2014 Barcelona Meeting Logistics

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Dates

October 13-15, 2014 We are planning to meet for 3 full days.

Agenda

Meeting Info

Venue

CRG, Barcelona

PRBB (Charles Darwin Room) Calle Dr. Aiguader, 88 08003, Barcelona Spain

Website: http://pasteur.crg.es/portal/page/portal/Internet/


Registration

Please use this form to register : Registration Form

Registered participants as of Sept 3=

Balakrishnan Rama Stanford University Berardini Tanya TAIR Blake Judith Jackson Laboratory Carbon Seth BBOP (LBL) Cherry Mike Stanford University D'Eustachio Peter NYU School of Medicine Feuermann Marc SIB- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Fey Petra Northwestern University Gaudet Pascale SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Hill David The Jackson Laboratory Huala Eva Phoenix Bioinformatics Huntley Rachael EMBL-EBI Li Donghui TAIR Lomax Jane EMBL-EBI Lovering Ruth University College London Mi Huaiyu USC Muller Hans-Michael Caltech Mungall Chris LBNL Munoz-Torres Monica Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory O'Donovan Claire EMBL-EBI Osumi-Sutherland David Jon EBI Petri Victoria Medical College of Wisconsin/HMGC/RGD Roncaglia Paola EMBL-EBI Shimoyama Mary Rat Genome Database Sternberg Paul California Institute of Technology Tweedie Susan University of Cambridge Van Auken Kimberly Caltech Zahn Monique SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Traveling to Barcelona and the CRG

Getting to Barcelona http://wikitravel.org/en/Barcelona#Get_in

Metro Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica station

Lodging

Recommended option

We have reserved a block of rooms at the [H4-Barcelona Hotel | http://www.hotel4barcelona.com/es/ ] under "GO Meeting Group" Please fill the hotel reservation form and email it grupos.hotel4barcelona@besthotels.es or fax it at +34 933 293 724 [1]

  • Rate per Night:
    • Single : 95.00 Euro / night (10% taxes included), Breakfast buffet included
    • Double / Twin : 105.00 Euro / night (10% taxes included), Breakfast buffet included

Please note: this rate is guaranteed until July 16th only. After this day the rate could be increased & availability is not guaranteed.

Other hotel options

  • *OPTION 2. Hotel H10 Marina Barcelona*

http://www.hotelh10marinabarcelona.com/

    • SINGLE 115 €
    • DOUBLE 135 €
    • Buffet breakfast with more than 150 products included in the price.
    • Local tourist tax not included = 1,21€ per person/night
    • 10% VAT included
  • *OPTION 3. W-Barcelona*

http://www.w-barcelona.es/

    •  SINGLE 295 €
    •  DOUBLE 320 €
    • Breakfast included
    • Local tourist tax not included = 2,48€ per person/night
    • Local VAT not included (approx. 10%)
  • *OPTION 4. Residencia Campus del Mar (*residence for students*)*

http://www.resa.es/Residencias/Campus-del-Mar/ubicacion

    •  SINGLE 68 €
    •  DOUBLE 98 €
    • Breakfast included
    • All the rooms have private bathroom and kitchen
    • 10% VAT included
  • *OPTION 5. Hotel H10 Port Vell****s

 www.hotelh10portvell.com  SINGLE 125 €  DOUBLE 145 €

    • Breakfast included.
    • Local tourist tax not included = 1,21€ per person/night
    • VAT included


Conference Dinner

Arenal Restaurant http://www.arenalrestaurant.com/ (5 minutes walk from venue) Menu prices per person:

  • 40,70€ (VAT included) with alcoholic drinks.
  • 38,50€ (VAT included) without alcoholic drinks.




Remote Attendees

Local Information

Restaurants

  • RESTAURANT BESTIAL 0,3 Km from venue

http://www.eltenedor.es/restaurante/bestial/1506

  • RESTAURANT PEZ VELA 3 Km from venue

http://www.eltenedor.es/restaurante/pez-vela/11409

  • BAR CASA TOMAS (best "dobles mixtas" = French fries with a 'ali oli' sauce and red spicy sauce)

Major de Sarria 49

  • LA PARADETA (restaurant serving fish and sea food)

C/Riego 27 (Sants neighborhood)

  • PLA DE LA GARSA (restaurant serving local cheese and cured meat)

Assaonadors 13

  • LA VINATERIA DEL CALL

Sant Domünec del Call 9 (In Gothic neighborhood)

  • MADRID-BARCELONA (typical dishes; near Plaza Catalunya)

Arago 282

  • BOADAS (mythic cocktail near Plaza Catalunya)

c/Tallers 1

  • CAELUM (desserts moade in Spanish monasteries for coffee/tea time)

c/De la Palla 8


Weather

Average high in October: 23 C / 72 F Average low: 15 C / 60 F

Things to do