[IGSMAIL-6239] 17th International Workshop on Laser Ranging

[Carey Noll]

Author: Mike Pearlman/ILRS CB

The next International Workshop on Laser Ranging was previously
scheduled to be held in Concepcion Chile in January 2010. 
Unfortunately, due to the earthquake there in February, it was 
no longer possible to hold the workshop in Chile. BKG has offered 
to host the 17th workshop in Bad Kötzting, Germany, near the 
Wettzell Geodetic Observatory, from May 16-20, 2010. Johannes Ihde 
has provided the following information concerning accommodations 
and travel to the venue; blocks of rooms have been reserved at 
these hotels starting May 15:
 
Hotels in Bad Kötzting:
  - Hotel Zur Post: 20 rooms (http://www.posthotel-bad-koetzting.de/ )
  - Hotel Amberger Hof: 25 rooms (http://www.amberger-hof.de/ )
  - Pension Steidl: 10 rooms (http://www.pension-steidl.de/ )
  - Pension Raab: 10 rooms (http://www.gaestehaus-am-ludwigsberg.de )
Hotel in Arrach (20 min. from Bad Kötzting, by car):
  - Hotel Herzog Heinrich: 70 rooms (http://hotel-herzog-heinrich.de )
Hotel in Grafenwiesen (between Arrach and Bad Kötzting):
  - Hotel Birkenhof: 25 rooms (http://www.hotel-birkenhof.de/ )

The local organizers will arrange for the transfer between hotels outside 
of Bad Kötzting and the meeting venue.

Participants will need to arrange transportation from the nearest airports 
to Bad Kötzting. How to reach Bad Kötzting by train:
  o From Munich airport:
    - Journey time: 3.5-4 hours
    - Daily connections via Schwandorf and Cham (Oberpf.)
    - Last departure about 19:30 p.m.
    - Alternatively by rental car: distance 160km, journey time 2 hours
  o From Frankfurt airport:
    - Journey time: 6-7 hours 
    - Daily connections via Nürnberg, Schwandorf and Cham (Oberpf.)
    - Last departure about 16:30 p.m. (Sundays about 18:00 p.m.)
  o From Nürnberg airport:
    - Journey time: 3 hours
    - Daily connections via Schwandorf and Cham (Oberpf.)
    - Last departure about 19:00 p.m. (Sundays about 20:30 p.m.)
    - Alternatively by rental car: distance 155km, journey time 2 hours

More information on the workshop program, etc. will be sent in the coming 
weeks.

Regards,

Mike Pearlman 
Dr. Michael R. Pearlman
Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden St.
Cambridge MA 02138
tel. (617) 495-7481
fax. (617) 496-0121
e-mail. mpearlman at cfa.harvard.edu