[Cesg-all] CCSDS Meeting Information

[debbie.ronning]

CCSDS Meeting Information

Thursday, April 7 through Friday, April 15, 2005  - Athens, Greece

Meeting Locations:  All meetings will take place in the Athens Ledra 
Marriott Hotel.  You will receive a daily CCSDS Meeting Schedule with times 
and meeting rooms when you check in on site and pick up your name 
badge.  On Thursday and Friday from 0800 to 1000, CCSDS Registration will 
be located outside the Delos/Myconos Meeting Room on the 1st 
Floor.  Beginning Sunday from 1500 to 1800 and continuing Monday through 
Thursday from 0730 to 1700 each day, CCSDS Registration will take place in 
the Rhodos Foyer on the Mezzanine Level.

Name Badges: Please be sure to wear your name badge at all times during the 
meeting week to insure access to all functions, including meetings, lunches 
and receptions. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Refreshment Breaks: Morning Refreshments: 1000 to 1100 - Afternoon 
Refreshments: 1430 to 1530
Refreshment breaks will be outside Delos/Myconos on Thursday, 4/7 and 
Friday, 4/8 and in the Mediterranean Foyer on the Lobby Level Monday 4/11 
through Friday 4/15.

Lunches: When you check in at the CCSDS Registration Desk, you will have 
the option of purchasing lunch and reception coupons.  The cost will be €28 
or $36 per lunch.  Each day the lunch buffet will include: variety of 
salads, cold cuts, smoked fish, cheese, 3 main courses (meat-chicken-fish) 
with their side dishes and variety of desserts.  The main courses and the 
side dishes are vary each day.  It will be served each day from 1200-1300 
in the Zephyros and Kona Kai Restaurants. If you select and pay for 
lunches, be sure to pick up your coupons at the CCSDS Registration Desk 
when you check in. (Lunch coupons cannot be obtained from the Hotel 
Registration Desk; they must be picked up at the CCSDS Registration 
Desk.)   Lunch will not be provided on Saturday or Sunday.

Internet Access: CCSDS delegates are welcome to use the free OMG Internet 
Café, which will be located in the Mediterranean/Aegean Foyer on the Lobby 
Level beginning Monday, April 11th and continuing through Friday, April 
15th. (Note that we provide the connection, not the laptop or work stations.)
The hotel also provides several additional options for Internet Service: 
Guest rooms have wired high speed broadband access available for €23 per 
day; Wireless access is available in the hotel lobby and adjacent lounge 
area for €12.

Printing & Copying:  Printers will be on tables adjacent to the OMG/CCSDS 
Registration Desk in the Rhodos Foyer on the Mezzanine Level.  Printers 
will be available Monday through Thursday from 0730 to 1700, and Friday 
morning from 0730 to 1030.  For copying, please fill out the Photocopy 
Request Form available at the OMG/CCSDS Registration Desk and submit it to 
any of the registration staff.

Demonstration Area:  CCSDS delegates are welcome to view the exhibits that 
are part of the OMG Demonstration Area in the Mediterranean Foyer on the 
Lobby Level on Tuesday from 1230 to 1730 and Wednesday from 1000 to 1600. 
These will be adjacent to the AM & PM refreshment tables.

OMG/CCSDS Reception hosted by Kennedy Carter, Mentor Graphics & Adaptive

Wednesday from 1800 to 2000 - Mediterranean Ballroom on the Lobby Level
If you select this option when you check in, be sure that you receive your 
Reception Coupon. Please be sure to fill out and submit the meeting evaluation form in order to be eligible for the OMG raffle at the reception. Additional forms will be available at the entrance to the reception.

If you have any questions or require any assistance during the meeting 
week, please see one of the staff at the OMG/CCSDS Registration Desk, or 
speak with any OMG staff member.
(OMG staff all have green staff ribbons on their name badges.)

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Kevin Loughry
Director of Event Management
Object Management Group
250 First Avenue, Suite 100, Needham, MA   02494
Tel.:  +1-781-444-0404		Fax:   +1-781-444 0320				
E-Mail:   loughry at omg.org	URL:    http://www.omg.org
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