ECER 2007Ghent

Ghent UniversityMain conference 19-22 Sep 2006Pre-conference 17-18 Sep 2006

Focus points

• Ghent in Belgium– How to get there? Hotel accomodation?– Features?

• Ghent University

• Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

• Infrastructure

• Social events: locations

Ghent in Belgium

Ghent in Belgium

• How to get to Gent?• By air (and train)

– Brussels International Airport (Zaventem): http://www.brusselsairport.be/

– Antwerp International Airport (e.g. from London City): http://www.antwerpairport.be/

– Charleroi Brussels South International Airport: http://www.charleroi-airport.com/

• By train – Gent has a major train station: Gent St.-Pieters

(2 direct trains/hour to airport Brussels International)– Gent can be reached by train from London, Amsterdam, Paris,

Köln, Frankfurt, and Luxemburg.

Ghent in Belgium5 star hotel (150 rooms)Marriott

4 star hotels (435 rooms)Ghent River hotel (77)Holiday Inn Gent Expo (138)NH Gent Hotel (49)Sofitel Gent Belfort (171)

3 star (613 rooms)Adoma (15)Aparthotel Castelnou (40)Astoria (18)Best Western Chamade (45)Europahotel (37)Gravensteen (49)Holiday Inn Gent UZ (140)Ibis Gent Centrum Opera (134)Inter City Hotel Ghent (18)Novotel Gent Centrum (117)

2 star (253 rooms)

Ascona (39)

Campanile (51)Hotel Drongen (7)

Eden (29)

Ibis Gent Centrum St-Baafs (120)The Boatel (7)

1 star (78 rooms)

Hotel-Restaurant Castel (12)Erasmus (11)Monasterium Poortackere (36)

Trianon (19)

Bed & Breakfast (100 rooms)

> 2000 rooms in 30’ distance from Ghent (Bruges)

Ghent features

Ghent University

• Research University

• 11 faculties

• 26.000 students

Ghent University

8 major campuses spread out over the city

Conference site =

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Faculty of Psychology and

Educational Sciences

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

A Building

B Building

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

A Building

B Building

Infrastructure

• Large lecture halls N– Aud A 160– Aud I 206– Aud II 613– Aud III 88– Aud IV 120– Practicum R 100– 1B 110

• A total of 1932 seats are available:– Large lecture halls– Smaller workshop

and practicum rooms

• All lecture halls and 7/10 of smaller rooms fully equiped computer and beamer

Infrastructure N– 1A 50– 1C 80– 2A 30– 2B 60– 2C 48– 2D 24– 3A 30– 3C 48– 3B 60– 3D 27– 4A 30– 4B 66– 4C 48– 4D 24– Conference room 25– Practicum room 25

• Smaller workshop and practicum rooms

Infrastructure

• All lecture halls and 7/10 of smaller rooms are fully equiped with computer and beamer

InfrastructureComputerLaptop connectLarge screen projector

Infrastructure

• 2 PC rooms (2 x 50 desktop computers)

• Wireless access

• Webmail use based on ECER account

Programme

• Pre-conference: mainly in A-building

• Main conference in A and B building– September 19: keynote in Bijloke– September 2: keynote in handelsbeurs

Programme

• Sept 19 Bijloke keynote– Historical site– After lecture reception with finger food– Short concert performance

Programme

• Sept 21 Handelsbeurs keynote– Historical site right in centre– Reception with finger food

ECER 2007Ghent

Ghent UniversityMain conference 19-22 Sep 2006Pre-conference 17-18 Sep 2006