Your registration for the 17th WSC includes: (a) access to all WSC events, including ticketed public performances and special lectures; (b) chai/coffee breaks; (c) all-conference banquet (Friday, July 13, 2018); (d) printed schedule, bag, and stationery; (e) one-year complimentary membership to the International Association of Sanskrit Studies (IASS). Accommodation, meals, excursions, and travel are not included in the registration fees, and may be purchased as add-on packages.

Please note, the online registration portal is now CLOSED. We will be able to accept on-site payment of registration fees in cash (CAD) or major credit cards. If you are intending to present a paper, but have not yet paid registration fees,  please contact the WSC Secretariat ASAP, as your paper will not currently be included within the schedule.

Please note that due to limited capacity, admission to the ticketed public events (the gala Kūṭiyāṭṭam performance and the Lecture on Yoga) will be on a first-come, first-served basis, while seats are available. If you wish to guarantee your seating at these two events, or if you have accompanying guests who wish to attend them, you may purchase regular tickets directly from our public partners, the Indian Summer Festival.

The registration rates are as posted below. Rates do not include 5% GST; all fees must be paid in Canadian Dollars. Please note that until May 9, 2018, we had been able to give a 50% refund for all cancellation requests, minus a $35 administrative fee. Unfortunately, due to budgetary restrictions, we are no longer able to provide refunds on registration fees. We can, however, refund any add-ons you may have purchased (excursion, meal plan, etc.), should you need to cancel your registration.

We are happy to offer five different optional excursion packages for Saturday, July 14, 2018, at a number of different price points. Our excursions are selling out, so please book as soon as possible!

• Conference Boat Cruise & Luncheon ($115 + 5%GST)
• City Bus Tour ($40)
• "Highway to Heaven" Temple Bus Tour ($40)
• Stanley Park Hikes ($15)
• UBC Museums Pass (Self-Guided) ($35)

As all excursions will take place on Saturday, July 14, 2018, it is only possible to book one excursion per participant.

For your convenience, the rates for each excursion are posted below. Rates do not include 5% GST; all fees must be paid in Canadian Dollars. If you have already registered for the conference, and wish to add an excursion, please follow these steps:

1. Go to the WSC Registration Portal
2. Click on “Logon” and enter your email address and password that you used to book your registration.
3. At the page “Registration Orders”, select the option “Edit Order.”
4. At the page “Edit Order”, select the option “Edit items” that you will see next to your name.
5. At the “Registration & Membership” page, under the "Options" header, select “Edit Optional Excursions.”
6. At the “Optional Excursions” page, type in the number of bookings you wish next to the excursion you wish to take. You may book for yourself and any accompanying guests. However, please note that each person may take only one excursion, as they will all take place simultaneously on Saturday, July 14.
7. Click on “Update” and you will be taken to the “Edit Order” screen.
8. Select either “Pay Now” (with credit card) or “Pay Later." If you select “Pay Later," you will need to pay in cash (Canadian Dollars) or credit card when you arrive at the registration desk of the conference. The option of bank transfers or bank drafts is no longer available.

We regret to say that our accommodation block on the UBC campus is now CLOSED, and the group rate is no longer available. If you still need to find accommodation at UBC, please visit the UBC Accommodation website at suitesatubc.com. But please be aware that costs are much higher, and these packages do not include breakfast. If you wish to stay elsewhere in the Vancouver area, please contact our travel partners, Clickon Tours, who will be able to assist you.

We request that you kindly do not call or email the WSC2018 Secretariat with inquiries regarding Accommodation, as we won't be able to provide assistance. Such inquiries may either be directed to UBC Accommodation (reservations@housing.ubc.ca, +1.888.331.4194) or to Clickontours.com (atul@clickontours.com, +1.877.239.1312) who will be able to help you find a last-minute place to stay.

As Vancouver is a high-demand travel destination in the summer months, it is extremely important to secure your flights as early as possible and to be sure that you leave ample time to make any necessary arrangements for securing a visitor's visa.

To find out if you need a visitor's visa to come to Canada for WSC2018, and to discover the process for applying for the visa, please visit the support page of the Government of Canada's Immigration and Citizenship office (ICRC). They also provide a valuable tool  to help determine if you will qualify to receive a visitor's visa. We will do our best to help facilitate your visa application by providing a formal Letter of Invitation for you, but the ICRC is the final authority on the approval of visitor's visas, and we cannot be held liable in the case of a negative outcome.

To make the process easier,  all WSC delegates who need visitor's visas are urged to (a) apply for the visitor's visa using the online method  and (b) apply for the visa as early as possible.

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Clickontours, whose agents in India, Canada, USA, and Europe will be able to help you with flight bookings as well as a full variety of other travel needs, including visa applications, flight insurance, pre- and post-conference vacation packages, or non-UBC hotel reservations, should you need to make them.