General Information -travel, conference location and other useful information
 

Conference location

The 2004 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change will take place at the Freie Universität Berlin, which is located in the Dahlem area in the south-western district of Berlin-Zehlendorf.
The registration desk on Friday morning, 3 December, will be in the Silberlaube, which is located on university campus:

Silberlaube
Habelschwerdter Allee 45
14195 Berlin

A separate email as well as the website will inform you of the exact location of the panel and plenary rooms as well as the registration desk. At the registration desk you will then also receive as part of your personal conference folder a detailed map of the conference venue.
 

How to get to the conference venue

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How to get to the 2004 Berlin Conference + Hotel Harnack Haus
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Arriving by air:
There are three airports in Berlin: Tegel (TXL), Schönefeld (SXF), and Tempelhof (THF. Most international flights arrive at Tegel or Schönefeld. Both airports can be reached by public transportation. From Tegel Airport, take the Airport Express Bus X9 to Station Zoologischer Garten, locally also known as Station "Zoo" (Bahnhof Zoo). From Schönefeld Airport, take the metropolitan train (S-Bahn, marked by green "S" signs) S 9 to Station Zoologischer Garten. From Station Zoo, you can either take a taxi or use public transportation to get to your hotel. The section on hotel information below explains about how to get to each hotel from Station Zoo.

Arriving by train:
All trains arrive or stop at Station “Zoologischer Garten”, locally also known as Station "Zoo" (Bahnhof Zoo). From Station Zoo, either take a taxi or use public transportation to get to your hotel. The section on hotel information below explains about how to get to each hotel from Station Zoo.

How to get to the conference venue:
If you travel by public transportation, take either the subway train no. 1 (U-Bahn in German, marked by blue "U" signs), or bus no. 110. Exit at the station "Thielplatz", which is within walking distance from the conference venue. Once you arrive at Thielplatz station on 5 December, there will be signs guiding you from the subway/bus station to the conference location.
You will also find details on transportation specific to your hotel in our hotel information below.

Moving about in Berlin
Two links might be helpful:
- online map of Berlin: http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/gis2/gis?gis-mode=interaction&fahrinfo=from&language=en
- website of the Berlin public transport company with the journey planning option (in English): http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/fahrinfo/bin/query.exe/en?L=bvg&
 

Conference schedule and format

The programme is available for download from the conference website. The registration desk will open on Friday, 3rd December at 8.00 a.m. The conference begins at 9.00 a.m. and will end on Saturday, 4th December at 6.00 p.m. We will have both plenary and panel sessions. Panels will last 1 ¾ hours each. Most panels will consist of three presentations, followed by a discussion.
 

Submission of completed papers/Proceedings
Deadline for submission of papers is the 15th of November 2004 to be sent by email to bc2004@zedat.fu-berlin.de in word or rtf-formatting. Upon entry we will post them on the conference website. All abstracts have already been posted on the conference website. All papers will be made accessible during the conference. According to the conference all papers will be reviewed for publication as part of the conference proceedings.
 

Registration fee
Registration fees can be paid either in advance (Euros 100/Euros 25 reduced rate) or at the conference desk (Euros 130/Euros 25 reduced), as indicated in the registration form. In order to assist our planning in preparing conference folders, catering etc., it would be appreciated if all participants registered by fax as early as possible, best by the 15th of November.
 

Visa

For a formal invitation letter for visa purposes, please contact us at BC2004@zedat.fu-berlin.de.

Unfortunately, we cannot reimburse any travel expenses or accommodation costs. Furthermore we do not provide any health insurances or fees i.e. relating to visa matters.
 

The weather in Berlin

Temperatures are rather low in December, quite often as low as between 0°C and 5°C (between 32°F and 41°F). Snowfall in early December is quite unlikely, but still a possibility. Rain, however, is not uncommon.
 

Do you need more information?

We are constantly updating our 2004 Berlin Conference website. Please visit in regular intervals.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Daniel Pentzlin, manager, 2004 Berlin Conference
Environmental Policy Research Centre
mail: bc2004@zedat.fu-berlin.de
fax: ++49 (0)30 838 56685