OECD/German Workshop on Advancing innovation: human resources, education and training

17./18.November 2008 at SEMINARIS Hotel in Bad Honnef/,

Practical and General Information

Location The conference will be held at: Seminaris Hotel Alexander-von-Humboldt-Straße 20 53604 Bad Honnef phone: +49 (0) 2224-771-0 fax: +49 (0) 2224-771-555 email: [email protected]

Accommodation Rooms have been reserved at the Seminaris Hotel. Please make your reservation according to the instructions provided in the invitation (attachment). Please note that you will need to make your reservation by October 20. The OECD and the German Ministry will not be responsible for organising accommodation.

Languages The working languages of the conference will be English, French and German. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided during all sessions.

Contact Information – Before the Conference Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, Ester Basri and Jana Wolfram will be happy to respond to questions regarding the Conference programme. On organisational and other matters, please contact Sonja Bugdahn or Dorothee Tonhauser. Contact information: Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin: tel.: +33 (0)1 4524 9229; e-mail: Stephan.vincent- [email protected] Ester Basri: tel.: +33 (0)1 4524 9624; e-mail: [email protected] Jana Wolfram: tel.: +49 (0)228 9957 3173; e-mail: [email protected] Sonja Bugdahn: tel: +49 (0)228 3821 474; email: [email protected] Dorothee Tonhauser: tel: +49 (0)228 3821 466; email: [email protected]

Contact Information – During the Conference In urgent matters you can also reach Jana Wolfram during the Conference on mobile phone: + 49-162-777 3210 (from within Germany, please dial 0162-777 3210).

Registration (Deadline: 20 October, 2008) Registration for the meeting is through National Delegations via EMS (OECD) no later than 20 October 2008. Participants are also asked to complete and return the attached participant information request to the German hosts at the following email address: [email protected] and in copy to [email protected]. You may wish to use the same form when contacting your national delegation for official registration.

Transportation to Conference Venue from /Bonn airport by train: regional express RE8 to Bad Honnef train station, 35 min – 9,30€ by taxi: 45 min – appr. 65€ from Frankfurt/Main airport take a train to /Bonn (50 min) from Siegburg/Bonn train station by tram: number 66 to Am Spitzenbach or Bad Honnef, 60 min – 6,30€ by taxi: 20 min – appr. 40€ from Bonn train station by tram: number 66 to Am Spitzenbach or Bad Honnef, 35 min – 4,10€ by taxi: 20 min – appr. 30€ further information on regional public transport: http://www.vrs-info.de/eng/index.php further information on train schedules: http://www.db.de/site/bahn/en/start.html

tram station „Am Spitzenbach“

tram station „Bad Honnef“

train station „Bad Honnef“