Bid to host ITP 2015 in Nanjing

Nanjing is situated in the heart of China — close to Shanghai and roughly equidistant between Beijing and Hong Kong. It is a former capital during the Ming Dynasty with a rich cultural heritage. We propose to hold the 5th ITP Conference in Nanjing. The organising committee would be chaired by Xingyuan Zhang and Christian Urban.

Travel to Nanjing

Nanjing is a major city in China. There are international airline connections to Nanjing Lukou Airport directly and via transfer at airports in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and many others. There are also very convenient train connections from Shanghai and Beijing, which take slightly more than 1h from Shanghai and about 4h from Beijing. Travel within Nanjing can be done cheaply via taxi and public transport.

Venue and Accommodation

The plan is to host the conference at the Hanyuan Hotel, which is in easy reach from the city centre (see link at Google Maps). It has the usual amenities for hosting conferences (Wifi, conference rooms, etc) and has links to neighbouring universities.


Hanyuan Hotel

There are also many nearby hotels in all prize categories (link?). Hanyuan Hotel includes a restaurant and there are innumerable restaurants around the hotel and in downtown Nanjing, all usually very affordable.

Advantages of Hosting ITP in Nanjing

There are several groups active in China active in the ITP area. For the last five years there has been a popular summershool about Coq taking place in China with 50 or so student participants. ITP (and TPHOLs) have never been hosted in China, and this might be an opportunity for the ITP community to foster relations with researchers from China and Asia, and for local researchers to become part of the ITP community.

Being in China, Nanjing offers the usual conveniences of good and affordable food. It has several museums and tourist attractions. In the near vicinity are touristic hotspots like Hangzhou ... (??). Travelling visas should not be difficult to obtain for nearly all researchers from the ITP community. (anything else to add?)

Timing and programme

As is the tradition, the conference will consist of 4 days of research presentations and invited talks. Like in previous ITP conferences, we would allow ample time between the formal sessions for attendees to mingle and converse. We expect workshops to take place during one or two days before or after the main conference. Half a day will be dedicated to an excursion.

Excursion

We have two possible destinations for excursions in mind: one is to Yangzhou, and the other is more leisurly inside the city...

Finance

We will seek to keep costs low by negotiating discounts with the hotel and try to find sponsoring where sensible.

Experience of the Programme Chairs

Xingyuan and Christian are regular participants at ITP having the good fortune to have papers accepted at all ITPs so far. Christian was a co-organiser of the TPHOLs conference in 2009 in Munich.

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