GENERAL INFORMATION

Venue

Conference Centre of AGH Conference Centre of AGH

The 22nd International Colloquium on Magnetic Films and Surfaces will take place in the Conference Centre of AGH, located at Reymonta Street 7.

To visit the AGH Conference Centre website, click here: http://www.cd.agh.edu.pl/. Virtual tour: click here.

The AGH Conference Centre is located in the U-2 building of the AGH University Campus (see map below).

Registration:

The registration desk (located in the Entrance Hall inside the building U-2) will be opened:

  • Sunday, 12 July 2015, from 17:00 until the end of the welcome party,
  • Monday, 13 July 2015, from 8:00 until 18:30,
  • Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday, 14-15-16 July 2015, from 9:00 until 18:00,
  • Friday, 17 July 2015, from 9:00 until 13:00.

It is a possibility to pay on-site registration fee in EUR and in PLN. The payment is accepted in cash or by credit card.

Map

How to get there:

By air:
A number of direct flight connections exists between Krakow/Cracow and many cities in Europe (e.g. Munich, Frankfurt, Prague, Vienna, Brussels, Helsinki, Athens and others) and North America (Chicago, Newark). Look for the current flight schedule from/to Krakow/Cracow Airport here: http://www.krakowairport.pl/. From the Balice Airport (located 8 km from the city centre) you can reach city centre by shuttle buses number 208 or 292. It takes about 40 minutes and costs approx. 4 PLN. Tickets are available at the Tourist Information counter in the Arrival Hall or directly from the bus driver. An alternative is to take a taxi directly from the Airport to city centre. It takes about 15-20 minutes and costs approximately 50 PLN. Yet another option is to take a shuttle train to the Main Railway Station (20 minutes ride, every 30 minutes). Tickets (12 PLN) are available at the Tourist Information counter in the Arrival Hall or from the train ticket-inspector. Train platform can be reached with the airport shuttle bus (leaving terminals every 15 minutes) or within 3 minutes walk.

By train:
Direct train connections exist between Krakow/Cracow and a number of cities in Europe (e.g. Berlin, Hamburg, Kiev, Prague, Budapest, Wien). There is also frequent connection between Krakow/Cracow and Warszawa (the capital of Poland). For the current train timetable, please click: http://rozklad-pkp.pl/. If you come to Cracow by train, you should disembark the train at the "Krakow Glowny" railway station located in the city centre, then continue with tram, bus, or taxi to your hotel.

By car:
From West: Drive along A4 motorway until you leave the toll barriers before Krakow/Cracow. Take the direction “KRAKOW-POLNOC” and drive straight ahead (direction “CENTRUM”) . From South: After crossing the border between Slovakia and Poland follow the direction “KRAKOW”. When you reach Krakow/Cracow, drive straight ahead until you reach a roundabout (with a BP fuel station on the right hand side before it). Turn left into “KONOPNICKIEJ” Street. Then drive straight ahead, then through a short tunnel and the bridge over Vistula river (you can see the Wawel castle on the right hand side). For those arriving to Kraków by car please bear in mind that the city centre is a restricted car parking zone. Please consult the car parking options with your hotel.

Do you need visa to enter Poland?

Please check, if you need visa. If so, please visit appropriate for your country Polish Consulate website for details www.msz.gov.pl. Some participants may need the official invitation for the Conference, to visa application. We kindly inform you that, according to our regulations, such a letter may only be sent to the participant upon her/his request after the registration.

Conference Organizers:

AGH University of Science and Technology,
Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology (ACMiN)
in cooperation with:
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science (WFiIS) and
Faculty of Computer Science, Electronic and Telecommunications (WIET)
A. Mickiewicza Av. 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland and
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warszawa
Chair: Marek Przybylski

Partners:

  • International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
  • Municipal Office of Krakow
  • Małopolska Region
  • National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS in Krakow
  • European Physical Society
  • Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education Republic of Poland


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