Practical information
Office hour of the registration desk
The registration desk will open at the “Salle des Gardes” before and during the Welcome Reception Cocktail Party on Monday 23 August 2010. Thereafter, the registration desk will be open during the four scientific program days :
Monday 23 August 2010, 4 pm - 8 pm
Tuesday 24 August 2010, 8 am - 6 pm
Wednesday 25 August 2010, 8 am - 6 pm
Thursday 26 August 2010, 8 am - 6pm
Friday 27 August 2010, 8 am - 5 pm
Information on Conference Social Eventswill be available at desk. Tickets for booked social events (Free Wine tasting, Visit of the Popes’Palace, Gala Diner, etc.) will be are include in your registration documentation.
Official language: The official languages of the congress are English and French according to the laws of the French Republic on the use of the French language. Simultaneous translations are available during the plenary sessions, introduction and closing ceremony only. For technical reasons with the nature of ancient memorial of the center of the Popes' Palace Conference Center, it was not possible to use simultaneous translation during parralel, special sessions and workshops. The oral communications and the posters can be in French, in that case, their summary and title will be presented in French in the program and the book of summaries.
Student staff : Voluntary students will be at your disposal to welcome you, guide you during your movements in the Popes' Palace Conference Center, during the sessions and the excursions. Do not hesitate to seek them, they will be recognizable in their T-shirt with the logo of the SER 2010 Avignon Conference.
Badges : For security and regulation reasons, please wear your name badges at all times. It is your admission to all sessions, breaks in the "Grande Audience" room, lunches in “Jeanne Laurent” Building and the mid-conference excursions
Coffee breaks : Morning and afternoon coffee breaks will be served only in the “Grande Audience” room. Participants are not allowed to carry out drinks or food in working rooms.
Climate and Dress : The weather in Avignon in the end of August is generally very sunny and warm with temperatures around 30°C and a pluviometry of only 30 mm for this month. For the field trips, do not forget to bring a “field trip dress” consisted of ample clothes and including good shoes, a hat or a cap, a protective cream against the sun, a protection against mosquitoes and a gourd of water.
Time zone : The time zone in Avignon is GMT + 1.
Banks : Please, note that there will be no exchanges facilities at the International Conference Center. Nevertheless, a lot of banks are present in Avignon center all around the Popes’Palace Conference Center.
Electricity : The voltage in France is 220V, 50hz.
Cellular phones : Cellular phones must be switched off in the conference rooms.
Lost and Found : For lost and Found personnal belongings, please contact the information desk in the “Salle des Gardes”.
First Aid : In case of emergency, please, contact the information desk.
Hotline : Under this phone number you can reach the desk at all office hour (see above) :
+ 33 490 27 51 50
Contacts persons : Please feel welcome to provide the Local Organising Committee with any feedback or to ask for clarification of any information.
- Registration queries, please contact Ms. Céline Gallard by email
c.gallard@palais-des-papes.com
- Scientific queries, please contact Dr. Elise Buisson by email
elise.buisson@univ-avignon.fr
- Field trip queries, please contact Mr. Renaud Jaunatre by email
renaud.jaunatre@etd.univ-avignon.fr.
- Conference organisation queries, please contact Pr. Dr. Thierry Dutoit by email
thierry.dutoit@univ-avignon.fr
- Practical queries, please contact the coordinator of the Popes'Palace Conference Center (informations desk, lost property) : phone : + 33 490 27 50 60 or 50 43
- Informatic or others practical queries in working rooms, please contact technicians of the Popes'Palace Conference Center : phone : + 33 490 27 51 04 or 50 46
Smoking : Please remember that smoking is not allowed in the congress center.
Internet : During the conference, computers with Internet facilities will be at your disposal free of charge in the “Paneterie 4” room and “Chambre des quatre fenêtres” room will be assigned for wireless Internet acces available to all participants with computers (username, and password will be given at the registration desk). A direct connection with God is also still available in the former Popes’bedroom.
Changing room : A changing room will be open throughout the conference in the main entrance near the “Salle des gardes”. It will be possible to store luggage in this changing room area.
Toilets : They are situated near the « Salle des Gardes », between the “Paneterie” and the “Conclave” hall, in “Jeanne Laurent” Building and near the “Grande Audience”.
Exhibitions : During all the conference, exhibitions are installed in the « Grande Audience” room where posters are also installed and where all the breaks are taken.
- SER International and SER Europe, co-organisers
- IMEP, Mediterranean Institute of Ecology and Palaeoecology, co-organiser
- REVER, French National Network on Ecological Restoration
- WWF, World Wildlife Fundation, France (sponsor)
- General Council of Vaucluse (sponsor)
- Tour du Valat Research Fundation (sponsor)
- GRT Gaz Company (sponsor)
- Island Press