Meeting in Prague (Czech Republic)

You can easily reach the IPP by the public transport. Prague Integrated Transport (PIT) covers trams, buses, metro, and also railways in the larger Prague and its vicinity. The simplest way is to go by metro to the station “Ládví” (line C, direction Letnany). You can also take a tram No. 10; exit at the tram stop Ládví.

Extensive information about tariffs, routes, schedule etc. is available on the pages of the Prague transportation company “Dopravní podnik hl.m. Prahy“.

It is intended to be a forum for detailed discussion on the three research lines identified within the Action, namely, biotechnological applications, intense laser applications and electron-phonon phenomenology and ways to tackle them by promoting collaborations among researchers from different fields. In this event, a poster session is considered a good tool to enable face-to-face discussions with potential collaborators on unsolved problems that require multidisciplinary efforts. In addition, depending on the number of contributions, parallel sessions can be organized to focus on the lines mentioned above.

Please send your abstract (download template here) by email to ca17126@industriales.upm.es before 7 March 2022 (EXTENDED until 14 March 2022). The abstract should not exceed one page (including title, author/s and affiliation/s).

Since the budget is limited, the participation of Action members who can better contribute to this Meeting will be prioritised (to be reimbursed) according to the following criteria:

1. Colleagues with an accepted oral presentation or poster.
2. Colleagues having contributed to the round table of the preparatory online workshop that will take place before the Prague meeting.

The Committee will enforce COST inclusiveness policies. Therefore, Young Researchers & Innovators, ITC, as well as women to promote and improve gender balance will be prioritized. In addition, geographical distribution of participants will be considered to avoid underrepresented or overrepresented regions.

A preliminary version of the programme can be downloaded here.

The IPP proposes a list of hotels in the vicinity of the Institute. Please, find them here: http://www.ipp.cas.cz/o-ufp/kontakt/kontakt-hotely.html

Hotel DUO was most used in previous events at IPP and is situated one metro station far from the Institute.

Participants selected to be reimbursed for their travel expenses must receive an official invitation through e-COST indicating they are eligible to be reimbursed and they must accept that invitation within 2 weeks.

Reimbursements will follow COST rules:

• Long-distance transport expenses (more than 100 km one way): up to 500€ (*). Reimbursement based on invoice/receipt. Participants must choose the most economical means of transportation from their city of affiliation to Prague (round-trip).

(*) If a participant shows, within a reasonable time before travel date that there is no reasonable transport below the cap established, this cap could be waved for the individual participant.

• Daily Allowance (DA): 140 €/day. DA is intended to cover accommodation, meals and local transport expenses (defined as less or equal to 100 km one way). This is a flat rate and no invoice/receipt is required.

The maximum DA rate that can be claimed is calculated against the actual number of days a participant attends the meeting (as confirmed against their signature on the official attendance list for each day of the meeting), plus 1, permitting participants to arrive on the day before the meeting and/or leave one day after.

In the travel days, the DA is based on departure and arrival times, as bellow.

For complete information about COST reimbursement rules, please read pages 84-90 of the COST Annotated Rules.

Participants are advised to observe closely the travel restrictions and requirements for travelling from/to their home countries and Czech Republic.

Updated information about travel rules to/from Czech Republic can be found in the following link: https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/coronavirus-information-of-moi.aspx

Organising Committee:

Alexandr Frolov (Local Organiser)
Jorge Kohanoff (TUMIEE Vice-chair)
Eduardo Oliva (TUMIEE Scientific Representative)
Ana Benítez (TUMIEE Grant Holder Manager)

Currency:

The official currency in Czech Republic is the Czech koruna (CZK).
1 € = 25 CZK

Power adaptors:

For Czech Republic there are two associated plug types, types C and E. Plug type C is the plug which has two round pins and plug type E is the plug which has two round pins and a hole for the socket’s male earthing pin. Czech Republic operates on a 230V supply voltage and 50Hz.

Language:

Czech is the official language in the Czech Republic. Prague is a very tourist city and English is widely spoken.

About Prague:

Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 13th largest city in the European Union and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated on the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 2.7 million.

Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Petřín hill and Vyšehrad. Since 1992, the extensive historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.