Conference participants are responsible for booking their own travel and accommodation requirements. The Conference organisers and hosts will provide useful information, but are unable to act as a travel agent. Similarly, each participant is responsible for securing their own travel documents such as passports and entry visas.
Please ensure that you understand Visa requirements for the Netherlands.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR DACeL 2011 PARTICIPANTS The Conference fee for 2011 is €150; students free. This fee is to be paid at the time of Registration. Registration information and form will be available soon on this site. The Conference fee includes attendance at sessions, morning and afternoon teas, lunches, a Welcome Reception and the Conference Dinner. Participants are responsible for organising their own travel and accommodation (see below). Accommodation There are four accommodation options for conference attendees: OPTION 1:
To promote the participation of students and minimise costs to Academy members, the Netherlands Defense College has a maximum of 50, one person `hotel style' rooms available (on a first come, first served basis), in which participants can stay for free. People who can apply for the free rooms are (in order ofpriority):
- Student participants
- Participants from academies in developing countries
- Other participants
Should you wish to nominate for on of these free rooms, please contact:
LtCol Leon Punt
Chief, Innovations and Development
Netherlands Defense Academy
LCJM.Punt.01@mindef.nl (or lcjm.punt@planet.nl)
OPTION 2:
The Campanile Hotel Delft, about five minutes walk from the Netherlands Defense College, has rooms for € 105 (plus a local tax of € 2 per day) per night, including breakfast.
Thirty rooms are available and reservations need to be made before 31st December, 2009. Email your reservation to: delft@campanile.com or telephone 0031 15 2799000. Please mention 'DACeL 2010' to be sure to get the special price.
OPTION 3:
WestCord Hotel Delft (delft@westcordhotels.nl) is ideally located on the A13 between Rotterdam and The Hague (next to IKEA), and yet just moments away from the historical city centre of Delft. Delft is the city of the Dutch painter Vermeer, the world famous Delftware, canals and the beautiful historical city centre. But it is also the city of the 21st century where knowledge is created, where High Tech and design play a dominant role.
Mention the conference when booking or use the attache booking form for any available discount.
OPTION 4
HotelsCombined™ - International Conference Support Program
You'll find a variety of accommodation options in The Hague. HotelsCombined.com provides an accommodation price comparison search engine and is offering a 10% rebate all participants attending the Defence Academies and Colleges e-Learning Conference 2010 in The Hague.
For further information on their conference rebate program and to claim your rebate directly please visit: http://www.HotelsCombined.com/Conference_Support
You can start searching for your preferred hotel in The Hague here:
http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/The_Hague.htm
Travel
The conference venue is serviced by road, rail and air.
Please see the map to the right for information regarding the road network.
Rail information can be found here.
Links to Airport details are here.
Further tourist information is available.
Accompanying Persons
While there is not a specific accompanying person program, they are welcome to attend the dinner for a cost. There are also many interesting tourist destinations close to the conference venue.
Social Functions
City Walk & Dinner.
Delft is an old city full of places of interest. On Thursday afternoon the committee is organising a city walk for delegates. As we walk, we will stop at arange of local restuarants for dinner. Please bring a 'waterproof' and comfortable walking shoes. The company organising this dinner tour ia at: www.happydaytours.nl
You can also see some of the tourist options at the Delft web site.
Special extra tour
To be Confirmed