Bid to host ITP 2015 in Nanjing

Nanjing is a 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 transportation.

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 a conference (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

Many groups working on ITP, summerschool on Coq, never has been hosted in China, several centres (Shanghai, Beijing, ...) Good food, conference trip

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 (see below).

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 the costs low by negotiating discounts with the hotel.

Experience

Xingyuan and Christian are regular participants at ITP having had papers at all ITPs so far. Christian has been a co-organiser of the TPHOLs conference in 2009 in Munich.

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