VENUE

The symposium will be held in Tampere Hall congress centre in the City of Tampere.

Tampere was founded 1779 and it is located on an isthmus between two scenic lakes in southern Finland. It is a unique combination of old industrial heritage, service industries, culture, education and nature. Tampere is the second largest region in Finland with 200 000 inhabitants. Tampere University of Technology is known as Finland´s most international university with 12 400 students. Tampere is easy to reach by air and land. Several international flights operate every day via Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London (Stansted), Frankfurt (Hahn) and Riga. A train trip between Tampere and Helsinki capital takes only 90 minutes.

DESTINATION

Welcome to Finland

Finland is a Nordic country situated between the West and the East offering the best of both traditions. The Finnish pure and varied nature offers lots of exciting and relaxing activities. The vibrant culture provides a great variety of events and tours, one in every taste. Beside its diverse nature and culture, Finland is also known as a modern, high-tech country.

The Finnish summer is warm and bright. It is the season of the Midnight sun, when the sun does not set for a couple of months in the northernmost parts of the country. Even in more southern parts, the night is not dark and days are only separated by a couple of hours of twilight.
The time in Finland is three hours ahead of GMT in summer and two hours in winter.

Facts about Finland and Finns provides information on history, climate, weather forecasts, currency, maps as well as a travel navigator by Finnish Tourist Board.

Virtual Finland provides information on Finland, daily news and a search engine by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland.

The Library of Statistics , by the Statistics Finland, provides versatile statistical information on Finland.

Visiting Tampere

The city of Tampere
Also see information under "Venue".

Visiting Helsinki

The capital area with more than a million inhabitants covers an area of three cities; Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa. Helsinki, the capital of Finland, has a colorful history and offers unique sights and versatile events. The sea and the islands are dominant features of the surroundings.

City of Helsinki

presents Helsinki with articles, pictures and brochures. Map of Helsinki and capital area incl. search engine at your disposal.

Helsinki This Week magazine by Helsinki Expert provides you with information on Finland and Helsinki, tourist information and services, sightseeings, useful to know, transport, calendar of events, shopping, sauna and sports and much more. Moreover, the magazine contains a comprehensive list of addresses and telephone numbers, important for a tourist. You can download sections in pdf- format from the latest issue of the Helsinki This Week magazine.

HOW TO GET

Symposium Official Airline for FI0905

The SAS Group is the Official Airline for the IFAC Symposium on Power Plants and Power Systems Control, Finland and offers you a special discount. Simply quote event code FI0905 when calling your local SAS office and save up to 20 % on your ticket. SAS conference discounts are valid on flights operated by SAS, Blue1, airBaltic, Widerøe, Spanair, Estonian* and SAS/Lufthansa code share flights from Germany. In addition discounts are offered when using SAS codeshare connecting flights operated by Cimber Air, Skyways and United domestic USA in connection with SAS transatlantic flight. * exceptions apply for Estonian

SAS offers all participants to voluntarily offset their CO ₂ emission.

Click here to calculate your total CO ₂ emission on your travel to/from the event and compensate.

Telephone numbers for SAS call centers:

Denmark 7010 3000

Norway 05400

Sweden 0770 727 727

Finland 06000-258 31

Europe +44 208 990 7270

Europe +49 69 2045 79999

USA 1-800 221 2350

Australia 1300 727 707

China 010 8527 6100

Japan 03-5400 2331

Singapore 6235 2488

Thailand 02 645 8200

Click here for more information.

Other:

There are numerous direct flights from all over the world to Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport. The most frequent flights are run by SAS and Finnair .

To check bus connection between Helsinki Airport and Tampere, click here.

To check train connection between Helsinki Airport and Tampere, click here.

ACCOMMODATION

HOTEL BOOKING

All the bookings should be done straight to the hotels.

Holiday Inn Tampere

Yliopistonkatu 44

33100 Tampere

Booking: Hotelworld

Booking code: IFAC

Room rates:

Single room: 139 €/ day