Advanced Techniques in LLRF control for XFEL - Collaboration Workshop provides a chance for people involved in development of hardware and software parts of LLRF control system to present their work and discuss plans for the future. It is focused on LLRF solutions for FLASH and XFEL and will take place at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland August 6 to August 8.
Technical University of Lodz
Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science
ul. Wolczanska 221/223 building B18, 90-924 Łódź, POLAND
Room: Main Auditorium A1/A2
Main Auditorium A1/A2 is located in the 1st floor of DMCS building
2. Hotel - We have made a preliminary reservation of rooms for three nights (05.08 – 08.08) in Focus hotel, 25 minutes of walk distance from the Faculty.
Hotel address: Łąkowa 23, Lodz. http://www.hotelfocus.com.pl/hotele/lodz/?lang=en
The price for single room/night including breakfast is ~199 zł (~47€) and ~219 zł (~52€) for double occupation.
3. Lunches will be provided for all registered participants - detailed information will be provided soon
4. There is a conference fee in amount of 100EUR. The fee can be paid in advance to the university account: 03 1240 3028 1111 0010 3741 8675 , SWIFT: PKOPPLPW (with comment: "Participant name, LLRF Meeting").
5. Contact person Adam Piotrowski (+48 693 197 413)
6. How to get to Lodz
Łódź can be reached by train or road, you can also use Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport.
There are direct trains from Warszawa Centralna Station to Łódź Kaliska Station (Łódź Fabryczna Station is currently closed for redecoration), see http://www.pkp.pl/
Planes are also available from a number of European cities to Łódź Airport (see http://www.airport.lodz.pl/).
The Centre of Łódź can be reached from Łódź Airport by MPK bus nr L (2.40 PLN, runs about 20 minutes) or by TAXI (ca. 30 PLN). To travel Łódź you can use the city public transport. Tickets are valid in the period of time - in case of change one does not have to use second ticket, except for the single fare tickets, that can be bought only from the driver.
| Validity period | Price of ticket |
| Single fare | 3.60 PLN |
| 20 minutes | 2.40 PLN |
| 40 minutes | 3.20 PLN |
| 60 minutes | 4.00 PLN |
| 24 h | 11.00 PLN |
7. The city of Lodz
Łódź is a city in central Poland with about 800,000 inhabitants. Today the city is a vibrant centre of trade, industry, and education. Łódź is Poland’s 2nd largest city and industrial centre. For decades Łódź was regarded by many as nothing more than a boring city of factory chimneys. The unique architecture, scenic, natural and cultural values went largely unnoticed. Today’s tourists take great delight in seeing beautifully refurbished tenements and residential structures of great factory magnates - the real gems of Art Nouveau and eclecticism - as well as museum collections and unrivalled nineteenth-century industrial architecture. No trip to Łódź is complete without a stroll down Piotrkowska Street, the city’s pride and joy. Public institutions, banks and stores, restaurants, pubs, discos, antique shops, art galleries and cinemas are centred around his main promenade. What is more, Łódź is an important economic, commercial, cultural, scientific, educational and health services centre that can boast both a long-standing tradition and recent achievements. Łódź is widely known for the word-famous events held here: the Ballet Meetings in Łódź, Camerimage – the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Explorers Festival, Alexander Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities and „Golden Thread” – the Contest for Fashion Designers, to mention just a few.
8. Currency
Generally, everywhere in Poland you pay in Polish zlotys. The currency units are
złoty (zł, PLN) and grosz (gr), 1 zł = 100 gr. The Polish zloty is a fully convertible
currency internally in Poland.
9. Banking
Foreign exchange facilities are available at major airports and at larger hotels, as well as in many private offices, called “Kantor”. Credit cards can be used in many places such as banks, hotels, car-rental offices, restaurants, and large shops. Approximate currency exchange rate: 1 € = 4.3 złoty, 1 $ = 3.4 złoty (for the up-todate information refer to http://www.nbp.pl).
A. Hotel location
B. Meeting place
