Dear TPHOLs 2009 Participant,We would like to thank you for registering for TPHOLs 2009 and alreadywelcome you in Munich. In the following, we will provide you with someuseful information for your arrival and stay in Munich. More detailedinformation can be found in the conference brochure available fordownload at http://tphols.in.tum.de/conference_info.pdfIf you have any questions that are not answered herein, please do nothesitate to contact us.Have a safe journey, and see you soon in Munich!The TPHOLs 2009 Organizing TeamCONFERENCE VENUEThe conference will take place at the Novotel Muenchen City. The contactinformation of the hotel is: Novotel Muenchen City Hochstrasse 11 81669 Muenchen Germany Tel: +49 89 661070 Fax: +49 89 66107999 EMail: h3280@accor.com Web: http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-3280-novotel-muenchen-city/index.shtmlThe nearest stop of public transportation (S-Bahn) is Rosenheimer Platz. Fordetailed travel information see separate section. Also note that the conferencecentre is located in a separate building, reachable by a short walk from thelobby of the hotel.WELCOME RECEPTIONThere will be a welcome reception on Sunday, August 16th, from 18:00 to 20:00.It will take place in the restaurant "Le Jardin" in the conference hotel.REGISTRATIONA registration desk will be open during the reception on Sunday and also on alldays during the conference.PRESENTATIONSWe will provide a laptop with Microsoft PowerPoint and Acrobat Reader. Westrongly advise presenters to send us their slides by Friday, August 14th,to allow us enough time for making a test and uploading them for therespective session.Of course you can also bring your own laptop, but we would prefer to usea single laptop in order to reduce the time needed to set up the presentations.POSTERSFor the poster session on Tuesday, August 18th, panels that can accommodateposters in A1 format will be available. The poster will be attached to thepanel with pins, which will be provided by us.LUNCH BREAKSLunch and coffee will be provided during all conference and workshop days. Lunch will be served in the restaurant "Le Jardin" in the hotel.INTERNET ACCESSFree WLAN access will be provided at the conference centre from August 17thuntil 21st. The name of the network is "m3connect" (but "novotel" and "vodafone"should work as well). The network parameters are configured via DHCP. Note that the WLAN is a shared medium, meaning that the available capacity isshared among all users, and each of the access points in the conference centrecan only handle a fixed number of connections at the same time. We thereforekindly ask you to refrain from using any bandwidth-hungry applications, suchas video streaming, and from downloading large files. Please also disconnectfrom the network whenever you do not need it.A cable-based Internet access is available in the rooms of Novotel for anextra fee. PROCEEDINGSHardcopies of the conference proceedings will be available at the registrationdesk. The LNCS number of the proceedings is 5674. Moreover, ten hardcopies ofthe Emerging Trends proceedings will be available at the registration desk.The Emerging Trends proceedings can also be downloaded from http://tphols.in.tum.de/emerging-trends-TUM-I0916.pdfEXCURSION AND BANQUETOn Wednesday, August 19th from 13:00 to about 00:15, there will be an excursionto the lake Starnberg including a boat cruise, followed by the conference banquet.COQ AND PLMMS WORKSHOPSThe workshops will take place on Friday, August 21st, at the same location asthe main conference. More information on the workshops can be found on the website of the conference.TRAVELARRIVING BY PLANEMunich airport is located about 35km from the city centre. The airport has twoterminals that are adjacent to each other. From the airport, you can take a taxito the hotel, but it is a very expensive ride (> EUR 50).Our advice is to take the cheaper option of public transportation using theS-Bahn. These are local trains that depart from the central area of theairport every 20 mins and run from 4 o'clock in the morning until pastmidnight. Follow the "S-Bahn" sign to the trains. You have to take thetrain labelled S8 (yellow-and-black line in the map below): http://www.munich-airport.de/en/consumer/anab/bahn/index.jspIt is not recommended to take the S1 to the city centre: it brings you thereas well, but it takes a large detour. A plan of the whole public transportationnetwork of Munich can be downloaded in PDF from http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/web4archiv/objects/download/3/schnellbahnnetz_2009.pdfIf you are staying at the conference hotel, you have to get off at RosenheimerPlatz (10 stops from the airport) and just follow the signs to the Novotel.The trip from the airport to the hotel takes about 35 mins. You can query thetimetable and journey planner for the trip from the airport to the city centre at http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/home/passengeraeinformation/airtravellers/index.htmlPURCHASING TRAIN TICKETSBefore taking the train, you have to purchase and validate your ticket. Infront of the entrance to the platform there is a ticket counter, which isstaffed during working hours, and automatic ticket machines. If you use themachines you need to have enough coins or sufficiently small bank notes. Themachines give change. The sales people at the ticket counter also accept creditcards (the sales people should be able to speak English).If you plan to travel straight to the conference hotel, you have to purchase asingle ticket ("Einzelfahrkarte") 4 zones, valid for only one trip, price EUR 9.20If on the arrival day you plan to go somewhere else, you can also buya single day ticket for the entire network ("Single-Tageskarte Gesamtnetz"),price EUR 10.00If you happen to travel together with up to four colleagues, you can save moneyby buying a partner day ticket for the entire network ("Partner-TageskarteGesamtnetz"), price EUR 18.00Do not forget to validate the tickets before travelling! You can validate yourticket by inserting it into one of the small blue machines close to the entranceof the platform, which print the current date and time on the ticket.ARRIVING BY TRAINMost of the intercity trains either arrive at Hauptbahnhof or at Ostbahnhof. FromHauptbahnhof, you can take any S-Bahn in the direction of Ostbahnhof. If you arestaying at the conference hotel, you have to get off at Rosenheimer Platz. If yourtrain arrives at Ostbahnhof, get off there and take any S-Bahn in the direction ofthe city centre / Hauptbahnhof. Note that Rosenheimer Platz is already the nextstop after Ostbahnhof. See above for information about ticket purchases.