PMIP 2 Workshop 1 Practical Details

Please note that the First PMIP 2 Workshop is also referred to as the Giens Workshop because it will take place on La Presqu'île de Giens in the South of France, between Toulon and Nice, NOT to be confused with the town of Gien (no trailing s...) that is in the center of France!

Dates

The workshop will take place from Sunday April 3^rd 2005 (evening) to Friday April 8^th 2005 (afternoon). The detailed program of the workshop is available in the Programme section.

Make sure that you send Pascale Braconnot and Florence Gerry the exact dates when you will be attending the meeting.

Location

The workshop will take place in France, in the VVF "La Badine" located on La Presqu'île de Giens, near Toulon. The closest town is Hyères, just next to the Toulon-Hyères airport.

If you have not read the red text at the top of this page, make sure that you go to Giens and NOT Gien (no trailing s...)!

Coordinates of the Conference Center:

   VVF "La Badine" :

   Presqu'île de Giens
   83408 Hyères-Les-Palmiers Cedex
   France

   Phone +33 (0)4 94 58 21 51
   Fax +33 (0)4 94 58 96 38

You can get extra information about the area on the Hyères Tourist Office's web site (there is a nice map of the area).

The local weather will hopefully be nice :).

Getting there...

It is up to the participants to arrange their transportation to the conference center.

We will try to provide a list of the arrival times of the participants if you want to share ground transportation.

You can get maps of the area of the Michelin and the Maporama web sites.

By plane

The nearest airport is Aéroport de Toulon-Hyères, and is 10 km away from the VVF.

By train

You should try to get a train all the way to the Hyères train station (12 km away from the VVF). You can also stop at the Toulon station, but then you will still be 27 km away from the VVF...

You can access the train timetables and make reservations on the SNCF web site.

By car

Going to Hyères-Les-Palmiers when you are coming from Lyon:

• Follow freeway A7, then A8 towards Aix-en-Provence and Toulon
• Drive through Toulon, towards Hyères and Nice
• Follow freeway A57 towards Hyères
• Once in Hyères, head for La Presqu'île de Giens - Tour Fondue

By bus or taxi

Note tha the workshop will start on a Sunday evening and that there are less trains and buses on sundays...

• Taxis Radio Hyèrois (based in downtown Hyères and at the Toulon-Hyères airport).
  
     Phone: +33 (0)4 94 00 60 00
     Fax: +33 (0)4 94 65 04 44
  
  
• You can go around the whole area (Toulon <> Airport <> Hyères <> VVF) by using the buses of the SODETRAV.
  
  Note that the SODETRAV web site is completely in French, seems to work correctly only with Internet Explorer and is not easy to use... We will try to post a few bus schedules here.

Financial details

Sponsors

The workshop has received financial support from CLIVAR, PAGES, CEA and CNRS, which should cover about half the price of the local accomodation.

This financial support will be shared between all the participants, except for a few specific cases that have been discussed with the concerned persons.

Estimated cost

• Full rate: 101 euros/person/day.
  
  
• Standard conference rate (including sponsoring): 45 euros/person/day.
  
  
• Rate for accompanying family members:
  • Adult or child above 2 years:
    • Full accommodation: 63 euros/person/day.
    • Partial (breakfast and dinner included, but no lunch): 50 euros/person/day.
  • Child below 2 years: free.

These rates (full and standard rate) includes lodging, breakfast, meals and the conference rooms, but do not include ground transportation, telephone, local public internet access (if any), bar, etc... The exact final rate may be slightly different, depending on final arrangements and the amount of CNRS support.

Payment

Note that it will not be possible to pay the conference center directly with credit cards, even if this would have been the most convenient thing to do! Due to many administrative reasons, everything will have to be paid to LSCE using one of the following means. LSCE will provide a detailed bill, which is the reason why we have to know about your exact plans (arrival and departure dates, accompanying family members) and how you intend to pay as soon as possible!

• Direct bank transfer to CNRS before or after the workshop.
  This is the most convenient method for LSCE!
• Checks in euros (for French people, and maybe othe EC people).
• Cash (euros).
• NO credit card (in case you did not read this above)!

Miscellaneous notes

• Phone: there is no phone in the rooms, but there will maybe be a phone in the meeting room(s).
  
  
• Internet access: there should be some kind of public (and paying) low bandwidth internet access available in the VVF's lobby, but there will be NO regular INTERNET ACCESS...
  
  Make sure you bring everything you need on your laptop! We will try to set up a local network in the meeting room (or another room), with local copy of the database, a B/W laser printer and an ink jet color printer.

Contacts

   Florence Gerry

   Pascale Braconnot