1. CHEP 2009 Prague, 21-27 March 2009, Czech Republic …“the golden city of a hundred spires”… PRAGUE the candidate city for

2. 2 Hosting Institutions Institute of Physics AS CR Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Czech Technical University in Prague CESNET, Czech Research Network Provider, Computing Applications

3. 3 Strong interest and experience in HEPNP computing  Accelerator Experiments  Large Hadron Collider ATLAS, ALICE, TOTEM  TEVATRON D0  Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider STAR  HERA H1  GSI Darmstadt  Cosmic Ray Physics Experiments  Pierre Auger Observatory  High Energy Stereoscopic System  Computing and Networking Projects  EGEE II, WLCG, Global Lambda Integrated Facility  Local Czech Facilities - Grid farms Golias and Skurut  5% of ATLAS LCG simulation 2005  6% of D0 reprocessing 2005

4. 4 Past conferences  HEPIX 1995  D0 workshop 1999  IXth “Blois Workshop” 2001  Linear Collider Workshop 2002  ATLAS Overview Week 2003  Physics at LHC 2003  Physics in Collision 2005  Multiparticle Dynamics 2005 (Kromeriz)  From Colliders to Cosmic Rays 2005

5. 5 Prague science history

6. 6  Giordano Bruno 1548-1600 In Prague after 1585, 1592 arrested in Italy Imperial Mathematicians to the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II  Tycho de Brahe 1546-1601 1599 came to Prague, 2 years later died, Accurate observations  Johannes Kepler 1571-1630 1600 came to Prague, 12 years later discovered Jupiter satellites  René Descartes 1596-1650 In Prague as soldier in 1620, 1 year before started mathematical studies

7. 7  Bernard Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano 1781-1848 Born in Prague, Bolzano Weierstrass Theorem, Sets/ infinite sets  Christian Doppler 1803-1853 1835 came to Prague, 7 years later discovered Doppler effect  Ernst Mach 1838-1916 1867 came to Prague, spent 28 years, wrote 90 papers including 6 books, Contributions to Theory of relativity  Albert Einstein 1879-1955 1911 came to Prague, 10 years later awarded Nobel Prize

8. 8 Prague – one of the European hearts

9. 9  Easy accessibility, from all over the world  Competitive costs and reasonable prices  Safe destination – host of many international meetings  Attractive destination, historical and cultural city and country  Top experience with organizing large congresses Why Prague?

10. 10 …the golden city of one hundred spires… Safe destination - confirmed by our references: The Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund / World Bank Group (2000), the NATO Summit (2002), and 115th Session of the International Olympic Committee 2003 Welcome to Prague Reasonable costs Prague is a cost-friendly destination.

11. 11 …the golden city of one hundred spires… Prague as a Congress City Location & easy accessibility “Heart of Europe”. The capital city of the Czech Republic is often called the “Heart of Europe”. Prague can be very easily reached from all countries of the world. City of very high standards, offering both historical and modern conference venues. Welcome to Prague

12. 12 Perfect meeting weather:  Typical continental weather  Mild climate Weather in Prague

13. 13 Prague Congress Centre

14. 14 Conference venue  Total capacity more than 10,000 persons  Exhibition capacity up to 7617 m 2 net Prague Congress Centre…

15. 15 Conference venue Prague Congress Centre…  Modern building  Leading edge technology (including high speed internet connection)  5 minutes from the city centre by subway, major hotels in a walking distance or in 10 minutes by subway

16. 16 Conference venue Selection of main conference rooms in PCC Selection of main conference rooms in PCC Largest Rooms Theatre Style Classroom Style Congress Hall2813- Forum Hall1034600 South Hall700450 Meeting Hall 1500300 Panorama Hall400250 Small Hall320230 Meeting Hall 4250150 Chamber Hall220120 Conference Hall200160 Terrace 116080 Club H160100 Club E140100 Club A140100

17. 17 Conference venue …beautiful panoramic view of Prague…

18. 18 Conference Fee Suggested Registration Fee - CHEP 2009 Standard fee 420 EUR (500 USD) including:  Lunches  Reception  Gala Dinner

19. 19 Hotels …broad variety… Majority of hotels are easily accessible in 5 - 20 minutes by underground, bus or tram ride away from the Prague Congress Centre. More than 69,000 beds in hotels of all categories.

20. 20 Hotels 3* – 5 *  795 rooms in walking distance from PCC  1733 rooms in a distance of 3 stations by subway  2555 rooms in a distance of 3 – 5 stations by subway Accessibility to PCC:

21. 21 Hotels in Prague 5* hotel beds: 8,195 4* hotel beds:20,742 3* hotel beds:22,954 70 - 100 EUR 10,000 beds in Prague (out of which 3,000 in 4*) 100 - 150 EUR 14,000 beds in Prague (all of them in 4*) 150- 220 EUR 4,000 beds in Prague (all of them in 4*)

22. 22 Prague International Airport  Prague-Ruzyne Airport is one of the most modern airports in Europe (designed for almost 15 million passengers per year).  It is located 10 km from the city centre (about 20 minutes from the city centre by taxi or by bus).  A new departure and arrival hall designated for the EU passengers was opened on January 2006.

23. 23 Prague Accessibility  Prague is easily accessible from all over the world  All major airlines fly to/from Prague  Daily over 450 flights at Prague airport  Majority of HEP centres – direct flights to Prague: LONDON7 flights daily PARIS7 flights daily GENEVA9 international airlines – large number of indirect flights

24. 24 Czech National Airlines Optionally official carrier of the congress  Modern fleet, member of SKYTEAM  Satisfies all needs of both business clients and holiday travellers  Connections on CSA flights to more than 60 destinations all over the world  OK Plus Frequent Flyer Program  Discounts for registered persons of the congress – up to 25 % www.csa.cz

25. 25 Social venue – Prague Night … Prague Exhibition Grounds …

26. 26 Social venues – Presidential Dinner …Brevnov Monastery…

27. 27 Social Venue Gala Dinner …The Municipal House…

28. 28 Social event venue …Troja Chateau…

29. 29 Catering and decoration …high quality and standards…

30. 30 Sightseeing Tours …chateaux, castles, monuments…

31. 31 Suggested Date …following date proposed… 21-27 March 2009 (Prague Congress Centre already booked)

32. Thank you for your attention Milos Lokajicek Institute of Physics AS CR Jan Gruntorad CESNET

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