We have worked hard to secure sponsorships from industry to support ISIT. Our intention is to use as much of that money as possible to support student travel to ISIT, because we know it's expensive for many to come all the way to Hong Kong. But right now, we can't do that because the advance registration numbers are below our projections and we have to leave funds in reserve in case the final registration numbers are also low (many of our costs such as convention center booking are fixed regardless of how many people show up). So any help we get in increasing the advance registration numbers will translate into extra $$ to support student travel.
Thanks a million, and see you in Hong Kong.
David and Raymond