Objectives
The Lisbon integration meeting will be the
last project integration meeting and as such complete
operational software packages must be achieved.
Organization and location
The meeting is organized by LIP
and will be held at the LNEC
conference facilities in Lisbon, Portugal. LNEC
is the
Portuguese Civil Engineering National Laboratory. The LNEC
campus hosts among other institutions the Portuguese Academic
Research Network (FCCN)
that will provide support for the organization and provide the network connectivity services.
Conference Venue
The meeting will be held at the LNEC
conference facilities in Lisbon. The address is the following:
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de
Engenharia Civil
Av. do Brasil 101, Lisboa
The conference venue is at a ten minute
walk from the "Alvalade" metro station in the "Green"
metropolitan line also called "Caravela" line. If you
are coming from one of the recommended hotels you should take
the metro at "Campo Pequeno" or "Saldanha"
stations (in the "yellow"
line also called "Girasol") and change at "Campo
Grande" station to take another train to "Alvalade"
in the "Green" line.
Lisbon Maps
A Lisbon map is available here.
A map showing the LNEC location is available here.
Metropolitan
Map
A metropolitan map (underground) is available here.
More
Maps
Further maps are available here.
Registration
The registration is now open please fill
in the registration
form.
The meeting fee will be 45 Euro per day
and
includes the lunches and coffee breaks. The welcome dinner will
be 35 Euro for each person. Payment should be made by credit card.
Please make the hotel reservations as soon as
possible!!!
Information about the hotels is available below.
Travel information
From
the Lisbon Airport by bus
Ask for a Aero-Bus ticket at the airport reception desk
you may need to show your boarding ticket. The Aero-Bus is
available everyday from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. The nearest bus stop
for hotel ALIF and Residêncial Imperador is "Av. da
República" from there you can walk (about 5 minutes). For
hotel Ibis Saldanha the nearest bus stop is at "Saldanha"
square.
By
Metropolitan  (underground)
There are four Metropolitan
(underground) lines in Lisbon, depending from your starting
point you may need to change lines. The Metropolitan station
nearest hotel ALIF and Residêncial Imperador is "Campo
Pequeno" in the intersection between Av de Berna and Av. da
República. The nearest station to hotel Ibis Saldanha is the
"Saldanha" station. Check the Metropolitano
de Lisboa web site for more information. The best
way to travel in Lisbon is using the underground system.
By
Bus
There are a lot of bus routes stopping near the hotels.
Check the Carris de
Lisboa web site for schedules.
From the Lisbon
airport by taxi
The cost from the airport should be around 6 Euro. Take
the taxi at the entrance of the departures terminal (not at the
arrivals) in the above floor.
By
Train coming from North or Spain
There are two main railway stations in Lisbon for trains coming
from the north they are "Sta. Apolónia" the old
station and "Gare do Oriente" a new railway station
built mostly for the Expo98 International Exhibit. All the
trains stop at both stations. For more information about trains
check the CP
(Portuguese railway company) web site.
From
Sta. Apolónia station
If you leave the train at Sta. Apolónia (the
last station) you must get a bus. The bus 90 is probably the
best choice it leaves from Sta. Apolónia. The buses 9 and 46
stop at Rossio from there you can take the Metropolitan until
Rotunda and from there to Campo Pequeno or Saldanha . Buses 59
and 105 stop at Praça da Figueira, from there you can take the
Metropolitan at Rossio to Rotunda and from there to Campo
Pequeno.
From
Gare do Oriente station
If you choose to leave the train at Gare do
Oriente you can take the Metropolitan at Gare do Oriente until
Alameda from there to Campo Grande and finally from Campo Grande
to Campo Pequeno or Saldanha.
Travel dates and times
- You should arrive on Sunday (October 17th).
- You should depart on Friday (October 22th)
afternoon.
Please try to arrive on Sunday and stay until Friday.
We plan to organize a site administrators meeting on Sunday in
order to make the final testbed preparations and corrections.
Site administrators are invited to arrive earlier and be
available on Sunday.
Accommodations
Accommodation reservations should be done
by direct contact with the hotels. We suggest the hotels below,
however Lisbon has plenty of accommodation offers so you might
want to consult with your travel agency.
| Hotel |
Price |
Address |
Contact |
Notes |
| Hotel
Ibis Saldanha |
Individual room 59 EUR |
Av. Casal
Ribeiro, 23 |
Tel: +351 213 191 690
Fax: +351 213 191 699 |
Near "Saldanha" metro
station. Please notice the hotel name, there are more
than one Ibis hotel in Lisbon. |
| Hotel
ALIF |
Individual room 60 EUR
Double room 70 EUR |
Av. João
XXI, 80 |
Tel: +351 217 826 222
Fax: +351 217 954 116 |
Near "Campo Pequeno"
metro station. |
| Residêncial
Imperador |
Individual room 40 EUR
Double room 50 EUR |
Av. 5 de
Outubro, 55 |
Tel: +351 213 524 884
Fax: +351 213 526 537 |
This is a cheap Residêncial (not
hotel) only advisable for people with tight budgets.
Near "Campo Pequeno" metro station. |
Upon the reservation in one of the above
hotels please mention the "LIP CrossGrid Workshop". Please
make the reservations as soon as possible!!!
There aren't hotels at walking distance
from the LNEC
campus, however the campus is at a ten minute walk from the
"Alvalade" metro station.
Facilities
The following facilities have been
reserved for the whole week.
- Main auditorium (large room usually
used for conferences). On Thursday the main auditorium will
be reserved for the grid open day.
- Meeting room 2 (work room with capacity
for about 40 persons)
- Meeting room 4 (work room with capacity
for 25 persons)
There are plenty of spaces outside of the
rooms where people can sit have a coffee and discuss.
Meals and logistic
information
Dinners and coffee breaks:
- The Coffee breaks will take place in
the hall outside of the main auditorium.
- The lunches will take place in the Cuama
pavillion outside of the meeting place.
The integration meeting dinner will be
held the restaurant "Charcutaria" down town.
Restaurante Charcutaria
Rua do Alecrim, 47-A, Lisboa
A map showing the location can be found here
and a more detailed map here.
Equipment
The Portuguese Academic Research Network that
will contribute to the meeting by providing the network
connectivity services including a 100Mbit network connection to
the national research network backbone. There will be wireless
and fixed network connections in the meeting rooms. The main
auditorium will have only wireless. All rooms will have
projectors.
Please bring power plug adaptors if needed
for your portable.
Contact
If you need assistance or further information
the contacts are:
- Organization: Jorge Gomes and Mario
David
- Secretariat: Sandra
Dias
- Email:
grid.support@lip.pt
- Phone LIP: +
351 217973889
- Fax
LIP: +
351 217934631
- GSM:
+ 351 939580212
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