From jkr@jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk Fri Jan 28 13:12:22 2000 Received: from nameserv.rl.ac.uk (nameserv.rl.ac.uk [130.246.135.129]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA24020 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:12:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jkr@jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk) Received: from jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk (jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk [130.246.8.20]) by nameserv.rl.ac.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25997 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:12:21 GMT Received: (from jkr@localhost) by jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) id MAA28196 for SC22WG5@dkuug.dk; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:13:19 GMT Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:13:19 GMT From: John Reid Message-Id: <200001281213.MAA28196@jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk> To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk Subject: Local arrangements for WG5-MEETING IN OULU, 14-18 August 2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" WG5-MEETING IN OULU, 14-18 August 2000 Local arrangements for the WG5 meeting in Oulu are as follows. The meeting is hosted by VTT (Technical Research Center of Finland). It is located on the campus area of the University of Oulu. The address of the institute is Kaitovayla 1. There are buses operating between the town center and Linnanmaa. There is VTT specific information about travel on the web-page (http://www.vtt.fi/ele/contacts/how_to_get.htm). The city of Oulu has web-pages on (http://www.ouka.fi/). The city of Oulu web-page includes information on travel, the city and the location itself. However, most delegates should plan to flight to Helsinki and catch a flight to Oulu (there are about 9-12 flights per day to Oulu). Another possibility is to fly to Stockholm and fly by SAS from Stockholm to Oulu. At least for people arriving from UK and USA the route through Stockholm is probably cheapest. We have a block reservation of rooms in SAS Radisson Hotel. The price range is as follows: 1 room/night 460 FIM/night (about 80 USD) double room/night 760 FIM/night (~ 130 USD) The meeting itself will be held in a lecture room at VTT, which is about 5 km from the city center. The plan is to have meetings between 9.00 a.m. -- 17.45 p.m. We have one main lecture room and two smaller meeting rooms for possible ad hoc meetings. The research institute is sponsoring coffee breaks for us during the WG5 meeting. The Finns are rather early lunch eaters. There is a cafeteria operating in the institute's premises (open for lunch between 11-13), and there are more possibilities in the city center. I suggest that we aim at to have lunch break around 12 o'clock. VTT will also sponsor one complementary lunch for us during the meeting. Finally, we plan to have a traditional get-together dinner on Wednesday in the city center. The particulars of this will be provided during the meeting. Photocopying and basic secretarial services will be available during the meeting by courtesy of the research institute. We will also arrange a public terminal that will be available for e-mailing. We are also trying to arrange visit to local Nokia Mobile Phones R&D-facility for those interested. This depends on negotiations and whether we can find something interesting to show (that is more interesting than a simple mobile phone). To ensure that you are getting discounted hotel prices and to get the final list of participants for the local organizers, we have appointed a local organizing secretary from VTT to handle practicalities. So if you want to reserve your room, require any additional information etc., you should contact as soon as possible: Ms. Katja Salmela VTT, Networking Technologies (WG5/FORTRAN MEETING) Fax: +358 8 551 2320 Email: Katja.Salmela@vtt.fi Tel.: +358 8 551 2402 If anyone wants to come a few days earlier or stay in Northern Finland for extra days after the meeting, you can ask help and/or suggestions on sightseeing possibilities, etc. Katja will help as much as possible. If we know beforehand what you need, we can probably arrange for relevant brochures etc. to be ready during the WG5 meeting. The weather during early August should be rather warm (around +20 C), but there is a possibility for colder nights and rain. Oulu is a rather small town (around 110,000 inhabitants), but most services that you might expect are available. It is also well to remember that Finland is a rather expensive country. Most shops are open between 9-17 during the summer time. If you have any questions, or need any kind of help in practical arrangements do not hesitate to email me (Petri.Mahonen@oulu.fi) or Ms. Salmonella (Katja.Salmela@vtt.fi). If possible, we would like to get your registration for meeting by the end of the February at the latest. However, even for late registration, we will try to arrange you the best possible accommondation prices etc. Looking forward to seeing you in August. Best regards, Petri