Useful information

Venue for "East meets West in Vienna":

Radisson SAS Palais Hotel
Parkring 16
1010 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: (+ 43 1) 515 17 3505
Fax: (+ 43 1) 515 17 3510
e-mail: Guest.Vienna@RadissonSAS.com
Website: http://www.vienna.radissonsas.com/

Training sessions, introductory sessions and the pre-conference working group:

European Patent Office
Rennweg 12
1030 Vienna
Austria
Tel.:         (+ 43 1) 52126 4545
Fax:         (+ 43 1) 52126 4197
e-mail:     asiainfo@epo.org
Website: www.epo.org

Registration desk opening times

Training session	at the EPO	13.30 hrs	16 April 2008
Introductory sessions	at the EPO	8.30 hrs	17 April 2008
East meets West in Vienna forum	at the Radisson SAS Palais Hotel	13.30 hrs	17 April 2008

Official languages
The official language of the forum will be English. Communication with our Asian experts will be assisted by interpreters.

Catering
Coffee will be served during the breaks and there will be a buffet lunch at the Radisson SAS Palais Hotel on Friday, 18 April 2008.

Evening event on Thursday, 17 April 2008
You will have another opportunity to meet our experts and exchange experiences with other forum participants over a light dinner during an evening event from 19.00 hrs on Thursday, 17 April 2008.

Buses to take you to the location of this year's evening event will be waiting in front Radisson SAS Palais Hotel on Thursday, 17 April 2008 at 19.00 hrs.

Accommodation

Special rates have been negotiated for a number of hotel rooms at the Radisson SAS Palais Hotel and elsewhere in Vienna (details see Hotels).

Airport transfers:

http://www.viennaairport.com/jart/prj3/via/website.jart?rel=en&content-id=1135697462787&reserve-

Flight planner:

http://www.viennaairport.com/jart/prj3/via/website.jart?rel=en&content-id=1133387830738&reserve-mode=active

U-Bahn and S-Bahn lines:

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/metro/m/largemap-s.html

Local map of Vienna

Vienna tourist information

http://wien.info

http://www.aboutvienna.org/