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1 Dear TPHOLs 2009 Participant, |
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3 We would like to thank you for registering for TPHOLs 2009 and already |
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4 welcome you in Munich. In the following, we will provide you with some |
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5 useful information for your arrival and stay in Munich. More detailed |
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6 information can be found in the conference brochure available for |
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7 download at |
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9 http://tphols.in.tum.de/conference_info.pdf |
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11 If you have any questions that are not answered herein, please do not |
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12 hesitate to contact us. |
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14 Have a safe journey, and see you soon in Munich! |
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16 The TPHOLs 2009 Organizing Team |
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19 CONFERENCE VENUE |
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21 The conference will take place at the Novotel Muenchen City. The contact |
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22 information of the hotel is: |
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24 Novotel Muenchen City |
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25 Hochstrasse 11 |
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26 81669 Muenchen |
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27 Germany |
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29 Tel: +49 89 661070 |
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30 Fax: +49 89 66107999 |
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31 EMail: h3280@accor.com |
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32 Web: http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-3280-novotel-muenchen-city/index.shtml |
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34 The nearest stop of public transportation (S-Bahn) is Rosenheimer Platz. For |
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35 detailed travel information see separate section. Also note that the conference |
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36 centre is located in a separate building, reachable by a short walk from the |
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37 lobby of the hotel. |
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39 WELCOME RECEPTION |
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41 There will be a welcome reception on Sunday, August 16th, from 18:00 to 20:00. |
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42 It will take place in the restaurant "Le Jardin" in the conference hotel. |
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44 REGISTRATION |
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46 A registration desk will be open during the reception on Sunday and also on all |
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47 days during the conference. |
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49 PRESENTATIONS |
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51 We will provide a laptop with Microsoft PowerPoint and Acrobat Reader. We |
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52 strongly advise presenters to send us their slides by Friday, August 14th, |
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53 to allow us enough time for making a test and uploading them for the |
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54 respective session. |
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55 Of course you can also bring your own laptop, but we would prefer to use |
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56 a single laptop in order to reduce the time needed to set up the |
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57 presentations. |
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59 POSTERS |
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61 For the poster session on Tuesday, August 18th, panels that can accommodate |
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62 posters in A1 format will be available. The poster will be attached to the |
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63 panel with pins, which will be provided by us. |
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65 LUNCH BREAKS |
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67 Lunch and coffee will be provided during all conference and workshop days. |
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68 Lunch will be served in the restaurant "Le Jardin" in the hotel. |
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70 INTERNET ACCESS |
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72 Free WLAN access will be provided at the conference centre from August 17th |
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73 until 21st. The name of the network is "m3connect" (but "novotel" and "vodafone" |
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74 should work as well). The network parameters are configured via DHCP. |
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75 Note that the WLAN is a shared medium, meaning that the available capacity is |
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76 shared among all users, and each of the access points in the conference centre |
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77 can only handle a fixed number of connections at the same time. We therefore |
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78 kindly ask you to refrain from using any bandwidth-hungry applications, such |
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79 as video streaming, and from downloading large files. Please also disconnect |
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80 from the network whenever you do not need it. |
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81 A cable-based Internet access is available in the rooms of Novotel for an |
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82 extra fee. |
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84 PROCEEDINGS |
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86 Hardcopies of the conference proceedings will be available at the registration |
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87 desk. The LNCS number of the proceedings is 5674. Moreover, ten hardcopies of |
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88 the Emerging Trends proceedings will be available at the registration desk. |
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89 The Emerging Trends proceedings can also be downloaded from |
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91 http://tphols.in.tum.de/emerging-trends-TUM-I0916.pdf |
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93 EXCURSION AND BANQUET |
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95 On Wednesday, August 19th from 13:00 to about 00:15, there will be an excursion |
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96 to the lake Starnberg including a boat cruise, followed by the conference banquet. |
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98 COQ AND PLMMS WORKSHOPS |
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100 The workshops will take place on Friday, August 21st, at the same location as |
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101 the main conference. More information on the workshops can be found on the web |
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102 site of the conference. |
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104 TRAVEL |
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106 ARRIVING BY PLANE |
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108 Munich airport is located about 35km from the city centre. The airport has two |
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109 terminals that are adjacent to each other. From the airport, you can take a taxi |
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110 to the hotel, but it is a very expensive ride (> EUR 50). |
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112 Our advice is to take the cheaper option of public transportation using the |
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113 S-Bahn. These are local trains that depart from the central area of the |
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114 airport every 20 mins and run from 4 o'clock in the morning until past |
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115 midnight. Follow the "S-Bahn" sign to the trains. You have to take the |
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116 train labelled S8 (yellow-and-black line in the map below): |
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118 http://www.munich-airport.de/en/consumer/anab/bahn/index.jsp |
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120 It is not recommended to take the S1 to the city centre: it brings you there |
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121 as well, but it takes a large detour. A plan of the whole public transportation |
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122 network of Munich can be downloaded in PDF from |
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124 http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/web4archiv/objects/download/3/schnellbahnnetz_2009.pdf |
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126 If you are staying at the conference hotel, you have to get off at Rosenheimer |
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127 Platz (10 stops from the airport) and just follow the signs to the Novotel. |
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128 The trip from the airport to the hotel takes about 35 mins. You can query the |
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129 timetable and journey planner for the trip from the airport to the city centre at |
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131 http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/home/passengeraeinformation/airtravellers/index.html |
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133 PURCHASING TRAIN TICKETS |
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135 Before taking the train, you have to purchase and validate your ticket. In |
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136 front of the entrance to the platform there is a ticket counter, which is |
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137 staffed during working hours, and automatic ticket machines. If you use the |
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138 machines you need to have enough coins or sufficiently small bank notes. The |
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139 machines give change. The sales people at the ticket counter also accept credit |
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140 cards (the sales people should be able to speak English). |
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142 If you plan to travel straight to the conference hotel, you have to purchase a |
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143 single ticket ("Einzelfahrkarte") 4 zones, valid for only one trip, price EUR 9.20 |
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145 If on the arrival day you plan to go somewhere else, you can also buy |
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146 a single day ticket for the entire network ("Single-Tageskarte Gesamtnetz"), |
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147 price EUR 10.00 |
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149 If you happen to travel together with up to four colleagues, you can save money |
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150 by buying a partner day ticket for the entire network ("Partner-Tageskarte |
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151 Gesamtnetz"), price EUR 18.00 |
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153 Do not forget to validate the tickets before travelling! You can validate your |
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154 ticket by inserting it into one of the small blue machines close to the entrance |
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155 of the platform, which print the current date and time on the ticket. |
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157 ARRIVING BY TRAIN |
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159 Most of the intercity trains either arrive at Hauptbahnhof or at Ostbahnhof. From |
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160 Hauptbahnhof, you can take any S-Bahn in the direction of Ostbahnhof. If you are |
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161 staying at the conference hotel, you have to get off at Rosenheimer Platz. If your |
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162 train arrives at Ostbahnhof, get off there and take any S-Bahn in the direction of |
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163 the city centre / Hauptbahnhof. Note that Rosenheimer Platz is already the next |
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164 stop after Ostbahnhof. See above for information about ticket purchases. |