Best Western Hotel Ostertor, Bad Salzuflen, DE

Best Western Hotel Ostertor, Bad Salzuflen, Germany

The conference will be take place in Bad Salzuflen at the Best Western Hotel Ostertor . All conferees will be accommodated here also. The town is a traditional spa and resort situated in the heart of Germany. It is near the Teutoburger forest, in a beautiful woody and hilly landscape. The town, famous for it's abundance of health giving salt water springs, has air and water just like being at the sea. The town's lovingly restored old quarter is a marvelous blend of the new and the old: a stroll through the pedestrian area takes you past a number of historical town houses as well as modern shops, boutiques and restaurants. The river Salze with its leafy banks runs right through the centre of town.

Contact

Ms Annika Rademacher
Osterstrasse 52-54
Bad Salzuflen
32105, Germany
Tel: +49 5222 983880
Fax: +49 5222 98388100
Email: reservierung[at]ostertor.bestwestern.de

Accommodation
All participants will be accommodated at the Best Western Hotel Ostertor..

Meals
Breakfast will be served buffet style from 6h30am Monday to Friday and from 7h30am Saturday and Sunday at the hotel. Lunch and Dinner will be served at the times as shown in the final conference programme.
Additional beverages are at the participants' own expense.

Non-resident conferees are expected to have all their meals with resident conferees.

Coffee Breaks
Coffee breaks will be served outside the conference room.

Conference room
The conference is in the hotel. It is equipped with a data projector, a visualiser, a laptop and a projection screen.

Short talks
There will be no short talks other than those listed on the final programme. The list of abstracts accepted for poster presentation is available on the conference website.

Posters
Posters can be affixed with self-adhesive tape. 
Recommended poster size is A0 (Vertical). Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance.

Telephone
There are direct dial telephones in all the rooms at the hotel.

Copies & Faxes
Faxes can be sent and copies can be made at the hotel reception.

Internet
Internet will be provided free of charge. You will need to collect a password from the hotel reception to access the Wifi.

Means of Payment
The hotel accepts the following credit cards: American Express, Mastercard, Visa, and Maestro. It is also possible to pay cash.

In the surrounding area

Bad Salzuflen www.stadt-bad-salzuflen.de

Calling Germany / Making Calls within Germany
The international dialing code to Germany is 49. When calling within Germany, a 0 must be inserted before the number to be dialed.
For example: +49 521 106-2768 when telephoning from abroad; 0 521 106-2768 when calling from within Germany.

Facts for the Traveler

Electricity supply:        240V, 50Hz
Time GMT/UTC:           Plus one hour
Weights & measures:   Metric
Currency:                    Euro (EUR)

Please bring your own adaptor if appropriate.

Upon arrival, participants should register with the ESF Conference Officer, sign the attendance list and collect their name badges and then check in at the hotel reception.

The conference officer will be present for the duration of the conference, taking care of the administrative aspects and the day-to-day running of the conference: registration, issuing certificates and receipts, collection travel tickets, etc.

The conference officer will be at the registration desk half an hour each morning before the meeting starts, during coffee breaks, and before and after each afternoon session.

Please confirm your attendance by filling in an online registration form accessible from the conference website.  

Conference fees must be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard and Eurocard) via the online registration form by the registration deadline. A 150 EUR supplement is added if full payment has not been received by the registration deadline.

Payments by bank transfer are accepted only in exceptional circumstances and will be subject to a 15 EUR supplement. Contact the Conference Officer for details.

Payments by cash and cheque are not accepted.

Should you need to cancel your participation, please contact the Conference Officer immediately. If notice of cancellation is received more than two weeks before the conference, all but EUR 100 will be reimbursed. No refund is possible if notice of cancellation is received less than two weeks before the conference.

Any expenses not covered by the conference fee (additional nights, beverages, telephone calls, internet etc.) must be paid directly to the conference venue during your stay.

Board & lodging for accompanying guests (in double room with conferee) must be booked with the conference secretary and paid directly to the venue. Please collect applicable guest fees directly from the venue.

Accompanying guests are not entitled to take part in any of the actual conference activities (attend talks in the conference room, coffee breaks, etc.). Conference facilities, such as access to the internet, are destined for the sole use of conferees.

All reimbursements will be made by post-conference bank transfers. If you have been granted a travel contribution, please provide your bank account details – including IBAN and BIC/SWIFT numbers – in the online registration form.

Photocopies of travel tickets must be returned to the ESF Research Conferences Unit within a maximum of one month after the conference. No reimbursement can otherwise be guaranteed.  

Itinerary, price and currency must clearly feature on any ticket. Where no price is indicated on the ticket, the corresponding invoice must be enclosed.

Travel costs may not be higher than:

• cheapest economy class air fare
• OR second class train fare
• OR bus fare from the participant’s place of work to the place of the event or may be the actual cost of travel, whichever is the lower.  

The following may NOT be considered as allowable travel costs and therefore may NOT be presented when claiming the travel contribution:

• taxi fares (in exceptional cases, taxi fares may be reimbursed)
• local travel in the city or locality of the event
• costs of health, life and luggage insurance.  

Use of a private/rented car is covered either on the basis of a 2nd class return train fare documented by a certified travel agent, or on actual mileage according to the ESF coefficient applicable at the time of travel.

Please check your passport and visa requirements with your travel agent BEFORE departure. If you need help to obtain your visa, please contact the ESF conference officer.

The European Science Foundation (ESF) does NOT provide insurance and can not take any responsibility for accidents or illnesses that might occur during the week or in the course of travel to or from the meeting place. It is therefore the responsibility of participants to check their health insurance requirements.

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