13th Conference on Professional Information Resources

Conference Venue

Inforum 2007 is held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

General Information about the Czech Republic

Detailed information about Czech Republic you will find here.

Conference Site

The conference will take place as usually at the University of Economics – New Building.
(Vysoká škola ekonomická)

Address of Conference Site (map)
Winston Churchill Square 4
Prague 3 – Žižkov

Conference sessions will be held in the New Auditorium and Auditorium D.

How to reach Inforum 2007 Conference Site?

From the city

The nearest tram stop to the University of Economics is HUSINECKÁ and it is two minutes by tram from metro station HLAVNÍ NÁDRAŽÍ (red line C). Please use tram No. 9 (direction SPOJOVACÍ), 26 (direction NÁDRAŽÍ HOSTIVAŘ) or 5 (direction OLŠANSKÉ HŘBITOVY).

You can also use bus No. 135 which has a stop right on the Winston Churchill Square - via boarding it at either the FLORENC metro stop on metro lines B and C (the yellow and red lines) or from the ŽELIVSKÉHO metro stop on line A (the green line).

Fast and easy search for links of Prague integrated transport (PIT) system could be made at pages of DP Praha.

From the Prague Ruzyne Airport

• Airport taxi - the way to the conference site will cost approx. 500 CZK.
• Minibus CEDAZ - Shuttle minibuses designed to carry people ar located just in front of the airport arrival hall.
  
• • Regular shuttles - run in half-hour intervals - from 6.00 to 21.00 between Prague Ruzyně Airport and the city centre (V Celnici street, Prague 1). The price is 90 CZK and it takes about 30 minutes.
    Or you can go to the nearest metro station only (DEJVICKÁ – green line A) for 60 CZK. It takes about 10 minutes from the airport.
    Tickets are available onboard.
  • Non-regular minibus service - CEDAZ also provides door-to-door service to any destination in the centre of Prague for a fixed price of CZK 480 and up to four people.

• Public transportation - Bus lines No. 119 and 254 run approx. every 15 minutes from 4.30 to 23.30 between the airport and metro station DEJVICKÁ (green line A). The way takes you about 20 minutes. The easiest way to get to the Conference Site is to take tram No. 26 in direction NADRAŽÍ HOSTIVAŘ and get off on HUSINECKÁ stop.
  Don't forget to buy a 20 CZK ticket from the news-stand or from the yellow machine at the airport. You should also buy and validate a 14 CZK ticket for any suitcase.
  
  

From the Railway Stations: Prague Main Railway Station and Holesovice Railway Station

Please take tram No. 5 to HUSINECKÁ stop (it takes approx. 6 minutes)
You will need 14 CZK ticket – for you and for your any suitcase.

Transportation in Prague

There is a rich system of public transport in Prague. Transportation in Prague is provided by metro (subway), trams, and buses from 5.00 till midnight, and by night trams and buses. Tickets can be bought in yellow sales machines (in each metro station) or at news stands. A ticket must be time-stamped upon boarding a bus or tram for the first time or at the entrance to the subway.

Single tickets

Transfer tickets – CZK 20
Tickets can be used 75 minutes from validation. On working days from 20.00 to 05.00 and on Saturdays and Sundays round the clock such tickets can be used 90 minutes from validation.

Non-transfer tickets – CZK 14
Apply to trams and buses 20 minutes allowing no change. On the metro such tickets are valid for the distance of 5 stations from the station of validation (not including the station of validation) allowing to change between the lines A,B,C, but no longer than 30 minutes. These tickets do not apply to night routes and funicular railway.

Short-term tickets

24-hour ticket / CZK 80
3-day ticket (72 hours) / CZK 220
7-day ticket (168 hours) / CZK 280
15-day ticket (360 hours) / CZK 320

Contact

If you need further information on the conference, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Albertina icome Praha s.r.o.
Štěpánská 16
110 00 Praha 1
tel.: +420 222 231 212
fax: +420 222 231 313
conference programme, speakers, posters, registration, social events: Ms. Andrea Kutnarová
exhibitors and sponsors, workshops, INFORUM website: Ms. Jana Machonská

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