Conference
participants are responsible for arranging accommodation for the entire period
of stay, including the pre-conference excursion.
A special price is
offered for the participants in a few hotels close to the conference venue
(5-10 min walk):
1. Hestia Hotel Seaport (NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE)
2. Hestia Hotel
Europa (NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE)
3. Tallink City (NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE).
4. Nordic Hotel Forum, bookings can be made directly via online link or by e-mail to forum@nordichotels.eu.
Please use promo core
ISOS-14
. Special accommodation rate is subject to availability.
5.
Radisson Collection Hotel, Tallinn (5*Superior)
, rooms for one person (130 EUR/night)
and two persons (140 EUR/night), please e-mail to
reservations.tallinn@radissoncollections.com
and use promo code
ISOS-14
in your e-mail. Special accommodation rate is
subject to availability.
Additionally, budget
accommodation is available in
Academic Hostel.
The special price for a twin room is €38 (no
breakfast included). Please use the keyword
ISOS-14
during the booking via
their website before April 1st, 2023.
Note that the location is out
of the city centre and conference venue (~30 min by public transport).
However,
it is located within the TalTech campus, and during the pre-conference field
trip, the bus will stop near the hostel.
Various other hotels
and other types of accommodation in Tallinn are available on booking systems
(such as
https://booking.com), with the usual price range from €50 to €250
per night.
Estonia is located in northern Europe between Finland, Russia, Latvia and Sweden. With an area of 45,000 km² and a population of ca 1.3 million, it is one of the smallest countries in Europe. The official language is Estonian, a Fenno-Ugric language spoken by 1.1 million people. Estonia is a member of the European Union, the Eurozone, NATO, the OECD, and the Schengen Visa Area.
Estonia is renowned for its econ
omic and social freedom, sound education system, high level of digitisation and government e-services. The capital of Estonia is Tallinn, famous for its UNESCO World Heritage medieval old town. Tartu, the second largest city in the country, is best known for its university, established in 1632. Find out more at: https://estonia.ee, https://www.visitestonia.com.
Tallinn can be reached from many Eu
ropean cities by direct flights or via nearby larger airports, particularly Helsinki, Stockholm and Riga. From Scandinavia and Central Europe, Estonia is also reachable by car or bus. For details, please consult: https://www.visitestonia.com/en/travel-here-around/travel-to-estonia
Please check if you need a visa for Schengen Area
and contact the organisers in advance
should you need an official invitation
Conference
participants are responsible for arranging accommodation for the entire period of stay, including the pre-conference excursion. A variety of hotels and other types of accommodation is available at https://booking.com, with the usual price range from EUR 50 to EUR 250 per night.
The scientific sessions will take place at the Astra Building of Tallinn University, located in Tallinn City Centre (address
:
Narva mnt 29), within walking distance from the historical Old Town, various hotels, restaurants, and the Baltic Sea.
The conference dinner will take place on July 20, 2023. The place will be announced in the Third Circular. Note that the Conference Dinner is not included in the registration fee in most cases.
Spouse activities will be organised for the period of scientific sessions if there is interest. Please indicate your interest in the registration form.
Large collections of Baltic Ordovician fossils and rocks are kept at the Department of Geology Tallinn University of Technology, the Estonian Museum of Natural History and at the Natural History Museum, University of Tartu (in Tartu, 180 km South of Tallinn). Participants of the conference are welcome to arrive earlier or leave later, in order to study these collections. Please contact the corresponding curators at your earliest convenience, but no later than May 1, 2023, to ensure the availability of the material. Data on many collection specimens, samples, localities etc have been digitised and made accessible online in the national geoscience data portal: https://geoloogia.info. Contact:
Ursula Toom, Department of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology (ursula.toom@taltech.ee)
Mare Isakar, Natural History Museum, Tartu University (mare.isakar@ut.ee)
Karin Truuver, Estonian Museum of Natural History (karin.truuver@loodusmuuseum.ee)
The main collections of Swedish Palaeozoic fossils and rocks are kept at the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University, the Swedish Geological Survey (also in Uppsala) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Participants of the conference are welcome to study these collections. Please contact the corresponding curators at your earliest convenience, but no later than May 1, 2023, to ensure the availability of the material.
Contact:
Jan Ove R. Ebbestad, Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University (jan-ove.ebbestad@em.uu.se)
Linda Wickström, Geological Survey of Sweden (Linda.Wickstrom@sgu.se)
Jonas Hagström, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (jonas.hagstrom@nrm.se)
David A. T. Harper (Durham University)
Lars Holmer (Uppsala University)
Petr Kraft (Charles University)
Thomas Servais (CNRS-Université de Lille)
Zhan Renbin (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology)