18–19 Oct 2018
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Europe/Zurich timezone

Good to know

Dear member of the Proposal Review Committee

Our autumn meeting will take place at PSI in Villigen from October 18 - 19, 2018.

With great pleasure we welcome the new members of the SwissFEL sub-committee to our Proposal Review Committee meeting! For the first time, SwissFEL proposals will be evaluated.


Please let us know if you intend to participate by filling out the registration form by September 28, 2018 the latest.

We very much look forward to seeing you in Villigen in October.

 


Session meetings

  The session meetings on Thursday, October 18, will take place as follows:

  • 1 p.m. Meeting of PRC chair and the chairs of each sub-committee (WSLA/108). The new SwissFEL sub-committee members are kindly requested to attend this meeting too since the Photon Science Division management would like to welcome the new members.
  • 1 p.m. TOMCAT sub-committee (WBGB/020 building Timeout cafeteria)
  • 3:30 p.m. DIFFR sub-committee (WSLA/105)
  • all other meetings will start at 2 p.m. (please see session schedule for meeting room indication). All meeting rooms are located at the PSI west premises and will be marked accordingly.
The meeting will continue on Friday morning, October 19 (according to the session schedule which will be handed out upon your arrival on Thursday) and end with a light business lunch at approx. 1 p.m.


NEW AS OF THIS YEAR: Access to PSI West premises

All visitors to the PSI West premises, do need a visitor-badge to enter. Your personal badge, valid for Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19, will be ready for pick up at the security desk located at the West entrance to the PSI premises. In case you might arrive on Wednesday, October 17, to visit co-workers at PSI, please let them take care of your visitor-badge for that very day - thank you.


Accommodation




A contingency of hotel rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Schloss Böttstein
www.schlossboettstein.ch
Please kindly indicate your dates of arrival and departure on the registration form so we can finalise your booking.

Please do not settle your hotel bill - it will be directly charged to PSI (except for minibar or any other consumptions, telephone calls, etc.).



Dinner

The PRC dinner will take place on Thursday evening, October 18, at the restaurant Sonne http://www.sonne-leuggern.ch/Home2 . Information about the place of the dinner are yet to follow. Any special dietary requirements/food allergies can be indicated in the registration form .



For those travelling to the restaurant with their own car: http://www.sonne-leuggern.ch/Kontakt






Shuttle Service




Transfer from/to PSI - Hotel Schloss Böttstein as well as PSI - Restaurant  - Hotel Schloss Böttstein has been arranged (October 18 evening / October 19 morrning).

On Friday morning, October 19,
a shuttle bus will pick you up from your hotel (pick up time to be reconfirmed on Thursday, October 18).






Travel arrangements


If you like us to assist with flight tickets bookings, please kindly contact Daniela Jahns on daniela.jahns@psi.ch, indicating your desired itinerary, stating your full name (as shown in your passport), your birth date and your cell phone number. This piece of information is essential for a correct booking with any airline.

We shall send you your electronic tickets (air/train) by email approximately 10 days prior to your departure.


Any additional travel expenses will also be refunded - receipts (as a pdf-file) should be sent to daniela.jahns@psi.ch.