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WATOC Oslo 2020
WATOC Board Meeting Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile, 4 October 2014
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Oslo • Compact capital with good public transportation system • Good flight connections with all of Europe • Many hotels and tourist attractions • Excellent starting point for exploring Norway and Scandinavia
Travel to Oslo is easy
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Oslo Airport has direct flights to 39 countries Oslo City can be reached in 19 minutes on a high-speed train
Oslo Congress Centre
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• Capacity – Largest lecture hall 1400 people – Four parallel sessions (690, 310, 180, 170) in same building – Additional 13 separate meeting rooms in Congress Centre
• Location – downtown Oslo, 6 minutes walk from Central Station – 7500 hotel rooms within easy walking distance
Oslo Congress Centre
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Schedule • Sunday June 20 – Friday June 26 • About 200 oral and 900 posters
– 12 plenary lectures (45 minutes) – 36 invited lectures (30 minutes) – 148 oral contributions (20 minutes) – 3 poster sessions
• Reception and conference dinner – one half day for excursion and tourism
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
08:30 Plenary 2x45
Parallel 1x30 + 3x20
Plenary 2x45
Parallel 1x30 + 3x20
Plenary 2x45
10:00 Break Break Break Break Break
10:30 Plenary 2x45
Parallel 1x30 + 3x20
Plenary 2 x 45
Parallel 1x30 + 3x20
Plenary 2x45
12:00 Registration Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00 Registration Parallel 1x30+5x20
Parallel 1x30+5x20 Poster Parallel
1x30+5x20 Parallel
1x30+5x20 16:10 Registration Break Break Break Break Closing
16:40 Registration Parallel 1x30+5x20 Poster Excursion Poster
19:00 Opening Reception Excursion Banquet
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Reception and conference dinner
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Reception in Oslo City Hall
Conference dinner at Oslo Opera House
Registration Fee
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• Fee includes • conference booklet and abstracts • welcome reception, coffee break, poster refreshments
• Fee does not include • lunches, banquet and excursions
• Fee covers the following costs: • venue, marketing, web pages, abstracts, registration, support staff • break-even point at 800 participants, assumes no sponsorship • professional conference organizer has been consulted
EUR USD Early bird 35% 480 660 Standard 30% 580 800 Full 5% 680 930 Student 30% 390 540 Average 490 680
Hotels and Meals
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• Hotels • cheaper than many European capitals: single rooms typically from €110 • all above 2-star European level, with private bath/shower and mostly Wi-Fi • includes VAT — no hidden costs
• Meals • breakfast included in hotel prices • lunch boxes will be arranged • eating out is affordable but alcoholic beverages are expensive
EUR USD Cat A single 180 240
double 230 300 Cat B single 130 170
double 170 220 Cat C single 80 110
double 130 170 hostel 50 65
Organizers • CTCC (Centre of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry)
– 4 permanent staff in theory group in Oslo • Four conferences with 100 or more participants held since 2009
– ICQC satellite 2009, 15th Strasbourg Seminar 2012, VALKA 2013 – Female Excellence in Chemistry Conference 2014
• Diverse theoretical-chemistry tradition in the Nordic countries – will draw on extensive network – ESQC and Sostrup Summer Schools in quantum chemistry
• Professional Conference Organizer will be used – will assist also with promotion and marketing
• Sponsors will be sought – present budget assumes no sponsorship
• Advertising from early 2018 – emails to previous participants of WATOC and other conferences,
members of chemical societies, chemistry departments etc.
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Oslo Excursions
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Excursion: Fjord Cruise
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Excursion: The Munch Museum
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Excursion: Viking Ship Museum
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Exercursion: The Polar Expeditions
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Exploring Norway
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Oslo Fjord Convention Center • Main lecture hall for 6800 people • Guest cabins and apartments for 3000 people
– Single room €100, double €80, triple €60, quadruple €50
• On the west coast of Oslo Fjord – 1 ½ hours drive from Oslo; train from from Oslo Airport – 20 minutes from Torp Airport (Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Stockholm
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The important thing is the science • Diverse theoretical-chemistry tradition in the Nordic countries • We will draw on that to make WATOC an excellent meeting • Involve expertise in all main areas of theoretical chemistry
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