct you to complete this procedure.
   
   

• Notification of cancellation of registration must be sent in Monomax Ltd. office by e-mail or by fax
• For cancellation received up to and including August 31, 2005, 80% of registration fee will be refunded
• For cancellation received on and after September 1, 2005, no refund will be given
• All refunds will be proceeded after the event

9. Visa Issues

To come to Russia all foreign participants will need an entering visa. As a host institution SPIIRAS will handle this issue for the meeting participants through a formal invitation. To arrange for such an invitation we shall need the following details for each individual: first name, middle name, surname, date of birth, place of birth (country, city, region, etc.), citizenship, place of permanent residency in the home country (country, state/region, city, etc), passport No, issuance and expiration dates (as appear in a valid passport), full name of the employing company/university; full business address of the employing company; official position in the company; location of the Russian Embassy/Russian Consulate General where you plan to apply for a Russian visa; desirable date of your entry to Russia. In addition, each individual has to fax copy of the first page of his/her passport to +7(812)328-06-85 or e-mail the page image at: ipp@iias.spb.su.

Destination Management Company "Monomax" will handle the visas arrangements for accompanying persons.