Accommodations at the Hebrew University Dormitories will be at the Givat Ram campus in the Hakirya Dormitory.  Directions may be obtained at the main entrance to the campus.  Bus no. 28a, from the Central Bus Station, will take you directly to the dormitories.  The provided transportation on Sunday will also arrive at the dormitories.

For check-in and inquiries, please refer to the office located in Building No. 6 (there will be signs to direct you there).  The office will be open from 10:00 am on August 1st until 10:00 pm on August 2nd.  Afterwards, the office will be open daily until 3:00 pm.  After 3:00 pm the office will be in the Ha'Elef Dormitory, Building 2/5 (near the supermarket).  The phone no. is: (02)-658-4791.

Please note that breakfast is not included.  However, breakfast will be available in the Women's League for Israel Cafeteria from 7:30 am.  Shuttle service to the conference venue (the Renaissance Hotel) will depart on Monday, August 3rd at 8:15 am and on all following days at 8:00 am.
 
Please remember to bring towels with you.
 

 
2. Preparation of Manuscript for the Proceedings

Please note that the updated instructions for manuscript preparation and delivery can be downloaded from here.
 
 

3. Social Events
 

The Tower of David

We encourage everyone to register for the Banquet on Thursday evening.
The Banquet will be held in the 'Israel Museum' - a world renowned museum in which the dead-sea scrolls are displayed, in its landmark, The Shrine of the Book.  The Museum will be opened especially for the Banquet guests. Drinks and dinner will be served in the open Garden of Statues, and a special cultural event will take place following the dinner, in which Israel's most famous performer, Achinoam Nini (Noa), will give a concert.

 

• The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Site
• On the History of Jerusalem
• Virtual Jerusalem Tour
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Central Bureau of Statistics

The Organizing Committee has decided to provide free transportation from Tel-Aviv airport to the conference venue on Sunday, August 2nd.  Our hospitality desk, which will be located in the baggage claim area, will direct ICPS24 participants to buses outside the terminal.  These buses will depart from 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm on the hour.

If you have already paid the "personal transfer fee" ($ 39) and wish to take the bus instead, please inform UNITOURS.  You will be reimbursed upon arrival (we suggest that you supplement this sum to participate in the Thursday Banquet that will take place at the Israel Museum).  If you do not inform UNITOURS, you will be picked up as originally planned.

If you did not pay for the "personal transfer" and do not wish to take advantage of the above transportation, you will be directed towards a taxi outside the terminal (the estimated cost is
less than IS 120 / $ 30).  You may wish to share the taxi with a few other participants.

Please follow future announcements on the WEB.
 
 

 6. Accompanying Person's Program (Modified)

All registered accompanying persons are invited to join the following two half-day tours:

Monday, August 3, 1998
09:00-13:00  Half Day Tour: Modern Jerusalem

Drive through the City of Jerusalem to Hadassah Medical Center and view the Chagall stained glass windows, depicting the 12 Tribes of Israel. Proceed to lovely village of  Ein Karem and visit Mary's fountain. Continue to Holyland Hotel to view the model of Jerusalem from the
period of the Second Temple, 2,000 years ago.

Tuesday, August 4, 1998
09:00-13:00 Half  Day Tour: Cave and Kibbutz

Drive west along the slopes of the Judean Hills to Avshalom Nature Reserve. Visit the magnificent cave, in the heart of the Jerusalem stone quarries, with its exceptionally rich stalagmite and stalactite formations. Continue to Kibbutz Tzora for a guided tour of the Kibbutz
and a chance to chat with its members.

Thursday, August 6, 1998
09:00-13:00 Half Day Tour: Tel Aviv- Jaffa

Head west to the modern city of Tel Aviv.  Drive along the sea promenade, visit Rabin Square (which memorializes the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin). Drive to Jaffa, the ancient port city, to tour the port and artist's quarter with its wide variety of galleries, shops, and restaurants.  Continue along the sea-front to the Carmel open air market and enjoy a walk through the fruit and vegetable stalls.

OR

09:00-13:00 Half Day Tour: Yad Vashem and Bethlehem

Visit "Yad Va'shem", the museum which memorializes the victims of the Holocaust. Continue to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity, the birthplace of Jesus.

All tours will depart from the Renaissance lobby.
 
 

7. Visit Your Israeli Colleagues

ICPS participants are invited to visit their Israeli colleagues. We are organizing tours, before and/or after the conference, in the  Sub-Micron Center of the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) and in the Physics Department, Solid State Institute and Microelectronic Center of the Technion (Technion). The WIS is located in Rehovot, approximately 50 km west of  Jerusalem and 20 km south of Tel-Aviv airport.  The Technion is located in Haifa, approximately 160 km north of Jerusalem and 130 km north of Tel Aviv airport.
 
Possible tour days are Friday July 31th or Sunday August 2nd before the conference, and Friday August 7th (afternoon), or Sunday August 9th, after the conference. (Saturday, August 8th is also a possibility, provided that there are enough requests).
  

Requests for a visit in the WIS should be directed to Ms. Roby Tsabary:
htsabary@wis.weizmann.ac.il
Requests for a visit in the Technion should be directed to Ms. Liz Youdim:
liz@physics.technion.ac .il

The tours will be conducted if there are enough requests.

8. Computer and E-mail Services

A room with some 40 computers and two student guides will be available for all participants. The room is on the campus of the Hebrew University, some 15 min walk from the conference venue. A shuttle bus will run back and forth during the day from the conference venue to the computer room.