S P A R C

DATA ASSIMILATION WORKSHOP

2 - 4 October 2006

ESTEC (European Space research and Technology Centre)

Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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Registration, Travel and Hotel

To register, please send an email to sparc@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca

Since the meeting will take place in the ESTEC, we need to ask that you please REGISTER via the ESA web interface to collect information for security / badge preparation, restaurant information etc. purposes as soon as possible. The web address is the following: https://www5.shocklogic.com/scripts/jmevent/Registration.asp?Client_Id='CXNL'&Project_Id='06C22'&Form_Id=1&Form_Number=2&Stand_Id=0&A=&Language_Code

Regarding transportation to and from ESTEC: In the mornings buses will pick up participants from the hotel and will bring them back from ESTEC in the afternoons.
Attached please find bus schedule.

Address: ESTEC:

Keplerlaan 1
Postbus 299
2200 AG Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
Telephone number: +31 (0)71 565 6565

To get there:
By car:
ESTEC is located at the southern tip of Noordwijk. Coming from Den Haag (The Hague), take the A4 motorway to Amsterdam and exit at 'Leiden'. Follow the N206 in the direction Katwijk and Haarlem. Take the exit 'Katwijk Noord'. From there follow the signs 'ESA Estec' (small white traffic signs).
From Amsterdam, take the A4 in the direction Den Haag-Rotterdam, then at the junction follow the A44. Take the exit Noordwijk-Voorhout, continue to Noordwijk and from there, follow the signs 'ESA Estec'.

By train:
From Leiden Central station, take bus 32 to Katwijk. It stops in front of the entrance gate of ESTEC (the journey takes about 30 minutes). Please note that this bus leaves twice an hour during rush-hour periods and only once hourly during normal hours.

By air:
From Schiphol airport, either take a taxi to ESTEC (30 minutes), or a train to Leiden (15 minutes) and then bus number 32 (30 minutes). With a rental car, follow the instructions above from Amsterdam.

Click here for map.

INFORMATION ON HOTEL

A hotel reservation form is attached (in .pdf format).

The hotels recommended for the workshop are:
Cat A: Hotel Huis ter Duin
Cat B: Hotel Prominent Inn
Cat C: Hotel Waikiki

All hotels are conveniently located at or close to the "Koningin Wilhelminaboulevard", which is the beach front road.

Cat A: Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin
Koningin Astrid Boulevard 5
2200 AB Noordwijk aan Zee
The Netherlands
Tel: (0)71-365 1300
http://www.huisterduin.com/
Rate: Single: Euro 115 -180 / day, including breakfast

Cat B: Prominent Inn Hotel
Koningin Wilhelminaboulevard 4
2202 GR Noordwijk ZH
The Netherlands
Tel: 071-3612253
http://www.prominentinn.nl/
Rate: Single: Euro 80 -110 / day, including breakfast

Cat C: Hotel Waikiki
Katenblankweg 2
2202 CN Noordwijk aan Zee
The Netherlands
Tel: (0)71 3612434
http://www.waikiki.nl/
Rate: Single: Euro 50 - 80 / day,  including breakfast

Last update: September 28, 2006