ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG1N5383 Date: 2010-03-18

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TITLE: Calling notice, hotel reservation and meeting registration forms

52nd

Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 1

July 12-16, 2010 Brussels, Belgium

Convened at: Hotel BLOOM!, Brussels, Belgium

Hosted by Vrije Universiteit Brussels & Interdisciplinary Institute for

Broadband Technology

SOURCE: WG 1

PROJECT: JPEG, JBIG

STATUS: Calling notice

REQUESTED

ACTION: For distribution

DISTRIBUTION: WG 1 Distribution List

Contact:

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 1 Convener - Dr. Daniel T. Lee

eBay Inc., 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, California 95125

eBay China Development Center, Shanghai German Center, 88 Keyuan Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech

Park, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, China

Tel: +1 408 914 2846 Fax: +1 253 830 0372, E-mail: daniel.t.lee@ebay.com

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WG1 JPEG/JBIG Meeting Notice

July 12-16, 2010 Brussels, Belgium

To be held at:

Hotel Bloom!, Brussels, Belgium

Location

The meeting venue is:

Hotel BLOOM!

Rue Royale / Koningstraat 250

1210 Brussels

Belgium

T: +32 (0)2 220 66 11 - F: +32 (0)2 217 84 44

Travel

Reaching the Hotel BLOOM! is easy. The hotel on rue Royale central Brussels is located beside the

Brussels’ inner ring road and adjacent to the beautiful Botanic Gardens. It features a private parking

for 110 cars.

Brussels Airport is located at 12 km or 15 minutes by taxi with normal traffic. Direct train

connections are available between Brussels Airport and North Station (3 per hour).

Hotel BLOOM!

This central Brussels hotel is just 20 metres away from a Metro station, trams and busses at

Botanique and the nearest rail connection is Gare du Nord/North Station at 500 metres.

Thalys and Eurostar station is Gare du Midi/South Station at 3 km reachable by metro or via the

direct train connections between the North and South stations

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Hotels

We regret having to inform you that the organizing committee cannot be take charge of hotel

reservation for meeting attendees.

Rooms have been reserved in the meeting hotel at a rate of € 95 for a single room / € 110 for a

double room. All the above mentioned rates are per room and per night, buffet breakfast, VAT and

service charge included. In the above mentioned rates, the city tax is not included which is at 5,95 €

per room per night. Free Internet is available throughout the hotel.

Attendees need to make their own reservation via the internet at their reserved rate

(www.hotelbloom.be) . At the 10th

of June all un-booked rooms will be released. Reservations

made then after that date are available upon availability and at the best available rate.

To reserve a room go to ‘book now’ on the website of the hotel,

then go to ‘Groups’ and enter the attendee login code VRIJ120710 . Next, you can make your

reservation.

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Travel Documents and Visas

The Vrij Universiteit Brussel can assist with an official invitation letter. Please send your request to

Mrs. Karin De Bruyn

Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO)

Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Phone: +32 2 629 29 30

Fax:+32 2 629 28 83

E-mail:kdebruyn@etro.vub.ac.be

Meeting Facilities Fee

The meeting facilities early fee is €550 if paid by Monday, May 23th, 2010. Thereafter, the

standard facilities fee is €650 accepted until Monday, July 5th, 2010. The facilities fee is €700 after

the July 5th deadline through until a delegate arrives. Payments must be made via the JPEG

Brussels 2010 meeting registration form, using a major credit card (VISA of Mastercard).

The facilities fee includes:

□ 4 Meeting rooms with wireless internet access, AV equipment and power plugs

□ Daily wake-up and boost break coffee/tea service

□ Lunches

□ Delegates attendance at the social event

□ LCD projection, flip-charts per room

Time Zone

Brussels time time will be +2 hour from UTC/Greenwich Mean Time.

Climate

The climate is maritime temperate with significant precipitation in all seasons. The average

temperature is lowest in January at 3 °C (37.4 °F) and highest in July at 18 °C (64.4 °F). The

average precipitation per month varies between 54 millimetres (2.1 in) in February or April, to 78

mm (3.1 in) in July.

Electricity

The voltage in Belgium is 220V-50Hz.

Tourism

List of the most popular attractions and their distance from the meeting location

National heritage & museums:

* Royal Palace (1,1 km)

* Royal Museums of Fine Arts (1,2 km)

* Museum of Musical Instruments (1,2 km)

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* Centre of Fine Arts (BOZAR) (1,2 km)

* Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (1,3 km)

* Grand’Place (1,5 km)

* Cocoa and Chocolate Museum (1,5 km)

* Costume and Lace Museum (1,5 km)

* The House of Manneken-Pis, Folklore and Traditions (1,6 km)

* Manneken-Pis (1,8 km)

* Cinquantenaire (3,5 km)

* Royal museums of Art and History (3,5 km)

* Autoworld (3,5 km)

* Royal Museum of the Army and Military History (3,5 km)

* Atomium (6,0 km)

* Royal Greenhouses (6,0 km)

* Chinese Pavilion (6,5 km)

* Japanese Tower (6,5 km)

* Brussels Urban Transport Museum (7,5 km)

* Museum of Central Africa (19,0 km)

* Museum of Natural Sciences (3,0 km)

Culture & Theatre:

* Movie area complex Kinepolis (6,0 km)

* Movie area complex UGC de Brouckère (1,4 km)

* Movie area complex UGC Toison d’Or (2,0 km)

* Botanique cultural centre (0,02 km)

* Cirque royal concert hall (0,4 km)

* Forest National concert hall (8,0 km)

* National Theatre (0,5 km)

* Monnaie Royal Theatre/Opera (1,3 km)

* Royal Park theatre (0,9 km)

Parks & Leisure:

* Brupark (6,0 km)

* Océade (6,0 km)

* Walibi (26,0 km)

* Botanic Gardens (0,02 km)

* Woluwe Park (7,0 km)

Sports:

* Brussels’ golf (8,0 km)

* Sport centre Kinetix (3,0 km)

* Spa-Francorchamps race tracks (148,0 km)

* Zolder race tracks (77,0 km)

* Constant Vandenstock stadium – Astrid park (6,0 km)

* King Baudouin stadium (6,0 km)

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG1 N5383 Registration Form, 52

nd Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 1 - JPEG

July 12-16, 2010 Brussels, Belgium

TO: Dr. Daniel T. Lee, Convener, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 1 Tel: +1 408 376 3480

eBay Inc., 2145 Hamilton Avenue, Fax: +1 253 830 0372

San Jose, California 95125, USA. E-mail: daniel.t.lee@ebay.com

FROM:

__________________________________________________________________________

MESSAGE:

The following individual will attend the 52nd

Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 1

July 12-16, 2010 Brussels, Belgium:

Delegate from the National Body of ________________________________________, or

Representative from Liaison Organization ___________________________________.

Check here if this individual will be the Head of Delegation (HOD).

Name

Affiliation

Address (Provide contact information below only if it has changed)

Tel: Fax:

E-mail:

Note: Please return a copy of this form for each person attending the above meeting to the WG1 Convener at

the addresses above by May 23th, 2010.

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JPEG/JBIG

July 12-16, 2010 Brussels, Belgium

REGISTRATION FORM

Please fill in the blanks and return this form by fax to:

Mrs. Karin De Bruyn

Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO)

Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Phone: +32 2 629 29 30

Fax: +32 2 629 28 83

E-mail: kdebruyn@etro.vub.ac.be

Please type or print in block letters:

Title (Prof./Dr./Mr./Ms.)

Given Name Surname

Affiliation

Address

Country Post Code

Tel Fax

E-mail

Country of Delegation

(or Liaison)

Payment

Please charge the amount indicated below:

Facilities Fee 550 € (early-birds - until May 23th)

650 € (normal - after May 23th)

700 € (late - from July 5th onwards)

Total amount

Credit Card Type (Check one): Visa MasterCard

Card Number

Card Holder’s Name

Date of Expiry (mm/yy)

Security code

Signature: _________________________________________ Date: _____________________________

No. WG1N5383

WG1 Meeting

Brussels

July 12-16, 2010

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Meeting Facilities

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• 1 Plenary room (80 people)

• 3 Breakout rooms (20 people each)

• LCD projection, flip-charts per room

• Wifi

• Coffee breaks, lunches included

• Meeting fee (550 € before May 23th;

thereafter 650€; last week 700€)

Hotel Bloom

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• Approx.101-116 €/day

(incl. taxes, wifi & breakfast)

• Reserve before June 10th

• Choose your Fresco

• www.hotelbloom.com

Climate

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Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Average

high °C

(°F)

5.6

(42)

6.4

(44)

9.9

(50)

13.1

(56)

17.7

(64)

20.0

(68)

22.4

(72)

22.5

(73)

18.7

(66)

14.4

(58)

9.1

(48)

6.5

(44)

13.9

(57)

Average

low °C

(°F)

0.7

(33)

0.6

(33)

2.9

(37)

4.8

(41)

8.9

(48)

11.5

(53)

13.6

(56)

13.4

(56)

10.8

(51)

7.6

(46)

3.7

(39)

1.9

(35)

6.7

(44)

Precipit

ation

mm

(inches)

71

(2.8)

53

(2.09)

73

(2.87)

54

(2.13)

70

(2.76)

78

(3.07)

69

(2.72)

64

(2.52)

63

(2.48)

68

(2.68)

79

(3.11)

79

(3.11)

821

(32.32)

Avg.

precipita

tion

days

13 10 13 11 11 11 10 9 10 10 13 13 134

Source: World Weather Information Service[20] 2008-01-06

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