Getting to the Kelvin Building

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Most of you will hopefully be in hotels which are walking distance from the University. The local area map http://www.gla.ac.uk/homepages/visitors/index.html shows the location of the University within the West End of Glasgow, but to find your way around campus you will need the detailed map at http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/location.html

 

If you are travelling to the meeting from within the UK, we DO NOT RECOMMEND that you come to the University by car, as parking around the University is very restricted. If you do have to bring your car, please let us know in advance so we can try and have a spot reserved for you on campus (no guarantees, unfortunately). There is information on getting here at

http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/general/getting-here.shtml

 

Start of meeting

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The meeting starts on Wednesday 24th March at 9am in Lecture Room 312 of the Kelvin Building. This will be signposted from the main foyer of the Kelvin Building. The building, and the lecture theatre, will open from 8.30am. The first plenary session (9-10) will provide an introduction to the meeting and local information. Thereafter we will break up into 3 groups and follow the timetable given at http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/eduard/rhessi/workshop2/program.html

 

Equipment/Internet/Wireless

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The breakout and main rooms will be equipped with dataprojectors, overhead projectors and whiteboards/blackboards. Please let us know if you anticipate using anything else. REMEMBER, though your laptops will be able to cope with local voltage and frequency, you will need an adaptor to change to one of UK 3-pin electrical plugs. We do not follow the European standard

system. So what's new. A picture of a UK plug can be found on:

http://www.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk/SummerSchool/info/infotext.htm#Electrical

 

Ample internet access will be available via our terminals and for participants' laptops though the main aim is personal scientific interaction. Please also consider bringing 802.11b/g wireless cards for wireless access within the building. See

http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fom?file=88

 

RHESSI data files

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We have complete mirror of RHESSI data files that are available locally at /opt/rhessi or via anonymous ftp://ftp.astro.gla.ac.uk/pub/rhessi

 

Working Groups

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It is the responsibility of the WG leaders to direct the programme for the individual working groups. You should all have been contacted by your team leader in this regard.

 

Coffee Breaks and Lunches

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Scheduled coffee breaks will be held in the departmental common room, which will be signposted. There are no plans for catered lunches, but there are ample cafes, restaurants and sandwich bars in the area. We will provide a list at the meeting.

 

Weather, Local Information and Contact Numbers

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March and April are normally fantastic when it is not raining with temperatures in the high 60s. So bring a sweater, a raincoat and a bikini (or equivalent).

 

Your hotel will be able to assist you with finding local places to eat and things to do, but there is some local information on the meeting web site at

http://www.gla.ac.uk/general/webguide/glasgow.html

There is additional information on West End restaurants at http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/eating/International.html

 

The national code for the UK is 44, and the Glasgow code is 141. Dialing Glasgow from within the UK requires 0141. Some useful contact numbers for during the day are:

 

John Brown:            0141 330 5182

Lyndsay Fletcher:   0141 330 5311

Eduard Kontar:       0141 330 2499

Daphne Davidson   0141 330 4152   (group secretary)