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The city of Bergen. Gateway to the Fjords Norway’s continental city 250 000. The city of Bergen: brief history. Founded in 1070 Norway’s capital until 1299 Thriving international port Bergen International Festival 2000 European City of Culture. The city of Bergen: culture and commerce.
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The city of Bergen • Gateway to the Fjords • Norway’s continental city • 250 000
The city of Bergen: brief history • Founded in 1070 • Norway’s capital until 1299 • Thriving international port • Bergen International Festival • 2000 European City of Culture
The city of Bergen: culture and commerce • the sea • international • education
The city of Bergen: education and research • 3 university level institutions • 20+ research centres • 25 000 students • 5 000 employees
The city of Bergen: major institutions: • the University of Bergen • the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration • Bergen College • the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research • Haukeland University Hospital • the Christian Michelsens Institute • the Norsk Hydro Centre for Petroleum Research
The University of Bergen: a brief description • 7 faculties • 17 000 students • 2 500 faculty and staff • Urban setting
The University of Bergen: a brief history • 1825 Bergen Museum • 1873 leprosy bacterium - Hansen • 1907 Sundt Chair of Zoology • 1948 formal opening, Faculties of Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Science, Arts • 1970 Faculties of Dentistry, Social Sciences • 1980 Faculties of Psychology, Law
The University of Bergen: vision • gateway and meeting place • crossing borders
The University of Bergen • high quality research • Large Scale Facilities
Proposal for Strange Quark Matter Conference • Local organizing committee: • Dieter Rohrich, U of Bergen, Co-Chair • Laszlo Csernai, U of Bergen, Co-Chair • Joakim Nystrand, U of Bergen • Larisa Bravina, U of Oslo • Trine Tveter, U of Oslo • Gunnar Lovhoiden, U of Oslo • Eivind Osnes, U of Oslo • Haavard Helstrup, Univ. College of Bergen • Kristin Fanebust, Univ. College of Bergen • Csaba Anderlik, U of Bergen, Unifob/BCCS
We count on 150 - 200 participants. At the U of Bergen site lecture halls can be used for 200, 250, 300, 350 people if needed. • Bergen is the capital of the Fjords, the most touristic city of Norway. The University is in downtown Bergen. See: • http://www.uib.no/info/english/ • Bergen has direct flights to/from: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Aberdeen, Oslo, Stansted, …. • There is ample accomodation and a wide price range of hotels (except the low price cathegory). Nevertheless, some low budget accomodation can be found (1 EUR ~ 8 NOK) : • YMCA 170 NOK (19 rooms) • Marken Gjestehus 340 NOK (21 rooms) • Crowded House 390/490 NOK (33 rooms) ... • http://www.bergen-guide.com/accommodation.htm
We estimate the conference fee to be 450 - 500 Euro • This includes lunch (cold plate, warm lunch is not usual in Norway) in one (or two) nearby hotels and/or in the canteen of the Bergen University College. Furthermore coffee and snacks in the breaks, proceedings, and banquet. • We will be able to support 15-20 young participants, or probably more. • With our best regards Dieter Rohrich and Laszlo Csernai END