1) Weather in late April in Beijing
It will be still chilly in Beijing in April when it rains. Sometimes the temperature changes drastically. You are kindly advised to check the weather before your trip.
2) How to get to the IHEP guesthouse and Changfeng Holiday Inn
The most convenient way to get to the IHEP guesthouse and Changfeng Holiday Inn from Beijing International Airport is by taxi. There are clear direction indicators at the airport pointing to the Taxi waiting points at all the terminals. Most international flights will arrive at Terminal 3 (T3) while some may arrive at Terminal 2 (T2). The Taxi waiting point at T3 is located at the ground floor and you should take the elevator to get there. At T2, the Taxi waiting point is just outside the Arrival building.
There is detailed information about the location of the IHEP guesthouse and Changfeng Holiday Inn at the conference webpage, http://nstar2009.ihep.ac.cn/transportation.htm
Please always take the taxis at the waiting points, and DO NOT follow those who invite passengers to take their taxis at the Arrival Gate. Those taxis are generally unauthorized ones. Sometimes, you may have to queue for a while at the Taxi waiting point, but generally it just takes a couple of minutes to get into a taxi.
The distance between the airport and the IHEP area is about 45 -50 km , and it takes about 50 minutes with ordinary traffic condition. At rush hours, it may take more than one and half hours. The cost is about 140-150 yuan including the toll fee (10 yuan). It may be a little bit more at rush hours.
3) How to get to the conference site
Information about how to get to the conference site from the hotel is available at the conference webpage, http://nstar2009.ihep.ac.cn/map.htm
4) Registration time and place
The registration time is from 3pm-6pm on April 18. The place is the 2 nd floor of the IHEP Main Building . It has been marked out in the direction map. If you arrive late, you can also do the registration in the coffee break on April 19.
5) Internet access during the conference
Wireless access to the internet is available at the conference site. The instruction will be available in the conference package. Internet access is also available at the hotels.
6) About the reception
Upon the registration, you will have the conference package including two invitations to the Conference Reception on April 19 and Conference Banquet on April 21. The Conference Reception will be in the IHEP Restaurant and the Conference Banquet will be held in Beijing Schonbrunn Hotel.
7) Excursion and Conference Banquet on April 21
There are routes arranged for your option for the excursion on April 21.
Route 1 : Visit the Great Wall at MuTianYu in the morning. An English tour guide will be available. Lunch will be arranged at the resort area. In the afternoon, you will visit the Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park before come back to your hotel around 5pm.
Route 2 : (Please note that this route plan is different from the previous version)
Visit the Former Imperial Palace (Forbidden City) and Temple of Heaven . Lunch will be arranged at the resort area. In the afternoon, you will visit the Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park before come back to your hotel around 5-5:30 pm.
You will have about one hour break before the Conference Banquet. The same bus for the tours will pick you up at your hotel and send you back afterwards. The Banquet will start around 6:30pm at Beijing Schonbrunn Hotel. Following the banquet, there will be a performance of Chinese traditional instruments by musicians from the Central Traditional Music Ensemble of China.
8) How to get to the airport after the conference
You can ask the Front Desk or Reception Desk of your hotel to book a taxi for you to the airport. It would be better to make the reservation one day earlier before your departure. You can also ask the Conference LOC to book a taxi for you. Please contact Ms Lei Dang (email: dangl@ihep.ac.cn ) if necessary.
9) Publication of the proceeding
The conference proceeding will be published by Chinese Physics C as a formal edition. The deadline for submitting the proceeding is June 20, 2009. We have to keep this date strictly in order to reduce the publication time. The detailed instruction will be available on the web after the conference, and one has to follow the journal template to produce the required format.
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