Re: [TYPES] [External] Why are ACM conference registrations so expensive now?

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Hi Neel,

I do not have a direct answer to your question but here are some annual =
reports for SIG conferences: =
https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/volunteer-resources/sgb/annual=
-reports/sig-governing-board-fy-2021-annual-reports that put out some =
numbers on the over all expenses of the conferences.=20

Cheers,
Apoorv

> On Dec 13, 2023, at 06:03, Neel Krishnaswami <[email protected]> =
wrote:
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> [ The Types Forum, =
http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-list ]
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> Hi,
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> I just registered for POPL, and the total cost was over 2000 USD. This =
seems really high, and it seems something that has gotten a lot worse =
over the last year or two. For example, ICFP a few months ago was 1500 =
USD, and POPL last year was 1375 USD.
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> Does anyone know what factors have been driving up the cost of our =
conferences up so quickly? I'm worried we're making our events =
inaccessible to anyone but the best-funded researchers and institutions.
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> Best,
> Neel
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