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THE ROLE OF MERGERS
AND FEEDBACK IN GALAXY FORMATION email: ringberg@mpe.mpg.de FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTDear Participant of the Ringberg Workshop, This last announcement before the workshop gives some detailed information that you might need about getting to and from the Workshop, accepted payment methods for the registration fee, and other odds and ends. Please fill out the enclosed itinerary form at the end of this announcement so that we know whom to meet at the airport or in Munich on Sunday afternoon, or if you are not taking the bus, when you will arrive at Ringberg. You should send either the form or a short message to: ringberg@mpe.mpg.de with your travel details. This announcement, the latest workshop program and the list of participants can also be found on our web site: http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/meetings/ringmerg2004.html By now you should have also received an email with the lodging arrangements we have made for you. Please let us know if you do not get your lodging arrangements. Conference Timetable -------------------- The scientific sessions will begin on Monday, 1 November at 8:45 AM, and end on Friday evening, 5 November. If possible, participants should arrive in the Munich area by Sunday, 31 October by 2 PM or earlier. Please note that Ringberg Castle is not open before 16:30 on Sunday, so participants should not venture up to the castle before then. Conference Bus -------------- We have hired a bus to take participants from the Munich Airport and the Hotel Astoria on Nicolaistrasse in Munich to Ringberg Castle on Sunday, 31 October, leaving the airport at 2 PM from in front of the arrivals area in Terminal 1, Block C, and the Hotel Astoria in Munich around 3:15. LOC members will be at the Munich airport to greet participants and show them the way to the bus on Sunday starting around 13:00. One person will be posted at the arrivals area of Terminal 2 (terminal for Lufthansa and Star Alliance flights), and another will be at the arrivals area of Terminal 1, Block C. They will be carrying colorful signs indicating the Ringberg Workshop and Max-Planck Institute, so that you can easily identify them. If you arrive on Sunday morning and have some time to kill before the bus leaves, there is a large shopping center, many restaurants, showers, etc available at the newly remodeled Munich airport. You can check the airport webpage: www.munich-airport.de/EN/index.html for more information. An LOC member will also be in front of the Hotel Astoria starting at 14:45 for those meeting the bus there (the central Munich stop). To get to this hotel from the Munich Central train station (Hauptbahnhof) take either the U4 or U5 sub-way line to the Odeonsplatz stop, and transfer to the U3 line (direction Olympiazentrum) or the U6 line (direction Garching- Hochbrueck). Take this train to the Muenchener Freiheit stop. You can also take any S-Bahn train to Marienplatz from the Central Station, and transfer to the U3 or U6 from there. From there it is a short walk to the Hotel Astoria. Leave the Muenchener Freiheit station from the southeast exit, continue walking south, and Nicolaistrasse will be on your left. The Hotel Astoria is on the left at the end of this short street. The bus will return participants to Munich airport and central Munich on Saturday, 6 November. Depending on demand, there may be a smaller shuttle van from Ringberg to the Munich airport on Friday evening as well. The bus will depart from Ringberg Castle at around 8:30-09:00 AM, immediately after breakfast on Saturday and arrive at the airport about 1.5 hours later, depending on traffic. Many of you have already said that you will take the bus either to and/or from Ringberg, but if you have not already indicated this please let us know soon in a short email message. For those attendees who arrive on Sunday after about 2 PM (since it will take you a while to collect your luggage, and clear passport control and customs) the LOC will do our best to arrange that one of our private cars get you to Ringberg later on Sunday afternoon. We need sufficient advance notice for this, however, so please indicate any special needs as soon as possible! For participants arriving after about 5 PM on Sunday the LOC will all have left for Ringberg already, and it will be necessary to take a train and taxi to Ringberg from the Munich area. The instructions on how to do this, complete with train schedules, can be found at www.rzg.mpg.de/ringberg-castle/anfahrt.html. You can access this page via the conference homepage. Up-to-date Program ------------------- The latest schedule for the workshop is now available at our workshop web site listed above. Each session will consist of review and highlight talks concluded by longer discussion periods. The times listed include time for a few questions. We will continue to post any last minute changes to the program as they occur until just before the workshop. Posters ------- Poster boards of size 125cm*125cm will be available at Ringberg. Again, we strongly encourage you to bring along your newest results and/or copies of your talk to hang up as a poster. We will have many long coffee breaks in the poster area, and this will give everyone a further opportunity to hear about your work. Drop us an email to let us know you plan to do this so we know how many poster boards to assemble at Ringberg beforehand. Posters can remain on display for the entire duration of the workshop. Registration ------------ The registration fee of EUR 100 (130 if you have signed up to attend the concert on Wednesday evening) is payable in cash at the opening buffet at Ringberg on Sunday evening. This fee covers the costs of the opening dinner, transportation to and from Ringberg and Munich, transportation to and from the Wednesday outing, entrance fees to the Hallein Salt Mines, the conference dinner on Wednesday evening, and conference materials. We cannot take payment by credit cards, so participants should come to Ringberg with sufficient amounts of Euros to cover this fee. Meals and Lodging ----------------- The LOC will pay for lodging and meals of all participants for the duration of the workshop. We have arranged that everyone stay either at Ringberg Castle (which has rooms for 35-40 people) or at the Hotel Zur Post in the nearby village of Kreuth (www.hotel-zur-post-kreuth.de). You should have already received an email message with your arrangements. If you did not receive this message please let us know immediately. Lunch and dinner will be provided for all participants at Ringberg Castle. Unfortunately, we cannot pay for meals and lodging for accompanying guests. Accompanying guests can have dinner at the castle for an extra charge. Please send us an email asking about rates in this case. It would be very helpful to the Ringberg staff and the LOC if you could let us know at registration on Sunday evening which meals you will take at the Castle. Vegetarian meals and other special dietary requests are happily accommodated provided advance notice is given. If you have not already indicated your special requests, please send us a short email message soon. Daily transportation from the Hotel zur Post to the castle (about a 10-15 minute drive) will be provided by the LOC in the morning in time for the first session, and then again in the evening before dinner if requested and back to the hotels after dinner after some socializing time. It will not be possible for the LOC to provide transportation during the lunch break, however. Social Events ------------- 1) There will be a welcome dinner buffet at Ringberg castle for all participants and accompanying persons paying the registration fee Sunday evening, 31 October at 19:00. Conference registration will take place at the castle prior to and during the buffet. 2) There is an excursion to the Salzburg area on Wednesday, 3 November for all participants and their guests. At the conclusion of the morning session, we will grab boxed lunches, depart at noon and make a ~ 2hr trip to the salt mining town of Hallein on the German-Austrian border, where we will tour a former salt-mine. After the tour, we will drive to historic Salzburg, where participants will have the chance to wander through the city for a couple of hours to visit shops, cafes, museums, a fortress, etc. The outing day will culminate in the conference dinner at 18:00 (price included in the fee) at a Salzburg restaurant. After dinner those who have signed up will walk to the "Schlosskonzert" at the Schloss Mirabell. The concert starts at 8 PM and will last about 90 minutes. Those who have not signed up to go to the concert will have a further opportunity to explore Salzburg's cafes and pubs. Buses will then leave Salzburg around 22:00 and return participants and their guests to Ringberg and the hotel arriving between 23:30 and midnight. Further details about the outing will be available at Ringberg. Weather ------- Bavarian weather in the autumn can be higly variable. Daytime highs are usually around 10 degrees C and nighttime lows near freezing. We can also expect to see some rain and fog at this time of year, but should we be lucky with sunny days, the autumn weather can be fantastic. Finally ------- Any questions or problems can be directed via e-mail to the LOC at the dedicated Workshop account: ringberg@mpe.mpg.de *************************************************************************** Itinerary Information **** THE ROLE OF MERGERS AND FEEDBACK IN GALAXY FORMATION **** **** Ringberg Castle, Germany **** **** 31 October - 6 November 2004 **** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please return this form before 27 October 2004 to ringberg@mpe.mpg.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ARRIVAL INFORMATION: Flight Number: Flight or Train Arrival Date: Flight or Train Arrival Time: DEPARTURE INFORMATION: Flight Number: Flight Departure Date: Flight Departure Time: Will you take the conference bus: from Munich airport or the Hotel Astoria in central Munich on Sunday, 31 October? ...... from Ringberg to central Munich and the Munich airport on Saturday, 6 November? ...... 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THE ROLE OF MERGERS AND FEEDBACK IN GALAXY FORMATION email: ringberg@mpe.mpg.de Last update: 2004-10-15 Aprajita Verma & Thomas Ott |
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