Welcome to Stockholm

EGEE Enabling Grids for E-Science Conference

21- 25 September 2009

Stockholm - Venice of the North

Stockholm - Small town, big city

Easy access- Most of Europe within three hours reach - 70 airlines, 500 daily international direct flights

Amsterdam (2.00) Barcelona (3.15) Berlin (1.30) Brussels (2.10) Budapest (2.10) Dublin (2.45) Düsseldorf (2.00) Frankfurt (2.05) Geneva (2.35) Hamburg (1.35) Helsinki (0.55) Lisbon (4.10) London (2.35)

Madrid (3.50) Milan (2.40) Moscow (2.05) Munich (2.10) Nice (2.55) Oslo (0.55) Paris (2.30) Prague (1.55) Rome (2.55) Vienna (2.20) Warsaw (1.45) Zurich (2.30)

Easy access

- Express train to City center: 20 minutes (4 times/hr)- 16 minutes from airport to conference.- 17-25 minutes from City center to conference:

12 minutes train (4-5 times/hr) + 5 min walk, or17 minutes subway (6-8 times/hr) + 8 min walk

Airport

Conference

City center

20 min

16 min

17-25 min

Hotels

Accommodation6,000 hotel rooms within a 10-minute walk to Central Station.

Value for money €390 Early registration feeStockholm is ranked 31 in cost of living index:

1 Moscow, 142,4 2 Tokyo, 127 3 London, 125 4 Oslo, 118,3 5 Seoul, 117,7

6 Hong Kong, 117,6 7 Copenhagen 117,2 8 Geneva 115,8 10 Milan 111,3 11 Osaka, 110

12 Paris 109,4 21 Helsinki, 101,1 23 Istanbul 99,431 Barcelona 95,2 31 Stockholm 91,2

KISTA MÄSSAN EXPO CENTER Newly built conference center, in the heart of “Mobile Valley”Kista. Total floor space of 15,000m2 including a 10,000m2 exhibition area1,500m2 designed for meetings and conferences Biggest space can seat 1,300 delegates, auditorium style.

New, and already successfully tested:-Microsoft Summit (600 persons)-HP Days (1100 persons)

For us who didn’t get the prize (yet)…The City of Stockholm will host a buffet reception including drinks at the world famous and spectacular venue for the Noble Prize festivities, Stockholm City Hall. Sept 21, 2009.

Welcome to Stockholm !