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All activities (with the exception of the banquet) will take place at the "Aula" of the Ghent University, Volderstraat 9 in the city centre. A general map of the city and a ground-plan of the "Aula" will be included in the programme booklet, as well as a more detailed street map of the city centre. A colour map of the city centre will also enclosed in the hotel brochure which you will find in the symposium map.

Once arrived in Brussels airport, the railway station is located under the airport itself at the -2 Floor. There are direct trains to Ghent ('Gent Sint-Pieters') every hour. The destination indicated is 'De Panne'. 'Gent Sint-Pieters-Station' is the fourth stop of the train after 'Brussel-Noord/Bruxelles-Nord', 'Brussel Centraal/Bruxelles-Central' and 'Brussel-Zuid/Bruxelles-Midi'. There is also a direct stop train from the airport to Ghent. The travel takes longer because the train stops very often. 'Gent Sint-Pieters' is the end station of that train.
There is also a non-direct train, whereby you have to change trains once. First take the train from the airport station to the centre of Brussels and get of in 'Brussel-Zuid/Bruxelles-Midi'. You can also change trains in the other Brussels centre stations : 'Brussel-Noord/Bruxelles-Nord' or 'Brussel-Centraal/Bruxelles-Central', but the easiest is to change in 'Brussel-Zuid/Bruxelles-Midi'. Then take the train to Ghent Sint-Pieters, destination 'Oostende'. Note that Ghent will always be mentioned as intermediate destination. The trip 'Brussel-Zuid/Bruxelles-Midi' - Ghent takes about 30 minutes.

Taxi's in for average distances within Ghent will cost you around 300BEF. You cannot stop a passing taxi, you must either call one (09/222.22.22) or cue at a regular taxi stop such as the railwaystation or the Koornmarkt.

In Ghent, public trams/buses operate from 05:30 to 23:30 with a frequency of one every 10-15 minutes. A map with all city routes will be included in your Conference bag. A single ticket costs 40BEF. It is much cheaper to buy a mulit-trip card in press-shops or some groceries.

The Registration Desk will be open on:

• Sunday 2 from 14:00 -17.00
• Monday September 3 from 10:00 - 18:00
• September 4-6 during session hours.

Opening Ceremony of the Symposium

• Monday, September 3 (18:00) at the "Aula", Volderstraat 9.
• Musical intermezzo by the Trio "Ensemble Verheyden"
• followed by an informal reception in the Peristylium of the Aula
• Music by "Rudy Balliu's Society Serenaders"

Banquet

• Thursday, September 6 (20:00)
• at the Castle of Wippelgem (Kramershoek, 4, 9940 Evergem, Tel.: 09 357 71 64) located approximately 15 km outside Ghent
• Music by " SpellbAund " .

Excursions

• Ghent sightseeing: 3-hr tours on Monday afternoon, September 3 and Wednesday evening, September 5
• Bruges: Tuesday, September 4 - Brussels: Wednesday, September 5
• Boat trip on the river Lys (Leie): Thursday afternoon, September 6

For further information about these excursions, contact the registration desk. For sightseeing tips see also tourist section in this Programme Booklet and in the tourist folders in your Symposium map

Hotel Sofitel
Gent Belfort Hoogpoort 63
Tel.: 09 233 33 31,
Fax: 09 233 11 02

Hotel Novotel
Goudenleeuwplein 5
Tel.: 09 224 22 30,
Fax: 09 224 32 95

Hotel Ibis Cathedral
Limburgstraat 2
Tel.: 09 233 00 00,
Fax: 09 233 10 00

Hotel Ibis Opera
Nederkouter 24-26
Tel.: 09 225 07 07,
Fax: 09 223 59 07

Hotel Golden Tulip Alfa Flanders
Koning Albertlaan 121
Tel.: 09 222 60 65,
Fax: 09 220 16 05

Hotel Poortackere
Oude Houtlei 50 - 58
Tel.: 09 269 22 10,
Fax: 09 269 22 30

Hotel Holiday Inn (Gent Expo)
Maaltekouter 2, 9051 Sint-Denijs Westrem
Tel.: 09 220 24 24,
Fax: 09 222 66 22

Hotel Castelnou
Kasteelstraat 51
Tel. 09 235 04 11,
Fax: 09 235 04 04

Student Home Vermeylen
Stalhof 6
Tel.: 09 264 71 00,
Fax: 09 222 69 31

Breakfast
at your hotel or in the Student Restaurant "Overpoort" (Overpoortstraat, 1) one block away from the Student Home Vermeylen (city map H-8).

Lunch
at the Conference site: people who ordered warm meals will receive tickets upon registration; during the conference, soup and sandwiches can be ordered one day in advance
in town: the biggest concentration of restaurants can be found at the Korenmarkt (city map G-4), Groentenmarkt (city map G-4), Donkersteeg (city map G-4), Vlaanderenstraat (city map H-5 + I-5) and neighbouring streets

Dinner
at your hotel or in town (see above).

During the morning and afternoon breaks, free coffee and tea will be served in the Peristylium near the stairs to the Auditorium. The cafateria will be open daily at the conference site in the Peristylium, serving coffee, tea, soft drinks, beer, snacks and sandwiches.

The banquet fee is included in the registration, except for students. Additional tickets may be purchased at the Registration desk at 3000 BEF, as long as available. Please note that the banquet tickets will be requested at the entrance. A bus shuttle is organised to take participants from their hotel or student home to the banquet venue. Pick up time will be 19:30 at the lobby of the hotel. In case you miss the bus you can still go on your own by taxi; address: Kasteel van Wippelgem, Kramershoek 4, 9940 Evergem, tel. 09/357 71 64. From midnight onwards a bus service will be available on an hourly basis to return to the hotels/student home.

The identification badge, which you will receive upon registration, must be worn throughout the conference. Only participants wearing their badge will be admitted to the conference rooms and social activities.

For urgent messages, the participants can be reached at the Registration desk telephone number +32-9-264 67 52 or Fax +32-9- 264 69 80 or email larvi@rug.ac.be. Pay-fax will be available at the Registration desk (100 BEF per page within Europe, 250 BEF per page elsewhere).

You can preview your slides arranged in long (50 unit) trays in the screening room near the registration area. Please submit the tray with your slides minimum 15 minutes before your session starts. After your session you can collect your slides from the screening room after the coffee break following your talk.

Speakers who want to use powerpoint illustrations need to hand in their presentation (on floppy, CD or ZIP drive) the evening before their talk (see separate instructions sent in August). Facilities will be available at the Registration desk to copy your presentation from your personal computer (only applicable for IBM compatible equipment) to CD-ROM.

Please meet with your chairperson in the conference room 15 minutes before the start of your session and hand over the following written information for introduction: titles and name of speaker, affiliation and area of specialisation/activity.

Posters should be set up on Monday September 3 between 14:00 and 18:00. Please contact the poster service desk in the Peristylium to find out the location of your poster. Posters should be removed on Thursday September 6 after the last coffee break. To ensure that the posters will be fully integrated in the symposium, considerable time has been allocated to view and discuss the posters. Rapporteurs have been invited to review a number of posters, as well as the corresponding mini-paper, and to give a brief oral evaluation which should stimulate discussions.

During the symposium banquet an award will be presented for the best poster, selected on the basis of its scientific value and layout qualities.

Ten PC's (sponsored by Computron) will be available on Monday September 3 (14:00-18:00) and during the Conference period September 4-6 (09:00-18:00) to the participants to get Internet access.

Several banks are located at the "Kouter" (city map G-5 + H-5). A money exchange office ("Basle") is located in the Henegouwenstraat, 27. Opening hours during weekdays: 09:00 - 16:00.

On Tuesday, September 4 after the afternoon session at 19:10 a group picture will be taken in the main hall of the Peristylium. As of Thursday morning, September 6, the picture will be on display at the Registration desk. It will be for sale at 350 BEF.

The main post office is located at the "Lange Kruisstraat". Opening hours during weekdays: 09:00 - 16:00.

For renting cars a drivers license is compulsory. Foreign visitors should be able to present their national or international drivers license.

Time is GMT + 2 from end of March until end of October. Dutch is spoken in the North of the country, French in the South. Both languages are used in Brussels.

The currency unit is the Belgian Franc (BEF). There are bank notes of 10,000, 2,000, 1,000, 500, 200 and 100 BEF and coins of 50, 20, 5 and 1 BEF. Foreign currency and traveller cheques can be exchanged at most Belgian and foreign banks. In Ghent, there are exchange offices in the railway station Gent-St. Pieters and in the surroundings of the Korenmarkt and Mageleinstraat. 1 US $ equals approximately 47 BEF. 1 Euro is 40.34 BEF

The mail-rate for postcards and letters up to 20 g to countries within the European Union is 19 BEF or 21BEF as priority mail. For other countries, rates depend on the weight but average 34 BEF.

Distances from Brussels : Amsterdam 250 km, Antwerp 48 km, Arlon 187 km, Bruges 97 km, Charleroi 61 km, Ghent 55 km, Leuven 132 km, Luxemburg 300 km, Liège 94 km, Mons 67 km, Namur 63 km, Ostend 86 km, Paris 300 km

To make an international phone calls , dial the number 00 followed by the country identification number: e.g. France (33), Germany (49), Great Britain (44), Italy (39), Japan (81), USA (1).

Emergency services: Accidents/Fire Brigade (100), Police (101), Anti-Poison centre (070 245 245).

All participants receive the Special Publication N° 30 of the European Aquaculture Society "larvi 2001", Book of Short Communications and Abstracts. The full-length papers of the oral presentations will be peer reviewed and published in a special symposium volume of the journal "Aquaculture". The best poster presentations will be invited to submit a manuscript for peer-review publication in a special symposium issue of the journal "Aquaculture International".

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