Local Information

The workshop will be held at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg which is one of the world's leading accelerator centres and a member of the Helmholtz Association. DESY develops, builds and operates large particle accelerators used to investigate the structure of matter. DESY offers a broad research spectrum of international standing focusing on three main areas: accelerator development, construction and operation; photon science; particle and astroparticle physics.

The workshop plenary talks will be held in the main DESY auditorium (building 05). The parallel sessions are held in seminar room 1a and seminar rooms 4a and 4b located in building 1. All rooms are equipped with beamer, PC and other technical equipment. Coffee during the breaks will be served in the foyer of the auditorium. Lunch will be taken in the DESY canteen. At the registration we will provide you with lunch vouchers. The workshop dinner on Thursday, 29 October, starts at 19:30 and will take place in the DESY canteen.

Information on how to get to DESY can be found here .

Accommodation arrangements can be made in the following hotels:

Mercure Hotel Hamburg am Volkspark Mercure (located in walking distance from the DESY campus). We have blocked 50 rooms with preferential rate (please refer to "Energy Workshop DESY")
Albert-Einstein-Ring 2
22761 Hamburg
Phone: ++49 (0)40 89 95 20
Fax: ++49 (0)40 8995 23 33
E-mail: H1659@accor.com



Other hotels

Listed are other hotels located in the vicinity of DESY. However, no block reservations have been made there. Please find their rates on the respective websites

B&B Hotel Hamburg-Altona
Stresemannstraße 318
22761 Hamburg
Phone: ++49 (0)40 851806-0
Fax: ++49 (0)40 851806-444
E-mail: hamburg-altona@hotelbb.com

30 minutes travel time to DESY with Metro buses 3 and 1.


Hotel Schmidt Garni
Reventlowstr. 60-62
22605 Hamburg
Phone: ++49 (0)40 88 907-0
Fax: ++49 (0)40 88 907-15
E-mail: info@hotel-schmidt.de

10 minutes travel time to DESY by Metro bus 1.


NH Hamburg-Altona
Stresemannstrasse 363-369
22761 Hamburg
Phone ++49 (0)40 42 10 6-740
Fax ++49 (0)40 42 10 60-742
E-mail: reservierungen@nh-hotels.com

20 minutes travel time to DESY by Metro bus 3.