Dagstuhl Event 21383
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The workshop will be start on Monday October 7th September 20th at 9:00 a.m. and will end on Friday October 11th September 24th at approx. 3:00 p.m. Participants are strongly advised to arrive at Dagstuhl on Sunday October 6thSeptember 19th. Staying until the morning of Saturday October 12th September 25th is possible.
Arrival Information
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Coming from Frankfurt Airport it is strongly recommended to take a combination of train and taxi. The trip requires approx. 2.5 hours altogether. Take the direct train (3231.40 00 Euro) from Frankfurt Airport (“Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regiobahnhof”, regional train station) to Tuerkismuehle (“Türkismühle”, direction “Saarbrücken Hbf”). Tickets can be bought at the train station in the airport or on-line. It isn't possible to purchase tickets on the trains. Please note that Frankfurt airport has two train stations: the regional train station ("Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regiobahnhof") and the long-distance train station ("Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof"). Take a taxi from Tuerkismuehle Türkismuehle to Dagstuhl (4346.00 Euro). Make arrangements for the taxi at least three days in advance (further rates and contact details). The taxi company tries to organize shared rides with lower costs. Payment for the taxi is only possible in cash (Euro). The participants list will be distributed two weeks before the workshop. People can get then in contact for possible sharing of taxis or rental cars.
See the timetable from Frankfurt airport to Türkismühle with direct train connections for Oct 6September 19, 20192021.
If you are familiar with public transport systems, don't mind waiting for the bus (waiting time of almost 2 hours in St. Wendel), and would like to avoid the taxi fee, you can take a connection (train 3433.70 10 Euro to St. Wendel, bus 87.70 50 Euro to Wadern). The bus ticket is available at the bus station or at the driver. See the website of the Deutsche Bahn for train and bus schedules. Use "Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regiobahnhof" for Frankfurt Airport as start (station/stop) and "Wadern, Oktavie-Allee 1" for Dagstuhl as destination (address). A local map for walking to Dagstuhl will be additionally provided (click on “Map view” / “Destination station”) to the schedule for a specific connection (train and bus). Please make sure that you get into the correct bus in St. Wendel. The bus driver stops on demand at the Dagstuhl institute. Then you can avoid the walk from the bus stop “Bahnhofstr. Dagstuhl, Wadern” to Dagstuhl (map).
See the timetable from Frankfurt airport to Dagstuhl for Oct 6September 19, 20192021.
If you plan to walk from the bus stop in Wadern to Dagstuhl in the night you might want to bring a flashlight.
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In case somebody needs a hotel at the Frankfurt airport when departing Saturday morning by plane, hotels at the airport (most with shuttle services) can be convenient. Some popular Internet booking agencies are http://www.hotels.com/, http://www.hotel.de/, http://www.hrs.de/, and http://www.expedia.com/.
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We take care for accommodation. Rooms are already reserved. All rooms have private baths. Accommodation cost at Dagstuhl including full board is 70 Euro/night/person (this rate is subsidized by the Dagstuhl institute). Food, coffee, tea, and water are included in the accommodation rate. Several double rooms exist, so some partners can be brought to Dagstuhl. Additional costs would apply.The rooms at Dagstuhl cannot be locked from outside. It is the policy of Dagstuhl, that the delegates trust each other. So please take this into account. If you would like to lock any valuables, you can use the small safe in your room or ask for a locker.
Check-in in
Check-in takes place on Sundays, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Some people will arrive after hours. They can do a self-service check-in (starting from 9:00 am), see instructions. A door code (see below) will be required. Please note that there is a light dinner is at 6 pm on the arrival day. The check-in counter is located in the new building. The entry door is at the road between old and new building under the footbridge just near of the marker on this map.
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The workshop identity badge provided to the participants must be worn all times in the Dagstuhl buildings.
Instructions for self-service check-in (from the related Dagstuhl web page)
Near the reception in the newer main building you can log into the Self-Service Check-In terminal opposite the main entrance with your 
DOOR credentials:
- The terminal will show you your room's number.
- Take a blank keycard and authorise it for your room using the terminal. This keycard will then allow you to access your room and to enter the center's buildings.
- Please pick up the ‘additional costs’ leaflet. It will contain a plan of the building and further important information. You might want to write down your room number on this leaflet.
Payment
The final accounting for expenses in Dagstuhl is prepared one day before the guest leaves the center. That would be for accommodation costs and the personal expenses like beverages, phone costs. These costs must be paid to the Dagstuhl institute. Each guest is expected to write down these expenses on the expense sheet handed out upon arriving at the Center and to pay for them with the final bill. Visa, MasterCard, and Maestro cards are accepted at Dagstuhl.
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Central European Time (CET) is used in Germany. It is still daylight saving time while the workshop week. The daylight saving time will end at on October 2731, 20192021. Central European Summer Time (CEST) is two hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), UTC + 2 hour. For the time difference to your location, see the world clock.
Weather
- Weather at Schloss Dagstuhl Dagstuhl and webcam
- Current weather Weather forecast for the regionWeather statistics for Saarbruecken (“Saarbrücken”, Saarbrücken (33 km south of Dagstuhl, the capital of Saarland, the federal state where in which Dagstuhl/Wadern is located)
- Climate statistics for Saarbrücken
Street Addresses and Phone Numbers
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Oktavieallee
66687 Wadern
Germany
Phone: +49 6871 905 0 (inside Germany: 06871 905 0)68 71 905 0
Fax: +49 (0)68 71 6871 905 133 (inside Germany: 06871 905 133)
E-Mail: lzi(at)dagstuhl(dot)de
Taxi Martin
Christianenberg 1
66687 Wadern
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 6871 2284 / +49 (0)6876 700 750 (day and night(inside Germany: 06871 2284)
Fax: +49 (0)6871 20706871 2070 (inside Germany: 06871 2070)
E-Mail: info(at)taximartin(dot)de
Other Events
- Parallel to the DDI workshopIn the week following this event, a workshop on "Interoperability for Cross-Domain Research: Use Cases for Metadata Standards" will be held in Dagstuhl.
- Parallel to this event, an official Dagstuhl seminar will take place with approx. 40 people. The leisure rooms are shared with that group. It be held. The recreational rooms will be shared with this group. It is an informatics seminar with the title "Social Agents for Teamwork and Group Interactions".The week before this event, another DDI workshop - focusing on "DDI 4 Core - Development of a Robust and Sustainable Model" - takes place in DagstuhlConversational Agent as Trustworthy Autonomous System (Trust-CA)".
- Overview on previous events on DDI and metadata at Dagstuhl.