IZW-Berlin : Events - Symposium on Physiology and Behaviour

Events: 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife

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	Social Events / Venue / Public Transport The Banquet. N.N. Zoo Berlin visit. A guided visit of the oldest zoo in Germany, which harbours the world’s largest number of species, will take place on N.N.. Since the number of participants for this event is limited (50), participants are asked to register upon arrival at the registration desk. If you wish to arrange your own visit to the Zoo Berlin ("Zoologischer Garten") or the Tierpark Berlin, which represents Europe’s largest landscape zoo and is located next to the IZW you will find helpful information in the programme booklet, available in August 2009. (E. Rose, www.pixelio.de) Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG Hardenbergplatz 8 10787 Berlin, GERMANY *www.zoo-berlin.de/en* Tierpark Berlin - Friedrichsfelde GmbH Am Tierpark 125 10319 Berlin, GERMANY *www.tierpark-berlin/en* Venue BfR - Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Diedersdorfer Weg 1 D-12277 Berlin - Marienfelde GERMANY phone: +49 - (0)30 - 84 12 - 0 fax: +49 - (0)30 - 84 12 - 47 41 Internet: www.bfr.bund.de Registration desk / conference office. The staff at the conference office will be happy to help you with any questions and problems regarding the conference programme. Both the registration desk and conference office are located near the entrance to the Foyer. A notice and communications board for announcements, changes, or additions to the programme, will be located close to the entrance to the Foyer. Messages for other participants can be posted there as well. Coffee, tea, water, cookies and fruits are served during all coffee breaks in the Foyer and Gallery. (picture cookies: BrandMarke, picture coffee: Jules; www. pixelio.de) Lunch is available at the canteen of the conference venue, with prices ranging from 2 to 6 € per dish. Canteen at BfR - Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin-Marienfelde, GERMANY Computer facilities If you need access to e-mail or other computer services, please see the staff at the registration desk / conference office for help. Public Transport (BVG) Information Public transport in Berlin is operated by the company BVG. In this programme booklet, we provide general information about tariff areas, tickets and fares as well as the most important routes for conference participants. More detailed information and a very helpful journey planer and BVG network maps for download can be found at www.bvg.de/index.php/en. Berlin has three tariff zones: A, B and C. Tickets are available for combinded zones, tickets for zones AB are sufficient to travel within Berlin and thus for all routes mentioned below. Tickets allow you to use all buses, trams, S-Bahn and underground (U-Bahn) trains, including regional rail transport. Tickets are available from ticket counters and ticket machines on S-Bahn, underground and trams (unless otherwise stated, see 7-Day-Card) and can be bought from bus drivers. Validity requires the cancellation via stamping immediately on starting your travel for tickets purchased from machines (but not those bought from bus drivers). Stamping machines are provided at all stations, tickets purchased within trams are already cancelled at the point of sale. Fares overview for AB tickets: · Single ticket (Einzelfahrausweis): valid for two hours, one direction, 2.10 € · Day pass (Tageskarte): valid for one day, all directions, until 03:00 am on the following day, 6.10 € · Small group ticket (Kleingruppenkarte): up to 5 people can travel together according to the conditions of a day pass, 15.40 € · 7-Day-Card (7-Tage-Karte): valid on seven consecutive days, (not available on busses and trams, please purchase on underground or ticket counters), 25.40 € To plan your journeys, please use the journey planer on the BVG website. Here, you can indicate your departeure and destination stop (also specific addresses, i.e. street name and number) as well as the date and time of desired arrival or departure and receive a detailed travel plan. On the following pages, you will find a description of how to get to the conference venue (BfR) after your arrival at Berlin by plane or train. Furthermore, information of how to get to a traffic junction, i.e. connections to your accommodation, after the conference banquet and of how to get to the Zoo Berlin or Tierpark Berlin starting at the conference venue (BfR) by public transport are given. Please make sure that you have a valid "BVG" ticket when you start a journey, since ticket controllers are frequent and strict. Important travel routes via BVG: (1) Airport Berlin-Tegel to the BfR (conference venue) · From Airport Tegel take the bus X9 at the main entry of the airport in direction of "Zoologischer Garten" · Exit at the station "Zoologischer Garten". You will find the entry to the underground in front of the train station entry. Take the underground line 9 in direction of "Rathaus Steglitz". · Exit at the station "Rathaus Steglitz". Follow signs to the bus X83 and take this bus in the direction of "Lichtenrade", "Nahariyastraße" or "Marienfelde", "Marienfelder Allee / Nahmitzer Damm". · Exit at the station "Nahmitzer Damm / Marienfelder Allee". Cross the Nahmitzer Damm" and follow the path directly leading to the institute (see map on page 27). The whole journey will take approx. 75 minutes. (2) Airport Berlin-Tempelhof to the BfR (conference venue) *Option A* · From the main entry of the Airport Tempelhof, the next underground station requires a short 5 minutes walk across the local square "Platz der Luftbrücke" at the "Mehringdamm". Please take the underground line 6 to the final destination "Alt Mariendorf". · At "Alt Mariendorf" exit and follow the sings to bus M76 and take this bus in direction of "S Lichtenrade", or "Lichtenrade", "Nahariya-straße". · Exit at the station "Mariendorfer Damm / Buckower Chaussee". Take the bus X11 in direction of "U Dahlem-Dorf". · Exit at the station "Nahmitzer Damm / Marienfelder Allee". Cross the "Nahmitzer Damm" and follow the path directly leading to the institute (see map on page 27). The whole journey will take approx. 40 minutes. *Option B* · Take the bus 184 that departs in front of the Airport Tempelhof building in direction of "U Krumme Lanke". · Exit at "Lankwitz Kirche" and take the bus X83 in direction of "Lichtenrade", "Nahariyastraße" or "Marienfelde", "Marienfelder Allee / Nahmitzer Damm". · Exit at the station "Nahmitzer Damm / Marienfelder Allee". Cross the "Nahmitzer Damm" and follow the path directly leading to the institute (see map on page 27). The whole journey will take approx. 50 minutes. (3) Airport Berlin-Schönefeld to the BfR (conference venue) · Take the bus 171 that departs at the forecourt in front of the Airport Schönefeld building in direction of "U Hermannplatz" · Exit at the station "Neuköllner Straße / Zwickauer Damm". Take the bus X11 in direction of "U Dahlem-Dorf". · Exit at the station "Nahmitzer Damm / Marienfelder Allee". Cross the Nahmitzer Damm" and follow the path directly leading to the institute (see map on page 27). The whole journey will take approx. 60 minutes. (4) Main Station Berlin ("Hauptbahnhof") to the BfR (conference venue) · Here, you can take any S-Bahn line (via station "Friedrichstraße") to the next station "Friedrichstraße". · At the station "Friedrichstraße", take the S-Bahn line 2 in direction of "Blankenfelde". · Depart at the station "Buckower Chaussee" and exit the station in direction of "Buckower Chaussee". The bus stop is located left from the rails over the road. Take either bus X11 in direction of "U Dahlem-Dorf" or bus M11 in direction of "U Oskar-Helene-Heim" or "Unter den Eichen / Drakestraße". · Exit at the station "Nahmitzer Damm / Marienfelder Allee". Cross the Nahmitzer Damm" and follow the path directly leading to the institute (see map on page 27). The whole journey will take approx. 50 minutes. (5) Station "U Märkisches Museum" (near "Märkisches Ufer", transport after the Banquet) to traffic junction "S + U Alexanderplatz" · At the station "U Märkisches Museum" take the underground line 6 in the direction of "S + U Pankow". · After 5 minutes, exit at "S + U Alexanderplatz" and use the various S-Bahn, underground and tram lines to get to your final destination (hotel / hostel). (6) BfR (conference venue) to the Zoo Berlin · Walk to the station "Nahmitzer Damm / Marienfelder Allee" (see map on page 27) and take the bus X83 in direction of "U Dahlem-Dorf". · Exit at the station "Rathaus Steglitz". Follow the signs to the underground and take underground line 9 in direction of "U Osloer Straße". · Depart at the station "S + U Zoologischer Garten" and leave the train station at the main entry / exit. Cross the street and then turn left and you will arrive at the main entry of the Zoo Berlin. The whole journey will take approx. 60 minutes. (7) BfR (conference venue) to the Tierpark Berlin · Walk to the station "Nahmitzer Damm / Marienfelder Allee" (see map on page 27) and take the bus X11 in direction of "S Schöneweide Bhf / Sterndamm". · Exit at the final station "S Schöneweide Bhf / Sterndamm". Follow the signs guiding to the trams (M) and take the tram M17 in direction of "Gehrenseestraße". · Depart at the station "Tierpark Berlin". You will find the main entry of the Tierpark Berlin across the street. The whole journey will take approx. 75 minutes.