eunite 2003 -
General Information

Language

All papers at the symposium will be presented in English. Simultaneous translation will not be available.

Conference Secretariat

Detailed information on travel, accommodation and registration is available below and at the Service Center .

Venue:

Hotel Restaurant Lasaretti
Kasarmintie 13, 90100 Oulu, FINLAND
Tel. +358 8 884 8300, Fax +358 8 884 8301
lasaretti@merikoski.fi
http://www.merikoski.fi/lasaretti_eng/

Dates and deadlines

• 15 April 2003
  Confirmation of acceptance
  
  
• 31 May 2003
  Deadline for early registration
  
  
• 15 May 2003
  Deadline for submission of revised papers and abstracts
  
  
• 10 - 12 July 2003
  Symposium
  

Registration:

The registration includes:

• access to the sessions
  
• one copy of the proceedings on CD-ROM
  
• one copy of the booklet containing the abstracts
  
• coffee during breaks
  
• lunch during the conference
  

Registration Fees:

* This is valid for all Key Nodes of the Network, who have submitted the necessary information by 31 Januar 2003.
**Speakers who have an accepted contribution can participate in the symposium at the condition of EUNITE-Members.

Accommodation:

We offer you to book your accommodation in Hotel Lasaretti, where the symposium will take place.

All rooms in Hotel Lasaretti have air-conditioning, shower, toilet, hair-dryer, towels, television, telephone and minibar - some even telecommunications connections. There is also a laundry room, with ironing facilities, available to guests free of charge. Hotel guests can use the sauna every day, and there is also a swimming pool in the sauna section. Our other sauna with a cabinet is also available if booked in advance. The island of Lasaretinsaari is part of an idyllic park situated at the mouth of the River Oulujoki, an area that also houses the Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia, City Art Gallery and Hupisaaret Open-Air Theatre. Science Centre Tietomaa also lies nearby.

• Single room: 75 €.- per room and night incl. breakfast
• Double room: 95 € .- per room and night incl. breakfast
  

Important information: As the number of rooms in the hotel is limited, we cannot guarantee your accommodation and recommend early registration. All the registrations will be treated in the order of their receipt. If you like to book a double room, please let us know with whom you would like to share it (accompanying person or one of the participants).

Other Hotels

For information on additional hotels please have a look at
http://www.ouka.fi/matkailu/english/hotellit-frame.html.

Information about the conference site

The city of Oulu was founded by the order of Kaarle IX at the mouth of the Oulu River in 1605. Oulu, which is located on the shore of the Gulf of Bothnia, has been the province's capital since 1776. Oulu has the sixth largest population amongst Finnish towns. In January 2002 the city had 123 274 inhabitants. The area of Oulu is 411,1 square kilometres.

Oulu is considered northern Europe's most significant centre of competence. A significant amount of high technology ability has been concentrated in the area. The city, which is the largest employer in the region, employs over 8,000 people. The inhabitants are provided with high level health and children's day care services. Oulu has also almost 100 different teaching establishments. The most significant of these is Oulu University (http://www.oulu.fi/english/) which was founded in 1958.

The history of the internationalization of the city of Oulu began as early as 1605 with the founding of the city. After the trading embargo in the Gulf of Bothnia was removed, trade became free and the sailing fleet of Oulu grew in the 1860's to be largest in Finland. Back then the most important exports from Oulu were furs, salmon and later also tar, which was used throughout the world to protect wooden ships. Today the basic idea behind the city's international activities is to develop Oulu into the leading centre of competence for the entire north of Europe. The "tar" of the city of Oulu today, is internationally competitive high level know-how and ability.

Oulu has Finland's second largest university and many public and private research institutes. The region is well known for its rapidly growing high technology industry which sells its products throughout the world. The city is thus also an international growth centre.

Oulu is located on the Northern part of the Baltic Sea with good communication links to the largest European centres and its airport is the second busiest in Finland. This means that the city is a natural gateway to the Euroarctic Barents region. The strong and well developed infrastructure of Oulu offers flexible links both to Europe and to the Northern regions of North-West Russia.

Finland's decision to become a member of the European Union in 1994 was significant, both for Finland and for Oulu. To some extent membership has meant adaptation to supranational decision making and to common markets which offer Finnish industry growing production and export possibilities. Over the centuries the operating environment in Oulu has changed but the basic situation has changed only slightly. The city has always been, and remains, a gateway to the North between East and West.

For further information please have a look at www.oulutourism.fi.

How to get to the conference site and transportation in Oulu

Getting to Oulu is quite simple. With an airport on the edge of town and a train station in the city centre, Oulu is well connected to the rest of Finland and indeed the world. Once in Oulu, there are taxis and an extensive bus network.

Air Transportation

Flight connections to eunite 2003 as PDF-File

Oulunsalo Airport, Tel. 8807950.
For timetables and other information on airlines check out:

• Finnair www.finnair.com
• SAS www.scandinavian.net/
  

Rail Transportation

Finnish State Railways (Valtion rautatiet, VR), www.vr.fi/e-index.htm
Oulu Railway Station, Rautatienkatu 11

Local Buses

Koskilinjat Oy, (www.koskilinjat.fi/in_english/)
You can buy a single ticket on the bus. Tickets are also sold in various kiosks around the city.

Long Distance buses

Bus Station (Matkahuolto Oy), Raksila, Tel. 0200-4000.
www.matkahuolto.fi/english/
www.expressbus.com

Taxis

There are taxi ranks all around the city centre. You can find one, for example, at the railway station and bus station. You can also call a taxi to pick you up from your hotel. Tel. 10 041 or 0100-4181 when you call from a mobile phone.

Port of Oulu

Information about the ports of Oulu and general shipping can be found at the Port of Oulu web site http://www.ouluport.com