Registration

If you wish to attend the ESSI meeting, you must register using the Meeting Registration System located on the European Neutron Portal. Please, use your usual login and password.
If you are not member you should first register here. Then you will receive by email the login and password to access the "Meeting Registration System".
Please, mark the box "ESSI" in the relationship section.


Travel
Bilbao Airport lies 12 kilometres away from the city, in the Loiu district. The Vizcayan capital and its airport are linked by highway, which makes the journey quick and easy.

The bus that links Bilbao and the airport is a yellow urban bus Bizkaibus A3247.

At the airport, the departure point is the stop in front of the Arrivals Terminal. In Bilbao the last stop is TERMIBUS, where the route ends and bus terminal providing connections with San Mamés station of Metro Bilbao.

Route: Airport (Arrivals Terminal) to Bilbao. Timetable: From 06:15 to 24:00, every 30 minutes.

Route: Bilbao-Termibús to the Airport. Departure timetable: From 05:25 to 21:55, every 30 minutes.

Accommodation
Rooms have been booked for you at ABANDO HOTEL at a special rate.

Double or single room: 75,00 €/night
Breakfast: 12,00 €/person
VAT: 7%

Hotel Abando****
Colón de Larreátegui, 9
Metro: Station ABANDO, Exit: Berástegui street.
www.hotelabando.com

Turist information
Bilbao is the core of a metropolitan area with more than one million inhabitants. Since its foundation, more than 700 years ago, it has been the fundamental factor and the main socio-economic axis around which the Vizcaya (Bizkaia) region has set its modernisation process in motion.

There is a lot to see in Bilbao: the Old Town, the grand buildings of the Ensanche district, the new Bilbao with its flagship the Guggenheim Museum and numerous other buildings by top architects.

There are waterfront promenades along the river, several museums to visit, and many bars where you can sample the traditional snacks known locally as “pintxos”.

Outside the city itself, you can take the Metro to the beach, visit Getxo with its stately homes and old fishing port and cross the river to Portugalete on the Puente Bizkaia transporter bridge. This bridge has recently been declared a human heritage site, and the views of the bay from the walkway along its top are magnificent.

Just a few kilometres along the coast are the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve and the town of Gernika, and inland lie the spectacular hills of the Duranguesado.

You may also wish to visit Donostia-San Sebastián or the Rioja Alavesa wine growing area, where many wineries are open to visitors. All this is just 1 hour from the centre of Bilbao.

For full information on routes, sightseeing and practical hints for visiting Bilbao, go to:

http://www.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/
http://www.euskadi.net/turismo/sit_c.htm

Information

For any further information you can contact:

Tisa congresos
Ms. Lourdes Barreda
Tel. 34 944233147
Fax 34 944352230
Mail. congreso@tisasa.es

AGENDA & DOCUMENTS

Programme

16th October
19:30	Welcome Cocktail at Gran hotel Domine Bilbao
20:30	Dinner at Gran hotel Domine Bilbao. (Alameda Mazarredo, 61. In front of Guggeheim Museum
17th October
	The Bilbao meeting will take place at PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE BIZKAIA (PTB), situated at 15 km from the city center of Bilbao.
08:30	Departure from Abando hotel (transportation from the hotel to PTB will be arranged)
09:00	Meeting
11:00	Coffee break
11:30	Meeting
14:00	Lunch PTB
17:00	Guided tour to the Guggenheim museum. (The museum is closed on Monday)