ESF Research Conferences

ESF-FWF Conference in Partnership with LFUI

Submarine Paleoseismology: The Offshore Search of Large Holocene Earthquakes

11-16 September 2010

 

Conference Venue

Universitätszentrum Obergurgl, Obergurgl, A

The conference will take place at The Obergurgl University Centre, which is located at an altitude of 1940 metres. The venue is in the highest glacial village in the Tyrol, at the end of the Ötz Valley and is surrounded by numerous three-thousand metre peaks.  Group transportation will be arranged on arrival day from Innsbruck railway station, via Innsbruck airport, to Obergurgl.

Practical Information Guide

Group Transportation

Three buses will be arranged on arrival day from Innsbruck railway station, via Innsbruck airport, to Obergurgl. The journey from the airport takes approximately 75 minutes (an hour and a half from the station).

Bus departure times - Saturday 11 September:
- from Innsbruck railway station: 15.4517.00 - 18.15
- from Innsbruck airport: 16.0017.15 - 18.30

Airport departure point: The meeting point is located just outside the small airport building.
Railway Station departure point: The meeting point is located on the east side of the station. Follow the signs towards the “Verladebahnhof”.

The coaches will have a sign in the window indicating “ESF Research Conferences” for easy recognition.

Group transportation back to Innsbruck will be arranged in a similar way for the departure day, Thursday 16 September. Participants will be requested to sign up on the spot. Buses will be leaving after breakfast.

Accommodation
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee should be paid to the ESF when registering. The 150eur supplement for single should be paid to the venue directly. Should you wish to be put on the waiting list for single accommodation, please contact Ms. Jean Kelly.