Venue

    The conference will take place at
    Salzburg Congress Center
    Auersperg-Str. 6
    A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
    Tel.: 0043/662/88987-800
    Fax: 0043/662/88987-88

Language

    The conference language will be English.

Meeting Room and Exhibitions

    The lectures will be given in the Mozart room (ground floor) of the conference center and in the Wolf-Dietrich room (1st floor). Company exhibitions and posters will be located in the 1st floor in front of the lecture theatres.

Registration and Information desk

    The registration and information desk will be located at the main entrance to the conference center. It will be open on

  • Sunday, 9 September 2007 from 14:00 - 19:00 h
  • Monday, 10 September 2007 from 8:00 - 17:00 h
  • Tuesday, 11 September 2007 from 8:00 - 17:00 h
  • Wednesday, 12 September 2007 from 8:00 - 14:00 h

Messages

    Messages may be sent either by fax to the fax number given above, or by email to info@maf-sip.com. Please check the message board near the registration desk.

Badges and Vouchers

    Please make sure to wear your badge visibly at any time during the conference or conference related activities. The badges along with respective vouchers will give you access to the various events and will entitle you to have coffee, tea, etc. during breaks. Yellow vouchers will be handed out for participation at the concert on Monday evening and green vouchers for the conference dinner on Tuesday evening.

Preview Room for Lectures

    The preview room is located in the 1st floor of the conference center. Lecturers are requested to preview their presentations at an early stage. All our computers are of the PC type; we have no Mac’s. Presentations should be in PowerPoint. Once approved, they should be copied onto one of the notebooks used for presentations on the evening before the lecture at the latest. There will be no time to copy your files at the beginning of your lecture!

Posters

    All posters will be on display for the whole duration of the conference, that is from Sunday afternoon to Wednesday noon. Each poster will be assigned a code (such as SPEC_12) that can be found on the board or at the list of posters on the website and is identical to the code given in the Book of Abstracts.

Banking, Postal Facilities, Currency

    Banks in Salzburg are usually open from 8:30 to 16:00 hours on weekdays and are closed on Saturday and Sunday. Currency exchange is possible at exchange offices at the airport, at the Central Station, and in most hotels. 1 Euro at present is equivalent to around 1.37 $. Cash money can be drawn from cash teller machines (in Austria referred to as Bankomat) at any time. Credit cards are widely accepted.
    Post offices are open from 8:30 to 18:00 hours with a break at noon.

Shops and Restaurants

    There is quite an abundance of shops and restaurants. Respective guides can be found in hotels and information centers, but not at the registration desk of the conference. Credit cards are widely accepted but cash payment is more popular. Tipping is common in restaurants and cafes (in the order of 5 % of the total).

Coffee, Tea and Lunches for Participants

    Coffee and tea will be served during morning and afternoon breaks in front of the lecture theatres. No lunches will be offered by the organizers. There are numerous restaurants of all kind in the nearby area. A buffet will be offered on Sunday evening, and a conference dinner on Tuesday evening.

Tourist Information Salzburg

Conference Bags

    Bags will be provided for all attendants and will include the following:

  • a printed book of abstract
  • a flash stick containing the book of abstracts and other material
  • information about Salzburg including a map
  • material on commercial products

Internet

    Free access to internet will be provided via two computers next to the registration desk.