Details

The language of the conference will be ENGLISH. There will be no translation services available. This meeting is designed to run before the Human Genome Variation Society Meeting "Genome Wide Association Studies: the last mile problem" http://www.hgvs.org/Vien09/ that will be held on the 23rd May at the same venue. If you are interested in attending both meetings you can register for both meetings at the same time by taking out a Joint Registration Package.

Conference venue

The conference will be held at The Hilton Vienna Danube, Handelskai 269, Vienna, which is a short train ride from the Austria Centre the ESHG conference venue. It is a Satellite meeting to the European Society of Human Genetics' annual meeting http://www.eshg.org/eshg2009/.

Accommodation

Please make your own hotel bookings, as we will not be arranging hotel bookings for you.

If you are attending the ESHG meeting, you can use the housing booking website to make your arrangements http://www.eshg.org/eshg2009/hotel.htm.

Alternatively, you could book a room in our conference hotel at the Hilton Vienna Danube here.

Please book your room ASAP as there is a high demand for hotel rooms and the prices only get higher!

Location & transport

Vienna is easily accessible from all major European and International cities.

Airport

The airport is only a short 16 minute car or train ride from the city centre of Vienna . See this link regarding airport transport - http://www.aua.com/at/eng/about_flight/airports/vienna/

Train

You will need to take the U-bahn to the Austria Centre, this is a very frequent service. See - http://www.wien.gv.at/english/transportation/publictrans.htm