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+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 directly to Nanjing +Lukou Airport 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 inexpensive +(ca. 350元/£35/$60/€40 per night including breakfast) +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. There is also the possibility to use lecture rooms for +free in Xingyuan's university at the other side of the road. Hanyuan +Hotel includes a restaurant and there are innumerable restaurants +around the hotel and in downtown Nanjing, all usually very affordable. + +
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Advantages of Hosting ITP in Nanjing
+ +There are several groups in the ITP area that are active in China. For example for the last +five years there have been popular +summerschools in China about Coq +with 50 or so student participants each. 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 excellent +museums +and tourist attractions. +In the nearby vicinity are touristic hotspots like +Yangzhou, +Hangzhou, +Wuxi and +Suzhou. +Travelling +visas +to China should be easy to obtain for participants. + + +
Timing and programme
+ +We propose to hold the conference in late summer, for example in +the last week of August (which is the usual time for ITP/TPHOLs) or +first week of September. However we can be flexible and accommodate any +other time in July and August. Our preference for late summer is because +temperatures in Nanjing will then be more moderate than in the high season. ++ +As is the tradition, the conference +would consist of 4 days of research presentations and invited +talks. Like in previous 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 an excursion in mind: one is to +Yangzhou (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 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 our bid is +chosen, we would canvas for opinions about what participants would be +most interested in. + +
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