2007 Annual Meeting Universidad Politécnica de Valencia SPAIN

1. Pascual Muñoz Muñoz (pascual@ieee.org) Pablo Sanchis Kilders (pabsanki@dcom.upv.es) 2007 Annual MeetingUniversidad Politécnica de ValenciaSPAIN

2. Outline Valencia Location City Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Getting there Annual meeting venue Accommodation

3. Valencia location

4. Valencia city

5. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Getting there By plane: Valencia airport is located 8km from Valencia city. There are flights coming from the main Spanish and European cities. In addition, it connects via Madrid and Barcelona with worldwide destinies By car: The AP-7 Mediterranean motorway runs north to south providing easy connections to Catalonia and France, and there are good road connections to the rest of Spain: the A-3 motorway to Madrid, the A-23 Valencia-Zaragoza and the A-31 dual carriageway from Alicante to Madrid. By train. The trains coming from any point of the peninsula arrive at the Station "Estación del Norte", located in the city centre. In order to consult the destinies and timetables it can visit the following website: www.renfe.es By public transport: You can get to UPVLC by line 4 of the Valencia underground (www.metrovalencia.com). It is also easy to get to UPVLC using the urban buses of the Transport Municipal Enterprise of Valencia (EMT). You can visit the site: www.ayto-valencia.es/emt www.upv.es

6. Annual Meeting Venue Bus Stop Building 6G http://www.upv.es/organizacion/como-llegar-upv/campus-vera/index-en.html

7. Annual Meeting Venue By taxi By bus There are several taxi companies in Valencia. If you would like to call for a taxi, dial one of the following numbers: Radio-taxi 963 70 33 33 Tele Taxi 963 57 13 13 Valencia Taxi 963 74 02 02 Auto Taxi 963 70 36 00 Onda Taxi 963 47 52 52 http://www.ayto-valencia.es/emt/b1024.htm Go to “Planos” (Maps)

8. Annual Meeting Venue Main room 475 sits Glass room (coffe breaks) To confirm: menus with on campus restaurants Building 6G

9. Accommodation (i) There are a lot of hotels in Valencia. Here you have a list with the most interesting ones and the nearest ones to Universidad Politécnica: ABBA ACTEÓN **** Vicente Beltrán Grimal, 2 46023 Valencia http://www.abbahoteles.com acteon@abbahoteles.com Tel.34 963 310 707 AC HOTEL VALENCIA **** Avd. de Francia , 67 46023 Valencia http://www.ac-hotels.com acvalencia@ac-hotels.com Tel.34 963 317 000 ASTORIA PALACE **** Plaza Rodrigo Botet, 5 46002 Valencia http://www.hotel-astoria-palace.com info@hotel-astoria-palace.com Tel.34 963 981 000 BARCELÓ CÓNSUL DEL MAR **** Avda. del Puerto, 39 46021 Valencia http://www.barcelo.com consuldelmar@barcelo.com Tel.34 963 625 432 HOLIDAY INN VALENCIA **** Paseo de la Alameda, 38 46023 Valencia http://www.valencia.holiday-inn.com reuniones@holidayinnvalencia.com Tel.34 963 032 100 MELIÁ REY DON JAIME **** Avda. Baleares, 2 46023 Valencia http://www.solmelia.es departamento.comercial.rey.don.jaime@solmelia.com Tel.34 963 375 030 VALENCIA CENTER **** Avda. de Francia, 33 46023 Valencia http://www.hotelescenter.es valencia@hotelescenter.es Tel.34 963 350 700

10. Accommodation (ii) NH VILLACARLOS *** Avda. del Puerto, 60, 46023 Valencia http://www.nh-hotels.es nh@nh-hotels.com Tel.34 963 375 025 RENASA *** Avda. Cataluña, 5, 46010 Valencia http://www.hotel-renasa.com reservas@hotel-renasa.com Tel.34 963 692 450 EXPRESS BY HOLIDAY INN VALENCIA CIUDAD DE LAS CIENCIAS *** Escritor Rafael Ferreres 22 46013 Valencia http://www.valencia-ciencias.hiexpress.com recepcion@expresshivalencia.com Tel.34 963 162 530 EXPRESS BY HOLIDAY INN VALENCIA SAN LUIS *** Av. Ausias March, 99 46013 Valencia http://www.valencia-sanluis.hiexpress.com rodolfo.schierloh@ichotelsgroup.com Tel.34 963 063 000 NH CIUDAD DE VALENCIA *** Avda. del Puerto, 214, 46023 Valencia http://www.nh-hotels.com nhciudaddevalencia@nh-hotels.com Tel.34 963 307 500 NH EXPRESS LAS ARTES *** Avda. Instituto Obrero, 26, 46013 Valencia http://www.nh-hotels.com exlasartes@nh-hotels.com Tel.34 963 356 062