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The European Sea Level Service and the EC-funded ESEAS-Research Infrastructure project are jointly organising the second Workshop on "Sea Level Variations: Towards an Operational European Sea Level Service to be held on 5-6 October 2005 at the Art Hotel, Split, Croatia. The hotel is newly opened and it has no website yet. The Workshop will preceed the final ESEAS-RI Project Team Meeting on 7 October and the sixth ESEAS Governing Board meeting on 7-8 October. Local organisation and facilities are managed by the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries and Hydrographic and Institute of the Republic of Croatia, both in Split, and Andrija Mohorovicic Geophysical Institute in Zagreb.
The Workshop offers an opportunity to discuss recent developments in the observation of sea level variations, the analysis of the data and the interpretation of the phenomena in terms of the driving processes. Topics will include tide gauges and instrumentation, data maintenance and quality control, reference frames and vertical land movements, satellite altimetry, extreme events and floods, measuring and modelling interannual sea level variations and trends, managing the sea level and public awareness.
The workshop is open for all researchers working in sea level studies or applications related to sea-level. Participation from groups working in other sea-level related projects is particularly welcome in order to exchange information between the projects.
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Local Organising Committee (LOC) for all meetings:
Scientific Committee for the Workshop (5-6 October):
Organisation of the ESEAS-RI Project Team Meeting (7 October):
Organisation of the ESEAS Governing Board Meeting (7-8 October):
jointly organised by the chair of the
The Workshop will be held at the 4-star Art Hotel at Split. Art Hotel is located in the centre of the city of Split as well as near most of the city's important historical and cultural monuments. Hotel is within 10 minutes of walk from business and trade area, 15 minutes away from main railway and bus station and city harbour, and about 20 minutes away from airport by car/bus. The hotel is newly opened and it has no website yet.
The location of the Art Hotel on city map may be found here.
Split is probably the liveliest Croatian town. With its 200.000 inhabitants it is the second biggest city in Croatia, and important cultural, political, trade, industrial, sports and tourist centre. Its historic core, with the Diocletian's Palace, in 1979 became one of the first urban areas on UNESCO list.
The town of Split is situated in the central part of the eastern Adriatic coast and is bordered by the mouths of the small river Zrnovnica in the southeast, and the river Jadro in the north. Split offers you its many charms; the pines of the Marjan forest in the western part of the peninsula, the murmur of the sea and the sound of Dalmatian songs in the stone-paved streets of the city. Split has a very favourable climate characterised by an extremely bright sky with about 2700 sunny hours per year.
More about Split and Croatia can be found at:
Visa application is required for some non-European countries to enter Croatia. An overview of visa requirements listed for each county, visa application procedure and diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Republic of Croatia and diplomatic missions and consular offices of foreign countries in the Republic of Croatia or in neighbouring/other countries may be found on Internet pages of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia. Visa application procedure takes about one month, so please do consider that when you apply for a visa.
Participants intending to present an oral or poster contribution at the Workshop are required to submit an extended abstract not later than 10 September 2005 to the ESEAS CB, along with a copy to the Local Organising Committee. The contributions received after the deadline will not be included in the programme.
Submission should be as ASCII, rtf or Word files, with maximum length of 350 words in the body of an abstract. The language should be checked for spelling and grammar errors, and no special characters should be used in the text. For the text format you may consult sample abstracts in ASCII Text and word formats.
The abstract submission letter should include: (i) session in which you intend to present your work, and (ii) presentation preferences (oral or poster).
Shortly after 10 September, authors will receive a note of acceptance, if the abstract has been accepted for presentation.
Proceedings of the workshop will be published after the workshop in an appropriate journal.
All necessary conference facilities will be available, including digital and overhead projection, connection to Internet from several terminals, ADSL and WLan Internet connections in the conference area, as well as a high quality audio system and printing/photocopying facilities.
Maximal allowed dimensions of posters are 1 m (width) x 2 m (height). It is most likely that it will be possible for the posters to be on display the entire time of the workshop. The session will be assigned by the Scientific Committee.
Participant registration fee for the Workshop (5-6 October) is 260 Euro and covers workshop material and local facilities, transportation from the Split Airport to the hotel and vice versa, coffee breaks, buffet lunches, welcome cocktail party, workshop dinner and half-day excursion on Saturday, 8 October 2005. Accompanying person fee is 130 Euro and covers transportation from the Split Airport to the hotel and vice versa, welcome cocktail party, workshop dinner and half-day excursion on Saturday, 8 October 2005.
No registration fee is needed for the attendance on ESEAS-RI Project Team and ESEAS Governing Board meetings only.
Participants are asked to register not later than 25 September 2005 by filling in the on-line Registration Form. The payment should be processed by bank transfer, credit cards (by fax only) or on site (cash only).
The accommodation will be available at the Art Hotel and neighbouring hotels (President, Consul and Dujam). The number of available rooms is very limited due to high booking season in Split in early October. Hotel reservations will be processed on first-to-come basis, so please secure your reservations as soon as possible! (The Art Hotel is newly opened and it has no website yet.)
The locations of the Art Hotel and other hotels are marked on the Split city map. All of the other hotels are at the maximum walking distance of 15 minutes from the workshop venue (Art Hotel).
Local transportation is managed by the Organising Committee. You are asked to provide your travel information through the Accommodation Form, so the transportation (between the airport and the hotel only) can be organised. If no travel information is provided, it is expected that the participant will manage the transport.
The accommodation should be processed through on-line Accommodation Form with the deadline of 25 September 2005.
By air: Split has an international airport about 25 km from the hotel (http://www.split-airport.hr) and is linked to the main Western European cities directly or through the Zagreb airport. It is strongly recommended to make flight reservations as soon as possible. Local transportation between the hotel and the airport is managed by the Organising Committee and should be requested through the on-line Accommodation Form.
By car: Split is connected to the Croatian capital of Zagreb (about 380 km) with a new highway (opened in June, 2005).
By sea: Split harbour has daily ferry connections to Ancona, Italy. More can be found at http://www.jadrolinija.hr or http://www.sem-marina.hr.
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Important Dates and Deadlines
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The Sessions
The Workshop will encompass all aspects in sea level and related studies, organized in 5 sessions:
Abstract submission should be accompanied by one of the above session numbers.
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The Programme (click here for detialed programme)
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Primary Programme Overview
(for PT team members and ESEAS-RI project members)
Venue
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Excursion
A half-day excursion will be organised on Saturday, 8 October 2005.
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Submission of Abstracts for Posters and Oral Presentations
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Proceedings
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Facilities for Presentations
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Registration, Hotel Reservation, Prices and Payment
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How to Reach the Place?
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