17–23 Aug 2008
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone

Social Events

The registration fee includes a single ticket for both the Reception and the Banquet.
Any accompanying persons will each be charged SFr 100 per event. The concert is free of charge.

  • Mon, Aug.18: Reception at the United Nations, including an 1h tour.
    • Approx. 10 buses will leave CERN at 6pm. Every participant has to leave from CERN with one of the provided busses. Participants who arrive by themselves will not be admitted because of security reasons.
    • Be sure to bring your passport (don't leave in hotel) and CERN badge - UN has strict security rules!
    • Participants are free to leave at around 23:00. Transport back to CERN or the hotels will not be organized; there is however good public transport from the UN to the train station Cornavin (tram lines #13, #15 and bus #5) and beyond. For details, see the TGP web site.
  • Tue, Aug 19: Concert at 21:00 at CERN main auditorium

 

  • Wed, Aug 20:
    • Free afternoon
    • at 19:00: Banquet at Unimail of Université de Genève,
      40 boulevard du Pont-d'Arve.
      You can reach it via the train station Cornavin via tram lines #15 and #17, stop Uni.-mail. Many lines also stop at the northen end of the Plainpalais, and from there it is a 15 minute stroll down to the location, or you can take tram lines #15 or #17, or bus lines #1or #32 to Unimail. See the TGP web site for maps and schedules, and below.