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Athens invites ECCB 2018
on 9–12 September 2018
Contents Auspices ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Chairs ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Current Core Team ............................................................................................................................. 3 Organizing Committee ....................................................................................................................... 4 Budget ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Profit & Loss .................................................................................................................................. 5 Athens ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Ancient and Modern ...................................................................................................................... 6 Landscape ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Hotels ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Transportation ................................................................................................................................... 7 Megaro Mousikis “Palace of Music” .................................................................................................. 8 History ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Present ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Facts ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Main conference rooms ................................................................................................................... 10 Alexandra Trianti Hall ................................................................................................................... 11 Muses Foyer ................................................................................................................................. 13 Conference suite II ....................................................................................................................... 15 Contact details ................................................................................................................................. 17 2
Auspices
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Hellenic Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Chairs
Artemis Hatzigeorgiou (chair)
• Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University
of Thessaly
• Adjunct Research Professor Hellenic Pasteur Institute
• President, Hellenic Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
• Member of the International Pasteur Institute Steering Committee for
International Network for Data Analysis (INDA)
Pantelis Bagos (co-chair)
• Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department, Department of
Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly
• Vice-President, Hellenic Society for Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics
Current Core Team
Artemis Hatzigeorgiou ,
University of Thessaly & Hellenic Pasteur Institute - Conference chair
Pantelis Bagos,
University of Thessaly - Conference co-chair
Panagiotis Benos,
University of Pittsburgh - Program Lead
Ioannis Tsamardinos,
University of Crete - Program co-lead
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Organizing Committee
Demosthenis Anagnostopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens,
Georgios Gkoutos, University of Birmingham & University of Thessaly
Vassiliki Iconomidou, University of Athens
Maria Klapa, Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH/ICE-HT)
Zoi Lygerou, University of Patras
Ilias Maglogiannis, University of Piraeus
Elias Manolakos, University of Athens
Ioannis Michalopoulos, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (BRFAA)
Christoforos Nikolaou, University of Crete
Kostas Papaloukas, University of Ioannina
Anastassis Perrakis, Netherlands Cancer Institute
Ioannis Vlahavas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & International Hellenic University
of Greece
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Budget
Total budget around 800K EU
Expected income 800K EU
Profit & Loss
All inclusive ( conservative) estimate
Total cost :
796.270,- EU
Total revenue:
801.975,- EU
Net income
5.705,- EU
The total cost estimation is for
470 Participants at the workshops
140 participants at the tutorials
910 Participants at the conference
A detailed Budget overview is provided at the Annex.
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Athens
Ancient and Modern
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Home city of the Goddess Athena: goddess of wisdom, mathematics, inspiration,
strategy and skill.
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Inhabited continuously for more than 7,000 years, with more than 3,400 years of
recorded history
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites; Classical, Byzantine and Medieval Monuments
and works of art are seamlessly incorporated to the beautiful Athenian Landscape
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Numerous Top Museums:
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Acropolis Museum (Best Worldwide Tourism Project 2010)
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National Museum (Home of the first Computer: Antikythera Mechanism
and one of the world’s greatest museums).
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Byzantine Churches and Monasteries in the heart of the city.
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A vibrant metropolis: 5th most populous capital in EU
Landscape
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Incredible landscape and scenery, with hills, gardens and pristine beaches.
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The unique Athenian Riviera is combined with ancient districts and breathtaking
views.
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Hotels
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More than 30,000 beds offered in the city center and more on the Athenian sea
front.
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Hotels range from bed and breakfast to 5*, having a very high quality vs price
ratio.
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Hundreds of low budget options for students or budget-conscious visitors
Transportation
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Athens International Airport transports more than 15M passenger per year. Direct
connections increase exponentially during the spring/summer seasons.
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Largest passenger port in Europe and second largest in the world
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Megaro Mousikis “Palace of Music”
History
Megaro Mousikis (the Athens concert Hall) is a concert hall located in Athens, on Vassilis
Sofias Avenue. The Athens Concert Hall was inaugurated in 1991 with two halls and now
it has been augmented to four. The inspiration behind the creation of this major cultural
centre was the great singer Alexandra Trianti, the founder of the Friends of Music
Association. The Association commissioned designs for the Concert Hall from top Greek
and foreign architects, and specialists in acoustics.
Present
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Megaro Mousikis now provides four major halls. It has optimal facilities for opera
performances, and some operas are presented every season.
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The Hall offers a comprehensive range of facilities for all sorts of cultural activities,
artistic and educational, designed to the very highest specifications.
Megaro Mousikis concert Hall is considered one of the most sophisticated multicultural centres of its kind anywhere in the world.
For more information about Megaro Mousikis please visit the website:
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Facts
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Concert Hall offers 5 venues, their capacities ranging from 400 to 2,000 persons:
Christos Lambrakis Hall, the Alexandra Trianti Hall, the Dimitris Mitropoulos
Hall, the Nikos Skalkotas Hall and the Banqueting Hall. All venues are equipped
with security and usher services, audiovisual equipment, and facilities for
simultaneous translation and catering for receptions.
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12 conference rooms are provided accommodating from 20 to 180 persons, with all
the contemporary equipment to host the most complex of meetings.
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A three-level underground parking facility is available with spaces for 750 cars,
and a total surface area of 32,000 square metres. Equipped with state-of-the-art
entry-exit systems it is open every day and available for all, regardless of which
events are being staged.
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A valuable green space in the heart of the city is landscaped behind the Concert
Hall, providing a venue for a variety of educational, cultural and environmental
activities.
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Bar and restaurants. Ideal venues for professional meetings or for groups and
families appreciating good food at affordable prices.
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The Athens Concert Hall switchboard is open 24 hours a day.
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Reachable from any part of Athens by public transport.
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By metro, it’s just two minutes from the Concert Hall Metro Station to the door of
the Concert Hall.
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By bus, buses
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By electrically driven bus, buses 13, 12, 10 and 3
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5 and 550 stop right in front of the Concert Hall
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Main conference rooms
The three main conference rooms are Alexandra Trianti Hall, Artium Muses Foyer and the
Conference Suite II.
The Alexandra Trianti Hall will be used for plenary sessions
The Artium Muses Foyer will be the poster area
The Conference Suite II will be used for the parallel sessions.
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Alexandra Trianti Hall
Capacity
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Fixed seating theatre style capacity 1,500
Surface Size
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Area (m2 ): 1351,5
Facilities
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4 stage platforms 4m x 16m each
44 stage fly bars and four panorama fly bars
4 remote control cameras for archive recording or direct projection
Individual in-seat voting system, microphone and table
State-of-the-art sound and lighting system
Lighting: Controls in Room, Dimmers, lackout, Lighting Bridges, Lighting Bars
Power: 3 phase supply
Projection Room
Sound control room
Wireless LAN
Security and Fire Safety
1200 m2 total foyer space
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Muses Foyer
Surface Size
The Muses Foyer provides 3500m2 of exhibition space.
Dimensions (meters)
Height (min-max): 2,5 - 8,40
Facilities
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General and Natural Lighting
Power: 3 phase supply
Security and Fire safety
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Conference suite II
A suite of smaller conference rooms, accommodating between 25 to 200 delegates in
theatre style form.
Capacity
MC 2
MC 3
MC 3.2
MC 3.3
MC 3.4
MC 3.5
Theatre
150
180
60
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Classroom
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100
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24
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Boardroom
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80
20
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20
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196,8
232
69,82
48,97
57,57
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Surface Size
Area (m2)
Facilities
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Fluorescent, dimmers and blackout lighting
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Single phase 16 amp power
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Wireless LAN
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Security and fire safety
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Contact details
Prof. Dr. Artemis Hatzigeorgiou
University of Thessaly
Tel. ++306932898021
[email protected]
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… and we hope to welcome you in Athens
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