# HG changeset patch # User Christian Urban # Date 1395764215 0 # Node ID d4ec47be8f14001818a43086a94cecc3d34d2e28 # Parent a0acd0aa43339841bd7bc2c53534879fbf439af6 bid accepted diff -r a0acd0aa4333 -r d4ec47be8f14 index.html --- a/index.html Thu Feb 20 15:23:01 2014 +0000 +++ b/index.html Tue Mar 25 16:16:55 2014 +0000 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Bid for ITP 2015 +ITP 2015 in Nanjing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Bid to host ITP 2015 in Nanjing

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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. - -

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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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Hanyuan Hotel

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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. 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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Finance

- -We will seek to keep costs low by negotiating discounts with -the hotel and by trying to find sponsoring where sensible. - -

Experience of the Programme Chairs and Local Organisation

- -Xingyuan and Christian are regular participants at ITP. Christian was a -co-organiser of the TPHOLs conference -in 2009 in Munich. -We will make use of the infrastructure available at Xingyuan's university for local -organisation. There will also be a student team that helps with running the conference. -

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