The School

Format

The school will begin in the afternoon of Saturday, February 26th with the registration from 1:00-3:00 pm in the "Stadtsaal"; registration will re-open on Sunday at 8:30 am. The lectures start on Saturday afternoon at 03:00 pm. The closing of the school will take place on Saturday, March 5th at noon after a morning session of lectures.

The main part of the program of the Schladming Winter School is filled by lectures given by the key speakers. The lectures are all held in English. In addition, a limited number of 20-minute timeslots will be available for participants to give a seminar. There is also the option to present a poster. You can indicate your interest to give a seminar or present a poster by submitting a title and abstract when you complete the registration form.

With blocks of lectures and seminars in the morning and late afternoon every day, there is a long lunch break suitable for discussions, skiing or other activities. For details please check the Preliminary Schedule.

Bank transfer of registration fee

Applicants are required to complete the registration form on this page and to pay the registration fee either via bank transfer by February 18th, 2011 or in cash upon registration at the school. The following conference fees apply:

• Regular (including proceedings): € 185,-
• Reduced (without proceedings): € 150,-
• Student fee (including proceedings): € 115,-
• Student fee reduced (without proceedings): € 80,-

The proceedings will be published as a separate volume of Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings. The above fees apply for bank transfers until February 18th, 2011. For cash payment at the registration desk € 10,- will be added.

If you choose to use bank transfer as your payment method, please have the appropriate fee wired to

Bank: Bank Austria Creditanstalt
Owner of Account: Universität Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
From within Austria:
Account Nr.: 500 955 006 05
BLZ: 12000
From outside Austria:
IBAN: AT32 1200 0500 9550 0605
Swift code = BIC: BKAUATWW

Please be sure to identify the purpose of your payment as "Winter School Schladming 2011 (A28165302015)".

Furthermore, please bring a copy of the transaction confirmation with you to the registration desk at the school.

Accommodation

Participants may arrange for their accommodation themselves by contacting the

Schladming-Rohrmoos Tourismus
Postfach 1
A-8970 Schladming
Austria

Tel.: +43 (3687) 22777 15
Fax: +43 (3687) 22777 52
E-Mail: info@schladming-rohrmoos.com
WWW: http://www.schladming.at

Otherwise, participants can submit an accommodation request to the organizing committee when completing the registration form. The form will then be forwarded to the staff of the Tourismusverband Schladming, who will subsequently notify the participants about their reservation.

Note: Accommodation should be arranged well before the application deadline.

Location

The lectures take place in the Stadtsaal (town hall) of Schladming, which is located at the East end of the Hauptplatz (main square) of Schladming. An interactive map of the city can be found here. Many other places of interest (restaurants, bars, the Planai cable car's bottom station, most hotels) lie within walking distance of the main square. A list of restaurants and other places of interest will be provided for participants in the welcome folder.

Internet Access

Internet access will be provided for participants in the Stadtsaal via a WLAN. Details will be announced at the beginning of the school.

Particular Events

(schedule, items will be added, and changes are possible)

• Saturday, February 26^th

  19⁰⁰ Stadtsaal: Reception given by the Mayor of the town of Schladming for participants and accompanying persons

• Tuesday, March 1^st

  14³⁰ Planai: Ski Race for participants and accompanying persons

  20⁰⁰ Stadtsaal: Victory Ceremony

• Wednesday, March 2^nd

  19¹⁵ Panel discussion on "Present and future prospects of the Functional Renormalization Group",
  with Peter Kopietz (U. Frankfurt), Jan Martin Pawlowski (U. Heidelberg) and Nikolaos Tetradis (U. Athens).

• Thursday, March 3^rd

  19¹⁵ Stadtsaal: Poster Session followed by Wine Tasting (participants of the School are invited to bring along a bottle of wine from their home countries)

• Friday, March 4^th

  20⁰⁰, Stadtsaal: Concert (Arien- und Liederabend)

• Saturday, March 5^th

  12⁰⁰ Stadtsaal: Closing and Farewell

Further details will be announced separately.

Organizing Committee

Please do not hesitate to contact the organizing committee of the school with your comments and questions. We hope to see you in Schladming on February 26th, 2011 !