I wish to share my experience about registering for the Kathmandu WSC.  

Because of the early registration deadline, I paid the fee of about C$400 last year out of my own pocket.  Subsequently, my university said they would not pay me back until after the conference, but that I could transfer the payment to a university credit card.  I wrote to the WSC organizers asking them to let me switch the payment to a different card and eventually got an answer.  They said no, they would not help and that if I wanted to cancel I would get only 25% of the fee back. 

This is a startlingly greedy policy.

I have written to the organizers to cancel my attendance and I have asked for a refund.  This experience has been unpleasant and expensive for me.

Best wishes to everyone, and I hope that for those who are able to attend that it will be an exciting and enriching experience.

Best,

Dominik