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The city of Bergen
• Gateway to the Fjords
• Norway’s continental city
• 250 000
The city of Bergen: brief history
• Founded in 1070
• Norway’s capital until 1299
• Thriving international port
• Bergen International Festival
• 2000 European City of Culture
The city of Bergen: culture and commerce
• the sea
• international
• education
The city of Bergen: education and research
• 3 university level institutions
• 20+ research centres
• 25 000 students
• 5 000 employees
The city of Bergen: major institutions:
• the University of Bergen
• the Norwegian School of Economics
and Business Administration
• Bergen College
• the Norwegian Institute of Marine
Research
• Haukeland University Hospital
• the Christian Michelsens Institute
• the Norsk Hydro Centre for Petroleum
Research
The University of Bergen: a brief description
• 7 faculties• 17 000 students• 2 500 faculty and staff• Urban setting
The University of Bergen: a brief history
• 1825 Bergen Museum
• 1873 leprosy bacterium - Hansen
• 1907 Sundt Chair of Zoology
• 1948 formal opening, Faculties of Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Science, Arts
• 1970 Faculties of Dentistry, Social Sciences
• 1980 Faculties of Psychology, Law
The University of Bergen: vision
• gateway and meeting place
• crossing borders
The University of Bergen
• high quality research
• Large Scale Facilities
Proposal for Strange Quark Matter Conference
• Local organizing committee:
• Dieter Rohrich, U of Bergen, Co-Chair• Laszlo Csernai, U of Bergen, Co-Chair• Joakim Nystrand, U of Bergen• Larisa Bravina, U of Oslo• Trine Tveter, U of Oslo• Gunnar Lovhoiden, U of Oslo• Eivind Osnes, U of Oslo• Haavard Helstrup, Univ. College of Bergen• Kristin Fanebust, Univ. College of Bergen• Csaba Anderlik, U of Bergen, Unifob/BCCS
• We count on 150 - 200 participants. At the U of Bergen site lecture halls can be used for 200, 250, 300, 350 people if needed.
• Bergen is the capital of the Fjords, the most touristic city of Norway. The University is in downtown Bergen. See:
• http://www.uib.no/info/english/• Bergen has direct flights to/from: Amsterdam,
Copenhagen, Aberdeen, Oslo, Stansted, ….
• There is ample accomodation and a wide price range of hotels (except the low price cathegory). Nevertheless, some low budget accomodation can be found (1 EUR ~ 8 NOK) :
• YMCA 170 NOK (19 rooms)• Marken Gjestehus 340 NOK (21 rooms)• Crowded House 390/490 NOK (33 rooms) ...• http://www.bergen-guide.com/accommodation.htm
• We estimate the conference fee to be 450 - 500 Euro
• This includes lunch (cold plate, warm lunch is not usual in Norway) in one (or two) nearby hotels and/or in the canteen of the Bergen University College. Furthermore coffee and snacks in the breaks, proceedings, and banquet.
• We will be able to support 15-20 young participants, or probably more.
• With our best regardsDieter Rohrich andLaszlo Csernai END
Proposal for Strange Quark Matter Conference
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