Practical details

Conference Venue

The conference will hold at the Poncelet Laboratory
Address: Moscow, Bolshoy Vlasyevskiy Pereulok 11 (4th floor)
The nearest metro station: Smolenskaya (metro line 3, dark blue), 5 minutes by walk
Warning: there is another station "Smolenskaya" which is located slightly farther

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Hotel

Most participants will stay at the hotel Mega Servis
Address: Moscow, Izmaylovskiy bulvar 49
The nearest metro station: Pervomayskaya (metro line 3, dark blue), 5 minutes by walk
This is the direct metro connection to "Smolenskaya", the door-to-door way is around half an hour.

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Transport

International flights arrive either to Sheremetievo airport or Domodedovo airport which are located relatively far from the center. In both cases, it is recommended to take the rapid train called "AeroExpress" (follow the red signs "Moscow by train"). One way ticket costs 320 rubles. Trains are scheduled each half an hour (see the timetables for Sheremetievo and Domodedovo airports), and the trip takes around 45 minutes. Note that taxi may be extremely expensive (and will NOT be reimboursed) and much longer because of traffic.

Metro is the fastest transport in Moscow (here is the metro plan). It is recommended to buy the magnetic card for 10 or 20 trips (265 and 520 rubles, respectively).

Currency

The only accepted currency is rubles. There are a lot of exchange offices where you can exchange euro to rubles. The exchange rate is variable (around 41.5 rubles per euro at the beginning of September 2011). It is strongly unadvisable to exchange the currency at the aeroport because the rate is significantly lower. Please note that some exchange offices take extra commissions (few percent or/and fixed amount).