Lighting the Blue Touchpaper for UK e-Science - Closing Conference of ESLEA Project

26 March, 07 12:00 PM - 28 March, 07 01:30 PM

The George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PB

Any slides or other material generated as a result of this event can be found at: www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=748

Final Announcement for the ESLEA Conference

Lighting the Blue Touchpaper for UK e-Science, Edinburgh, UK.

12 Noon, 26 March 2007 - 13.30, 28 March 2007.

Thank you to all those who have already registered for this conference. If you are interested in attending but have not registered yet, then please book your place online as soon as possible (close of registration is 16 th March 2007).

I am pleased to confirm Eric Boyd (Internet2), Ed Seidel (Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana State University) and Cees de Laat ( University of Amsterdam) as keynote speakers for the conference. A total of 35 talks will be delivered and so it is going to be a very busy meeting.

The conference programme, abstracts of papers and online registration can be found at www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/748.

The conference dinner (included in the registration fee of GBP 95) will now be held at 7pm on the 27 March 2007, in the George Hotel.

The Venue

The conference hall is an integral part of the George Hotel, which is located in Edinburgh’s historic centre - just a short walk from Edinburgh Waverly railway station and a short taxi/bus journey from Edinburgh International Airport.

The conference administration team will be happy to book a room at the George Hotel on your behalf – just let them know when you register for the event.

For more details about the hotel just visit their website at www.edinburghgeorgehotel.co.uk

Transportation

Edinburgh International airport is approximately 25 minutes from the City Centre by taxi or bus. A full list of routes to/from the airport is available at www.edinburghairport.com.

Three taxi ranks are in operation at Edinburgh Airport. The fleet of airport private vehicle taxis operate from the eastern end of the terminal building with the city 'black cab' taxi rank available adjacent to the coach park. The third rank is located on the ground floor of the short stay multi storey car park and is available for taxis that have been pre booked.

Public bus services stop outside the UK Arrivals doors on the terminal forecourt. An Airlink 100 express bus service operates every 10 minutes from early morning until after midnight, running from the airport to Waverley Bridge in the City Centre (just a short walk from The George Hotel). Journey time is approximately 25 minutes. The ticket cost is £3 single, £5 return - tickets can be brought from the information desk at International arrivals, from a desk at the bus stop or on the bus itself. More information on this service can be found at www.flybybus.com.

Edinburgh Shuttle provides a fleet of 7 seater executive mini-buses and runs every 15-30 minutes between the airport and picks up and drops off anywhere within the Edinburgh Shuttle’s City Centre zone. This can be from any address - home, hotel, business or conference venue. Bookings can be made in advance by telephoning +44 (0)845 500 5000. Fares are fixed at £8.00 one way for an individual, door to door, with reduced rates for passengers travelling together to the same destination. More information can be found at www.edinburghshuttle.com

Train times to/from Edinburgh Waverley railway station can be found at www.virgintrainsfares.co.uk – tickets can also be booked in advance on this website. Directions for the short walk from Edinburgh Waverley railway station to The George Hotel can be obtained from http://maps.google.co.uk/maps.

Conference Proceedings

The Proceedings of this conference will be published in Proceedings of Science (PoS) – a web-based tool provided by SISSA in Trieste. Publication of the Proceedings in PoS will provide:

• a complete set of contributions to the conference,
• a fast and highly automated process of editing and publication,
• a completely open web access to the readership,
• apart from the availability of the electronic version, a copy of complete Proceedings will be printed and sent to the participants after the meeting.

Other features of the publication in PoS include:

• contributions can display attachments (videos, large images, etc).
• PoS is indexed in ADS, and also in the Directory of Open Access Journals and Spires.
• every author submitting his/her contribution to PoS retains the copyright. Upon submission (s)he applies the Creative Commons License to his/her work.

Formatting guidelines for papers (up to 4 pages) can be downloaded from the conference website. More details about how to prepare and submit a contribution for the Proceedings will be announced during the conference. The deadline for submission of contributions is 27 th April 2007.

The programme

The conference programme can be viewed at www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/748 - the final programme with the exact time slots of each presentation will be posted a few days before the conference. Of course, the final, full-detail programme will be distributed upon arrival of the participants

The presentation slots are 20 minutes in duration – approximately 15 minutes talk and 5 minutes Q&A.

Registration

There is a delegate fee of £95 to attend this conference, which includes two lunches, teas/coffees on all days, conference dinner and conference proceedings. WiFI will be provided free of charge.

Online registration and payment of delegate fees is at www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/748/booking.cfm

Contact

Websites: www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/748 and www.eslea.uklight.ac.uk
Email: adminteam@nesc.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0)131 650 9819

Regards
Colin Greenwood

On behalf of
CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Peter Clarke (NeSC)
Clive Davenhall (NeSC)
Colin Greenwood (NeSC)
Matthew Strong ( University of Manchester)

http://www.nesc.ac.uk