Some last minute information about the Conference follows below. Please
read all the details carefully.
TRANSPORTATION TO / FROM COLLEGE
STATION AIRPORT
The taxi service in College Station is not very reliable, due to the
small number of taxi's. This is why we have rented a van, will make
rounds and will take the participants to their hotels on WEDNESDAY
(starting at 2:00pm until the last flight) and to the airport on SUNDAY
(several times during
the day) and on MONDAY morning
(until 12:00am). When you arrive at the airport please look for a
person
related to the Conference (the person will have a sign reading GROUPS
AND DYNAMICS).
TRANSPORTATION TO / FROM HOTELS TO THE
CONFERENCE CENTER
We expect most of the participants to walk the distance (it is about 35
minutes at a relaxed pace). We have over 130 participants and it is
impossible to organize transportation for everybody (other than the
plenary speakers). The directions are given here
PLEASE PREPARE SLIDES FOR YOUR TALKS
The main room (Rudder 301) that we will be using does not have a good
blackboard (the room has a small blackboard for quick comments on the
side, but do not count on it for the whole talk). We will have overhead
transparency projectors as well as data projectors. In case you plan on
giving a talk by using a data projector please bring your computer, but
also have transparencies prepared just in case the technology does not
work.
E-MAIL
All the hotels we will be using have free internet access, but you will
need to bring your own laptop in order to use it.
LUNCH
While there are many good places to have lunch off-campus (see the map)
they are all
at least 10-15 minutes away from the conference center. Because of
their
proximity we recommend the following on-campus locations
1) MSC
Cafeteria (Memorial Student Center, 1st floor, the very
next
building to the Conference Center). Serves lunch (cafeteria style) for
about $7.00
2) 12th
Man International in MSC (1st floor, next to the Cafeteria). Serves
various sandwiches as well
as Mexican and Asian food.
3) Sbisa Dinning
Hall (see the map,
5 minutes to the North from the
Conference Center). It serves a wide variety of food (all you can eat,
dinning hall style) including salads, fruit, deserts, food, etc. The
cost is
about $7.00.
4) Food Court in MSC (basement). Serves fast food.
5) Rumours Cofee
House and Deli in MSC.
DINNER on SATURDAY
We plan on having a Conference Dinner on Saturday, November 5, 6:30pm
at
Eccell (see the map at map).
The cost of
the dinner is $35.00 and we will collect the money during the
registration. The sitting is limited, so please do not forget to place
yourself on the list and pay for the dinner on Thursday morning in case
you intend to come.
PROCEEDINGS
We are planning on having conference proceedings. Details will be
provided later, but we encourage you to think of the possibility of
submitting your work for publication. All the submissions will be going
through a regular peer reviewing process.