Research strategy workshop
September 22-23, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Important dates
Registration deadline: August 12th 2005
Submission of position statements: August 22th, 2005
Program
The workshop will commence with lunch at noon on Thursday, 09/22 and end at 5pm on Friday 09/23.
The goal of the workshop is to bring together leaders in the (broadly definded) software systems area, and to engage them in a discussion of the key research challenges in software systems and the methods and approaches that need to be brought to bear on these problems.
Immediately following the workshop, a social event is planned in the wine-growing region "Suedliche Weinstrasse". A guided tour and wine tasting will be offered at the winery "Kloster Heilsbruck". Then, we will have dinner and enjoy the atmosphere at one of the oldest wine festivals in the region. Transportation will be arranged, with a planned return to the hotel around 10:30pm. Please indicate on the registration form whether you plan on participating in the social event.
Location
Thursday's program will take place at the Seehotel Gelterswoog, while the Friday sessions will be held in rooms of the
Fraunhofer Institute for experimental software engineering.
Accommodation
Most workshop participants stay at the Seehotel Gelterswoog in Kaiserslautern. Some stay at the Hotel Burgschaenke.
Registration
Participation in the workshop is by invitation only. The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems will cover the travel expenses of invited participants (economy class airfare, ground transportation, up to three nights at the Seehotel Gelterswoog, single occupancy).
Also, participants are requested to submit, by August 22th, 2005, an one-page position statement describing a "grand challenge" in software systems: an important and challenging problem that is likely to require a 5-10 year research effort. The position statements will help us to organize and focus the discussion at the workshop and to select participant presentations. Statements should be sent in ASCII format to rsw-submit@mpi-sws.mpg.de.
Travel information
Participants arriving from the US should fly to Frankfurt Airport (FRA). Shuttle service has been arranged for those participants who requested it.
Otherwise, Kaiserslautern can be reached from FRA by car in about 1-1.5 hours, and
by train in approximately 1.5 hours.
Please check the train schedules for departure and connection information.
Alternatively, a coach service between FRA and Kaiserslautern can be reached at +49 0631/20 10 80. The cost is EUR 63 one-way.
Participants arriving from within Europe may also consider using Frankfurt Hahn airport (HHN) or Saarbruecken airport (SCN).
How to get from Frankfurt Airport to the Hotel in Kaiserslautern
Address: Seehotel Gelterswoog
Am Gelterswoog 2
67661 Kaiserslautern
Phone: +49 - 631-35300
- By train: Take the Intercity Express (ICE) from the airport station Fernbahnhof to Mannheim.
At Mannheim, take the train to Saarbruecken, and get off at Kaiserslautern “Hauptbahnhof”.
Take a taxi from the station to the hotel “Seehotel Gelterswoog”. - By car: Leave the airport and enter highway A3, direction Wiesbaden (south), until highway A67 is crossing.
Take highway A67 (south), direction Darmstadt/Mannheim, until the junction with A6.
Take highway A6 (west) and take the Kaiserslautern West exit.
Take route 270, direction KL-Hohenecken. After about 7 km you will see the Hotel on the right side.
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