Welcome to…

The Environments of

Galaxies: from kpc

to Mpc

Why are we here ?

Your Hosts:the extragalactic group at…

Conference Overview

• 8 Scientific Sessions over 4.5 days• Wednesday afternoon free• Questions/problems – see Michelle in

the lunch room or Secretariat office• LOC have Swinburne name badges on• Check noticeboard for latest

information• Registration today…

Conference Centre

WC

Talks Posters

Lunch

Michelle

Internet

OfficeDinner

Talks

• 8 Scientific Sessions • 8 Invited talks (30 + 10mins)• Contributed talks (20 + 10mins)• See your session chair before your

session starts to load up your talk

Posters

• Each poster has unique ID, eg 3.9• 7 coffee sessions devoted to posterseg today’s afternoon coffee is posters

session 1 (see full schedule on notice board) – bring coffee, chat to poster author

• Vote for the best poster and give forms to Michelle by the end of Thursday

Accommodation

• Final accommodation payments should be paid in the MAICh Office

• A – K Monday • L – Z Tuesday• Credit card payment +3% charge

Transport

• Free conference bus to Chania at the end of each day (see noticeboard)

• Local bus to Chania every 20mins until ~10:30pm (buy 1 euro ticket from the bar, wave down bus on the main road)

• No more conference buses to MAICh• Local bus (to Souda) or taxi to MAICh

Food/Drink

• Breakfast at bar/restaurant• Lunch/coffee at conference centre

(except wednesday). Family members need to buy a 12/5 euro ticket from Michelle

• Dinner in Chania (except thursday)

• Lots of open-air restaurants in the Old Venetian Harbour area

Conference Dinner

• Thursday evening starting 7pm• Family members need to buy a ticket

from Michelle, cost 25 Euro• Wine included, beer can be bought

from the bar• A talk on Minoan culture starts at 9pm• Perseids meteor shower in the NE• Bus departs for Chania at 11pm

Friday

• 9:10am talks start• 6pm final messages

Poster prizes!• 7pm bus to Chania• Olympics starts: Greek national

holiday

Glen Mackie – a fair dinkum

Aussie

will now explain how to operate

your stubbie holder…