Check-in: The check-in desk for the meeting will be open on Monday May 16th from 14:00 to 20:00 in the lobby of Hotel Diplomat. Check-in is also possible from 08:30 to 09:00 on Tuesday May 17th at the meeting venue. There also payment should be made for the registration fee (EUR 150,-) .
Venue
The meeting will be held at the Lesser Quarter building of the Charles University in the old St. Nicholas Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic. The address is Malostranské náměstí 25, Malá Strana, 118 00 Praha-Prague, Česká republika/Czech Republic. Lectures wil be held in the refektorium (Refektar). The lecture room is equipped with PowerPoint projector, audio equipment and overhead projector. If speakers need some other technical devices, they should contact the organisers. The venue of the poster session will be announced here in due course.
The meeting is held in a very fine building belonging to a Jesuite monastery. A brief history of the building and some futher infos can be found here.
Lunches (as well as the dinner on Wednesday) will be in the Profesni Dum Restaurant in the cellar of the conference venue (address: Malostranské náměstí 25, 11800 Praha 1, phone ++42-0221914275). The conference banquet will be held at the restaurant "Villa Richter" (Address: Staré zámecké schody 6/251, 118 00, Praha 1, Pražský hrad, phone ++420–257–219–079 ) on the slope of Prague Castle (see the Programme site for details).
In the following we describe the access to the conference hotel as well as the directions from the conference hotel to the conference venue. A map of the area with the conference venue and all the hotels (apart from Hotel Diplomat, which is outside it) can be downloaded here as .pdf file.
We describe here the access to the conference hotel (Hotel Diplomat, Evropska 16, 16041 Prague, Czech Republic) and the access to the conference from the hotel by public transport. Going to the venue by car is discouraged due to the lack of parking places in the Lesser Quarter. The venue is only 2 stations by underground For access to the other hotels we recommend please check the relevant links to the hotels at the Accommodation page.
Warning: Going by taxi is discouraged, Prage taxi drivers have not undeservedly earned a reputation for cheating tourists and asking for grossly excesive fares. If you feel you need a taxi from the airport then go to the tourist information at the airport and ask for help. We have also heard that the dollowing companies are reliable: AAA Radiotaxi - tel. 140 14 or 222 333 222, www.aaa-taxi.cz, City Taxi (phone 257 257 257, www.citytaxi.cz), Profi Taxi (phone: tel. 140 35 or 2 61 31 41 51, www.profitaxi.cz) Halotaxi (phone 244 114 411, www.halotaxi.cz), Sedop (phone 777 666 333, www.sedop.cz ). Nevertheless, there might be some black sheep around their drivers also........ . Maybe the best alternative to get a taxi from the airport here.
From Road 1 – Brno, Vienna, Budapest, České Budejovice
Follow the motorway towards the city center ("Centrum"). Once there, follow the signposts for "Karlovy Vary", driving through the streets "Veletržní"and "Milady Horákové". Turn right to the street "Svatovítská"and drive on until you reach the circle square ("Vítezné námestí") at its end. Take the exit signposted "the Airport"( to thev left). Diplomat Hotel Prague is situated approximately 100 m past the square on the left-hand side.
From D5 Germany via Plzen:
At the end of the motorway follow the direction towards the city center ("Centrum") and "Motol". Approx. 1 km after the "Motol"hospital (a big blue building on your right) turn right at the large junction ("Vypich") on the top of the hill to the street "Patockova". Follow the road for about 5 km and then turn left to the street "Svatovítská". Drive ahead until you reach the circle square ("Vítezné námestí") at its end. Take the exit signposted "the Airport". Diplomat Hotel Prague is situated approximately 100 m past the square on the left-hand side.
From D8 – Teplice, Berlin, Dresden:
Head towards the city center ("Centrum") through the street "V Holešovickách"until you reach the river "Vltava". Cross the bridge "Barikádníkù". On the other side turn right towards "Holešovice"railway station. Turn left, pass the sport complex on your right and then turn right towards the street "Veletržní". Follow the street until it becomes the street "Milady Horákové". Drive on and then turn right to the street "Svatovítská". There is a circle square ("Vítezné námestí") at its end. Take the exit signposted "the Airport". Diplomat Hotel Prague is situated approximately 100 m past the square on the left-hand side.
Walk out from Hotel Diplomat turn right on the street (Evropska). In 100m you wil reach Dejvická station, fro thee take the underground (only one direction) to Malostranská station (second stop, 3-4 minutes). Exit there and walk down the road (direction to the Vltava river) for 100 metres until you come into an intersection. Turn there right into Letenská. Follow this a bit winding road for 500 m until you emerge on Lesser Quarter Square (Malostranské náměstí) There you will see a church and a white large building to the right of it with a large portal. Enter through it to the conference venue.
If you do not feel like walking, you can take tram number 12 (direction Barrandov), 20 (direction Barrandov) or 22 (direction Nádrazí Hostivar) from Malostranská underground station to Lesser Town Square, Malosatranské námestí (the tram goes through Letenska and stops directly on the square).
If you only go by underground from Dejvická to Malostranská it is enough to buy a short trip ticket for CZK 18,-, if you change to the tram a full fare ticket for CZK 26,- is necessary. 24 hour passes cost CZK 100,- for reasons probably only bureaucrats understand are 72 hours passes more expensive than three 24 hour passes (CZK 330,- versus CZK 300,-), so nobody buys them. For infos about the pricing of public transport in Prague click here.
A map of the area with the conference venue and all the hotels (apart from Hotel Diplomat, which is outside it) can be downloaded here as .pdf file.
