GA015

The 16th General Assembly (GA16) of the Digital Media Project will be held on 2007/10/29-31 at Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University.

Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University	Dr. Huang Tiejun Mobile: +86 13910735304
Peking University Zone of University Town LiShui Road, Xili Town, Nanshan District,	Fax: +86 10 62751638
CN-518055 Shenzhen	Email: tjhuang@jdl.ac.cn
China	http://www.sz.pku.edu.cn

#	Agenda item	Ref.
1	Opening, welcome, logistics
2	Roll call
3	Approval of agenda
4	Input documents
5	President’s communications
6	Ad hoc Group on Requirements, Architecture, Use Cases, Terminology and TRU mapping
7	Ad hoc Group on IDP technologies
8	Ad hoc Group on Reference Software, Conformance and Demonstrations
9	Final edits to IDP-3.0
10	Review of responses to Call for Proposals
11	Working drafts of IDP-3.1
12	Promotion of Chillout deployment
13	Plan to support TRUs using Chillout
14	Report on Call for Participation in the DMP Content Registration Authority
15	Appointment of DMP Content Registration Authority
16	Call for Participation in the DMP Device Certification Authority
17	Liaisons
18	DMP work plan
19	Planning for GA17
20	Report from the Board of Directors
21	Promotion of DMP
22	Meeting schedule
23	Press release
24	Resolutions
25	AOB
26	Closing

Shenzhen Graduate School is the campus of Peking University (PKU) in Shenzhen which is the neighbor of Hongkong. Please NOTICE it locates near south edge of China but NOT Beijing.

Please show the following Chinese name card and map to local people such as taxi driver to help you find the venue.

Dr. Liu Zhenyu (Mobile reached by +86-13811391606 ) and Ms. Tracy Liu (Mobile reached by +86-13811391606) will assistant you also.

The main meeting room is Building H, Meeting Room No.214 (for fifty persons) in the campus. The secondary meeting room is Building A, Meeting Room No.203 (for twenty persons).

You can take the flight to Hongkong International Airport (HKG) (http://www.hongkongairport.com/) and take the ground transport to the venue through one of the three entry ports between Hongkong and Shenzhen. Please find the details in the attached document.

The following maps show the routines from the three ports to the campus. Taxi is convenient for local transport in Shenzhen. What you should do is to show the above Chinese address and map to the driver.

Shenzhen BaoAn International Airport (SZX) is connected to some famous international airport also. You need half hour from the airport to the venue by taxi.

There are three contract hotels around the campus. Please find more detail in the attached document. You need to send your booking request to Dr. Liu Zhenyu and he will reserve room for you.

Visa information

Travel Documents

If you are a non-Chinese citizen, there are two ways to get the Visa, one is to get the tourist Visa from local Chinese Embassy or Consulate, the other is to apply for a Business Visit (F) Visa at your local Chinese Embassy or Consulate. Tourist Visa is much simple to get.

Requirements:

1. Your valid & actual passport which must have at least six (6) months of remaining validity with at least one blank visa page in it.

2. One completed Visa Application Form (Q1) with one passport photo (black & white or color is acceptable).

3. An invitation letter from the host company or unit in China, or a letter from your company.
4. An applicant who was born in China is required to submit his/her Chinese passport or last foreign passport with a Chinese visa when he or she applies for a Chinese visa with a new foreign passport.

How to apply

1. You must come to the visa office of the Embassy or Consulate -General in the consular jurisdiction in which you live to submit the application;

2. If you cannot come personally, you may entrust someone else or a travel/visa agent to come to the visa office of the Embassy or Consulate -General in the consular jurisdiction in which you live for the application process.

Mailed applications are not acceptable and will be refused. Mail back service is available(make sure you read INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION MAIL SERVICE) .
No appointment is required.
If the visa application form is not filled out completely, correctly and legibly, this can cause a delay in processing or the denial of visa.

Invitation Letter

To request an invitation letter, please download and fill out the following form ( invitation letter request form ). All fields are required. After the form is completed, please email it to Zhenyu Liu at (zyliu@jdl.ac.cn).

The invitation letter will be issued by Beijing University. You will receive your invitation letter through email (unless you specified otherwise).

Invitation letters will be sent to everyone who has requested it by two weeks.

In case you have questions or special request, please contact Ms. Liu by phone at +86-10-13811391606 or xlliu@jdl.ac.cn