Final Circular

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This is the final circular for Lattice 2017. Please, read this email carefully since it contains important practical information for participants.

Travel and transportation

Detailed travel information about how to get to Granada can be found in Travel

The venue can be easily reached from everywhere in Granada using public transportation. Nine different local bus lines have stops at the
Conference Centre: LAC, S1, S2, S3, U3, SN1, SN2, SN3, C7. Further  information about local transportation, buses and taxis, can be found in Local Transportation


Venue and maps

Please, check, Venue and maps


Scientific and Social Programme

The conference scientific programme will start at 9:00 on Monday 19th June. The full schedule can be found in Indico

The conference booklet, which will be included in your registration package, is available for download at Booklet

There will be a poster session on Tuesday 20th June from 19:30 to 21:30 at the exhibition area of the first floor of the Conference centre. Refreshments will be available.

Registration, Conference and Information Desks
Registration will start on the evening of Sunday, 18 June 2017, from 18:00 to 20:30 at Granada Conference Centre (Palacio de Congresos). A tourist information desk, near the conference desk, will also be open during those hours, as well as on Monday 19 June.

The conference desk will be open for registration and enquiries during the entire duration of the conference at the Reception area of the venue. In your registration package you will get tickets for the Welcome reception and Alhambra visit, lunch (when applicable), conference dinner and excursion (if applicable). Please, take those with you when joining the social activities.

Please, note that you will be asked to show a photo ID at the time of registration.

Lunch
For those of you who have registered including lunch, the lunch buffet will be served in the second floor of the Conference centre. In our website you can also find information about restaurants, bars (tapas) and cafes near the Conference centre, as well as some recommendations for more formal restaurants, coffee shops and pubs. Please, check Restaurants

Social Programme
The Welcome reception will be held on Monday 19th June at 19:00 in the “Carmen de los Mártires“, followed by a private night visit to the Alhambra palaces from 20:30 to 22:00. Buses will depart from the Conference centre at 18:30.

The afternoon of Wednesday June 21 has been allocated for excursions.
For details of the excursions, including pick-up times at the conference
centre, please check Excursions. Details concerning the departure of buses will be provided at the conference.

The conference dinner will take place at 20:30 on Thursday, 22 June 2017, at the gardens of La Mamunia, located on the countryside but only 15 minutes away from the venue. Buses will depart from the conference centre at 20:00 and will take the participants from the Conference centre to La Mamunia and back.

Further information
Please, check our website for more local and tourist information Local information In particular, some recommendations for what to do/see in your evenings in Granada can be found in Evenings



Information for presenters

Conference linux laptops with projectors will be used in all the sessions. Please prepare your presentation in Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Microsoft PowerPoint Format (.ppt, .pptx). No other formats can be supported.

Talks in the parallel sessions are 15 minutes plus five minutes for discussion. Plenary speakers have been advised of the time reserved for their talk upon invitation.

For plenary speakers, you are requested to upload your presentation via the Indico system at least the night before your talk. For parallel speakers, you are required to upload your presentation at least by lunch time (on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday) or by the end of the poster session (if your talk is on Wednesday).

There is a “My contributions” tab in the menu after logging-in. Please select this tab and click the “View” link. Click the symbol next to “files” and then in the pop-up window click on “Add Files” to upload your presentation.

Important Information for poster presenter can be found in Posters


Weather

The average temperatures in Granada in June are 28ºC / 14ºC (82°F / 57°F) and 41% relative humidity but you should be aware that the standard deviation is large. The UV index is high (9) in June. You should take precautions and use sun protection. Visitors can expect very little rainfall during the month of June.


Internet access at the venue and Corrala de Santiago

Wireless Network Access will be available in the Conference Centre.

  • SSID: LATTICE2017
  • Password: LATTICE2017

At the University guest house Corrala de Santiago, users of eduroam can access the internet using the login details from their home institution. Other participants can connect to the network “cviugr” with the following credentials:

  • USERNAME: lft@invitados.ugr.es
  • Password: LFT17++UGR

T-shirts

If you have pre-ordered the conference T-shirt, you can collect it and pay upon registration. Please be advised that we can only accept cash as payment for the T-shirt.

Important

This announcement is being sent to the LatticeNews mailing list. Please forward it to colleagues who have not yet subscribed to the list and might be interested in attending the conference. To register
for the LatticeNews list, visit

http://denali.physics.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/latticenews

We are looking forward to seeing you in Granada.

The Lattice 2017 Local Organizing Committee,