[Workshop] IGS Workshop registration

[Gaurav Walia]

Good Afternoon Oliver,

The igs.org link has been update to https.

Gaurav

On 7/19/18, 12:20 AM, "Oliver Montenbruck" <oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de>
wrote:

>Dear Jianghui, dear colelagues,
>
>thanks for letting me know! Unfortunately, I'm still experiencing trouble.
>
>The first pitfall I encountered originates from the IGS entry page.
>When clicking the workshop banner on "http://www.igs.org/", I'm
>forwarded to "http://igsworkshop2018.gnsswhu.cn/". This is again the
>insecure website version and should be shut down quickly! The correct
>link would be "https://igsworkshop2018.gnsswhu.cn/".
>
>The second problem relates to credit card payments. In the registration
>process two forms with credit card details showed up, the first one on
>the IGS server, the second at paypal. Only the first asked for the
>security code, but the second asked for the billing address (with
>obsolete telephone number and state as mandatory!! item). I'm not sure
>why credit card details are requested twice and I'm not sure whether the
><billing> address is my institute's address (that will ultimately pay
>the registration fee) or my private address (on which my credit card is
>registered). In any case, I received an error message that a problem was
>encountered and my payment was not accepted. I have no Idea, to what
>extent my registration was processed and whether registration credit
>card details have been retained from the first web page (e.g. for hotel
>booking).
>
>Please advise how I should proceed!
>
>Oliver
>
>
>Am 2018/07/19 um 04:46 schrieb Jianghui Geng:
>> Hi Oliver,
>> 
>> Our website for registration has been ready.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jianghui
>> 
>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Oliver Montenbruck
>> <oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de <mailto:oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de>> wrote:
>> 
>>     Dear Jianghui,
>> 
>>     I started my registration for the IGS Workshop today at
>>     http://igsworkshop2018.gnsswhu.cn/index/register.do
>>     <http://igsworkshop2018.gnsswhu.cn/index/register.do>, but finally
>>     noted that the "Payment Processing" form is based on an
>>     unsecure/unencrypted http web page. You will certainly understand
>>     that I can't disclose credit card details in this way (and I assume
>>     many other participants will share my concerns). Can you implement a
>>     secure (https://) form or offer alternative means to collect my
>>     payment details?
>> 
>>     Thanks and best regards, Oliver
>> 
>>     Am 2018/06/23 um 02:46 schrieb Jianghui Geng:
>> 
>>         Dear Oliver,
>> 
>>         Sorry for this inconvenience. We are working on this. There is
>>         some delay in the registration setup due to UNAVCO PayPal
>>         account. I believe the registration page will be open next week.
>> 
>>         BTW, "Early Bird Registration" is allowed before Aug. 29, not
>>after.
>> 
>>         Regards,
>>         Jianghui
>> 
>>         On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 10:30 PM, Oliver Montenbruck
>>         <oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de <mailto:oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de>
>>         <mailto:oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de
>>         <mailto:oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de>>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>              Dear colleagues,
>> 
>>              can you please advise me how to make a room reservation at
>>the
>>              Hotel Donghu International Convention Center for the IGS
>>         Workshop.
>> 
>>              The conference web site
>>              (http://igsworkshop2018.gnsswhu.cn/index/accommodations
>>         <http://igsworkshop2018.gnsswhu.cn/index/accommodations>
>>              <http://igsworkshop2018.gnsswhu.cn/index/accommodations
>>         <http://igsworkshop2018.gnsswhu.cn/index/accommodations>>)
>>suggests
>>              that reservations can be made via the LOC at conference
>>              registration, but registration will only open at end of
>>August.
>>              However, we need to do our travel planning "now" and also
>>         need to
>>              know the expected cost.
>> 
>>              Can you please provide proper information?
>> 
>>              Kind regards, Oliver Montenbruck
>> 
>> 
>>              --     Oliver Montenbruck
>>              DLR, German Space Operations Center
>>              Oberpfaffenhofen
>>              D-82234 Wessling
>>              Germany
>> 
>>              Tel.    +49 (8153) 28-1195
>>              Fax     +49 (8153) 28-1450
>>              e-mail oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de
>>         <mailto:oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de>
>>         <mailto:oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de
>>         <mailto:oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de>>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>         -- 
>> 
>>         Jianghui GENG
>> 
>>         Professor in GNSS Geodesy
>> 
>>         GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University
>> 
>>         Office: +86 (0)27 68778955
>> 
>>         Mobile: +86 17762578656
>> 
>>         Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/gengjianghui/
>>         <https://sites.google.com/site/gengjianghui/>
>> 
>>         http://pride.whu.edu.cn <http://pride.whu.edu.cn/>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>     -- 
>>     Oliver Montenbruck
>>     DLR, German Space Operations Center
>>     Oberpfaffenhofen
>>     D-82234 Wessling
>>     Germany
>> 
>>     Tel.    +49 (8153) 28-1195
>>     Fax     +49 (8153) 28-1450
>>     e-mail oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de <mailto:oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> Jianghui GENG
>> 
>> Professor in GNSS Geodesy
>> 
>> GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University
>> 
>> Office: +86 (0)27 68778955
>> 
>> Mobile: +86 17762578656
>> 
>> Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/gengjianghui/
>> 
>> http://pride.whu.edu.cn <http://pride.whu.edu.cn/>
>> 
>
>
>-- 
>Oliver Montenbruck
>DLR, German Space Operations Center
>Oberpfaffenhofen
>D-82234 Wessling
>Germany
>
>Tel.    +49 (8153) 28-1195
>Fax     +49 (8153) 28-1450
>e-mail  oliver.montenbruck at dlr.de