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Venue and Accommodation
The plan is to host the conference at the
-Hanyuan Hotel, which is in easy
+Hanyuan Hotel, which is inexpensive and in easy
reach from the city centre (see here at Google Maps). It has the usual amenities for hosting
-conferences (Wifi, conference rooms, etc) and has links to neighbouring universities.
+conferences (Wifi, conference rooms, etc) and has links to neighbouring universities. There is also
+the possibility to use lecture rooms for free in Xingyuan's university at the other side of the road.
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Being in China, Nanjing offers the usual conveniences of good and
-affordable food. It has several
+affordable food. It has several excellent
museums
and tourist attractions.
In the nearby vicinity are touristic hotspots like
+Yangzhou,
Hangzhou,
-Yangzhou,
Wuxi and
Suzhou.
Travelling
visas
-should not be difficult to obtain for participants.
+to China should be easy to obtain for participants.
Timing and programme
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Excursion
We have two possible destinations for an excursion in mind: one is to
-Yangzhou, and the other is more leisurly — a tour of Nanjing...
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+Yangzhou (one 1h away
+from Nanjing by bus), and the other is a (more leisurely) tour of Nanjing and its
+attractions. The tour to Yangzhou would involve a walk around the Slender West Lake
+with its pavilions, the white Lotus Flower Pagoda and the Suzhou-style gardens.
+One the way we would visit the Daming Temple and the old Stone Pagoda of Yangzhou.
+The day would finish with a dinner in the well-known Fuchun restaurant.
+The best tour around Nanjing is to go to the Purple Mountains passing by the
+the Linggusi pagoda, the city wall and the Ming tombs
+(see pictures on the left). There is a wide selection of excellent restaurants
+around Nanjing's Confucius Temple for a conference dinner. If chosen, we would
+canvas for opinions about what participants would be most interested in.
Finance
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Experience of the Programme Chairs
-Xingyuan and Christian are regular participants at ITP having had the good fortune to have
-papers accepted at all ITPs so far. Christian was a co-organiser of the TPHOLs conference
+Xingyuan and Christian are regular participants at ITP having had the good fortune of their
+papers being accepted at all ITPs so far. Christian was a co-organiser of the TPHOLs conference
in 2009 in Munich.