Proposal Submission Tools Workshop - Practical Information

Contact and Registration

E-mail, phone and fax number

Conference e-mail: proptool2018[at]eso.org

Contact phone number: +49 89 320 060 (ESO Reception Desk)
Contact fax number: +49 89 320 23 62

Registration

You can register in front of the Telescopium Auditorium Telescopium at ESO between 08:30 and 09:00 on Monday, 4 June or later in the meeting breaks.

Workshop venue

The workshop will be held in the ESO Auditorium Telescopium, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, Garching b. München. This is located in the old ESO Headquarter Building.

Traveling to Garching

Garching lies about 13 km north-east of Munich and 17 km south-west of Munich international airport (Franz Josef Strauss). Please follow these instructions to travel to Garching. We recommend to consult the electronic time tables of the Munich transportation network MVV, and of the GermanRailways.

Instructions for traveling to the workshop venue

We advise all participants to travel to the workshop venue with the underground train (U-Bahn), line U6. Take the underground train (U-Bahn) line U6, with destination "Garching Forschungszentrum" (Garching Research Campus) - this is the last stop on the line. Exit the station at the rear end of the train and follow the sign for ESO. Timetables can be found here.

The U-Bahn station in Garching (stop "Garching") is centrally located and within close reach of all hotels and is indicated with a large blue "U"-sign.

ESO Maps

Maps of the ESO Headquarters Building and the Garching Forschungszentrum Campus available here. Please use the ESO main entrance (up the ramp with the flagpoles) as indicated by the blue line on the campus map and location 1 on the ESO map.

Weather

June is normally one of the nicest months of the year. The average temperature in the Munich area is 22 C in June, but it can be as cold as 15 C and as warm as 30 C. It typically rains about 13 days in the month. For more information, see Weather Online.

Contact phone and fax number

Contact phone number: +49 89 320 060 (ESO Reception Desk)
Contact fax numbers: +49 89 320 23 62

Internet and email

Open wireless internet is available in most parts of the ESO building.

Miscellaneous

Bank service

There are banks and cash-points in Garching, at many locations in central Munich, and at the airport. All main credit and debit cards are accepted (with PIN code). Please note that the banks may close during lunch time and have opening hours differing from shops. There is also a cash-point (Kreissparkasse) on the Campus, at the bus stop Lichtenbergstrasse 4 (TUM Chemie).

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