COST Action CM1104 REDUCIBLE OXIDE CHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS 2nd General Meeting , 06. – 08. November 2013

INFORMATION ON VENUE, ABSTRACTS, DEADLINES, ACCOMODATION AND TRANSPORTATION

MEETING VENUE: The Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University (street address: Lägerhyddsvägen 1). The conference hall is The Siegbahn Hall on the entrance floor. The laboratory is located about 2.5 km from the center of town. See the map at http://goo.gl/aLoE03

MEETING TIME : Start "after lunch" on Nov 6 th , end at or before 1 p.m. on Nov 8 th .

ABSTRACTS : We welcome all abstracts, and particularly those that concern joint endeavors between different member groups of our COST action. We also especially welcome efforts and applications that emphasize the interconnections and synergies between the areas of our different Working Groups. So if you think that your contribution does this - it is good if you highlight it. The abstact template can be downloaded on the website internal area in the “Meetings” page.

DEADLINES : The deadline is Tuesday 10 th SEPTEMBER for registration and abstract submission via the Action website. Within 1-2 weeks you will receive an official invitation from the Chair of our Action through the eCOST system, including information about reimbursement or non-reimbursement. After this you should immediately confirm/cancel your participation via the eCOST link provided in the official invitation mail, NO LATER THAN 25 th SEPTEMBER.

ACCOMODATION : There are rather many hotels in Uppsala: Hotel Svava, Grand HotelHörnan and Clarion are good hotels in the vicinity of the Central station and there are several others (see e.g. the map on http://goo.gl/aLoE03 ). We have prebooked rooms at three affordable hotels: Akademihotellet (http://www.akademihotellet.se/en/index.php ), Hotel Eklundshof ( http://www.eklundshof.se/ ) and the City Stay Uppsala hotel (http://www.citystayuppsala.se/en/ ). Akademihotellet is located close to the Cathedral. Call +46 18 15 51 90 to book. Hotel Eklundshof is located close the Ångström lab. Call +46 18 55 01 00 to book. City Stay Uppsala is a budget hotel, located between the Castle and the river in the city center. Call +46 18 121000 to book. More information about these hotels can be found on pag. 4 and 5 of this document. If you want to use prebooked hotel rooms the DEADLINE to contact the hotels is 25 th SEPTEMBER.

TRAVEL FROM ARLANDA TO UPPSALA: The Arlanda airport is located 35 km south of Uppsala, between Uppsala and . Some ways to get to Uppsala are the following:

(1) Train from Arlanda to Uppsala, takes 20 minutes. The train leaves from Sky city (next to terminal 5) and arrives at Uppsala Central station. The trains are frequent and cost about 165 SEK one-way. Note that two different companies run these trains, and if you buy a ticket for a UL/SL train you can only take such a train, and if you buy a ticket for an SJ train you can only take an SJ train. Tickets can be bought at the top of the escalator that leads down to the tracks at Sky city, or at any information desk at Arlanda. The sales personnel will give you proper information. The train schedule can also be found at http://www.sj.se/start/startpage/index.form?l=en / from “Arlanda C” to “Uppsala C”/; where the trains from both companies (as well as Bus 801; see below) are listed.

(2) Taxi, takes about 25 minutes to the Ångström Laboratory or to central Uppsala (most of them use fixed price). There are lots of taxi companies represented outside the terminal buildings. If you find a "Taxi Kurir Uppsala" or "Taxi Kurir Stockholm", the price should be 450 SEK. That is among the lowest you will find. To be sure they will be at Arlanda at the same time as you, one can preferably book in advance, phone no. +46 18 123456 (they will wait with a sign in the arrival hall if they know your flight no)."Uppsala taxi" can be booked on phone no. +46 18 100 000, and for 495-520 SEK they will also greet you in the arrival hall.

(3) Bus 801, is run by UL (Upplands Lokaltrafik), takes 40 minutes, costs about 100 SEK, departs every half-hour from all terminals, and arrives at the Uppsala Central station. Timetables can be found on the UL web site: http://www.ul.se/en/Travel/Timetables/ (Go to Regional buses => 801 Uppsala - Knivsta/AR - Arlanda). The ticket can be bought on the bus with a credit card (not cash! and not American express or Diners).

TAXI WITHIN UPPSALA : From the Central station to the Ångström laboratory a taxi ride with taxameter usually costs about 140-170 SEK.

BUS WITHIN UPPSALA: There is also a good bus system. To go from the Central station to the Ångström lab takes about 10 minutes, and no changes, see http://www.ul.se/en/ /from: Uppsala Centralstation To: Polacksbacken (Ångströmlab.) /. The ticket can be bought on the bus with a credit card (not cash! and not American express or Diners). Economy tickets for many bus rides can be bought at several places, e.g. at the Central station.

On the next pages you will find

* More detailed information about the hotels

* A summary of the important deadlines

* Some information about Uppsala

COST Action CM1104 General Meeting no. 2 will take place in Uppsala 6-8 November 2013 from mid-day to mid-day

The Ångström Laboratory

The meeting will take place here. The Ångström lab is one of the most modern materials centers in Europe.

Local organizer: Kersti Hermansson (kersti @ kemi.uu.se) There are 9 million people in . Local web-person: Pavlin Mitev (pmitev@ kemi.uu.se) Stockholm Airport ("Arlanda") lies closer to Local administrator: Uppsala than to Stockholm. Takes 25 minutes by Katarina Israelsson ([email protected]) taxi to go to Uppsala (or 40 min by bus). Hotel rooms (doubles and singles) have been pre-booked at the three hotels shown below. If you choose to stay in one of these, please book it yourself on 25 September at the latest, i.e. the rooms will be held until then. There are also many other hotels in town.

"Akademihotellet" http://www.akademihotellet.se/en/index.php Located in the center of town (400 m from the very center), close to the Cathedral and the Castle, and 2.5 km from the Ångström lab, where the conference is held. A brisk walk or frequent buses will take you to the lab. Prices will be approx. Single room 105 Eur/night Double room 65 Eur/night per person The double rooms have 2 separate or separable beds. Breakfast is included in the price. Call +46 18 15 51 90 to book (refer to "COST"). "Hotel Eklundshof" http://www.booking.com/hotel/se/eklundshof.sv.html (and click on the Sw. flag to get to English) Located 1.8 km from the town center and just a few minutes' walk from the Ångström lab. Prices will be approximately Single room 95 Eur/night Double room 60 Eur/night per person (The double rooms have 2 separate beds. Also a few rooms with double beds). Breakfast is included in the price. Call +46 18 55 01 00 to book (refer to "COST"). "CityStay Uppsala" (http://www.citystayuppsala.se/en/) This is a brand new budget hotel located in the center of town (200 m from the river) and 2.5 km from the Ångström lab. Prices as follows: 1) Room with private bathroom (no cleaning of room during your stay) Single 85 Eur/night Double 50 Eur/night per person Breakfast is included in the prices. 2) Room with shared bathroom (no cleaning of room during your stay) Single 65 Eur/night Double 42 Eur/night per person Breakfast is included in the price Check-in time: After 3 p.m. Call +46 18 121000 to book (refer to "COST"). Deadlines

* Last day to register for the meeting and submit abstracts on the Action webpage: 10 September

* Last day to confirm/cancel your registration in the central eCOST system: 25 September

* Last day to oook accomodation if you want any of our prebooked hotel rooms: 25 September

The program will emphasize interconnections between the four WG themes (e.g. in terms of similar kind of fundamental physics and chemistry and applications that run across the WG themes). And contributions that with actors from several member groups will be very welcome! The combination "one scientific problem joining several WG themes and several CM1104 member groups " would be particularly valuable.

The Siegbahn hall Some famous Uppsala University profiles

Carl Linnaeus Svante Arrhenius (1707–1778) (1859–1927) father of biological physicist and chemist; and mineralogical Nobel Laureate in taxonomy Chemistry 1903

Anders Celsius Jöns Jakob Anders Jonas Niklas (1701 –1744) Ångström Zennström physicist and Berzelius (1779–1848) (1814-1874) 1966- astronomer father of the Å unit co-founder of "degrees Celcius" physician and chemist, Skype Letter labels of the elements

And here some touristic pictures . . . The center of Uppsala The church at "Old Uppsala"

A close-up of the cathedral "Old Uppsala" in the winter The main building of Uppsala University. Student life in Uppsala The diploma ceremony...

The diploma ceremony for the year's new doctors. Student life in Uppsala Welcome to Uppsala in November !