COllaborative Management Platform for detection and Analyses of (Re-) emerging and foodborne outbreaks in Europe

COMPARE General Meeting 8-10 March 2016 , COllaborative Management Platform for detection and Analyses of (Re-) emerging and foodborne outbreaks in Europe

It is our pleasure to welcome you to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the COMPARE General Meeting 2016. The meeting will be held in downtown Copenhagen.

Hotel Admiral: http://www.admiralhotel.dk

About the meeting

The meeting will be held at the Admiral Hotel, Toldbodgade 24 – 28, Copenhagen, Telephone: +45 33 74 14 14. The meeting will open with registration at 12:30 on 8 March, and close at 13:00 on 10 March. Lunch will be provided all 3 days, and you are invited to the Kick-off dinner at 18:30 on 8 March (held at the Admiral Hotel). The Executive Board will meet on 8 March, 09:00 - 12:00, Admiral Hotel. The Expert Advisory Panels and Executive Board will meet on 10 March, 13:00 - 17:00, Admiral Hotel. WIFI will be available at the Admiral Hotel during the meeting. An agenda for the meeting is forthcoming. We are not able to offer reimbursement of any expenses. Participants are expected to attend the meeting in its entirety.

Registration

Please register for the meeting via the COMPARE website: http://www.compare-europe.eu/ Deadline for registration is 22 January 2016.

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Travel and accommodations

We kindly ask our guests to make their own travel arrangements including transportation to Denmark and booking of accommodations. We have reserved a block of rooms at three hotels and you can make a reservation by using the identified promo code. Deadline for hotel booking with promo code is 15th January 2016. After this date, we cannot gurantee the availability of rooms.

Below are the suggested hotels:

Hotel Wakeup Copenhagen: www.wakeupcopenhagen.com/arpbe/web/en/login/52997404 Be aware to choose the correct hotel ‘Borgergade’ Promo code: GR Compare

• Address: Borgergade 9, DK- 1300 Copenhagen Price starting at • Telephone: +45 44 80 00 90 DKK 615 per night

Hotel Alexandra: www.hotelalexandra.dk Promo code: compare

• Address: H.. Andersens Boulevard 8, DK- 1553 Copenhagen V Price starting at • Telephone: +45 33 74 44 88 DKK 949 per night

Hotel Admiral: http://www.admiralhotel.dk You will have to send an email to Admiral Hotel with the promo code 2981527 [email protected]

• Address: Toldbodgade 24 – 28, DK- Copenhagen Price starting at DKK 1210 per night • Telephone: +45 33 74 14 14 with the promo code

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Tranportation from the (Kastrup, CPH) to Admiral Hotel:

• Taxi cost approx. 200 DKK (15 Km, around 20 min) • Public transportation cost: 36 DKK to travel 3 zones. Take the Metro from the Lufthavnen Station ( towards Vanløse Station) 8 stops to the Station. From the Kongens Nytorv Station, it is approximately a 7-minute walk. A map is available via the Admiral Hotel website.

Transportation from Copenhagen Main train station (Hovedbanegården) to Admiral Hotel:

• Taxi cost 120 DKK (3 Km, around 12 min) • Public transportation cost: 24 DKK to travel 2 zones - around 27 min. Take the 1A bus from ’Copenhagen Main train station’ towards ‘’ Station to ‘Amalienborg’ stop. From Amalienborg stop, it is approximately an 8-minute walk. A map is available via the Admiral Hotel website.

Transportation from Hotel Alexandra to Admiral Hotel:

• Taxi cost 100 DKK (2.5 Km, around 10 min)

• Public transportation cost 24 DKK to travel 2 zones - around 25 min. Take 26 bus from ’Rådhuspladsen’ towards ’Østerport St.’ to ’Kongens Nytorv’ stop. From Kongens Nytorv it is approximately an 12-minute walk. A map is available via the Admiral Hotel website.

Public transport information is also available at http://www.rejseplanen.dk/

If you have any questions about the General meeting or COMPARE, please do not hesitate to contact the Coordinating Team:

Jeffrey Skiby Email: [email protected] Mobile: +45 22 84 45 27 Tel: +45 35 88 66 04

Susanne Carlsson Email: [email protected] Tel: +45 35 88 66 10

- 5 - This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 643476.