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2nd EARLI and JURE 2013 Conference Newsletter

Dear EARLI and JURE 2013 conference delegate,

In less than a month, you will pack your bags and travel to Munich for the EARLI and JURE

2013 conference! We as organisers look very much forward to meeting you in Munich and to

having a fantastic conference with you.

In this second conference newsletter, we want to give you

valuable and practical information on many aspects of the

EARLI and JURE 2013 conference organisation.

First, allow us to introduce you to somebody: Please meet

Jule and Earol, the two guys on the left! They are two young

researchers who will attend their first ever JURE and EARLI

conference in Munich. Throughout the conference

programme book, you will find ten illustrations which will

show you some of the funny, weird and happy moments

they are experiencing during their conference week in

Munich.

The illustrations featuring Jule and Earol have been created

by Julia Gruber, a local artist from Munich. They will be on

sale in the conference book exhibition as postcards and

prints. Besides, Mrs. Gruber will also be present at the book exhibition at certain times.

Welcome to Bavaria! Welcome to Munich!

Is it your first time in Munich? If yes, you have chosen a very good time to come! Fingers

crossed, the weather will hopefully be warm and dry, but not too hot anymore in the end of

August.

During your time in Munich, we recommend you rely on the public transportation system

(MVV) to take you around town swiftly and safely. As their pricing system is a bit

complicated, one option is to walk up to an MVV-information-booth in order to learn what is

the optimal ticket for your stay in Munich. Alternatively, check our practical travel information

page or follow this link to a pdf-file on what ticket is the right one for you.

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As it might concern many of you, here is how to get from the airport to the city centre:

The easiest way is to take the “S-Bahn”. To get there, just follow the green “S”-

signs at the airport. Any train leaving from the airport goes to the centre. You can

e.g. purchase a single airport-centre-ticket which costs 10,40€ (To learn about

other day or partner ticket options, ask at the information booth of the local

transportation company MVV). The ride to the centre takes about 40 minutes.

For a plan of the whole Munich public transportation system, please also see our Practical

travel information webpage.

For many more practical tips on sightseeing, shopping and spending time in Munich, we

recommend our practical guide! It gathers many tips and recommendations, carefully

selected by the members of the EARLI 2013 local organising committee and will shortly be

available here.

The conference venue

As you will already know, the EARLI 2013 conference will be held at the main building of the

TUM in downtown Munich (Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München). All conference activities, including

the opening reception, will take place within an area of 200 times 250 meters side length. So,

short walking distances are guaranteed!

As our main campus buildings are a bit tricky to navigate at

some corners, we hope our conference wayfinding system helps

you find your ways through the conference (see image on the

left). Our system divides the conference venue into six color-

areas. These will correspond with the naming of the conference

rooms. E.g., all red rooms start with “r”, “g” stands for green, like

e.g. in g_1200. In this way, finding a specific room will be easy

as you don’t have to search the whole map for your room, but

only the relevant colour area.

An open WLAN network named “Con” will available on site at the

EARLI 2013. It will cover 99% of the conference area, some

bandwidth problems might be experienced in the following

conference rooms: y_1350, y_1355, y_2370, p_4170 and p_4170A. If your presentation is

scheduled in one of these rooms, please make sure to download online-content you want to

present during your talk beforehand!

The scientific conference programme

The EARLI 2013 conference programme book currently is in print. However, there are still

programme-changes occurring which consequentially will not be included in the printed

programme anymore. So, we recommend you do one of the following things to be up to

speed regarding the programme:

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Firstly, use the EARLI2013-webpage to navigate the conference programme. All latest

changes are guaranteed to be implemented there. You can also download the conference

programme as pdf on the homepage. An updated version reflecting all changes will be re-

uploaded briefly before the conference.

Secondly, download the EARLI2013 smartphone-app which will be available for iPhone and

Android soon. If you download the app very briefly before the conference, you will get the

most current version of the programme.

Thirdly, take note of the leaflet inserted in your conference book as well as the boards

besides the conference information desk which will inform you about the latest changes.

Also, please check if you have been assigned as chairperson in some session! Just click

here and enter your last name or mail-address to find out.

For those of you who present a poster at the EARLI conference and look for some advice on

how to make it informative and good-looking, check out these guidelines our colleagues from

the JURE have put together.

Speaking of JURE: Don’t miss the best of JURE session in EARLI SESSION B0, Tuesday

27, 13:30-15:00h! It will showcase the best three papers from this year’s JURE pre-

conference.

Besides, there will soon be a document available from the EARLI 2013-webpage which

contains all abstracts. We hope to get it online soon. Until then, please be aware that you

can access all abstracts via our parallel sessions page (just click “view” besides the

contribution of interest).

The EARLI conference social programme

Maybe even more important than all the serious science stuff is the conference social

programme!

There are still Gala Dinner-dinner tickets available! If you want to experience an

unforgettable evening in a typical Bavarian atmosphere, we recommend you get yourself

one. Those of you who own a Dirndl or a Lederhosen (i.e., traditional Bavarian clothes), we

warmly invite you to wear these for the Gala Dinner! For everybody else, smart casual is the

way to dress. You can order your gala dinner tickets by mailing to info@earli.org.

Besides, there are still seats available for young researchers in the lunch with professors-

sessions. These sessions take place during lunchtime on 27 and 28 August. Click here to

learn more and join in.

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Dear JURE conference delegate,

1. The conference venue

As we have announced in the last newsletter, the JURE 2013 pre-conference will be held in

the new TUM School of Education building in downtown Munich (Marsstraße. 20-22, 80335

Munich). For information how to get there please click here:

http://www.earli2013.org/media/documents/Getting_there.pdf

All JURE presentations will take place in the first floor of this building (see image on the left).

Our system divides the presentation area into four colour-areas to give you a better

overview. Registration, coffee and lunch will take place in the sixth floor (see image on the

right). For your convenience, we have created a way-finding system to help you finding all

important spots (such as the registration and info desk, your rooms and the catering area).

You can either use the stairs or the elevators to commute between the two levels.

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You can access the internet using our open WLAN network named “Con”. In case you don’t

have your own internet-compatible device with you, there will be computers available for you

at the info desk to do some last minute email checking.

2. JURE Workshops

We would like to remind you that the workshop registration will close on Friday, August

9th. If you haven’t registered, yet, please take the chance to do so until Friday. A great

selection of professional development courses is waiting for you. Our International

Organising Committee put much effort in attracting renowned experts to hold workshops in

two time slots at JURE 2013 (Monday August 26th, 18:00 - 19:30 and Tuesday August 27th,

8:30 - 10:00). Don’t miss the opportunity to take part in these!

You can find a complete overview of the various workshops here:

http://www.earli2013.org/media/documents/OVERVIEW_WORKSHOP_JURE2013.pdf

The schedule of the workshops can be found here:

http://www.earli2013.org/media/documents/WORKSHOP_SCHEDULE_July.pdf

Please register for the workshops here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1O-KPyGnfKUp19Yu76wFl5-

Me0VF0B3YeYplLadL1rF8/viewform

3. JURE Trips

We are very happy that some of you have already registered for the JURE trips (Allianz

Arena: 7 p.; Munich Walking Tour: 13 p.; Ammersee Walking Tour: 6 p.; Ammersee Boat

Trip: 7 p.; Museum: 5, Botanical Garden: 3 p.). The trips are a great opportunity to get to

know other young researchers, as well as the city! Therefore, we’d like to encourage those of

you, who haven’t registered, yet, to follow the link below and choose a trip until August,

16th!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1B_pYgzJN6CJj7zpGEUQkW72HHVFw7095j3q0SNtQcNk/

viewform.

All JURE trips start on from the central meeting point at Marsstraße 20-22 at 1 o’clock in the

afternoon on Sunday, August, 25th.

At 7 o’clock in the evening, we meet again at the central meeting point to go to a local beer

garden and get a taste of Munich!

4. Audience Award

In our last newsletter, we announced the Best of JURE nominees. This time, we have good

news for all poster presenters who haven’t been nominated, yet: For the first time, this JURE

pre-conference includes a poster audience award. This means, you as participants are asked

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to act as a jury and cast your vote for the best poster during the conference. Please refer to

the voting sheet in your conference bag for further instructions!

If you are looking for further information, please check out our website:

http://www.earli2013.org/jure/

Or contact us via jure2013@gmail.com.

We can’t wait to finally meet you in Munich. We’re doing our best to ensure that you will have

a wonderful time at JURE 2013 in Munich.

Best regards, and once again – welcome to Munich!

The EARLI and JURE 2013 Local and International Organising Committee