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\begin{document}

\title{\LARGE\bf ITP 2015 Conference Booklet}

\author{Xingyuan Zhang, Chunhan Wu  and Christian Urban}

\date{\today}

%%\tableofcontents 

\maketitle

\chapter{Pre-Arrival}

\section{Registration and Conference Fee}

In short

\begin{itemize}

\item[(1)] you need to make a bank transfer for the conference 

fee in your local currency, and  

\item[(2)] you need to email Xingyuan with your details 

  (\xyzemail)

\end{itemize}

\noindent Xingyuan will then confirm that the payment has been

received. Note that if you are Chinese and need a \emph{fa

piao} to reclaim the conference fee, you need to contact 

Xingyuan directly before making any money transfer. 

\medskip

\noindent The early conference fee is RMB 3300, which is

approximately \pounds{}350, \$533, or \euro{}488. It must be

transferred via bank transfer and must be made in your local 

currency; we cannot accept any other form of payment. The 

tutorials can be registered independently from the conference. 

The conference fee includes lunches during the conference. It

also covers the excursion, the conference banquet and a

welcome reception. 

\begin{center}

\begin{tabular}{l@{\hspace{4mm}}l}

Early conference fee until 31.~July: & RMB 3300\\

Late conference fee from 1.~August:  & RMB 3800\bigskip\\

Additional banquet dinner and excursion: & RMB 530\\

(one is included in the conference fee)\bigskip\\

Isabelle tutorial (21 -- 23 August): & RMB 250\\

Coq tutorial (27 -- 29 August):       & RMB 200\\

\end{tabular}

\end{center}

\noindent The amount payable needs to be

transferred to the account:

\begin{center}

\begin{tabular}{ll}

Account holder's name:&  Zhang Xingyuan\medskip\\

Beneficiary bank:& BANK OF CHINA\medskip\\

Swift Code:& BKCHCNBJ940\medskip\\

Account number:& 504066588897\medskip\\

Beneficiary bank address:&   Nanjing Mei Hua Shan Zhuang\\ 

                         &    Sub-branch, Nanjing, China\medskip\\

Account holder's address:& \\

  & Suite 2106, Building 20,\\
  & 20 Biao Ying,\\ 
  & Qinhuai District,\\ 
  & Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,\\
  & People's Republic of China.\\
\end{tabular}

\end{center}

\noindent {\bf Please make doubly-sure that your bank

transferral contains your full name as reference (additional

information field), and is in your local currency 

(e.g.~\euro, \$, \pounds)!} Otherwise we will have no idea 

where the money came from, and will not be able to receive

the money on our end. Please also make sure that your transferral

covers all bank fees.\bigskip

\section{Hotel Booking}


In short, you need to send your arrival and departure 

details to Chunhan 

(\cwemail).\bigskip

\noindent While it is possible to book the hotel via official

online travel web-pages, the price there is higher. The

easiest is to send Chunhan your name, arrival and departure

dates and he will send you back a booking ticket from Hanyuan

hotel, which you might need for your visa application. 

You can pay the hotel when you arrive using Visa or

MasterCard.

\section{Visa}

Please be aware that for travelling to China you will need a

visa, for which you have to apply {\bf beforehand}. It often takes

one or two weeks before a visa is granted. Though if you 

are prepared to pay a higher application fee, then you can 

shorten the delay to a few days. For the visa you

will need an invitation letter, which Chunhan will send you

(\cwemail). You need to provide him with your name, title, 

DOB, work address, e-mail and paper title (if you present a paper). 

He will e-mail you the invitation letter. You might also need

your hotel booking (see above) and flight details for the visa

application.

\chapter{Arrival}

Welcome in China. You made it to the destination airport.

Unless your are one of the very few foreigners who can speak

and read Chinese, potentially the most challenging part of

your journey is about to begin. Below we explain how to get to

Hanyuan Hotel in Nanjing from Nanjing Lukou Airport and from

Shanghai Pudong Airport. If you arrive from somewhere else and

need help, please let us know. If you need help while 

travelling, the local organisers can be reached on their 

mobile:

\begin{center}

\begin{tabular}{ll}

Xingyuan: & (+86)\hspace{2mm}13814081536\\

Chunhan:  & (+86)\hspace{2mm}15312993807\\

\end{tabular}

\end{center}

China is generally a safe country for travelling, if the usual

precautions are taken. We assume you have never been in China 

before, therefore let us still start with some general points.

\begin{itemize}

\item \textbf{Weather}\hspace{3mm} 

Unfortunately end of August is the time when it will be especially

hot in Nanjing (usually above 30$^{\circ}$C). Be prepared with lots of

light clothes, but do not forget a jumper, or sweater, since many

places are air-conditioned. It can also rain.

\item \textbf{Bottled Water}\hspace{3mm}

Whereas in many places it is safe to drink water from taps,

do not take chances and drink only bottled water! During the

conference we will provide bottled water. In other places you

have to buy bottles yourself. Remember, Chinese are famous for

nibbling on a bottle of hot tea the whole day, even in sweltering 

temperatures. There is a reason for this. 

\item \textbf{Traffic}\hspace{3mm} 

Do not even think of renting a car in China. Hence, while in

China, you probably will be mostly going around on foot. Be

careful though: You might come from a region where traffic

rules are organised so that pedestrians are mostly treated

with respect by all other road users, or even have an

``elevated status'' because they are considered the

``weakest''. Traffic in China is, in contrast, organised more,

shall we say, according to a Darwinian model: Under no

circumstance assume a car (or even a bicycle or one of the

many noiseless electric motor bikes) will stop for you. As

pedestrian, you have to take care of everybody else.

Therefore, whenever possible cross roads at traffic lights and

even if the light shows green for you, look out for cars that

pay no attention to this fact. Also, zebra crossings do

\emph{not}, I repeat, \emph{do not} have any special meaning

in China for the road users higher up the traffic ladder

(i.e.~bicycles and above). Even if it sounds too funny, take

our word and heed this advice\ldots{}it might increase your

life-expectancy. 

\item \textbf{Free Public Wifi / Mobile Phones}\hspace{3mm}

While free public wifi is nowadays pretty ubiquitous in big

cities in China (Starbucks, Costas, McDonalds are obvious

places where to find wifi), you need a working mobile phone in

order to use it. You will have to register your number when

you log in, and the wifi operator will then send you a

password token via SMS. The problem is that chances are great

your mobile phone will \emph{not} work in China. Therefore do

not assume you can check information on the Internet while

travelling. 

At the hotel there will be wifi (with the super-secure

password: 123456789). But again, do not assume you can

download that last episode of the Daily Show: while bandwidth

will generally be enough for reading email, be prepared for an

uninterrupted stay in China, free from any disturbance coming

from online demands.

\item \textbf{Google etc}\hspace{3mm}There are two Great Walls in

China: one prevents you from accessing Google, for example. Use

\url{www.aol.com} or \url{www.bing.com} instead as your preferred

search engine. Also, if you care about such things, set your 

status on Facebook to ``unavailable'' for the period of time

you will be in China. Ditto Twitter. Skype and Facetime, in 

contrast, work fine. Dropbox, no.

\item \textbf{Map of Hotel / Taxis}\hspace{3mm} 

While more and more young Chinese are exposed to English, you

cannot rely on anyone of the general public speaking more than

a few words. Rather, you have to always calculate with the

very, very likely scenario that nobody speaks any English at

all and all signs around you are written in characters that do

not give you the slightest idea what they are about. This

means you always have to prepare your travelling beforehand

and ask us for help if you are unsure! 

One part of \emph{every} trip preparation, including your

arrival, should be to carry with you a printed copy of the map

where the Hanyuan Hotel is located (see Fig.~\ref{hanyuan}).

When you want to go to the hotel by taxi, you need to show the map to

the driver, since telling Hanyuan Hotel will most probably not

be understood and also the driver most likely does not know

where it is located. Showing the map will also guard against

the possible situation where a taxi driver cannot actually

read the address.\footnote{You might sneer at this. But

remember: the prime age of Chinese taxi drivers appears to be

50 plus. If you can also remember, between 1966 and 1976

somebody had the ``great'' idea to be nasty to teachers

(amongst others). So the education these people were able to

receive when they were in their teens was rather rudimentary.

Given that the ability of reading Chinese characters takes

years of arduous studying, it is glaringly obvious that it is

not their fault.} Take the map always with you: it might be

your life-line for avoiding unpleasant situations. For 

travelling inside Nanjing, taxis can be hailed at the

street curb. You need to pay them in cash. They are always

metered.

%There is a slight chance you will come across one of the all 

%electric taxi, which are slightly more expensive, than ``normal''

%taxis. You can recognise them as they are the only taxis built

%by the maker BYD and look more like a compact SUV, rather than

%the ``normal'' sedan-style taxi. I have not driven yet in one,

%but have seen them in the Xinjiekou shopping area. If you do not

%want to pay the additional price tag, you are assumed to just

%wave them away and wait for the next taxi.

\item \textbf{Tips in Restaurants, Taxi}\hspace{3mm}One easy

aspect of travelling in China are matters to do with tipping:

no tips are expected when paying at a restaurant, for a taxi 

journey etc. The good thing about this is you are treated as a 

nice customer, if you are a nice customer (meaning you treat 

staff with respect).

\item \textbf{Cash / Credit Cards}\hspace{3mm}While foreign

credit cards are accepted in a number of places, including

the hotel,\footnote{Visa and Mastercard} these places are 

considered ``upmarked'' in China. So if you insist on being able

to use your credit card, you will often be paying some form of 

premium. Cash still rules many aspects of Chinese life

(metro ticket, taxi journey,\ldots{}) where foreign credit cards 

are of no use (China has its own credit card system which is

accepted more widely, but also not everywhere). Pretty much the 

only places where cash can be obtained with a foreign credit 

card are ATMs in Chinese banks. There are several not far

from the hotel.

\end{itemize}

\begin{figure}[p]

\begin{tabular}{l}

For the driver:\medskip\\

司机师傅，请将我送到``{\bf 童卫路20号翰苑宾馆}''，其位置如地图中红色A点所示。\\

酒店电话：02584393962。谢谢！

\end{tabular}

\begin{center}

\makebox[0mm]{\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{travel_guide/badu.png}}

\end{center}

\caption{The location of the Hanyuan Hotel. Please print out!

\label{hanyuan}} 

\end{figure}

\section{Travel from Nanjing Lukou Airport to the Hanyuan Hotel}

There are essentially three options to travel from the Nanjing

Airport to the hotel depending on how frugal or adventurous

you want to be :

\begin{itemize}

\item The first option is to take a taxi for the whole journey

      from the airport to the hotel. Follow the taxi signs at

      the airport and take a yellow taxi. The journey will

      cost you around 130 RMB (\euro{}19, \$21) and takes

      about 45 minutes. Show the driver the map in

      Fig.~\ref{hanyuan}. The taxi needs to be paid in cash.

\item A bit less expensive is going first by Metro Line S1

      from the airport to Nanjing Nan Railway Station (Nanjing

      South Railway Station). The metro will operate between

      6:40 and 22:00. As you can see in the map shown in

      Fig.~\ref{metronanjing}, Nanjing Nan will be the last

      stop on Line~S1. At Nanjing Nan Railway Station you need to go

      to the taxi stand, which means leaving the metro via exit 

      2B and follow the signs for ``Taxi (Underground)''.

      The way is marked yellow in the map below. 

      This option takes approximately

      55 minutes and costs 7 RMB for the metro ticket and

      around 36 RMB for the taxi.\\[-10mm]\mbox{}

      \begin{center}

      \includegraphics[scale=0.19]{travel_guide/ggg.jpg}

      \end{center}

\item If you already prepared to pay 7 RMBs for the metro, why

      not adding 2 more and going the whole way by metro? 

      This is the third

      option. The disadvantage is that you need to change

      at Nanjing Nan Railway Station to Line 3 and at 

      Daxinggong to Line 2 for Xiamafang or Muxuyuan, which

      are the closest stations to the Hanyuan Hotel 

      (see Fig.~\ref{metronanjing}). Both

      stations then need a 15 minutes walk to the hotel.

      This is another disadvantage of this option if you have 

      a heavy suitcase. See the map shown in Fig.~\ref{hotelmap}

      for directions between the metro stations and the

      hotel.

 \end{itemize}

\begin{figure}[p]

\begin{center}

\makebox[0mm]{\includegraphics[scale=1.1]{travel_guide/metromapnanjing.png}}

\end{center}

\caption{Metro map of Nanjing. Stations

Xiamafang and Muxuyuan on Line 2 (red line) are 

closest to the hotel.\label{metronanjing}} 

\end{figure}

\subsubsection*{Getting a Ticket for the Metro in Nanjing}

Like most Chinese metro stations, entering the metro station

at the airport means you have to go through a brief security

check where your luggage will be X-rayed. After the check you

will see ticket machines

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[scale=0.27]{travel_guide/20150331_110412.jpg}

\hspace{4mm}

\includegraphics[scale=0.27]{travel_guide/20150331_110548.jpg}

\end{center}

\noindent which can change the language to English (in this

way you can avoid having to talk to a sales person in the ticket 

counter, who might not speak any English). You need to select 

the destination station on the touch screen (shown on

the right). Next you need to pay for the ticket with 10 RMB or 5

RMB bank notes, or 1 RMB coins. If you do not have them yet,

you will need to get your ticket from the counter.

After paying, the machine will issue a blue plastic chip which

is your ticket. This chip needs to be swiped when going

through the gates of the metro (shown on the right below). 

At the end of your journey you will have to return the blue 

chip at the exit gate.

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[scale=0.27]{travel_guide/20150331_110738.jpg}

\hspace{4mm}

\includegraphics[scale=0.27]{travel_guide/IMG_7177.jpg}

\end{center}

\section{Travel from Shanghai Pudong Airport}

Many of the participants will arrive at Shanghai Pudong

Airport. From there, in short, you have to get to (1) the Hong

Qiao railway station and then from there to (2) Nanjing Nan

railway station. From Nanjing Nan it is best to take a taxi,

but you can also take the metro as explained in the previous

section. Overall this will take approximately 4h of travelling

to the hotel. 

\subsection*{From Shanghai Pudong Airport to Hong Qiao Railway Station}

For the first leg to Hong Qiao train station there are

essentially two travel options: one recommended by locals

and being the more sensible option is to take the airport bus;

the other is by the World's only commercial Maglev train 

including a change to the metro. 

\begin{itemize}

\item \textbf{Option 1 by Airport bus}: 

At the Pudong Airport follow the signs for Airport Bus, or Airport

Ring Bus. You have to take Line 1, which operates between 7:00

and 23:00. The bus stop where you have to wait is 

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{travel_guide/image005.jpg}

\end{center}

The waiting time is around 15 minutes during peak hours, or 30

minutes at other times. The ticket costs 30 RMB (\euro{}4.25,

\$5) and can be bought on the bus. This however requires cash.

While you wait, be prepared to be harassed by taxi drivers,

who insist on driving you to Hong Qiao train station. You can

ignore them: it will cost you more, around 100 RMB; the bus is

comfortable and air-conditioned, unlike the taxi; and, like

the taxi driver, the bus driver appears to aim for maximum

possible speed given good road conditions. 

The airport bus takes around 1h and makes only two stops at

the very end of the journey. Both stops are in near

proximity. You have to take the \emph{second} stop at Hong Qiao

Railway Station. You will be able to see the big signs of

Hong Qiao Railway Station when you approach the station. Do 

not take the exit for Hong Qiao International Airport.

\item \textbf{Option 2 Maglev train / Metro}: 

Of course travelling on the Maglev is pretty cool\ldots{}

reaching speeds of 415 km/h at certain(!) times of the day,

namely 9:02--10:47 and 15:02--16:47. At other times it will

travel at mere speeds of 300 km/h, which you get in China also

with conventional high-speed trains. Anyway, a ticket for the

Maglev will set you back around 50 RMB (\euro{}7, \$8). The

ticket can be paid in cash or by credit card. The service of

the Maglev starts at 7:02 and finishes the day at 21:42. To

take this option at the airport, you will need to follow the

Maglev signs. The main problem with this option, however, is

that you can only travel until Longyang Road Station and then

have to change into the overcrowded and much, much slower

metro Line 2. The change to the metro is a short walk from the

Maglev. You have to first buy a ticket inside the metro

station. The good thing about this option is that metro

travelling in Shanghai is pretty easy for foreigners as all

stations are signed out in letters. For buying a ticket for

the metro, check the section about buying a metro ticket in

Nanjing (the procedure is pretty universal in China; the only

exception is that in Shanghai the metro ticket is a paper

ticket, while in Nanjing it is a blue plastic chip).

Overall the journey time of this option is around 2h. So

unless you really want to sample the feeling of travelling for

7 minutes at 415 km/h, we recommend Option 1 by bus.

\end{itemize}

\subsection*{From Hong Qiao Train Station to Nanjing Nan via

High-Speed Train}

The airport bus will stop directly in front of the southern

part of the Hong Qiao Railway Station. As background, train

stations above the village level in China are organised more

like an airport, than the more sleepy train station you might be

familiar with. Therefore, you first have to go through a

security gate where luggage is checked and you padded by a

security guard. The security guard might be of either sex and

this is seen as normal by Chinese. 

Next you need to buy a train ticket. There are ticket

counters, see left below, signed out in the main hall. (Unlike

the metro, ticket machines for trains are of no use for you,

because you would need a Chinese ID-card in order to buy

anything with them.)

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[scale=0.8]{travel_guide/image038.jpg}

\includegraphics[scale=0.8]{travel_guide/image040.jpg} 

\end{center}

\noindent You have to queue on the usually longer queue and

buy a ticket for Nanjing Nan (Nan stands for South station).

You will need to show your passport in order to buy a ticket.

The ticket will cost around 135 RMB and looks like this:

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[scale=0.3]{travel_guide/ticket.jpg}

\end{center}

\noindent The G-Number (G42 above) stands for the train

number, which identifies the train also on the large displays

at the hall. Below that number is the date and departure time,

in this case 2015-08-12 and departure time 10:28. To the right

is the coach number (14) and seat number (09C). Just below

from that is the sign that the ticket is for second class (二). 

For the short duration of the trip there is no real need

to buy a ticket for first class. On the top right-hand corner

is the platform signed out (10A). If not, you have to look

at the large display in the hall to get this information.