IMPORTANT NOTICE:
All prices, timetables (flights, train, taxi), currency rates have been updated on July 1st, 2003
Symposium site information
How to get to the Symposium Site
Getting to Iasi
Accommodation and local transportation
Other useful info
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Symposium Site Information
SCS 2003 location:
‘Gh. Asachi’ Technical University of Iasi
Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications
Bulevardul Carol, no. 11
Phone: +40 232 213737 Ext. 107
Urgent calls:
+40 232 232648 (prof. Liviu Goras)
+40 232 217823 (dr. Iulian Ciocoiu)
mobile : +40 740 986732 (Sergiu Diaconu)E-mail : scs2003@etc.tuiasi.ro, lgoras@etc.tuiasi.ro
Getting from Bucharest to Iasi By plane:Monday to Friday (except Tuesday) there are daily flights scheduled from "Otopeni" Airport in Bucharest to Iasi. The timetable of the flights is:
Day
Airport
Departure
Duration
Remarks
July 9, 2003 Bucuresti – Iasi 10:15; 20:00 1h Non-stop July 13, 2003 Iasi – Bucuresti none July 14, 2003
Iasi – Bucuresti
7:00; 16:55
1h
Non-stop
A return ticket is 133 USD and an one-way ticket is 95 USD. Once arrived in Iasi, it takes approximatively 10 minutes by bus from the airport to the downtown area (please see Getting to the Symposium Site too).
A link to the official site of TAROM is here .
By train:There are several possibilities for transport from/to the airport:
Bus no. 783 ( from the "Otopeni" Airport to downtown Bucharest (and return). A two-trip card is 30,000 ROL (about 0.8 US$). During workdays the bus operates every 15 minutes between 07.00 and 22.00 and every 30 minutes between 05.00-07.00 and 22.00-24.00. During weekends the bus operates every 30 minutes from 05.00 to 24.00. If you prefer a taxi, don’t forget to negotiate the price! A fair price is less than 500,000 ROL (about 15 US$).
You should get down at "Piata Victoriei" ( "Victory Square") station and take the subway to "Gara de Nord" railway station ( the subway fare for a card is about 15,000 ROL, (some 0.3 US$)). By train, the journey from Bucharest to Iasi is of about 6 hours. A first class one way train ticket varies from about 400,000 to 600,000 ROL (less than 20 US$).
The timetable of the main trains to Iasi is:
Train
Station
Departure
Arrival
Price/person IC 565 Bucuresti Nord 6:00 11:49 584,000 ROL R651 Bucuresti Nord 7:12 14:04 555,000 ROL R661
Bucuresti Nord
11:50
18:25
555,000 ROL A1763
Bucuresti Nord
16:29
23:25
422,000 ROL IC567
Bucuresti Nord
17:43
23:30
584,000 ROL
The timetable of the main trains to Bucharest is:
Train
Station
Departure
Arrival
IC566
Iasi
05:40
11:27
A1764
Iasi
06:05
12:56
R662
Iasi
14:39
21:10
IC 568
Iasi
16:56
22:49
R664
Iasi
22:47
5:20
A link to the official site of "Romanian Railways" is here .
The Iasi railway station is at about 15 minutes walk from downtown. The tram ticket is less than a quarter of 1 US$ and the taxi fare is less than 5 US$.By car:
The distance between Bucharest and Iasi is approximately 400 km. There is no highway connecting the two cities. The off-city speed limit is 90km/h, and 50 km/h within city limits.