Cambridge MINOS Meeting,
8th-11th January 2004

The Cambridge MINOS Collaboration meeting will take place in Emmanuel College. Emmanuel College, located at the centre of Cambridge, is one of the 31 colleges that make up Cambridge University. Take a look at the Map. An interactive map of the college can be found here .

Registration

If you plan to come to the Cambridge meeting please REGISTER as we need to have an idea of numbers. Please indicate whether you wish to attend the collaboration meeting dinner.

• There will be a registration fee of £20 (£10 for graduate students). This includes coffee but doesn't include lunch or dinner.
• The Collaboration Meeting Dinner will take place in the Emmanuel College Hall on Friday 9th January. This will cost £30 (£15 for graduate students). The cost includes wine and coffee.

Travel

Cambridge is easily reached from all London Airports (see the Travel section). Once you have arrived it is easy to get around Cambridge on foot. Travelling around Cambridge by car can be very difficult (due to traffic and the highly logical one-way system).

Accommodation You are advised to book as early as possible

You will need to book your own accommodation. The are four options:

• Hotel : there are a number of centrally located hotels within easy walking distance of Emmanuel College (listed below). All the hotels I contacted have availability at the moment (as of 23/9//2003) but many will get booked up. I would strongly advise you to reserve your accommodation as soon as possible. All the hotels listed below are within easy walking distance of Emmanuel College.

• Guest Houses: basic versions of hotels but lacking restaurant/bar facilities. All the Guest Houses listed below are within a reasonable walking distance of Emmanuel College. Not all rooms have en suite facilities - so always ask regarding toilet/shower/bath !

• Bed and Breakfast (B&Bs): essentially single self-contained rooms in the owners home. Usually good value. Not all rooms have en suite facilities - so always ask regarding toilet/shower/bath !

• College Guest Rooms: ``Undergrduate-style'' Guest rooms within one of the Colleges (often without ensuite bathroom facilities). There are currently 5 such rooms available (all in Emmanuel College). Rooms will be charged at £15-30/night (depending on room). To book please email thomson@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk. Graduate students will be given preference.

A list of hotels/guest houses and B&Bs which are near to Emmanuel College can be found on the accommodation page.

Meeting Rooms

• Wednesday 7th
  • 1800-1930 Reception/Registration : Old Library
• Thursday 8th
  • Registration : Queen's Building, Harrod's Room.
  • Parallel session I : Queen's Building lecture theatre
  • Parallel session II : Timmy Hele Room (QB)/Upper Hall
• Friday 9th
  • Plenary sessions : Queen's Building lecture theatre
• Saturday 10th
  • Plenary sessions : Queen's Building lecture theatre
  • IB Meeting : Queen's Building, Timmy Hele Room
• Sunday 11th
  • Plenary sessions : Queen's Building lecture theatre
• Coffee
  • Coffee will be available from 1030-1100 and 1530-1600 (see agenda for exact times) in the Harrod's Room (QB)

Wining and Dining

Details of the collaboration meeting dinner and recommendations for places to eat and drink will appear in the food and drink section.

Weather

It is difficult to predict the weather in Cambridge in January but as a rough guide:

• Typical daytime temperatures are 0-10^oC
• It rarely snows (1 or 2 days a year) but when it does everything grinds to a halt
• Cambridge is one of the driest places in the UK - but be prepared for rain

Computing Facilities

• Internet access will be available only in the Queen's building lecture theatre. There will be wireless hub and few wired connections. People are advised to bring laptops as there will no public terminals available. The wireless hub will allow dynamic DHCP connections (no need to give your MAC address). If you have a fixed IP address there will be problems.
• Presentations: To avoid delays due to setting up laptops etc. data projectors will be driven via a single laptop. For this reason you are requested to either:
  • place you talk on the web (preferred)
  • have it available on a CD-ROM
  • transfer it via a USB stick which will be available for this purpose

Questions/Problems

If there are problems please contact Mark Thomson by email (thomson@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk) or by phone on:

• 1223-765122 (office, from 0830 onwards)
• 1223-357900 (home)
• 1223-362332 (college)