LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

 

  1. All meetings will be held at the Radio Astronomy Observatory Piwnice near Torun (12 km north).
  2. We will provide all required transportation for the attendee.
  3. Lunches and dinners will be served at the Observatory.

 

 

 

May 3rd (Thursday) 

There will be mini bus to collect first group of attendee, leaving the airport at about 14:30.

 

Meeting place Is the arrival hall at about 14:00. Look for a person with EVN-Torun sign.

You can wait in one of cafe places – the one on departure level is better.

Our secretary (Anna Salomonczyk) will be there to organize and explain all arrangements.

She will stay in Warsaw to wait for late arrivals who will be provided with the university car. Anna is returning with the second group (or just Richard Schilizzi only ?).

Accommodation in hotel Helios is booked for all, the bus will bring guests directly to the hotel.

 

WARNING

Please be alerted, there are thieves everywhere. Keep your documents, money and credit cards in safe place, be careful with your baggage.

 

May 4th (Friday)

 

The bus will leave hotel at 8:30 and will arrive in observatory at 8:50.

 

 9:00 The EVN CBD Meeting starts

Coffee at 10:30 (break or just can be delivered to the meeting room)

 

Lunch at 13:00, 

 

14:00 Meeting restarts

15:30 coffee

 

18:00  meeting ends

 

18:00 – 19:00  free time for an informal visit to our facilities (telescopes, labs, etc)

 

19:00  Conference Dinner  on invitation of  Director of Torun Centre for Astronomy

22:00  Bus leaves back to the hotel.

 

 

May 5th (Saturday)       

 

M.Garrett, J.Ulvestad, W.Bann  leave for Warsaw by a car at about 9:00 (from hotel)

 

 8:30 bus will leave hotel for the observatory

 9:00 Executive Meeting CBD starts

10:30 coffee (or earlier)

11:00  Meeting ends

 

11:00  SKA European Consortium Meeting starts (chaired by Harvey Butcher)

13:00 lunch

 

14:00 JIVE Board Meeting (chaired by Alain Baudry)

15:00 coffee

16:00  meeting ends

 

16:15  bus leaves to the hotel (if meetings end on time)

17:00 –18:00 short organized tour in the city  or just free time to see the old city

18:30 bus will take from the hotel all back to Observatory for dinner party

19:00 dinner garden party at the Optical Observatory - if the weather permits.

21:00 return to Torun

 

 

May  6th (Sunday)

 6:00 a car transportation for Anton Zensus to Warsaw

 9:00 mini bus takes remaining CBD, JIVE, SKA participants to Warsaw

two Chinese colleagues will be left at hotel Gromada near the airport (they stay two

more days).

 

We will provide overlay projectors and a modern computer projector, fax, xero etc…

 

Local TV is interested to make a short news spot –  probably on May 5th after lunch.