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Travel Information Welcome to ISGLOB03 Athens, Greece, June 2003 Dear prospective conference delegates, I wish to welcome you to the IFIP WG 8.2 + 9.4 Conference on IS Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization. Below, you will find some practical information about your visit to Athens and to the conference in the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). Arriving in Athens You will be arriving in Athens in the middle of a Bank Holiday weekend. Shops of all sorts, except for news stands, will be closed till Tuesday morning. Restaurants, bars and all other kinds or recreation establishments have business as usual. Pharmacies will be closed till Tuesday morning closed. Travel agencies and airline offices also. Local temperature is 33 degrees centigrade (noon), 25 (midnight). Those of you who outside the EU who have not checked visa requirements to Greece please do so NOW. There are some useful links for this later in this text.
The conference will take place in the Main Building of the AUEB, also known to the locals as ASOEE, which is located at 76 Patision Street. The main building cannot be missed, it spans a whole building block on Patission Street on your right hand side as you are walking on Patision St. away from the Acropolis. You enter through the Patision entrance and you follow the signs. The conference secretariat (and hence the registration) will be located at the first floor of the Antoniadou Wing of the building. The map below outlines your route from the three conference hotels to the conference venue.
Route from ZAFOLIA Hotel to AUEB (10-15 mins walk) Route
from ATHENS ACROPOL Hotel to Workshop’s Venue (15-20
mins walk) *Bus
tickets can be purchased at news stands for 0.40 euro. Metro
tickets cost 0.75 euro and are purchased at metro stations.
Combined daily tickets for all public means of transport are
also availiable at metro stations. If you use a bus from the
airport the ticket costs 3 euro and can be use for all means
of athens public transport for 24 hours. The conference will start on Sunday 15/6 at 08:00 in the morning, with the registration process. Coffee and refreshments will be served to get you all going and to reward you from skipping breakfast to make it to the conference on time. The Sunday programme closes with the opening reception, in AUEB. Evening (after 8.30 for greek standards) is free. Monday is another full conference day registration will be open in the morning for those of you who will not make it on Sunday. Monday evening is social dinner evening at the Plaka district. Casual dress and relaxed attitudes are a must. Accompanying persons are welcome. Additional dinner tickets (cost: Euro 50 incl. transport) can be obtained from the conference secretariat when you register. Buses will set off from conference hotels at 20.30. The conference will end at 16.00 on Tuesday. Please check the conference programme on the site . Conference Facilities – A note for presenting authors and conference chairs. PCs with access to the internet will be available from 8.00 till
18.00 hrs on all conference days.There will be laptops, data and
overhead projectors available for all presentations at the conference.
As our data projectors may decide against talking to your laptop,
please make sure you bring your presentation in a diskette or CD.
If you are a presenting author or a session chair (insert link
to program), please make yourself known to the conference secretariat
when you register. Full paper presentations have 30 min. slots
including questions and discussion, while in-progress papers have
20 min. slots again including questions and discussion.
Those of you that wish to make a combined visit to multiple European city destinations, either to attend multiple conferences, or for the sheer pleasure of it, we strongly advise you to book your entire trip at the point of departure. June is a busy month and it is quite probable that you will not be able to find easily and cost-effectively connecting travel services locally in Athens. This is particularly true for June 2003, the last month of Greece’s presidency in the European Union, a matter generating a lot of extra international travel. Those of you coming from countries outside the EU should check out visa requirements related to your trip to Athens. You will find a list of Greek consular authorities abroad in the site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Please make arrangements as early as possible regarding this matter. We can issue an invitation letter should you need one. Please contact the conference secretariat. For inquires related to your travel, you may contact our local travel agency:
Following is all the information you need to know arriving in Greece for the “IFIP (WG 8.2 – WG 9.4) Conference on IS Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization”, 15-17 June 2003, Athens, Greece. "Time
Difference from Athens":
Route
from International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’ By
bus & trolley bus:
Take bus Express E95 just outside the airport all the way to Syntagma.
Then take the following trolley busses: No 7 (Get off at Pedion
Areos stop). No 15 (Get off at Pedio Areos stop). 10
minutes walking distance from AUEB (Conference Venue)The
hotel is located midway between Athens business district and the
heart of the city with its famed historical sites and is ideally
situated for easy access to public transportation (87 - 89 Alexandras
Avenue, tel: [003] 210 6449002). By bus & trolley bus: Take bus Express E95 just outside the airport all the way to Syntagma.Then take the trolley bus No 7 (Get off at Panathinea or Ippokratous stop).
The
Athens Acropol Hotel is ideally located on Omonia Square, one of
the most famous landmarks in Athens, in the heart of the business
and shopping district. Within walking distance from the Acropolis,
the Old City (Plaka) and most of Athens sights and attractions (1
Pireos Str., Omonia Square, tel: [003] 210 5282100). Route
from International Airport ‘Eleftherios
Venizelos’ By bus & metro: Take bus Express E95 just outside the airport all the way to Syntagma square. Take metro line 2 (Dafni - Sepolia) and get off at Omonia station.See Attiko Metro Home page ( http://www.ametro.gr/) and Bus Association ( http://www.oasa.gr ) for more info. Your plane will land at Eleftherios Venizelos, Athens International Airport, located 27km north-eastern of Athens, accessible via Attiki Odos, a six-lane motorway constituting the Athens City Ring Road. Public transport is provided by express airport bus connections with Athens center and the port of Piraeus on a 24 hr basis, ensuring efficient transport of air travellers and facilitating linkage to key tourist attractions.The most convenient way to reach the Hotels is by TAXI (about 30 km, 40min – 70min depending on the time arrival). The taxi will cost you around 20 –25 Euro.
The ticket price for the airport express lines is 2,90 Euros. It permits only one trip to or from the airport and unlimited travel by all other public transport modes (buses, trolley buses, metro) for 24 hours from the time of its validation during first trip (validate only once). The airport ticket can be purchased from the drivers of the airport buses, at all metro stations and at the blue or yellow ticket outlets. It can be used, irrespective of travelling to/from the airport, as a daily ticket by those who wish to explore Athens using the city's public transport. Remember: Always hold a correct ticket for your travel to the airport, otherwise you are liable to an on-the-spot fine of 29,00 EurosFrom the Syntagma Square, you can take the following trolley buses for the following hotels:
The
Currency in Greece, as all European Countries is EURO. ATMs are
found outside almost all banks and in main shopping centers. Must
See in Athens
Don't
Go Home Without Learn
more about Greece and Athens online at: Greek
National Tourism Organization
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