Thanks Benedikt, this is really useful and promising information. I personally look forward to attending Europython at CERN.
Jacob On lördag 5 februari 2005 20.44, Benedikt Hegner wrote: > Hi, > > to answer Laura´s question I will give you two names of the team. > > - Michael Doran is responsible for Technology Transfer, Strategy & > Planning. He is responsible for or involved in most of the conferences > held at CERN. The last bigger one was: http://rsis.web.cern.ch/rsis/ . > In his mind europython is a relatively small and easy to organize > conference > - For several years Andreas Pfeiffer was member of the organizing > committee of the CERN School of Computing. > > There are a lot more people supporting us which are quite experienced > in organizing conferences and bigger events. And what about myself? I > was responsible for several smaller interdisciplinary conferences and > seminars in Germany with up to 100 people. So the size of europython is > new for me. > > Since I have all our meeting notes in my office I couldn't prepare an > extensive proposal which covers all points. Here is a short list of the > most important points. A real proposal will follow if there is > interest. Please let me know. > > Cheers > Benedikt > > > Conference Rooms > ================== > The conference will be mainly in CERN Bldg. 40 > 4 auditoriums for parallel sessions > 1 auditorium for plenary sessions > several meeting rooms for 20-40 people > > each room has at least one beamer > auditoriums equipped for videoconferencing > > > Computer infrastructure > ======================== > Every room has network outlets for 100MBit and sometimes 1GBit. > WLAN in the hole area > Conference printers > Helpdesk > Support from local IT division (equipment) > > > Local transportation > ========================= > Geneve main station <-> CERN: 25 minutes by bus (about 2,30 SFr) > Airport <-> CERN: about 30 - 35 minutes by bus. > There is the idea to arrange a shuttle service from some hotels to CERN > > > Social activities > =============== > You have the possibility to go to Geneva or to enjoy the countryside > around. The Jura Mountains are not far away. For sports we have one > football and one rugby field available at CERN. > > > Sprint space > ============ > We will have sprint space available from one week before the conference. > > > CERN Specials > =============== > Visit one of the biggest research institutes in the world and _the_ > institute for high energy physics > We will arrange special introductions for you to learn more about high > energy physics and the role of CERN in this business > Excursions to experiment areas > > > Accomodation > ================== > There is a list of Hotels that offer special prices for CERN visitors > and the prices range from 100 CHF for one person and 135 CHF for two, > up to around 300 CHF for two persons, depending on the hotel (several > of the hotels, even the cheaper ones, offer breakfast included). > For students/ academic staff there are hostels on CERN area: 55 CHF/ > night . Maybe we can arrange something for non students. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython mailing list > EuroPython@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
