The conference will take place on the GSF campus at Audience Hall as well as at the new building of the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science on the high-tech campus of the TUM. The GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health as well as the High-Tech Campus Garching of the Technische Universität München are both located at the northern city limits of Munich, which are easily accessible for the bioinformatics students to take part in the conference. This would not only allow for many of them to come and see conference and posters, but also avoid to overcrowd the conference room. A shuttle service for participants will be provided.
The weather in October is usually cool and wet. Day highs usually vary from 10 to 15 and occasionally up to 20 degrees Celsius. Night lows vary from 5 to 10 degrees Celsius. Rain is likely.
The international airport Munich II is located about 40 km northeast of Munich. Munich airport is served by the S-Bahn, a fast urban railway. It runs every 10 to 20 minutes except from 1:00am to 5:00am. The trip to the city of Munich takes 40 minutes and costs roughly Euro 7,-. The rates for a cab are approximately Euro 50,-.
The main railway station of Munich (Hauptbahnhof) is located in the center of Munich.
Note that the S-Bahn is not running in the tunnel between East Railway Station (München Ostbahnhof) and Central Railway Station (München Hauptbahnhof) from Saturdays 8:00pm until Mondays 3:00am due to maintenance work within the tunnel.
The main sights are located in or near the Old Town of Munich. The heart of the Old Town is the Marienplatz with the Old and New Town Hall. Near the Marienplatz you will find the well-known Cathedral of Munich named Frauenkirche and, in the opposite direction, the Viktualienmarkt, a large food market. Another interesting sight is the Royal Residence located north of the New Town Hall.
Located at east of the Old Town, the German Museum offers you one of the biggest collection of science and technology exhibits in the world. The Old and New Pinakothek as well as the recently opened Pinakothek of the Modern at the northern border of the Old Town exhibit paintings from the 14th century on. Further away from the center you will find the Nymphenburg Palace and the Olympic Park, where the Olympic Games took place in 1972.
Of course, this is only a small and very incomplete list of sights to be found in Munich. Also note that the so-called Wiesn (also known as Octoberfest) runs from September 20th, 2003 until October 5th, 2003 at the Theresienwiese, which is the biggest public festival in the world. Carousels, roller coasters and a lot of spectacular fun is provided as well as several Munich breweries offer their own Wiesn-beer in their numerous huge beer halls. But be careful, don't get drunk.