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                   Program Information 


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        *        SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS:        *
        *       Observations and Physics        *
        *      Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee       *
        *         March 26-30, 2007             *
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Dear Colleagues,

a preliminary version of the WORKSHOP PROGRAM is
available on the conference webpage now
(http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~grb07).
Please check the date and length of your talk and let us 
know as soon as possible if something does not fit with
your travel plans or ideas about your talk.


Talks and technical equipment:
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Information about the electronic and other equipment
available on the castle can be found at
http://www.schloss-ringberg.de/english/tagungsstaette.htm

If your laptop needs special adapters for electric power or
connection to the beamer, please bring those with you! 
Otherwise there should not be any problems of which I know.
(Maybe you also inform yourself how to change the resolution
on your laptop, I just had a very bad experience at the 
conference with that!)


*** Please remember that the meeting has a mixed audience
    and quite a number of students. So please, spend a 
    part of your time for a more general introduction of
    your subject and adjust the level and depth of your 
    presentation to the audience.
*** Please leave at least 5 minutes (or more) for discussion.
    Nobody is forced to stretch her/his talk to the limit!
*** We have planned two "No talk sessions" on Monday before
    dinner and on Tuesday before lunch. These are reserved 
    for short 5 minutes statements in which the participants
    who do not give a presentation are asked to introduce
    themselves and their interests. Laptops are NOT 
    allowed for that. If you want, you might bring one
    or two (at most!) overhead slides for that.

We will finish preparing the abstract booklet soon, so please
send your abstract if you have not done that yet!


Final travel information:
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Travel details (including a schedule for trains from
Munich, main station, to Tegernsee) can be found at
http://www.schloss-ringberg.de/english/anreise.htm
When you arrive at Tegernsee station, please take a
taxi either to Ringberg Castle ("Schloss Ringberg")
or to your hotel (Gaestehaus Leykauf in Kreuth).

Transportation between Gaestehaus (Hotel) Leykauf and the
hotel from Monday morning until Friday evening will
be arranged. We will inform the reception of the hotel
about the details of this service. Please ask there 
after your arrival!


Weather:
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The weather during this time of the year can be rather
mixed, from warm (10-15 degrees Celsius) and sunny during
daytime to freezing conditions in the nights. Also snowfall
is still possible in March (we had very little for far this
year). So please bring solid shoes and a warm sweater! 


Meals:
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If you have special wishes for your meals on the castle, 
please let us know!

As mentioned in the program, we will have a small reception
snack and a keg of beer on the castle on Sunday evening.



Have a good trip and looking forward to seeing you on
the castle,

H.-Thomas Janka (on behalf of the LOC)

Conference website:  http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~grb07
(All circulars and conference information are available there.)