2 - 3 February 2012, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Location
The meeting will be held in the "Semper Aula", room
number G 60, located in the "G" floor next to the central
hall of the main building of ETH Zürich. The ETH main
building is in close vicinity of the main railway station (Zürich HB) and
downtown Zürich. We strongly advise you to walk or use public
transportation within town (there is very limited public parking in the
vicinity of ETH).
From Zürich HB and downtown either
- walk (10 minutes)
- walk to Central (5 minutes), take the cable car called "Polybahn"
- take the tram (as streetcars are called here) No 6 in direction
Zoo, or No 10. Get out at "ETH/Universitätsspital". The ETH main
building is the symmetric building downhill of the station.
- how to find the Main Building
of ETH Zetrum
- how to find the meeting room
Semper Aula
Meals / Infrastructure
- Coffee breaks and drinks during the poster session will be sponsored by
the Swiss Society on Snow, Ice
and Permafrost.
- Lunch is on an individual basis. There are several mensas on campus,
and restaurants in adjacent downtown Zürich.
- A banquet/dinner is planned on Thursday evening in the
historic Zeughauskeller
near Paradeplatz.
- Free wireless access will be provided by ETH during the
meeting.
Travel information
International trains from many major european towns arrive in Zürich HB
(= Hauptbahnhof, the main station). There are direct trains from the
Zürich Airport to "Zürich HB" every 10 minutes. The train ride takes 10
minutes. You'll have to purchase a ticket before entering the train.
- National/international train time
table (destination "Zuerich HB" for Main Station)
- City/regional traffic time table (destination "Zuerich ETH/Universitaetsspital")
- don't select "ETH Hönggerberg" (out-of town campus)
- interactive map with hotel and traffic information
is here
Hotel
A list of hotels close to ETH can be
found here.
For additional lodging information refer
to this
site.