General Conference Information

NACE Bookstore
This is your best opportunity to experience the wealth of corrosion knowledge available through NACE.

The Bookstore will be located near registration on
Level 2, Delta Lobby A.

Make time to browse through NACE's topselling books, standards, reports, and software, as well as new NACE-branded products. Remember, all NACE products are offered at member price all week. With hundreds of products offered at additional reduced sale prices, don't miss this opportunity to place your order in person.

On-Site Childcare and Kids Camp
Gaylord Opryland's on-site childcare provider, La Petite Academy, has been at the forefront of helping children develop and learn for more than 30 years and is the leading provider of Montessori education in the United States. The La Petite Academy is a short walk from the Cascades Lobby of the Hotel and offers two childcare programs for Gaylord Opryland guests:

• Infants and Toddlers (6 months-3 years)
• La Petite Academy Kids Station is their drop-in childcare "resort within a resort" (children 3-12 years)

For more information or to make reservations, call +1 615/885-1821 or visit www.lapetite.com.

Visas
If you will require a visa to enter the United States to attend CORROSION/2007, you should apply now! Even if you didn't need a visa for a previous annual conference, you are encouraged to double check the current requirements. U.S. regulations now require security checks for most visitor visas, resulting in a process that may take three months or more. Citizens of certain countries must have an invitation in hand before they can obtain a passport from their government, and then apply for a U.S. entry visa. General information on the U.S. visa application process is available through the National Academies' International Visitors Office (www7.nationalacademies.org/visas). Official information on U.S. visa policies and procedures is available from the U.S. Department of State (www.state.gov).

Some consulates may have backlogs in scheduling visa interviews so applicants should first contact the consulate to find out how long the wait is for an interview. Visa wait times are available at: http://travel.his.com/visa/tempvisitors_wait.php.

Presenting authors in the Technical Symposia as well as all NACE members who reside in countries requiring visas will automatically be sent a letter of invitation. Those letters will be mailed in October 2006. If you are not an author in a technical symposia or a member of NACE, you must first register for the conference, then send your request to .