Logistics Information for the Second Workshop on Internationalizing SSML

Further information is available at the local organizer's Web page:
http://dcs.ics.forth.gr/Contact_Info/directions.html

30 - 31 May, 2006

The second W3C Workshop on Internationalizing the Speech Synthesis Markup Language is being hosted by Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Crete, site of the W3C Office in Greece. from Tuesday May 30th to Wednesday May 31st, 2006. The registration has closed.

Venue

Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Crete
Institute of Computer Science
Distributed Computing Systems Lab (FORTH-Central Building A)
P.O. Box 1385, GR-711 10, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Tel: +30-2810-391655
Fax: +30-2810-391601

Local Contact: Anna Doxastaki, <adoxast@ics.forth.gr>.

Schedule:

The workshop program will run from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm both days.

Map:

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Address in Greek and Corresponding English:

We have prepared a figure describing the address of the venue in Greek characters which might be helpful in case the taxi or bus driver do not understand English.

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Suggested Hotel

A block of 15 rooms has been reserved in Astoria hotel and Atrion hotel in Heraklion respectively.

The local contact of the organizer, Anna Doxastaki (adoxast@w3.org) can make actual room reservation for you, please let us know your Check-in, Check-out dates, preferred Hotel and Room type.

Astoria (located in city centre):

Eleftherias Square Heraklion 71201, Hellas
Phone: +30 2810 343080 Fax: +30 2810 229078
E-mail: info@astoriacapsis.gr
Special rates for the workshop (per night, including breakfast):
 - single room: 69 Euros
 - double room: 90 Euros
Distance from airport: 5 Km
Distance from bus stop to FORTH: 0 m
Estimated taxi fare from airport: 7 Euros
Distance from city center: 0 Km
There is Internet access in rooms

Atrion (located 500m from the city centre):

9 Chronaki Street, Heraklion 71202, Hellas
Phone: +30 2810 246000 Fax: +30 2810 223292
E-mail: info@atrion.gr
Special rates for the workshop (per night, including breakfast):
 - single room: 59 Euros
 - double room: 71 Euros
Distance from airport: 5 Km
Distance from bus stop to FORTH: 700 m
Estimated taxi fare from airport: 7 Euros
Distance from city center: 0.5 Km
There is Internet access in rooms

Note:

1. If you are plannning to contact directly to the hotels, you should mention that you are attending the "W3C Workshop" in order to be charged with the special rate.
2. If you are planning to reserve Astoria, your credit card information is required for the room reservation, so you should also contact Astoria direclty to let them know it even if Anna makes the reservation for you. They will not charge the credit cards at the moment, but this is part of their cancellation policy.

Map:

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Shuttle bus between hotels and the venue:

The local organizer has arranged for the shuttle bus between above hotels and FORTH (the venue).

Bus schedule:

Hotels to FORTH in the morning (both 30th and 31st May):

FORTH to Hotels in the evening (30th May):
The shuttle bus will send the participants to "Kipos ton Gefseon", the restaurant for the Welcome Dinner, on 30 May.

FORTH to Hotels in the evening (31st May):

Airport

The airport Nikos Kazantzakis (airport Code: HER) is the only one in Heraklion. Heraklion has 8-10 direct flights per day from Athens (ATH), 2-4 direct flights per day from Thesaloniki (SKG), and 3-5 direct flights per week from Amsterdam via Transavia Airlines. Between April and September there are also frequent charter flights from most major European cities.Taxi service is provided just outside the airport.

You can find more information for the flights' schedules to and from Heraklion via Athens, as well as timetables for flights to and from Athens, through this link.

Getting from the airport to the city

When you arrive at the Heraklion airport, you have two options to get to the city and your hotel: You either use public trnsportation (buses) or a taxi. We highly recommend the taxi option, since you will be able to find one immediately outside the arrivals building and it will take you directly to your destination. Please see "Suggested Hotel" for the estimated taxi fare for your hotel.

Welcome Dinner, lunch and refreshment

Welcome dinner funded by IBM will be held on May 30th at South Beauty Restaurant which is near the workshop venue.

Restaurant: Kipos ton Gefseon
Date & Time: May 30, 2006 18:30

Map(PDF)

Note. The local contact will help you to order the dishes.
Lunches and refreshment for the breaks are also funded by IBM.

The Call for Participation, the Agenda are available.

Jim Larson and Kazauyuki Ashimura, Workshop Co-chairs
Max Froumentin, Voice Activity Lead

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