7th TF-Storage Meeting

September 9-10, 2010.
Poznan, Poland

The TERENA task force on storage (TF-Storage) coordinates the development of open and inter-operable data storage and management infrastructures and services among national research and education networks and academic and research institutions.

The next coming TF-Storage meeting will be held on the 9-10 September, 2010, in Poznan, Poland, kindly hosted by PSNC.
The meeting agenda and slides are available here.

Venue

Main building of Polish Academy of Science
Room 311
17/19 Henryka Wieniawskiego
Poznan, Poland

How to get there?


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Flight arrivals

FRA - 12:45
CPH - 12:20
MUC - 11:30
WAW - 08:35, 11:45
(OSLO - Wendesday at 19:30)

By train

You can fly to Berlin and take a trian to Poznan (approx. 3h)
Trains from Berlin Ost. to Poznan (EC trains only)
Berlin - Poznan: 6:40-9:25, 12:40-15:25, 16:40-19:25
Poznan - Berlin: 9:23-12:05, 14:23-17:05, 19:23-22:05

Accommodation

In order to stay overnight in Poznan we offer one of the following options.

For your convenience, we have a block reservation (up to 30 rooms) in NH Hotel Poznan (9-10 September, 2010). The block reservation guarantees the price 83 EUR/day/single room and it is valid until the 31st of August, 2010
The booking code is "TERENA".

The NH hotel is located in the city center, 800 meters (8 minutes walk) from PSNC's bulding (17/19, Wieniawskiego Street) and 10 minutes walk from Old Market Square.

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To contact the hotel you may call:
tel. +48 61 6248800, fax: +48 61 6248801
or email to: nhpoznan@nh-hotels.com

If you need any assistance while booking the hotel, or planning the trip to Poznan, please contact Maciej Brzezniak at PSNC: maciekb@man.poznan.pl, tel: + 48 61 858 2054.

Other recommened hotels:

  • Sheraton Hotel - 120 Euro
  • Mercure Hotel - 100 Euro
  • Poznan Hotel - 80 Euro
  • Royal Hotel - 80 Euro

Some cheap hotels:

  • Guest rooms in the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry ul. Noskowskiego 10, 61-704 Poznan Reservation: phone/fax: (+48 61) 8 516 841, e-mail: zpg@man.poznan.pl
  • Polonez Hotel - 60 Euro
  • Ikar Hotel - 55 Euro
  • Rzymski Hotel - 55 Euro
  • Topaz Hotel - 45 Euro
  • Lech Hotel - 40 Euro
  • Jowita - guest rooms in students dormitory - about 25-30 Euro phone: (+48 61) 829 24 01 or: (+48 61) 829 25 00

All hotels mentioned above are situated in a walking distance from the PSNC.

Social dinner

DDN/Comtegra invited us for a dinner starting at around 8pm on the 9th of September, 2010. The dinner will be held in Gospoda Pod Koziolkami. Printed map will be provided on site.

Remote participation

We are planning to use AdobeConnect webconferencing during the meeting. The system requirements can be found here.
The TERENA AdobeConnect room is avaialble here from your web browser (any kind).
- For only watching the stream: the username is "terenaws" passwd is the same.
- For interactive participation: the username is "terenaspeaker" the passwd is the same.

Registration

Registration is now CLOSED.