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8 - 12 July 2007

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The Venue

  • The Conference will be held in Wageningen and in a multifunctional Cinema and conference venue in Ede at 6 kilometres between Wageningen and the railway station.
  • The Conference will last from Monday 9 July to Thursday 12 July 2007.
  • The welcome reception is on Sunday 8 July offered by the municipality of Wageningen.
  • The evening programme is planned for several locations within Wageningen.
  • The venue of the conference will be the CINEMEC, a multifunctional Cinema Centre in Ede, near Wageningen.

Why Wageningen?

  • An efficient place to hold the conference with professional organisers and support from Alterra.
  • Wageningen is a convenient centre to meet.
  • The largest centre for environmental research in Europe.
  • Within about one hour by train from Schiphol Airport with intercontinental flights to all the world and cheap European connections.

Addresses Venues IALE 2007

  • WICC:
    Lawickse Allee 9
    6701 AN Wageningen
    Tel: +31(0)317-490133
  • CineMec
    Laan der Verenigde Naties 150
    6716 JE Ede
    Tel:+31(0)318-648814
  • Forum Wageningen-UR
    Bornsesteeg 47
    6708 PD Wageningen
    Tel: +31(0)317-485205
  • Alterra Wageningen-UR
    Droevendaalsesteeg 3
    6708 PB Wageningen
    Tel: +31(0)317-474700
     

 

What can Wageningen offer?

  • Ready access by foot and bicycle to traditional Dutch cultural landscapes; bike hire will be arranged.
  • Small friendly University town with twice weekly open market.
  • thirty bars and café's, many with outsideseating so that delegates can enjoy the European "café culture". Fifteen restaurants e.g. Balkan, Spanish, Greek, Japanese and Chinese.
  • A guide to Wageningen facilities will be provided.
  • Under an hour to museums: (Kröller-Muller (van Gogh), Modern Art (Arnhem), Roman Archaeology. (Nijmegen) and the Arnhem landings (A bridge too far) (Arnhem).
  • Boat trips on the river Rhine from Arnhem and Nijmegen.
  • One hour to Amsterdam with world famous cultural heritage.
  • Just over an hour to Rotterdam, the second largest harbour in the world.
  • Two hours to the beaches of the north sea coast.
  • Three hours to Maastricht, Gent, Antwerp and Brussels.
  • Four hours to the forests of the Ardennes, vineyards of the Mosel valley and Champagne region in France.
  • Train connections to the whole of Europe, high speed trains from Arnhem to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, from Rotterdam to Brussels and France.
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Sound of science, Big Band Wageningen UR

 
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Organic cheese stand, Market Wageningen

 
 
 
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Organ in Wageningen
 

The conference venue (CINEMEC) was chosen because

  • It provides superb audio/video facilities with service support in custom built sound proof theatres.
  • Suitable hall available for the plenaries and through video links in all theatres rooms.
  • Eight separate theatres for simultaneous presentations in symposia and workshops.
  • Access to the posters throughout the conference.
  • Access to e-mail and internet available.
  • There is a suitable hall for the final presentations and round table discussion.
  • On site catering facilities throughout the congress.
  • A wide range of accommodation types available and prebookings have been made.
  • Shuttle busses will run during the conference between hotels, railway station and conference venue.

 

  
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Cinemec at night (front)

The venue of the conference will be the CINEMEC, a multifunctional Cinema Centre in Ede, near Wageningen.

 

  

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