Registration
  Computing access
  Practical info
Guided tours
  Social dinner
  Workshop organization

The Geant4 Workshop 2001 will be held at INFN Sezione di Genova, hosted by the Physics Department of the University of Genova, on 2-6 July 2001.

The expected number of participants is 60 approximately. Participation is by invitation; priority in the invitation will be given to Geant4 Collaborators and members of associated Comparison Projects.

The Workshop is sponsored by INFN

Registration

The participation fee is 300.000 Lire and shall be payed cash in person at the time of registration on site.
The fee includes coffee/tea breaks and light lunches (Monday-Friday), the workshop dinner and a mid-week guided tour of Genova Historic Centre (the tickets for the Portello lift and the boat cruise must be purchased separately, see Guided tours).
The tickets for the workshop dinner for companions can be purchased at the time of the registration on 2 July.
The registration desk is located next to Aula Pancini (5th floor); the main entrance of the building is on the 6th floor.

Sessions

The Workshop is organized in 2 plenary sessions in the morning (9-10.30, 11-12.30) and 2 sets of 5 parallel sessions in the afternoon (14-16, 16.30-18.30) on Monday-Thursday, while Friday is devoted entirely to plenary sessions.
Two VGA projectors will be available throughout the conference; parallel session rooms Pancini and 605 are equipped for presentations directly from laptops, while in the other parallel sessions transparency projectors will be available only.

Computing access

Access to the network will be provided n the auditorium (Room Pancini) and in all the parallel session rooms. Only a limited number of workstations will be available in Room 600; please bring your own laptop.
Laptops must be configured to get an IP address via DHCP and with outgoing mail server infnge/ge/infn.it.

Transparencies

The transparencies of the presentations will be available online. Submission of transparencies in electronic format is warmly encouraged.

Practical information

Instructions how to get to the workshop place are available at https://www.ge.infn.it/howtoreach/index.html

Bus tickets

Bus passes and tickets can be bought at most newspaper kiosks and tobacco shops, as well as at the AMT desk near Brignole Station. They are valid all over the city bus, train, funicular and lift network.
The weekly bus pass costs 15000 lire for unlimited circulation Monday-Sunday; before usage, one must write name and date on it.
Single tickets cost 1500 lire and are valid 90 minutes.
Ask for "abbonamento settimanale AMT" (weekly pass) or "biglietto dell'autobus" (single ticket).
Don't forget to stamp either the ticket or the pass on the bus at the time of your first trip.

Useful links

Currency converter
Meteo centre of the Liguria Region
Weather Channel
Interactive maps of Italy (also including Genova streets)
Plug (1), Plug (2), Plug (3)
Hotel addresses
Airport bus (terminals: Airport and Brignole Station, near Verdi, Astoria and Sauli hotels) 

Tours of Genova Historic Centre

The tours are organized by the cultural association Genova Insieme, with an English-speaking guide specialised in History of Art at the University of Genova.
They are open to workshop participants and accompanying persons. Please register for the tours at the workshop registration desk.

Tour 1: Genova from the sky and from the sea

Meeting point: Piazza Portello, Thursday 5 July, 6.30pm.
Duration of the tour: ~2 hours.
Cost: bus ticket for the Portello-Castelletto lift (1500 lire, unless you purchased the weekly bus pass) + 10000 lire/person for the boat cruise.
How to reach Piazza Portello: from Brignole Station, take bus 18 or 19, direction city centre; get out immediately after passing through a tunnel.

Tour 2: Genova from the Middle Ages to the Baroque

An extended itinerary through Genova Historic Centre, visiting some of the most significant monuments across the centuries, including Porta Soprana, Chiesa del Gesù, Palazzo Ducale, Santa Maria di Castello, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Via Garibaldi.

Meeting point: Piazza Dante, near Colombo's house,  Saturday 7 July, 9am.
Duration of the tour: ~3 hours.
Cost: 175.000 Lire total; individual fee depending on the number of participants.
How to reach Piazza Dante: walking distance from Sauli, Astoria and Verdi hotels; otherwise take any bus from Brignole Station, direction city centre and get out in Via XX Settembre.

Social dinner

The social dinner will be held at Rina, a typical Genoese restaurant located in Via Mura delle Grazie 3R, at the edge of the Historic Centre, close to the Port. The location of the restaurant is indicated on the map. Here is a sample of Rina's cuisine.
The cost of the dinner for accompanying persons is 80000 lire each; it must be paid cash at the registration desk on 2 July. 

Scientific committee

J. Allison, J. Apostolakis, K. Amako, P. Arce, M. Asai, K. Amako, G. Barrand, G. Cosmo, G. Folger, I. Gudowska,
P. Gumplinger, J. Knobloch, H. Kurasige, B. Lockman, J. Knobloch, M. Maire, Y. Morita, P. Nieminen, M. G. Pia, F. Ranjard,
S. Sadilov, T. Sasaki, M. Schroeder, N. Starkov, S. Tanaka, P. Truscott, M. Verderi, J. P. Wellisch, D. Wright, H. Yoshida

Programme Committee

M.G. Pia
M. Schroeder
H. Yoshida

Local Organizing Committee

S. Bianconi      (INFN Computing Service)
A. Brunengo   (INFN)
F. Foppiano     (IST)
P. Lantero        (INFN Computing Service)
L. Opisso         (INFN Scientific Secretary)
M.G. Pia           (INFN)
Last modified 28 June 2001
Maria Grazia Pia