European Space Agency
European Space & Technology Centre (ESTEC)
Keplerlaan 1
Postbus 299
2200 AG Noordwijk
The Netherlands
By kind invitation of ESTEC, the fifth MC meeting of the Action will take place in Noordwijk, Holland.
This page provides information about the meeting. Please visit it regularly, particularly closer to the date, for it is likely to keep evolving.
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Meeting Programme
The meeting will take place before the opening of the Joint Workshop with COST Action 272, from 9:30 to 13:00 at ESTEC in room Newton 1. Coffee break will be at 11:00.If you have proposals for contributions to the Agenda Items, please send them to the Chairman and Secretary. Working Groups contributions are coordinated by their respective chairmen, please liaise with them directly. This will be a one day meeting only, priority will be given to management issues. The Agenda will be published in the Secure Document Area of the web site before 21 May 2003.
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Local Information
Accommodation
Management Committee Members and Action participants and observers who wish to attend the meeting should make accommodation reservation from the ESTEC's workshop web page.Local Transport
How to get to ESTEC by car, train or air is shown on the map (see link below).Additional information:
1) Cost of Taxi from Schiphol to ESTEC: about 40 EU.2) Train from Schiphol to Leiden CS (Travel time 20', Frequency 10-20' Approx), then
Leiden-ESTEC Taxi (about 17 EU)
or
Bus 32 (Current Schedule from Leiden: 06:30, 7:00,07:30,08:00,
08:30,09:04,10:04,11:04,12:04,13:04,14:02,15:02,15:32,
16:02,16:36,17:06,17:36,18:06,18:29)For those staying in Noordwijk (Parallel Boulevard Bus Stop) the Bus Schedule (90 and 95, direction Den Haag) is :
From Noordwik to ESTEC in the Morning (BUS stop is Katwijk Schorpioen).
95
07:03
07:1195
07:16
07:2590
07:23
07:3695
07:31
07:4095
07:46
07:5590
07:52
08:0695
08:01
08:1095
08:16
08:25
90
08:22
08:3695
08:46
08:5590
08:52
09:0695
09:18
09:2690
09:22
09:3690
09:52
10:0695
10:18
10:2690
10:22
10:36
90
10:52
11:0695
11:18
11:2690
11:22
11:3690
11:52
12:0695
12:18
12:2690
12:22
12:3690
12:52
13:0695
13:18
13:26From ESTEC to Noordwijk in the Afternoon
90
16:13
16:2695
16:31
16:4090
16:43
16:5695
17:01
17:1090
17:13
17:2695
17:16
17:2595
17:31
17:4090
17:43
17:56
95
18:01
18:1090
18:13
18:2695
18:31
18:4095
19:01
19:1090
19:13
19:2690
20:14
20:2590
21:14
21:2590
22:14
22:25Here is the map of the bus stop near ESTEC (area in magenta colour). It takes 10' to walk from the bus stop (Schorpioen) to the security gate (small symbol in the map).
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Social Events
The meeting will be followed by a joint workshop with Action 272. Social events will be organized as part of the workshop.Local Information
Please consult the ESTEC contact web page and/or optionally follow links from it.ESTEC contact numbers: Phone: +31 71 565.6565 and Fax: +31 71 565.6040.
Meeting Location Map [Acrobat PDF]
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MC Members' Travel and Subsistence Re-Imbursement
Up to two delegates (MC members) from each country that has already signed the MoU will be eligible for travel re-imbursement, and two days' subsistence, subject to budgetary constraints. Please download an official re-imbursement form from http://www.cordis.lu/cost/src/reimbursement_link.htmand bring it with you, suitably completed, to the meeting. Note there are TWO sheets in the Excel file. Copies of travel tickets will also be required.Go to the Top of this page.
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Page last modified on 22 May 2003 by the Chairman.