WG8 N 1655 R2
WG8/TF2 N 656 R1


Dear members of WG8 and WG8 TF2,

as informed you earlier via WG8 message #521 the next TF2 and WG8 meetings will take place at:

        Bundesdruckerei GmbH
        Meeting Room BZ 2
        Oranienstr. 91
        10969 Berlin
        Germany


The Bundesdruckerei has a main entrance, the South entrance, and a secondary entrance, which is the North entrance. The considered hotel is closer to the North entrance, approximately in 10 minutes walking distance. The North entrance has the address:

        Kommandantenstr. 15
        (all other address details, same as above)


The Berlin map extract attached show the location of the Bundesdruckerei, marked by a red circle. The two attached pdfs show the closest subway station and the way from the Novotel to the North entrance of the Bundesdruckerei. That way is just a 10 minutes walk.

Due to quite strong security requirements (our company is producing not only e.g. passports but also EUR money !!) you have to provide your passport and to show your laptop at the reception of the Bundesdruckerei. Also you will be asked whether you carry a mobile phone with built-in camera with you. Should you so, you have to save it into a box in the reception area. Better is therefore to take an older phone with you.

The meeting room will be provided with an wireless internet access throughout the five meetings days.

Hopefully most of you have already booked your hotel room in the Novotel, as noted in my e-mail in mid March. However, it should still be possible to get a hotel room there. The information regarding the hotel is:

        NOVOTEL Berlin Mitte

        Fischerinsel 12
        10179 Berlin
        Germany
        Phone: +49 30 206740
        Fax: +49 30 20674111
        E-mail: h3278-re3@accor.com
 
The block booking can be used by indicating the Booking Code: WG8-BDR
 
        The following options are available:

        A)    Single standard room, 109 EUR, price per night, includes VAT tax, usage of wireless internet access, breakfast, usage of fitness and sauna facilities
        B)    Single superior room, 124 EUR, price per night, includes all like in A) plus minibar with complimentary drinks and snacks
        C)    Double standard room (for two persons), 126 EUR, price per night, includes all like in A)
        D)    Double superior room (for two persons), 141 EUR, price per night, includes all like in B)
 
        Cancellation policy is:  no charge when cancelled until noon (Berlin time) on the day before arrival.
 
        For a first impression of the hotel, please have look into the attached brochure.


The TF2 meeting will start at 10 a.m. on the 26th April 2010, and at 9 a.m. on all the following days, also the WG8 meeting.

For each meeting day, there will be a lunch buffet provided by the Bundesdruckerei, which will be served within the meeting center lobby, just outside the meeting room. For better planning the catering details please be so kind and register your attendance. Do it please in the usual way and send your registration information to the host contact, i.e. me (michael@hegenbarth.com) and to the WG8 Secretariat (office@wg8.de).

Your registration e-mail is just a short notification and should at least contain the following information:

 

-    first name
-    last name
-    country which you represent
-    company address

-    on which of the TF2 and/or WG8 meetings days you plan to attend

 

Your registrations will be recorded by the WG8 Secretariat and considered in the WG8 attendance list, which will soon be retrievable from the WG8 Members's Homepage (http://wg8.de/secure/index.html) or directly by clicking:

The agendas of the WG8/TF2 and WG8 meetings are the documents N 655 (TF2) and N 1656 (WG8).

 

Best regards,

 

Michael Hegenbarth
Convener ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17/WG8