Howie in his office

DYNAMICS AND GEOMETRY OF TEICHMÜLLER SPACE

honoring the 60th birthday of Howard Masur

Practical information

If you arrive to Marseille by train or airplane, you can reach the campus of Luminy either by taxi or by metro+bus. It takes more or less one hour to get to Luminy from the train station by public transportation. To get to Luminy from the airport by a public transportation you have to first go to the train station, which takes additional 35 minutes. The directions can be found on the following web-pages:

http://www.cirm.univ-mrs.fr/web.ang/presentation/acces.php

http://www.lirmm.fr/~monteil/hebergement/cirm/

(the latter one is not completely up-to-date: it was prepared for a 2007 conference but may still be helpful).

The school and the conference will take place in the campus of Luminy, in amphi 8, batiment B (attention: there are two "batiment B", the conference hall is circled in green on the attached map).

There would be a small school preceding the conference; the current paragraph concerns only participants of the school, and only those of them, who are lodging in dormitories (which is the same as university residence). This is a "by default" lodging for school participants. You are supposed to have an explicit confirmation from the organizers that a room is booked for you (this confirmation was sent in our letter from April 23). The residence itself is located in "batiment A", circled in purple on the attached map. You can get your key on Wednesday, June 17, from 10am till 10pm at CIRM; one of the organizers (Erwan Lanneau, Pascal Hubert or Anton Zorich will be there). After 10pm you can get the keys of your room in "batiment B" (the one which is circled in purple on the attached map); there will be somebody there during all night. Those who pay for the lodging, have to visit the hexagonal building "Bureaux du CROUS" (see the map). The offices of "Bureaux du CROUS" are open from 9am-12:30 from Monday to Friday and 1:30pm-3:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. For Sunday dinner only, there will be a buffet in CIRM (7pm until 10pm). Note that there will be no meal service neither for Saturday evening nor for Sunday lunch on campus. There are no restaurants or bars, or shops to buy something to eat on the campus, neither on Saturday evening or on Sunday noon (the nearest shop is "Geant Casino" about 30mn by walk or 10mn by bus).

Participants of the conference having lodging confirmations from the organizing committee will stay either in CIRM (number 19 on the map) or in the dormitories ("batiment A" circled in purple on the map); you was informed whether your are lodged in CIRM or in the dormitory in our previous letter.

The current paragraph concerns those participants, who are lodged in CIRM (and who have a corresponding confirmation from the organizing committee). If you arrive on Sunday, June 21, please note, that you can obtain keys of your room at the reception of the CIRM on Sunday starting from 5pm. If you are arriving earlier on Sunday, you will have access to the building but not to your room (till 5pm). From 5pm till 11pm on Sunday a member of the organizing committee or a member of the CIRM staff will be present at the reception of CIRM. For late arrivals: an envelope with your name written on it and with a key from your room would be left for you near the reception desk after the closure of the reception at CIRM. For Sunday dinner, there will be a buffet (7pm until 10pm) at CIRM. Note that the last meal service at CIRM is a breakfast of Saturday, June 27; in particular, there is no lunch or dinner on Saturday, June 27!

The current paragraph concerns those participants of the conference, who are lodged in dormitories (and who have a corresponding confirmation from the organizing committee). You will stay in "batiment A" (the one, which is circled in purple on the map). If you arrive to Luminy on Sunday between 5pm and 10pm, you can get your key at CIRM; one of the organizers (Alex Eskin, Erwan Lanneau, Pascal Hubert or Anton Zorich will be there). After 10pm you can get the keys of your room in "batiment B" (see the map); there will be somebody during all night. Those who pay for the lodging, have to visit the hexagonal building "Bureaux du CROUS", see the map. (The offices are open from 9am-12:30 from Monday to Friday and 1:30pm-3:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). For Sunday dinner only, there will be a buffet in CIRM (7pm until 10pm). Note that there will be no meal service for Saturday evening and Sunday lunch on campus. There are no restaurants or bars, or shops to buy something to eat on the campus, neither on Saturday evening or on Sunday noon (the nearest shop is "Geant Casino" about 30mn by walk or 10mn by bus).

The current paragraph concerns participants of the school only. The talks will take place in amphi 8, batiment B (attention: there are two "batiment B", the conference hall is circled in green on the attached map). The meals will be served at the CROUS ("Restaurant Universitaire" on the map) on Thursday and Friday breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant serves from 7:30am till 10:00am, then from 11:30am till 1:45pm, and than from 6:30pm till 8pm. It would be better to have meals in one group; we'll tell you more details upon arrival. On Saturday lunch we will organize a picnic on the campus. There would be no meal service on Saturday evening and on Sunday breakfast and lunch. On Sunday dinner there would be a buffet at CIRM.

For participants from French universities and from CNRS: n'oubliez pas vos ordres de missions sans frais pour l'h?bergement si votre s?jour est pris en charge par les organisateurs.

Participants of the school arriving before Wednesday, June 17, and participants of the conference arriving before Sunday, June 21, and having lodging confirmation from the organizers should contact us to discuss possible special arrangements.

All participants of the school and/or the conference lodging outside of CIRM were supposed to send us information on the date and time of their arrival to Luminy. Please do send it if you did not do it yet.

For EVERYBODY:

In case of problems (if you are lost, etc) please use the number of emergency and numbers of cell-phones of the organizers:

English-speaking emergency (free call from all public phones): 112

Pascal Hubert: +33 6 12 68 65 36
(06 12 68 65 36 when calling from France);

Erwan Lanneau: +33 6 76 54 10 08
(06 76 54 10 08 when calling from France);

Anton Zorich : +33 6 67 13 72 12
(06 67 13 72 12 when calling from France);

Looking forward to seeing you soon in Luminy! The organizers.