The Workshop will be held at the International Space Science Institute, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland,
ISSI will cover the subsistence costs (hotel accommodation and a daily allowance) for all participants from Sunday 11 January until Saturday 17 January. Travel costs are not refunded. There is no registration fee.
Accomodation
A block booking has been made in city centre hotels for the Workshop. Please confirm the dates of your stay by 5 December at the latest by contacting Cosima-Lea Baier or Xeila Monteagudo (secretary@issibern.ch, or Tel. +41 31 684 4896). All hotel reservations have to be made by the ISSI Secretariat.
PLEASE NOTE: 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.
Invitation letters for, e.g., visas can be requested by the ISSI Secretariat and will be sent within a few days. For visa entry requirements, see : https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/switzerland/visa/
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.