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Location: MannheimMannheim is a city in Germany. With 307,640 inhabitants it is the second largest city in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg after the capital Stuttgart.
Mannheim is situated at the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Neckar, in the north-western corner of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The Rhine separates Mannheim from the adjacent Rhineland-Palatinate city of Ludwigshafen. The Hessian border is north of the city. Mannheim is the largest city of the Rhine Neckar Area, a metropolitan area with 2.4 million inhabitants.
Mannheim is unique among German cities in that its central area is laid out in a grid pattern (called Quadrate, squares), much like many North American cities. The main route through the squares leads to an enormous 18th century palace. This former seat of the Electors of the Palatinate now houses the University of Mannheim. Mannheim's city symbol is the Wasserturm (water tower), located in the east of the downtown area.
History
In the 18th century Mannheim was home to the so-called Mannheim School of classical composers. It was reputed to have one of the best court orchestras in Europe under the leadership of Carlo Grua.
Karl Benz invented and drove the world's first car in Mannheim in 1885. He was granted a patent for that first automobile in January of the next year. Earlier still in 1817, Karl Drais invented and rode the first two-wheeled contraption called Laufmaschine or velocipede—the very start of horseless personal transport. Banker Otto Hermann Kahn was also born there.
Industry
The successor to the Karl Benz automobile manufacturing companies begun in Mannheim, DaimlerChrysler has had a large presence in Mannheim. Today, trucks and buses are assembled there. The Swiss Roche Diagnostic group (formerly known as Boehringer Mannheim) has its division headquarters in Mannheim. Additionally, the city also hosts large factories/offices of ABB, Alstom, BASF, Bombardier, Fuchs Petrolub AG, John Deere, Siemens, SCA, Suedzucker and other companies.
Transportation
The Mannheim/Ludwigshafen area is surrounded by a ring of motorways connecting it to Frankfurt in the north, Karlsruhe in the south, Saarbruecken in the west and Nuremberg in the east. Mannheim's main train station is southern Germany's most important railroad junction and part of the ICE high-speed train system with connections to Frankfurt am Main / Berlin, Karlsruhe / Basel and Stuttgart / Munich. The city is also home to the second largest river port in Germany. Although Frankfurt International Airport is only 65 km north, since 2004 there have been daily passenger flights from Mannheim City Airport (IATA code MHG) to Berlin, Hamburg and Saarbruecken.
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Suggested topics for the Mannheim 2006-meeting
Contents & Methods: New Didactic Approaches & Solutions in Academic Business Tourism and Events Management Education“
PresentationThe agenda will cover a number of themes through brief presentations, but the emphasis will be on exchanges and discussions. Presenters are invited to submit their paper in advance for evaluation by the Scientific Committee. The accepted papers will be distributed to all participants.
Abstracts and PapersBased on the abstracts received invitations to write full papers will be issued.
For more information about abstracts and papers, please contact Sybille Lang, ATLAS-MTG-MANNHEIM-2006@web.de
Important dates and deadlines| Abstract submission | November 3rd 2006 |
| Notification of acceptance | November 10th 2006 |
| Full paper submission | November 24th 2006 |
| Conference | December 4th - 6th 2006 |
Scientific Committee
In alphabetical order:
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Draft ProgrammeDecember 3rd, 2006,
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Day of arrival in selected hotel
Day 1- December 4th, 2006, Monday
University of Cooperative Education Mannheim (English Title)
Berufsakademie Mannheim (German Title)
Coblitzweg 7 68163 Mannheim
Phone: +49 (0)621 4105-0
| 10.00 - 11.00 | Registration and greetings |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Papers and discussion |
| 12.30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Papers and discussion |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00 - 17.00 | Papers and discussion |
| 19.00 | Evening reception, sponsored by m:con, Congress Center Rosengarten |
Day 2 - December 5th, 2006, Tuesday
m:con
Congress Center Rosengarten
Rosengartenplatz 2
D-68161 Mannheim
Tel: +49 (0)621 4106-0
| 08.30 - 09.30 | Meeting of ATLAS SIG Business Tourism (all delegates are welcome to attend) |
| 09.30 - 10.00 | Coffee break |
| 10.00 - 11.00 | Papers and discussion |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30 - 12.30 | Papers and discussion |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 15.00 | Papers and discussion |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.30 - 16.30 | Papers and discussion |
| 18.00 | Social evening |
Day 3 - December 6 th, 2006, Wednesday
| 09.30 - 11.00 | Meeting of German chapter "Sitzung Arbeitskreis Veranstaltungs-Management in der akademischen Lehre" |
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Meeting fees
| ATLAS members: | € 180 |
| Non ATLAS members: | € 210 |
Included in the fee is: conference materials, coffee breaks, 2 lunches, and evening reception on Monday.
Participants will be expected to cover their own participation fee and
accommodation costs. These, however, will be kept as low as possible.
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Cancellation policyIf written cancellation is received before November 15th, 2006, a refund of all meeting fees will be made, minus an administration fee of € 25. No refund will be possible after November 15th, 2006, although substitute delegates may be nominated.
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Recommended hotelsSpecial prices have been agreed with:
Practical informationInformation about:
1. Meeting Location: University of Cooperative Education Mannheim, see:
http://www2.ba-mannheim.de/index.php?id=153
2. Meeting Location m:con, Congress Center Rosengarten, see:
http://www.mcon-mannheim.de/en/home.htm
3. Accommodation in Mannheim, see: HRS Hotel Reservation Service,
http://www6.hrs.de
4. Travelling by train within Germany, see: German Rail
http://www.bahn.de/-S:PtVORd:efgbRtNNis3499NNNS5M/p/view/international/englisch/international_guests.shtml
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