BELIEF 2022

Venue and Registration

The event will take place at the International Conference Center of Sorbonne University, on Jussieu Campus. For traveling to the conference location inside Paris, please see the practical information paragraph below.

Once you arrive to the closest Metro station, "Jussieu" and to the main entrance of the campus ("ENTREE" in the plan below), head towards the tower number 44, as indicated on the plan. Then, go up to the first floor where you will find Hall 106, where the conference will take place. The itinerary should be indicated by some banners with the conference name and logo.

Welcome reception

The welcome reception will take place at the end of the first day at the Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), which is at a 5' walk from Hall 106. We will probably go together to SCAI, but for your convenience its location is indicated below :

The gala dinner will take place inside the Wine Museum, in the heart of Paris and a stone's throw away from the Eiffel Tower. Visiting this location is a great opportunity to discover the long history of this inherent part of French culture and tradition, and we are currently trying to secure a guided visit of the museum for the BELIEF 2022 participants (to be confirmed soon). Update: guided visit is confirmed. Optionally, the wine enthousiasts may subscribe to a blind wine tasting competition organized by the Museum hosts (you need to tick the Cultural Activity option during registration) - the winner gets a prize ! Update: the competition will take place just before the dinner, and will consist in a crash course given by a museum expert presenting the main regions and grape varieties, followed by the actual tasting. Thus, you don't need to be well accustomed to French wine to participate. Note however that if you are not a wine fan or if you don't drink alcohol, the gala dinner is non-alcohol friendly.

 

The museum is located at a 3' walk from Passy Metro Station (Metro Line 6). Its location is indicated below :

The registration fee for the onsite participants includes the following items:

• Full attendance to the BELIEF conference, including keynote talks
• Online BELIEF 2022 conference proceedings
• Gala dinner
• Welcome reception
• Conference bag
• Coffee breaks and lunches

Online participants benefit from a discounted registration fee, which includes the following items:

• Full attendance to the BELIEF conference, including keynote talks
• Online BELIEF 2021 conference proceedings

Paper presentation

Each paper must have at least one author registered with regular on-site registration (i.e., not student registration) with payment received by the author-registration deadline of August 15 to avoid being withdrawn from the conference. A single, full registration may cover up to two (2) papers. When registering, please enter the ID number(s) of the paper(s) that you will be covering with your full registration; for the paper ID number, use the 5-digit Easychair Paper ID number.

If you are a student who will be presenting a paper, and you are covering that paper with your registration, then you must register with the regular on-site rate.

BELIEF 2022 requires that each accepted paper be presented by one of the authors in-person at the conference site according to the schedule published. Any paper accepted into the technical program, but not presented on-site will be withdrawn from the official proceedings archived on Springer. The only exception is in the case of all non-EU authors who might face travel difficulties. In this case, you are required to contact us as early as possible to inform us about your intention to present online.

A student presenting a poster and not covering a paper registration may register with the on-site student rate.

Registration cost and additional options

You may find below the registration price depending on the participant category (faculty or student), attendance type (on-site/on-line) and registration period (standard or late registration). Optionally, you may purchase:

• one accompanying person ticket which covers the welcome reception and the gala dinner
• one ticket for the cultural activity (see above in the Venue paragraph)

Registration fees (EUR)	Standard fee* (ending Aug. 31, 2022)	Late fee* (Sept. 1 - Sept. 30, 2022)
On-site student	300€	350€
On-site faculty	500€	550€
On-line student	50€	100€
On-line faculty	100€	150€
Additional ticket for welcome reception and gala dinner	150€	150€
Optional cultural activity	25€	25€
Please note that the registration fees will switch according to Central European Time (CET)

Please note: for foreigners requiring invitation letters, contact us before attempting to pay the registration fee if you are not a co-author of an accepted paper. Provide a proof of affiliation with an academic institution, contact references and a list of publications on a public indexing engine such as Google Scholar. The organizing committee reserves the right to refuse attendance to individuals who can not demonstrate a clear link with the topic of the conference, and you will be informed. As stated by the registration policy, the registration fee is not refundable.

Registration link and policies

On-site and on-line participants have to register using this link (Azur-Colloque platform) and have to pay the suitable registration fee mentioned above. Before pursuing, make sure to read carefully the payment guidelines:

• Each attendee must register separately
• Please contact the committee at belief2022@bfasociety.org if you have any doubts about your registration fee, as the payment is not refundable
• Please state during registration in the text field (along with the paper ID if your registration covers a paper) if you have specific food allergies or choices (e.g. vegetarian, vegan etc)
• Student registration must be accompanied by proof of student status (e.g., student ID card); this proof must be provided to the organizers at belief2022@bfasociety.org in order to fully validate the registration
• Single-day conference registration fees are not available
• It is not possible to transfer a registration, which is personal. Changes of the name associated with a registration will not be accepted and will be treated as a new registration.

Visas and Letters of Invitation

Participants are requested to familiarize themselves with their own applicable visa requirements well in advance of the conference. Present worldwide security regulations generally result in more stringent visa requirements and associated longer visa processing time. The BELIEF 2022 organizers cannot intervene with embassies or consulates on behalf of any participant.

In order to obtain a letter of invitation for visa purposes, contact the Organizing Committee directly.

Practical Information

As a general advice, public transportation is generally reliable inside Paris, which has a very dense subway (Metro) network, and it is the most effective way of getting around. If you go for this solution, it is best to get a tourist pass directly upon arrival, at the airport/train station : see here. Make sure the pass includes your starting point. When traveling, watch for pickpockets, unfortunately they exist and tend to target inattentive tourists.

If you arrive to CDG airport, you may use RER B line to get to central Paris. From Orly airport, the simplest option is the OrlyBus. Both are included in the travel passes. Taxi is a good idea if you travel at night or if you have really heavy luggage.

For the daily travel, if you have your accommodation a bit farther - outside Paris ring road, you are OK as long as you are at a walking distance from an RER stop. The bus network is also OK inside Paris for short and medium distances, but traffic is often bad and you are advised to use the subway if possible.

The conference location is at 100 meters from Metro station Jussieu (lines 7 and 10). Among various apps and sites that help you get an itinerary in Paris, we can suggest the official site : RATP. Paris is quite small and dense, so if you do not have luggage and if the weather is nice, do not be afraid to walk for 10-15 minutes from a large station (e.g. Saint-Michel Notre Dame) in order to avoid an additional subway change. There is also a popular shared bike service, if you are big fan of biking, and it is actually quite practical: Velib and there is an option to subscribe to the service for three days.

Instructions for presenters

On-site presenters : the day of your presentation, please provide the slides of your talk in pdf format, in order to avoid compatibility issues. The slides will be copied on the computer that will be provided for presenting (as we need to broadcast the talks to online participants, you will not use your computer for presenting). You are strongly encouraged however if possible to send your slides before your presentation day to belief2022@bfasociety.org.

Online presenters : please provide one week before the beginning of your conference, that is by Oct. 19, a 10-15 minute video of your talk, with clearly visible slides, good sound quality and if possible including the presenter in a small window as well. This file is needed as backup in case we experience serious connection issues during your conference presentation (caused by your network or ours). Then you will have two options: you may either present live during the conference and we keep this video as backup, or you may choose to use the video as presentation during the conference and you will answer questions directly (live). Let us know what you prefer when you send us the video, using Google Drive, Dropbox, Baidu drive, wetransfer etc. There are quite a lot of free programs available for recording a presentation, e.g. OBS. The link for downloading the 10-15 minute video file should be sent to belief2022@bfasociety.org by Oct. 19, along with your choice for one of the two options above.