The Forum will be held at the International Space Science Institute, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, For a local map see here. ISSI will provide the subsistence costs (hotel and a per diem) to all participants, from Tuesday 28 January up to Saturday 1 February. However, we are not in a position to cover your travel costs. There is no registration fee.
Accomodation (deadline: 28 December)
A block booking has been made in city centre hotels for the Workshop. Please confirm the dates of your stay not later than 28 December 2024 by contacting us (secretary@issibern.ch, or Tel. +41 31 684 4896). All hotel reservations have to be made by the ISSI Secretariat.
Recently, participants have been contacted by a company that offered them to book their hotel. ISSI does NOT work with any external company to coordinate hotel bookings, so please refuse such offers. In case of doubt please get in touch directly with us at secretary@issibern.ch.
Travel
Bern is ideally connected to many European cities by fast intercity trains (e.g. TGV Paris-Bern in 4.5 hours, or Frankfurt-Bern 5 hours). Timetable information of trains within and around Switzerland can be found at www.rail.ch. Bern can be reached easily from three international airports: Zurich (ZRH), Basel-Mulhouse (BSL) and Geneva (GVA). Zurich is the largest one. Direct intercity trains to Bern depart every half hour from inside the airport buildings; see www.rail.ch. The travel time is approximately 1.5 hours from Zurich airport and 2 hours from Geneva airport. Updated information on COVID-19 and travel restrictions is available here.
Computer Matters
For questions and help in computer matters + access to the cloud please contact Willi Wäfler at Waefler@issibern.ch . In Switzerland the standard voltage is 230 V and the frequency is 50 Hz; the power plug sockets are of type J. However, there are adaptors available at ISSI.