ETP4HPC General Assembly, Rome

ETP4HPC next General Assembly will be held on September 29^th in Rome.

All ETP4HPC members are invited to this meeting. Procedure for registration has been sent to all ETP4HPC members, please contact office@etp4hpc.eu  for any extra question.

Venue: Hotel Universo – walking distance from Termini central station in Rome.

Agenda:

• 11:00-12:00  ETP4HPC General Assembly
  • Introduction and quick report by ETP4HPC Chair
  • Election of new ETP4HPC Steering Board
• 12:00-13:00  Lunch
• 13:00-15:40  EXDCI and CoE session* (followed by a coffee break)

*About EXDCI and CoEs meeting: ETP4HPC (European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing), PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and the European Commission are inviting you to this workshop organised by EXDCI (European eXtreme Data and Computing Initiative, a H2020 CSA project). After an EXDCI general presentation, the Centres of Excellence for Computing Applications selected by the EC in May 2015 will be invited to introduce themselves. We will finish with a Q&A session.

Venue and accomodation details:

The meeting will be held in Rome at the Hotel Universo, located in Via Principe Amedeo 5B, very close to the central station (Termini):
http://www.hoteluniverso.com/en/home-page.aspx
If you would like to stay at Hotel Universo, the indicated rate for a Dus Room (single room) is €150 per night (you can specify you are attending the meeting PRACE/ETP4HPC)

Other suggested hotels:

• Hotel Una, located in Via Giovanni Amendola 57:
  http://www.unahotels.it/it/una_hotel_roma/hotel_roma.htm

• Hotel Quirinale, located in Via Nazionale 7:
  http://www.hotelquirinale.it/en/default.html

Information on how to reach Termini Station:

From Leonardo Da Vinci Airport to Rome: the easiest way to reach the central station is using the train (Leonardo Express)
https://www.rometoolkit.com/airport/fiumicino_airport_train.htm

• Leonardo Express: €14
  Every 30 minutes, journey 30 minutes

• FR1 Local Train : €8
  to Ostiense, journey 35 minutes

• Terravision Bus: €4
  Direct to Termini Station, journey 55 minutes.

• SIT Bus: €6
  To Termini Station via Vatican

• TAM Bus: €4-5
  To Termini Station via Ostiense Station

• Atral-Schiaffni Bus: €4-5
  Direct to Termini Station

• Hotel Shuttle Service: from €15.56
  Shared shuttle to any hotel in central Rome