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MaMaSELF 2010: Master in Materials Science:
3rd Annual Status Meeting, Rigi Kulm, Switzerland
May 3-May 6, 2010 (Monday to Thursday)
Registration:
The workshop places are limited to 45. First priorities have members of the program.
1-day participants (no overnight stay) are welcome (notification for lunch reservation is needed one day in advance). Booking has to be processed on-line.
You will get an automatic confirmation mail from our server INDICO.
Organizer:
MaMaSELF (Universities of Rennes I, TUM (Munich), LMU (Munich) and Turin)
Local Organizer:
Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI
Contact: Pamela Knupp, Secretary of LNS
Supported by the European Union and Paul Scherrer Insitut (NUM, SLS)
Location: Rigi-Kulm (Arth Goldau)
The hotel Rigi-Kulm is 70km south of Zurich on an altitude of 1797 Meter high above the lake of Lucerne and reachable by cogwheel trains from Arth-Goldau.
Walking shoes are recommended when leaving the hotel area.

By plane:
Next airports are Zurich (ZRH) and Basel (BSL/MLH). Zurich has a railroad station (SBB) beyond terminal B, Basel Europort is connected by bus to Basel SBB.

By train:
Excellent train connections are servicing Arth-Goldau SBB/RB approximately every 30 to 60 minutes with direct connections to Zurich (1h), Basel (2h) - Lucerne (1/2h), St. Gallen (2h) (interconnections to Munich) and Milano (3-4h). Train time table (IC/IR,Voralpenexpress).
Transfer time in Arth-Goldau: 4 minutes (SBB and RB stations are side-by-side)

By car:
Highway A4, exit 38 (Goldau). Valet parking at the train station Goldau A4, CHF 5/day (2nd train stop 100 meter uptown from the highway exit 38 (direction south/Italy).

Cogwheel-train tickets from Art-Goldau to Rigi-Kulm (one round trip) are included for particpants . Pick-up your personal free ticket at the ticket counter of the cogwheel station.
The last regular train leaves Arth-Goldau RB at 17.10h, Goldau A4 at 17.12h exactly.

Dates:
Arrival: Monday, May 3: dinner: 19h for early arrivals, restaurant closed after 21h (help yourself)
Departure: May 6 (after breakfast)
Participants and speakers are requested to stay for the full length of the workshop.
VISA information (please contact PSI if you need an invitation letter). Switzerland is a member of Schengen. Schengen-VISA are accepted, if no restriction is stated on it.
Hotel Rigi Kulm (for privat extensions, please contact directly the hotel)
Infrastructure at the hotel/seminar:
free WLAN, beamer, PC for presentations (Windows XP with MS-powerpoint)
Currency: Swiss Francs (CHF), last cash machines at Arth-Goldau.
Map of Switzerland , Where to find Rigi-Kulm, Goldau/Arth-Rigi-Kulm-Vitznau-Area
Last revision : Oct 26, 2009 by J. Schefer
Emergency Phone Numbers: Hotel : +41 41 880 18 88, J. Schefer: +41 77 403 33 32