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Online Conference Registration

Until July 1, 2009, the registration fee of $350 may be waived for KSEA members who have paid their dues before registering for UKC 2009. All other registration fee waivers should be requested and approved by KSEA before registration.

Registration/Meals Cancellation Policy
Online registration will be closed on July 13, 2009.
Confirmed registrants must cancel by July 13, 2009 to receive a full refund. No refunds will be given after this date.

Transportation from the airport
Once you have arrived at Raleigh Durham International Airport (RDU), you will find transportation readily available. Consider the following options:
RDU taxis - for locations and fees, see this link: http://www.rdu.com/groundtrans/taxis.htm
Super Shuttle is very cost effective, averaging approximately $18-20 per per one way. To learn more or book online: http://supershuttle.rideflyreservations.com/?gclid=CMjP29G1vpsCFQXGsgodw1CGAQ
Other RDU transportation information may be found at: http://www.rdu.com/groundtrans/groundtrans.htm

Currency exchange
Currency exchange may be made upon arrival at Travelex Worldwide Money/ Raleigh Durham International Airport. Travelex is found in Terminal 2, at the Ticketing Lobby and also at Baggage Claim. Hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the Ticketing Lobby, 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Baggage Claim).
http://www.rdu.com/shoprest/services/travelex.htm
If UKC attendees need currency exchange once they have arrived at host hotels or the convention center in Downtown Raleigh, First Citizens Bank is offers foreign currency at all of its branches including the Main office located at 239 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC 27601. Tel: 919/716-7000. The office hours are M-F 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Venue Information
We are pleased to announce that the 2009 United States-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship will be held July 16-19, 2009, in Raleigh, North Carolina in the newly opened, state-of-the-art Raleigh Convention Center (RCC). Raleigh, a vertex of the famed Reserch Triangle Park, is experiencing a dynamic downtown revival, exemplified by the RCC which is a stunning facility in the heart of the City of Oak's, and is specially designed to offer high quality meeting space for a wide variety of functions and events. We are very excited to hold the UKC 2009 in this architecturally impressive space.

The RCC provides 500,000 square feet of elegant, functional space, including a spectacular exhibit hall, 20 meeting rooms, open reception areas, and a stunning ballroom. It is the centerpiece of an energetic and sophisticated city with unparalled charm. Center visitors are first welcomed into a grand lobby, with its floor-to-ceiling windows. The open and airy, 4100-square foot, street-level mezzanine overlooks the exhibit hall and provides easy access to all other areas of the Center as well as the adjacent new four-star, 400-room Marriott Hotel. Granite details, casual seating arrangements, and a gracious reception area create the ideal spot to mix and mingle before or after events. Just steps from the Convention Center is a revitalized Fayetteville Street, alive with new hotels, top-notch restaurants, and assorted shops. Click here for directions to the Convention Center as well as parking information.

Known for its Research Triangle Park, the nation's largest planned research development community with some of the world's largest corporations, Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, is home to several prestigious universities, high-tech and pharmaceutical companies and great entertainment and museums. NC State University, located in Raleigh is one of the nationa's premier research institutions and a national leader in engineering, architecture, bio-technology, and veterinary medicine. The University also has a close relationship with many area technology companies. It's work in signal processing, communication and microchip technology is at the forefront in national research. The entire Triangle regions boasts 18 colleges, universities and community-colleges--including the internationally renowned Duke University in Durham and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Often dubbed the "Smithsonian of the South, Raleigh is home to a variety of world-class museums which are among the biggest and best in the Southeast. It offers the only interactive museum about the world, along with the area's largest Natural History Museum and Art Museum with the most comprehensive European art collection in the South. In addition, the Museum of Natural Sciences and the Marbles Kids Museum offer programs and exhibits for people of all ages. Raleigh is also the home to the North Carolina Symphony, the North Carolina Theatre, and the Carolina Ballet, which have earned critical acclaim from critics around the country.

Raleigh enjoys a temperate subtropical climate, with a typically warm to hot temperature with frequent thunderstroms in the summer months. In a normal year, July is the warmest month with averages highs around 89 degrees.

Visitor information
The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau welcomes UKC 2009 to Downtown Raleigh! Fayetteville Street epitomizes a cosmopolitan Southern city, setting the scene with distinctive restaurants and impressive skyscrapers mixed among restored historic buildings. UKC delegates will find that Downtown has a distinct tourist vibe, with a view that stretches from the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts to North Carolina's State Capitol. To help you find "UKC Friendly" restaurants (those close by the convention center), learn about visitor attractions and how to ride the new R Line http://www.godowntownraleigh.com/get-around/r-line, or simply to answer your questions, please stop by our welcome booth set up in the main lobby of the Raleigh Convention Center. The welcome booth is stocked with visitor information and staffed with representatives of GRCVB staff and GRCVB Raleigh Tourism Ambassadors who will be happy to answer your questions. You'll also want to pick up your Greater Raleigh SMART card. The card is provided complimentary by Zspotlight.com and visitRaleigh.com. When you use it, you'll save money at area restaurants and attractions! To preview the many businesses that accept our card, see http://www.zspotcard.com/ For more information to plan your UKC 2009 visit, see http://www.visitraleigh.com/visitors/