Moscow IVOA Interop: third announcement

Thu Sep 14 03:27:47 PDT 2006

To: interop at ivoa.net, participants of the Moscow IVOA Interop

      IVOA Interoperability Meeting & Small Project Meeting
             Moscow, Russia, September 18 - 22, 2006

                       Third Announcement

Dear colleagues,

The IVOA Interoperability Meeting & Small Project meeting (SPM) will
take place in Moscow, Russia, in September 18 - 22, 2006.

Free transportation from the Moscow airports to hotels will be
provided for participants who indicated their flight number and
exact time of arrival in the registration form by Sep 7. Upon arrival,
please, look at the airport arrival lounge for students with the IVOA
logo poster. In any case we strongly advise you not to use the service
provided in the airports by individual drivers.

Free transportation will be also provided from/to the
"Universitetskaya" and "Soyuz" hotels from Monday to Friday
(see Appendix A below).

All three institutions (RAS-HQ, IoA and SAI) have now wireless
Internet access. There is no Internet connection in the hotels.

IMPORTANT! To enter to RAS-HQ participants have to show their
passports.

Registration desk will be open in the lobby of the hotel
"Universitetskaya" on Monday from 9:00 to 10:30 and in RAS-HQ
from 11:00 to 11:30.

We would like to remind you that the hotel adds a fee to your
account for preliminary reservation. That fee was paid by the LOC.
We ask you to pay that fee (700 RUR = 25 USD = 20 EUR) to a LOC
representative during your registration. On the registration desk you
also can pay for the coference banquet (700 RUR = 25 USD = 20 EUR),
Tretjakov Gallery excursion (350 RUR = 12 USD = 10 EUR) and
Moscow city bus tour (700 RUR = 25 USD = 20 EUR, see Appendix B 
below).
Payment on the registration desk can be made in roubles, dollars or
euro by cash. Payment for your accomodation and breakfast in the 
hotels
will be accepted only in roubles.

Scientific program can be found at
http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpSep2006
List of IoA rooms for Sep 19 and Sep 20:
IoA-1: green house, first floor, room 24
IoA-2: yellow house, first floor, room 15
IoA-3: green house, ground floor, room 13

Lunches will be organized for participants in RAS-HQ restaurant
on Sep 18, and in a restaurant near SAI on Sep 21 and Sep 22 (this
is also a restaurant, where conference banquet will be served on
Sep 21 evening). Participants will be also provided with a map
and list of restaurants located near IoA. Payment for the lunch
can be made only in roubles.

Money exchange can be made in exchange offices that can be found
in the city of Moscow. In airports money exchange can also be made,
however, the rate is lower than in the city. It is advisable to have
currency in USD or EUR, which can be exchaged almost everythere. Other
currency can be exchaged only in Sberegatel'nyj Bank and some others,
much less common in Moscow. Big stores and restaurants can accept
VISA/Eurocard/AMEX cards.   

Conference photo will be taken on Sep 21, 11:00.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, if needed:

Oleg Malkov, Institute of Astronomy,
48 Pyatnitskaya St., Moscow 119017 Russia

phone: +7-495-953-1702 (of.)
phone: +7-495-362-2572 (h.) 
phone: +7-916-474-7997 (cell)
fax: +7-495-230-2081
e-mail: malkov at inasan.ru

Looking forward to seeing you in Moscow

LOC, Interop SOC & SPM SOC
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Appendix A.

Bus transportation for the conference days

Monday, Sep 18
10:30 Universitetskaya/Soyuz - RAS-HQ
17:15 RAS-HQ - Universitetskaya/Soyuz

Tuesday, Sep 19
  8:30 Universitetskaya/Soyuz - IoA
17:45 IoA - Universitetskaya/Soyuz

Wednesday, Sep 20
  8:30 Universitetskaya/Soyuz - IoA
17:45 Tretjakov Gallery - Universitetskaya/Soyuz

Thursday, Sep 21
  9:00 Universitetskaya/Soyuz - SAI
22:15 Restaurant near SAI - Universitetskaya/Soyuz

Friday, Sep 22
  9:00 Universitetskaya/Soyuz - SAI

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Appendix B.

Moscow City Bus Tour

Moscow city bus tour is scheduled for the Saturday, Sep 23 from 10 am
to 2 pm. The price is 700 RUR (or 25 USD, or 20 EUR). Tour program
provides an opportunity to see main historical, cultural and social
points of interest in Moscow accompanied by informative stories from
guide. The program of the tour consist of a visit to the place of
important historcal events - Red Square, the coast of Moscow River
(Sofijskaya naberezhnaya), places at the center of the city: Maneznaya
Square, Bulvarnoe Koltzo (ring of boulevards), Novyj Arbat St. You
will visit a place around Cathedral of Christ The Savior and modern
monument of Peter the Great, you will be able to see monuments of
architecture of the 16th-17th centuries when you visit the area around
Novodevichy Convent. The program gives a possibility to visit not only
points of interest at the center of the city. Becides, you will see
whole Moscow from the height of Vorobevy Mountains (best city
panorama) and attend flat hill of Poklonnaya Mountain which is
situated at the territory of modern Park of Victory.

If you would like to attend some museums or exibitions of Moscow
independently, you can ask organizers about the way, open hours and
prices or go to http://www.russianmuseums.info/moscow.asp. You can
find brief information about main Moscow's museums below.

1) The Moscow Kremlin.
Full ticket for visiting the architectural complex: 300 RUR, open
daily, except Thursdays, from 10:00 to 17:00. Please, go to
http://www.kreml.ru/main_en.asp for further information.

2) The State Historical Museum (Russian History from ancient to the
beginning of 20th century).
Address: 1/2 Red Square, metro: Ploshchad Revolutsy or Okhotny Ryad.
Full ticket: 150 RUR, open daily from 10:00 to 19:00 (pay desk open to
18:00), exept Thursdays. Information on web cite www.shm.ru is only on
Russian, please, ask organizers for further information.

3) The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
Address: 12 Volkhonka St., metro: Kropotkinskaya. Full ticket: 300
RUR, open daily except Mondays from 10:00 to 19:00 (pay desk open to
18:00). Web: http://www.museum.ru/gmii/defengl.htm

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