To all

I am pleased to announce the venue and the meeting arrangements have been finalized.

Brisbane Australia

24-28^th September 2012

The location is

Queensland University of Technology

Kelvin Grove Campus

Building E  Rooms 305-306

The location is not the city campus as I briefly discussed with people in Geneva but the kelvin grove campus (5 min bus ride from the City on a dedicated bus way)

Getting to Brisbane

Suggest you get an International flight direct into Brisbane. It saves time as the international Airport is smaller and immigration and customs clearance is easier than in Sydney or Melbourne. There are direct flights from Singapore, Korea, Japan, China and the US. There are 2 flights a day from LA (Qantas and Virgin Australia) and 1 from Dallas/FortWorth (Qantas) .

Getting from the Airport to the hotels

Can catch the AirTrain to the city

http://www.airtrain.com.au/products_cbd.php

and hop off at either Central or Roma St stations.

Hotels

Any hotel near King George Square in the City (Where the bus to the campus leaves from)

http://g.co/maps/nsst5

Suggested Hotels nearby are (in no particular order or price)

Sebel Hotel

http://www.mirvachotels.com/sebel-king-george-square-brisbane

Holiday Inn Brisbane (Roma St Station)

http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/brisbane/bnerm/hoteldetail/hotel-room-rates

Ibis Hotel

http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-2062-ibis-brisbane/index.shtml

Mercure Hotel

http://mercurebrisbane.com.au/

Rendezvous Hotel

http://www.choicehotels.com.au/en/clarion_collection-hotel-au809?cid=3116975&tab=0

Sofitel Brisbane (Central Station)

http://www.sofitelbrisbane.com.au/

Getting to the meeting

The QUT kelvin Grove Campus is on the main Northern Busway and buses leave almost every 5 min from under king George square from platforms 1D or 1E.

It is suggested you purchase a prepaid $30 electronic GoCard for the bus.

http://translink.com.au/tickets-and-fares/go-card

(no need to register)

You can get them from any 7 eleven store in the city there are a number of them around King George Square.

http://7eleven.com.au/stores?s=4000

Exploring

Suggest you take a ride up and down the river on the CityCat (use Go Card)

http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/traffic-transport/public-transport/citycat-ferry-services/index.htm

The terminal is at the end of Elizabeth St (a few blocks from King George Square)

Car Hire

There should be no need to hire a car but if you like you can hire a car and go exploring there are a number of car hire places in the city.

Hertz       55 Charlotte St.

Budget         53 Albert St.

Europcar  576 Queen St.

Things around Brisbane.

Going North (1-1/2hr drive)

Sunshine Coast

http://news.visitsunshinecoast.com.au/

Going South (1hr Drive)

Gold Coast

http://www.visitgoldcoast.com/

Immigration

Make sure you complete the ETA

http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/index.html (if eligible)

or obtain the appropriate visa to enter Australia.

Seeya there.

Simon