Important information
The FQMT04 conference registration will take place in two following sites:
Masaryk Residence Halls (Masarykova kolej):
On Sunday July 25, 6 - 9 p.m
Wallenstein Palace (Valdstejnsky palac):
On Monday July 26, 8 - 9 a.m.
You can find the description of both places and how to get there on the www page Venue.
The participants are kindly asked to register preferable, if possible, on Sunday, July 25
in the Masaryk Residence Halls.
Participants who will register on Monday in the Wallenstein Palace
are kindly requested to come till about 8.15.
It helps to avoid possible time problems with entering the Palace - see below.
Entrance to and stay inside the Wallenstein Palace
There are some limitations related to the Wallenstein Palace due to the two facts:
1. the Wallenstein Palace is the seat of the Senate of the Czech Republic
2. the Wallenstein Palace is a historical building
Please, read carefully the following text to know about these limitations
The entrance to the Wallenstein Palace: it is a little more complicated because of the security reasons (the Palace is the seat of the Senate of the Czech Republic) - all participants need to pass the metal detection frame and their things have to be screened by x-rays similarly as at airports. So, participants are kindly asked to come to the Wallenstein Palace not at the last moment just before the beginning of lectures.
When entering and moving inside the Wallenstein Palace, all participants are requested to have with them their badges which they will receive during the registration; badges will also serve as the identity card for the security guards in the Wallenstein palace.
The Wallenstein Palace is the historical building and the conference
participants will move in some historically precious rooms.
As a result participants
have to obey following rules when in the Wallenstein Palace:
- It is strictly prohibited to smoke, eat or drink in the Main Hall (Lecture hall of the conference)
- It is strictly prohibited to smoke in all rooms of the Wallenstein Palace
- Smoking is allowed only in the special space in the corridor near the - see the plan of the Second Floor of the Wallenstein Palace
- Several historical rooms are only for walking through, not for siting or eating there - see plan of the Second Floor
Rooms and facilities available for the conference participants
A. Wallenstein Palace
- Main Hall (second floor): all lectures will be presented there
-
Zahansky Lounge (second floor): it will serve as a coffee room; tea and coffee will be available there all time
TV broadcasting lectures will be inside - Wallenstein Study (second floor): it will serve as a discussion room
- Hlohovsky Lounge (third floor): it will serve as a study room (e.g.to prepare lectures)
Two computers with internet connection will be available there
TV broadcasting lectures will be inside - Knight's Hall, Anter chamber, Audience Hall and Mythological corridor (Second floor) will be accesible all time but only for walking through them
B. Masaryk Residence Halls
- Congress Hall: all lectures will be presented there
-
Lounge: it will serve as a coffee room; tea and coffee will be available there all time;
it will also serve as a discussion room;
computer with internet connection will be available there - Show Hall: posters will be exhibited there; it will also serve as a study room (e.g. to prepare lectures)
Food
Lunches during Monday and Tuesday (Wallenstein Palace):
All participants can use either
- a possibility to buy during their registration on Sunday or Monday
tickets for lunches in the restaurant in the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
at Malostranske namesti (square).
Number of places reserved for the FQMT04 conference in the restaurant is about 60.
As a result, there is a possibility of waiting for a place in the case that number of participants
of the FQMT04 will be significantly larger and all of them will want to have a lunch in this restaurant
at the same time.
The price of one lunch will be 10Eur (or 300CZK)
or - to go for lunch to some of many restaurants which are situated in the vicinity of the Wallenstein palace around the Malostranske square
Lunches during Wednesday and Thursday (Masaryk Residence Halls):
All participants can use either
- a possibility to buy during their registration on Sunday or Monday
tickets for lunches in the restaurant just in the Masaryk Residence Halls
The price of one lunch will be 10Eur (or 300CZK)
or - to go for lunch to restaurants which are situated in the vicinity of Masaryk Residence Halls; the choice is, however, much lesser then in the area of the Wallenstein Palace
Dinners:
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Monday: small refreshment with cookies before the concert
Welcome party in the Wallenstein Palace Garden after the concert in the Main Hall -
Tuesday: there will be enough time to go for dinner
before the public lecture of A. Leggett to various restaurants in the vicinity of the Wallenstein
palace
After the lecture of A. J. Leggett small refreshment will follow in the Wallenstein Palace Garden - Wednesday: buffet during the poster session, free evening during which participants can go for the dinner to various restaurants in the center of Prague
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Thursday: Conference dinner in the restaurant Lion's court (Lvi dvur) -
see more in the item Social Events.
Price: 20Eur per person - tickets for this dinner will be available during the registration
Scientific Programme
The scientific programme of the conference you can find under the item Programme.
The first two days (Monday and Tuesday) the conference is held in the Wallenstein
Palace - you can find the description of the Wallenstein Palace and how to get there
under the item Venue.
You can find the map of neigbourhood of the Wallenstein Palace and the plans of its
interiors under the item Maps.
The two last days (Wednesday and Thursday) the conference is held in the Masaryk Residence
Halls - you can find the description of the Masaryk Residence Halls and how to get there
under the item Venue.
You can find the map of neigbourhood of the Masaryk Residence Halls and the plan of their
interiors under the item Maps.
Social Programme
You can find summary of the social program under the item Social Events.
Arrival to Prague
By train: you can get out either at the Main Station ("Hlavni nadrazi") or at the station "Nadrazi Holesovice".
To get to the centre of Prague from train stations:
The best choice is to use underground. Both stations are on line C of Prague underground.
By plane: you land at the Prague Ruzyne International Airport.
To get to the centre of Prague from Airport you can take either:
Shuttle service:
- to a coach terminal - downtown, close to the Metro station "Namesti republiky"
Departures from the airport: each 30 minutes, price CZK 90.
- to any other place in Prague
Departure at any time, price about 700 CZK per vehicle.
Public transport: Bus No. 119 takes you to the Metro terminal Dejvicka (line A).
You will get out just in front of the Diplomat hotel within 20 minutes
You can use the standard public transport tickets, cost CZK 12, available at newspaper
agents or vendor machines.
Traffic diversion
During July and August 2004, because of repairs, there is an exclusion of all surface traffic in the Chotkova street linking upper and lower parts of the Prague Castle neighbourhood. Tram No 23 is cancelled; tram Nos 20, 22 are diverted to far-away streets, tram No 18 circulates between Malostranska station and the Old-Town part of Prague. The only recommendable connection between Dejvice (Dejvicka and Hradcanska stations) and Mala Strana (Malostranska station) is by the underground line A.