Venue

 

The symposium will be held at the Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), located 35km south-west of Amsterdam International Airport.

Meeting room: Newton

 

Getting to ESTEC

By car
ESTEC is located at the southern tip of Noordwijk.

From Den Haag (The Hague): take the A4 (direction Amsterdam) and exit at "Leiden". Follow the N206 towards Katwijk and Haarlem. Take the exit "Katwijk Noord". From there follow signs to "ESTEC" (small white squares).

From Amsterdam: take the A4 (direction Den Haag-Rotterdam) then at the junction follow the A44. Take the exit "Noordwijk-Voorhout", continue to Noordwijk and from there, follow signs to "ESTEC".

By train
From Leiden Centraal station, take the number 30 bus to Katwijk. The bus stops in front of the ESTEC entrance gate. Please note that this bus leaves four times an hour during peak periods and twice an hour during normal hours. Journey time is approx. 30 minutes.

By plane
From Schiphol airport, either take a taxi to ESTEC (30 min), or a train to Leiden (20 min) and then the number 30 bus (see train directions above) (30 min.). By rental car, follow the "By car" instructions as above from Amsterdam.

 

Visiting address:
European Space & Technology Centre
Keplerlaan 1
2201 AZ  Noordwijk

The Netherlands

 

General telephone number:
Phone: +31 71 565 6565
Fax: +31 71 565 6040

 

How to get to ESTEC: http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC/How_to_get_to_ESTEC

Shuttle bus information: http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC/Transport_to_and_from_ESTEC

Bus transport from ESTEC to the Noordwijk hotels will be organised after the dinner on 8 February.

 

Accommodation

 

A list of hotels in NOORDWIJK and LEIDEN with preferential ESA rates can be found here

In order to obtain the ESA rates, please contact directly the ESTEC travel office: estec.traveloffice@atpi.com - Note that a handling fee of 12.10 euros will be charged to your credit card if you book through the ESTEC travel office.