The workshop takes place in the meeting room on the 6th floor of the building "block B" of the Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Engineering Sciences in Gent, Belgium (address: see below).

Our department (in case you get lost) is located in "block A" (the old, orange brick building):

    address  : Department for Applied Mathematics,
               Biometrics and Process Control (BIOMATH)
               Coupure Links 653
               B-9000 Gent
               Belgium
    Tel.     : +32 (9) 264 59 32 (secretary)
             : +32 (9) 264 59 37 (Hans Vangheluwe)
    Fax.     : +32 (9) 223 49 41
    e-mail   : SiE@hobbes.rug.ac.be
   

The IBIS hotel is the preferred place to stay. Please contact Annie Gevaert (secretary) at the phone number or e-mail address listed above. Rooms booked through our university are 2.695 BF/night including breakfast.

   address: Nederkouter 24-26
            B-9000 Gent
            Belgium
   Tel.   : +32 (9) 225 07 07
   Fax.   : +32 (9) 223 59 07
  

Tourist information:

• The Gent tourist information office
• HV's miscellaneous travel info including planes, trains and automobiles, Belgium, Flanders, ...

Below is a detailed description of how to get to Gent, the Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Engineering Sciences and the IBIS hotel.

By train and tram

From the Brussels airport to Gent:

• Arrive in Brussels airport (Zaventem)
• Buy ticket to Gent (need to go down to the station, follow train signs)
• Take "airport city express" train to Brussels Central Station (actually, you may get off at Brussels North or Midi also).
• Take a train to Gent from there:
  All trains with destination Oostende, Knokke-Blankenberge are OK (take an IC --Inter City-- train, other types of trains make too frequent stops). All these trains leave from platform 4 (in Brussels Central). Train ride to Gent: +/- 40mins

From the Gent train station to the workshop (and hotel):

• Go to the main exit of the Gent train station (no problem as there are only 2 exits and one is obviously NOT the main exit) In front of the main exit you will see tram tracks. If you take a tram (tram line number starts with 1) from there, you will be taken to the centre of Gent (e.g., to the IBIS hotel).
  [Note: currently, the tram tracks are under construction. Follow the tram tracks to the right. Where the construction stops you will find a makeshift tram stop.]
  For trams to the department, you need to not go straight ahead when exiting the train station, but rather go left along the station building. This brings you past numerous bus stops to a tunnel under the railroad. Just 10m further is a car tunnel under that same railroad. Go inside the tram tunnel and wait for a tram.
  [note: there is a shortcut to this tunnel: on the platform where the train arrives, do not go down the main staircase, but rather walk along the platform towards the West (Oostende). A new staircase will take you directly into the tram tunnel.]
• Take tram nr. 40 (not 20 nor 21), it will take you to the doorstep of the faculty.
• Buy one ticket (~40 BF) on the tram. If you are planning to use the tram/bus often in Gent, buy a "tramkaart" of 270 BF (27 BF for 1h on the system) in the train station.
  The tram will take about 10 minutes to get to the Coupure, which is a canal. The tram crosses the canal and makes a 90 degree left turn to follow the Coupure.
• Push a black "I want to get off" button marked "halte". When the tram stops, go to the rear and push the open doors button (which lights up).
• Cross the road and the small pedestrian bridge and go through the faculty gates (note: during the weekend, the gate is closed but not locked). Enter the white/grey new building "block B" for the meeting; enter the old (orange brick) building for our department.
• The meeting is on the 6th floor of "block B". Our department is on the first floor (look at the map in the entrance, our department is marked in blue) of "block A".

By car

On the highway (Brussel/Oostende, Antwerpen, Kortrijk), take the direction Gent Centrum. Go past the exit for the University Hospital (UZ) --the road will be above the ground-- and take the "ANDERE RICHTINGEN" exit. This exit takes you to ground level. Once you have reached the ground, move left asap. Make a left turn onto the small Gent ringroad (see map: St. Lievenslaan) at the first trafic lights. Follow the ringroad (St. Lievenslaan, Citadellaan, Ch. De Kerckhovelaan, Ijzerlaan, Godshuizenlaan, Martelaarslaan) until the 5th traffic lights. Make a right turn there (follow the tram). Just before the "Rozenmarijnenbrug" bridge, make a left turn to follow the Coupure canal. When you see a small pedestrian bridge over the canal, you have reached the faculty. Parking is possible along the Coupure. Don't park on the faculty grounds. Parking space there requires a permit.

City Map (only revelant part shown)

Look at the green lines to see both tram lines: to department and to IBIS hotel. Blue lines show the 15min walk from the hotel to the department. Once you get here, we'll give you a real map.