[EB] Deadline for TRANSTEC ATHENS 2004 registration

[Kostas Goulias]

Dear Colleagues,

This is a gentle reminder of a rapidly approaching deadline for early 
registration at WWW.TRANSTEC.GR. Authors of the 110 accepted abstracts with 
a PAN have already been notified and given instructions (if you are an 
author and you did not receive notification please let us know).

General attendance is the option open to any delegate that does not have an 
accepted abstract and is not affiliated with a sponsor or an 
exhibitor.  Participation options for sponsors and exhibitors are also 
available directly from ALVIA at considerably discounted 
attendance/registration fees.

Please let me or Ms. Markou know if you have any questions or need 
additional information.   Below are a few most frequently asked questions:

1. Presentations

There are two types of presentations in this conference:  A short and a long.

- Each short presentation is about ten minutes and will be in a round table 
format.  You will be given the option to provide handouts and explain your 
research using a display (format will be provided later).

- Each long presentation will be about 20 minutes with a 5-10 minute 
discussion using powerpoint presentation and overhead projector.

More details will be coming in the next few weeks with a final program in 
June 2004. There are 110 offered presentations spanning a wide spectrum in 
transportation practice and research and many interesting technology 
applications.

There are also a group of invited keynote speeches to describe the state of 
the art and special sessions organized by the steering committee (see 
www.transtec.gr) that may follow either of the two formats depending on the 
session organizer.

2. Registration

In addition to the web site you can register by printing the registration 
and sending it by fax to ALVIA.  Alternatively you can make a direct 
deposit at:

When you will make the deposit, please make sure that the following details 
are mentioned: Name of the delegate(s), and the name of  the Congress 
(TRANSTEC 2004).

Bank: Bank of Cyprus
Branch Number: 007
Bank Account Number: 7236394
Swift Code: BCYPGRAA
IBAN Account Code: GR5407300070000000007236394
Address: 367 Sygrou Avenue
               17564 Paleo Faliro
               Athens - Greece

As soon as you make the deposit, please let Filio Markou at ALVIA have by 
fax a copy of the
bank transfer and your registration form. ALVIA's fax number is +30 210 98 89
201.

Please register as soon as you can so we can finalize the preliminary program.

3. Entry VISA requirements:

ALVIA will provide individualized, if needed, entry requirements to Greece.

However,  Greece does not require you to obtain a visa for visits of up to 
90 days if you are a citizen of another European Union country, Canada, 
Australia, Japan, and the United States. Also citizens from many other 
countries do not need a visa.  See the following site for up to date 
information:  http://gogreece.about.com/cs/practicalinfo/a/greecevisareqs.htm

In case of doubt please call Filio Markou at ALVIA soon 
(filio.markou at alvia.gr).

4. Hotel reservations and travel

If you intend to stay at the congress hotels you need to reserve your room 
through ALVIA using the registration form at www.transtec.gr. If you prefer 
an alternate accommodation ALVIA can provide information and facilitate 
your search but in any case you need to register for the congress.

ALVIA can also help you with congress related and pre or post congress 
travel plans.


5. Congress proceedings

The Congress proceedings will include all the presentation abstracts, the 
program, and participants details.  Depending on the availability of 
finalized papers we will also attempt to include the papers.  ALVIA is also 
working on all other material that will be provided on site.



We are all looking forward meeting you in Athens.


kgg



Konstadinos (Kostas) G. Goulias, Ph.D.

Professor,  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
(http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/)
Director,  Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center 
(http://www.pti.psu.edu/mautc/index.htm)
Director,   Transportation Operations Program 
(http://www.pti.psu.edu/top/index.htm)

Mail address: The Pennsylvania State University, The Pennsylvania 
Transportation Institute, 201 Transportation Research Building, University 
Park, PA 16802
Office: 814-863-7926, Mobile: 814-777-7926, Office Fax: 814-865-3039, 
Email: goulias at psu.edu
Vitae: http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/Faculty/goulias.html