Conference Venue:

ISLPED 2006 will be held October 4 – 6, 2006 in Rottach-Egern at Lake Tegernsee in Bavaria, Germany. Rottach-Egern is about one hour from Munich. It is located in beautiful mountain and lake territory, and as such is a favorite vacation spot in Germany. Also, the Munich “Oktoberfest” runs until October 3, just prior to the start of ISLPED.

The conference takes place in the “Kur- und Kongresszentrum Rottach-Egern”, which is located conveniently in the center of Rottach-Egern, just a few meters from the lake.

Address:

Kur- und Kongresszentrum Rottach-Egern

Nördliche Hauptstrasse 9

83700 Rottach-Egern

Germany

The route planning tool gives you a map of Rottach-Egern, centered on the location of the „Kur- und Kongresszentrum. A panoramic map of Rottach-Egern is also available (click on “weiter”). The conference center is located at the lower left corner of D5 on this map.

Travel:

§ By air:
Munich airport (MUC) is one of the largest in Europe. Non-stop flights are available from many cities worldwide. MUC is served by Star Alliance airlines and many other airlines.

If you include a Saturday night into your stay in Germany, you will usually be able to obtain much lower airfares than otherwise.

>From Munich airport, the S-Bahn train takes you directly to Munich main train station in 40 mins. Trains run every 10 mins. You can take either S1 or S8 directly from the airport. Fare is € 8.80 one-way. For more detailed information on public transportation in Munich, please consult: www.mvv-muenchen.de. To go by train from Munich main station to Tegernsee and Rottach-Egern, please see below.

ASTL-Reisen is offering a convenient shuttle service from Munich airport directly to your hotel in Rottach-Egern. Cost is €89 for one person, €45 per person if two or more persons travel together, with further discounts for more travellers taking the same shuttle (e.g. €30 per person for 6 travellers). For reservations, please E-Mail e.astl@astl.de, or call +49 8033 91005. ASTL-Reisen will try to group individual reservations together.

Alternatively, taxi service from Munich airport to Rottach-Egern is offered for approx. €100.00. Rental cars are also available at Munich airport.

Instead of flying directly into Munich, you can also fly to Frankfurt and connect to Munich by train (about 3.5 hours).

§ By train:
Long-distance trains arrive several times each day in Munich from all over Germany and Europe.
Hourly trains depart from Munich main train station easily and directly to Gmund or Tegernsee where you can quickly connect by bus or taxi to Rottach-Egern. Total travel time to Rottach-Egern from Munich main train station is appr. 90 mins. Cost is approximately Euro 12.50 including bus, or a bit more if you take a taxi in Tegernsee.

§ By car:
>From Munich, take the Autobahn A8 towards Salzburg. Take exit “Holzkirchen” in the direction towards “Bad Tölz, Holzkirchen, Tegernsee, Bad Wiessee”. You are now on B318. Follow the street for appr. 16.5km, until you reach “Gmund”. Gmund is at the northern edge of lake Tegernsee. Continue to follow the street through Gmund, and then through Tegernsee, until you enter Rottach-Egern. The route planning tool will help you.

Social Events:

On Wednesday evening a reception will be held at Hotel Bachmair (our main conference hotel).

On Thursday a trip with the Wallberg-Bahn up to the Wallberg Restaurant is planned. Wallberg is a mountain close to Rottach-Egern. We will have a transfer with small busses or taxi from Hotel Bachmair to the Wallberg cable car. With the cable car we will float up to the peak of the mountain, where the Wallberg Restaurant with a beautiful panorama view is located. For the more adventurous participants, a hike up the mountain should also be possible.

Extra Tickets for the social events are available at the following rates:

- Wednesday reception: $ 35

- Thursday social event: $ 60

Co-Located Events:

In addition, for your travel planning you might want to consider the following:

§ The well known "Oktoberfest" takes place in Munich from September 16 until October 3, just prior to ISLPED. Munich is about 1 hour away from Rottach-Egern. You can find more details at: www.oktoberfest.de. Hotel rooms in Munich might be difficult to get on short notice during the Oktoberfest.

§ On the more technical side, the CLEAN Workshop on leakage takes place prior to ISLPED in the same conference center in Rottach-Egern on October 2. Please find details at: http://www.edacentrum.de/veranstaltungen/2006/low-power-workshop/

So, a perfect trip might consist of the CLEAN workshop on October 2, Oktoberfest on October 3 (which is a public holiday in Germany), and then ISLPED from October 4-6.