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Information and Registration for Centers

Centers may register online for a booth.

Click here to register online

Click here to register as a participant for AGM 2005

Location:

Booths will be located in the Salle Royale at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech:

Click here for floor plan.

Each booth will contain the following:

All booths will have 3 consecutive white display panels on 3 sides of the booth (9 panels total), except Center booths 11,12,13 and 14 which will have 3 consecutive panels on 2 sides of the booth (6 panels total). Each panel measures 95 cm wide x 230 cm high. Panels are joined together by metal struts each measuring 2cm wide. Note! Display area on each panel is 95cm wide and 230 cm high Picture forthcoming

1 computer and computer stand with inner shelf for keyboard and solid tabletop. Stands will be white, not brown as shown in the picture. Note! there is no internet connection in the booths. Please see computer details/specs below.


1 round table with two chairs. Table size: 72 cm high. Note! This table will be white, including table legs.
1 display cube (table) approx. 0.5 meter square. Note! this cube will be white and not gray as shown in the picture.
1 display stand approx. 1.25 meter high. Note! this stand will be white and not gray as shown in the picture.
2 double-sided clear publication literature racks, with 3 slots on each side.
4 electrical outlet (220 volts)
1 waste paper basket
A header consisting of Center acronym or name will be provided by CGIAR Secretariat

Cost:

To help defray exhibit expenses, the cost of each Center booth is US $ 1000. The preferred form of payment is a US $ denominated bank transfer to ICARDA using the following coordinates:

ICARDA's Bank Account details:

HSBC Bank PLC;
London International Branch
P.O. Box 757
2nd Floor, 6 Arthur Street
London EC4R 9HS, England
A/C No. 38320998
Sort Code: 40-05-15/Swift: MIDLGB22
Favor: ICARDA
IBAN: GB43 MIDL4005 1538 3209 98
Kindly quote in the remittance "REF: CGIAR Exhibition

If necessary, US $ checks may be sent to :
Mr. Ernest Capbert
c/o IMMS
13218 Query Mill Road
North Potomac, Maryland 20878 USA

Computer Specifications:

Pentium 4
PIV 3GHZ
Hard Disk 40Go
RAM 256 Mo DDR
CD-ROM
Carte Graphique Intégré
Display Flat screen 15''
Windows Xp
Office 2003
Important: we cannot provide internet connection. Please make arrangements to place any presentations onto CDs.

Set-Up and Tear-Down:

Set-up : booths will be installed by the vendor by 9am, Sunday, December 4, 2005. Exhibitors may mount their displays from 9:15am to 4pm on Sunday, December 4, 2005. All displays MUST BE complete by 4:15pm on Sunday December 4, 2005.

Tear-down: Tear-down of exhibit may begin on Thursday, December 8, at 12 noon and MUST BE completed by 5pm Thursday, December 8, 2005.

Shipping to Morocco:

Our colleagues at the World Bank Office in Rabat have agreed to assist us in expediting the clearance of AGM2005 exhibition materials through Moroccan Customs. Please send your posters and publications via courier, clearly marked as follows:

The World Bank
Attention: Mr. Mouhsine Ouasfi
CGIAR AGM2005
7, rue Larbi Ben Abdellah Rabat-Souissi, Morocco

For easy identification, mark all boxes with the name of your Center.

Shipments should be sent to arrive in Rabat not later than c.o.b. on Tuesday, November 15. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee shipments received after this date will be transported to Marrakech & available at the Palais des Congres in time for set-up on Sunday, December 4.

To facilitate the Customs clearance process, please send copies of the shipping documents (airway bill) to Mr. Ouasfi at mouasfi@worldbank.org, or fax (212-37) 63 60 51, and carbon copy ernest.capbert@immsglobal.org, fax:(+1-202) 466-0815.

This page was last updated on September, 30 ,2005