Meeting will be held in City Hotel Ljubljana.
Face to face meeting will start at 1pm. Registration fee for this meeting is approximately 80€ (includes coffees, lunch and a dinner) and will be charged before or at the meeting when organization costs will be clear enough.
All proposed hotels for F2F meeting are within a walking distance from bus/train station and located in the city center nearby old town. Prices for the proposed hotels assume 30+ participants with conference rooms rental configured in classroom style, free WiFi. 2 breaks with coffee, tea, water, juice, lunch 1st day
and dinner 1st day. There is no block booking for hotels. Each participant should arrange their accomodation. For suggested City hotel there are special prices.
- City Hotel for 60€/night and 80€ registration. Reconfigurable rooms with acoustic wall on the top ot the hotel. Please reserve a hotel room by email reservations@cityhotel.si (or tel. +386 1 239 00 93) by December 1st, 2013 at the latest. Special room price is 60€/single room/one night. Double bed 75€, superior double for single use 75€, superior double 95€. Please mention code PRACE.
- Hotel Central 83€/nigh with 75€ registration. Seminar rooms Drave, Dava and Soča (142m2). Finish sauna is free for hotel guests. E-mail: central-hotel@gh-union.si
- Hotel Slon for 89€/night. At the main street.
- Grand Hotel Union for 109€/night. Classic hotel nearby.
- Hotel Lev at 120€/night. 100m away.
Please register for 10/11 December at registration folder. Invoices for registration will be sent at the end of November when registration will be closed and exact number of participants will be known.
Practical Information
Visit http://www.ljubljana.info/travel/ for basic information about arranging travel to Ljubljana. Currency in Slovenia is Euro.
Transport
Airport is 30km outside Ljubljana. Public bus no. 28 from the airport 4.5€ (every hr/2hr Mo-Fr/Sa-Su), Private Shutles[1, 2], Taxi from the airport 40€. See also the following links for explanation: http://www.ljubljana.info/airport/bus/ and http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/passanger-visitors/getting-here.
Ljubljana city uses Urbana payment card for its city buses (1.2€/90min fare) and for city bicycles with 1€/week. For public transport (city bus) Urbana card can be purchased at kiosks around and filled at the urbanomats. Urbana card is valid also for public bycicles if registered. All hotels suggested are within walking distance from the main railway/bus station! We suggest that for return shuttles are ordered/shared at the hotel reception. Then they pick you and deliver on time. The same can be done for for arrival by booking on the internet[1,2]. Cheap flights can be searched to nearby airports (Bologna, Venice) from Italy and arrange GoOpti shuttle to pick you and deliver from/to airport there.
Organizers will assist in transport from/to the hotel if flight details will be given at the registration form. Please ask mateja.maffi@lecad.fs.uni-lj.si for a help if having troubles in accommodation, registration, transport, ...
If you arrive by some public transport then it is a short walk from the railway/bus station to the City Hotel. http://goo.gl/B7Xzfi
If you are arriving by a car there is a parking just in front of City Hotel for 18€/day and requires prior reservation at the Reception +38612390000 as it is pretty crowdy due to the TV centre nearby or you can drive to nearby Parkirišče Komenskega http://goo.gl/0ZmPOU for 1,2€/hour or Trdinova http://goo.gl/3EOPYw
Activities
City sightseeing as one hour walkarround is planned in the evening (old town, castle, [3-5]) There is also free WiFi in the city centre[6,7].
[1] http://www.shuttle.si/
[2] http://goopti.si/
[3] http://www.ljubljana.info/ljubljana-castle/
[4] http://www.ljubljanskigrad.si/plan-your-visit/funicular-railway/
[5] http://www.visitljubljana.com/
[6] http://www.sloveniatimes.com/free-wifi-launched-in-ljubljana
[7] http://wifreeljubljana.si/en
