Dear Colleagues,

the next fall meeting of the ETM Collaboration will take place in Rome from

        Wednesday, October 12 to Friday, October 14.

We intend to start the meeting on Wednesday after lunch and to close it
on Friday before lunch, depending on the details of the agenda.


1) Meeting place:
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Our meeting will take place in the room 1B located at the first floor 
of the Faculty of Science of the University of Roma Tre, in Via 
Corrado Segre 4/6. 

Please note: ***** not at the Department of Physics *****

You can easily find a map on the Google web site http://maps.google.it/ 
by inserting the address "roma, via corrado segre 4/6".
Note that the meeting place is at 10 min walking distance from the 
stop "Basilica San Paolo" of subway "linea B".


2) Accommodation:
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The closest and most convenient hotel is the Hotel Saint Paul, located 
in Via Volterra 43, which is in the same sidewalk of the meeting place
(see the web site http://www.hotelsaintpaul.net/EN/hotel.html).

The hotel(****) has an agreement with our University and the price is 
102 euro for a single room and 112 euro for a double one, including 
breakfast. An extra (tourism) tax of 3 euro/night should be added.
Up to now the hotel has 20 rooms available and guaranteed until Friday, 
September 23. 
For the booking send an e-mail to manager@hotelsaintpaul.net, specifying: 
- object "meeting at the University of Roma Tre (Cecilia Tarantino)",
- your name,
- your arrival and departure dates,
- a contact phone,
- the preferred room type,
- the number and expiring date of your credit card.
The cancellation policy is no charge up to 3 days before the arrival, 
otherwise the first night will be charged on the credit card.

A cheaper hotel is the Hotel Royal Home (http://www.royalhome.it) 
located in Via Ostiense 263, which is 10 min walking distance from 
our meeting place.
The hotel has no agreement with our University and the number of available
rooms is limited.
The price is 75 euro for a single room and 98 euro for a double one, 
including breakfast. The extra (tourism) tax is 2 euro/night and it 
should be added.

Another possibility is to stay close to the main railway station (Termini 
station). In this case we suggest

1. Hotel Fiamma (***), Via Gaeta 61 
   http://www.leonardihotels.com/Fiamma
   single room: 80 euro
   double single use: 110 euro
   double room: 120/130 euro
   tourism tax: 2 euro

2. Hotel Lux (****), Via Gaeta 14
   http://www.sebraeli.net/i-nostri-alberghi/hotel-lux
   single room: 90 euro
   double single use: 110 euro
   double room: 113 euro
   tourism tax: 3 euro

A bit far from the station, but still along the subway "linea B":
   Hotel Mercure (***), Via Reggio Calabria 54
   http://www.mercure.com
   single room: 110 euro
   double room: 112 euro
   tourism tax: 2 euro

Of course you are free to choose your hotel in Rome, but please keep in 
mind that it is preferable to stay close to a stop of the subway "linea 
B". 


3) Travel:
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From the Fiumicino Airport you have different options: 
    1. at the airport station take the train Leonardo Express to Termini 
       main station;
    2. at the airport station take the train FM1 towards Fara Sabina or 
       Orte and get out at Ostiense Station;
    3. take a taxi from the airport to the meeting place (expensive, 
       ~ 40/50 euro).

From the Ciampino Airport:
    1. take the bus outside the departures terminal to Termini Station;
    2. take a taxi from the airport to the meeting place (expensive, 
       ~ 40/50 euro).

From Termini, Ostiense and Tiburtina stations: 
    follow the sign to the subway "linea B", take the train to Laurentina, 
    go down at the stop "Basilica San Paolo". Then the meeting place is 
    within 10 min walking distance.


4) Registration:
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Please fill out the enclosed registration form and send it to us by 
e-mail to the address

tarantino@fis.uniroma3.it


5) Social activities:
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We intend to organise two informal, gathering dinners on Wednesday and 
Thursday. Please inform us about your choice in the registration form 
to allow us to make the reservations in due time.


If you have any questions or if you need further information, please
don't hesitate to contact us at the address tarantino@fis.uniroma3.it.

Best wishes,

Cecilia, Francesco, GianCarlo, Petros, Roberto, Silvano, Vittorio