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Dear ANPhAS-2014 Participants, We are looking forward to welcoming you at the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) campus next week. This message contains some additional information that may be useful to you concerning your arrival and VECC campus site. ARRIVAL: The symposium will take place at the Ajay Divatiya (A.D.) Lecture Hall (3rd floor, Administrative Building) at VECC campus which is located at the Sector-I of Block AF in Saltlake. VECC is also known to the common people as “Bhabha Centre”. Upon arrival, you may hire a cab/taxi to go directly to the Hotels or Guest House. Accommodation list is posted in our symposium website: (http://indico.vecc.gov.in/indico/internalPage.py?pageId=5&confId=25) If you have any query regarding this, please contact us immediately. Hyatt Regency and Hotel Sonnet are about half an hour drive from Kolkata (CCU) airport. From VECC campus, Hotel Sonnet is about 5 minutes drive and Hyatt Regency is about 10 minutes drive. VECC (Silver Jubilee) Guest House is located in the VECC campus. You may check our conference website for the travel info to reach VECC campus from the Airport or Railway stations. REGISTRATION: On Wednesday, February 19th, a registration desk will be set up at the symposium site. Registration starts at 8:30 am. There is no registration fees ! We will arrange transport for all the participants staying in our recommended hotels (Hyatt Regency and Sonnet) in all days of the symposium. Vehicles will reach at 8:30 am to the Hyatt Regency Hotel and at Sonnet Hotel on 19th February to take you to the VECC campus for the registration. We will give you a separate list for travel schedule (between hotels and VECC) for other days. Important: VECC being a secured zone, we had to take special permission for you to carry your cell phone and laptops inside the VECC campus. In the security desk at the main entrance gate of VECC, you have to declare your laptops and cell phones while you enter our campus. Please don’t carry your camera inside the campus. Photography inside VECC is strictly prohibited, so please don’t use your cell phone camera. For the Non-Indian participants, entry to VECC campus must be through the Main Entrance Gate, every time you enter the campus, you have to report to the security desk at the main entrance gate. Only those, who are staying inside VECC Guest house can avail the Guest House Entrance gate. INTERNET ACCESS: There is free internet access at the A.D. Lecture Hall and VECC Guest House. At all the places mentioned above there will be a wireless connection. However, for internet access at the A.D. Lecture Hall and VECC Guest House you must register your device. Those who have sent the MAC addresses of their devices, please collect the login id and password at the registration desk. Director’s DINNER: VECC director will host a dinner party at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, 19th February, at the VIP lounge of VECC Canteen. If you are going to attend the party, please mention it during the registration. TALKS: A PC laptop and LCD projector will be available. Please load your talk on to the laptop prior to your session. Please note that all the deliberations in the symposium will be in English. VECC FACILITY VISIT: After the lunch break on Wednesday, 19th February, we plan to give a tour to the VECC experimental facilities to those who are interested. Please let us know during your registration if you are interested. WEATHER: Kolkata weather is still pleasant; we are few weeks away from the hot & humid Kolkata summer! Current average temperature is ~ 25 deg C (77 deg F) and humidity is more than 70%. We are looking forward to seeing you all in the “City of Joy” Kolkata for an exciting conference! Please feel free to contact the organizers if you have any query while you are travelling. Contact phone numbers are: Tilak Ghosh: +91 9163183818 and Gopal Mukherjee :+91 9231615164; E-mail: anphas@vecc.gov.in. Have safe travels. Local Organizing Committee
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19-21 February 2014
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, INDIA
