General Information
The Cracow Epiphany Conference has had a different topic every year. The series started in 1995.
By bringing in new subjects and inviting new participants every year the meetings offer a general forum to discuss the frontiers
of physics. The number of participants is about one hundred and there are up to thirty invited talks.
Venue
The conference will be held in the Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear
Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN),
152 Radzikowskiego Street, Cracow, Poland
(see map). Persons interested in attending the conference
and in getting more information about the conference please send e-mail to epiphany@ifj.edu.pl.
Phone: |
+48 12 662 82 21 (Jolanta Mosurek) |
Mobile phone: |
+48 515 294 563 |
E-mail: |
epiphany@ifj.edu.pl |
Fax: |
+48 12 662 80 02 |
Conference dinner
All participants are kindly invited to the conference dinner.
Payment information
The conference fee is 150 EUR (640 PLN). The fee includes conference materials, coffee breaks, lunches and the conference dinner.
It can only be payed by bank transfer. The deatials are given below.
The deadline for the payment is 31 December 2019.
Details of the bank transfer
Account holder:
Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej PAN
ul. Radzikowskiego 152
31-342 Kraków, Poland
Bank Name: Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego BGK, Oddział Kraków
Address: ul. Pilotów 2, 31-462 Kraków
SWIFT code: GOSKPLPW
IBAN:
When paying in PLN: PL 53 1130 1150 0012 1147 8020 0032
When paying in EUR: PL 24 1130 1150 0012 1147 8020 0069
Transfer title: Epiphany 2019, First name Last name - registration fee
About the city
Cracow is one of the places in the world which have been included in the UNESCO World Cultural
Heritage list. The architectural complex of the Old Town has survived all the cataclysms of the past and preserved the same, unchanged
layout since the Middle Ages. The Old Town together with
the Wieliczka
Salt Mine have been recognized as some of the most valuable architectural treasures of the world. There are over 300 town-houses
and 58 churches and palaces, all considered historical monuments just within the old centre of Cracow and that is just a small part of
all the monuments of this city. Cracow, which had been the capital of the Polish state until the 17th century and has kept the character
of a spiritual capital till the present day, is at the same time an important cultural centre. Cracow is the oldest Polish academic
centre, with
the Jagiellonian University founded in 1364, the second oldest university
in Central Europe.
How to get there
A number of flights connect Cracow airport, the John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice, to many international destinations.
From the Cracow airport you can reach the town by:
- Train:
A one-way ticket from Kraków Airport to Kraków Main Railway Station costs 9 PLN, i.e. about 2 EUR
(see train time table).
- Train tickets can be purchased:
- - passenger terminal - level 0 (ticket machine);
- - train station (ticket machine);
- - train (ticket machine or train conductor on board).
- Payment in cash or with credit/debit card.
- Taxi:
Kraków Airport Taxi service
is the official partner of John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice - the fare for a ride from the airport to the city center
or to the Rondo Ofiar Katynia (close to the Institute and Q Hotel Kraków)
is approximately 70-90 PLN (i.e. about 17-22 EUR) and you can pay by cash or by electronic card.
There are several
taxi companies operating in Kraków (e.g. Megataxi +48 12 19 625 -> 33 PLN cash i.e. about 8EUR). They can be identified by the company names or phone numbers
(such as +48 12 19*** for mobile phones) marked on the vehicles.
You can pay by credit card and, in most of the taxies, also by electronic card. So to be sure, ask about the payment methods while calling or entering a taxi.
There is also another options you can chose - iCar, and then the fare approximately is 35-45 PLN (i.e. about 10 EUR)
but you can pay only by cash.
- Bus - The most accurate search engine of public transport connections with current timetables
is available here.
To get from the Airport to the city centre one can take a bus #208, #252 or #902.
A one-way ticket costs 4.6 PLN, i.e. about 1 EUR;
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Visa Information
Depending on your nationality and country of residence you may need a visa to enter the Schengen area. Please consult
this web page to see if you need one.
How to reach the IFJ PAN from the city centre
The simplest and fastest option is to team up for a taxi. It costs around 30 PLN and takes some 20 minutes to reach the IFJ PAN. The taxi can be called at the reception desk.
Alternatively one can take a tram 4 or 24 from the stop "Stary Kleparz" in the direction "Bronowice Male".
The stop is located 5 minutes on foot from the hotels.
You should get off the tram at the stop "Balicka Wiadukt".
To reach the IFJ PAN one should either walk (slightly uphill) 10 minutes
or take one of the buses: 120, 172, 173, 210, 230, 238, 248, 258, 268, 278, 501 or 572 from the stop "Bronowice Wiaduct" and get off
at the next stop “Rondo Ofiar Katynia”. The typical duration of such journey is 45 minutes (including walking).
The time table can be found here.
The tickets can be purchased from the ticket machine at the bus stop (payment in cash or with credit/debit card) or the authorized ticket machines
found in a tram/bus (payment in cash – coins only) with the cost of 4,60 PLN.
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