NeurIPS 2026 - How is the guaranteed author registration for each accepted paper provided? [D]

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Hello everyone, I am currently a final-year undergrad and I luckily got my first first-author paper accepted to NeurIPS. I would really like to come to Sydney to present my work. However, I am not sure I can attend yet, since my final exam period is around the same time as the conference. As I was reading the registration process on the NeurIPS blog, they said: "If the designated author has registered already for a different location than the one designated for their paper, they will have to can