Conference Venue.
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Conference sessions. Accommodation
Conference sessions will take place at Hotel Belarus*** in the central part of Minsk on the bank of Svisloch river
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VISA Information
You can get information about the need to obtain a visa to Belarus and the conditions for granting a free visa ...
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How to reach the venue?
Conference will be held at Hotel “Belarus”. Conference venue is Storozhovskaya str. 15, Minsk, Belarus.
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Conference sessions
Conference sessions will take place at Hotel Belarus*** (http://www.hotel-belarus.com) in the central part of Minsk on the bank of Svisloch river
3 July (Tuesday)
Registration, Get together party (Hotel Belarus)
4 July (Wednesday) – 6 July (Friday)
Oral and Poster sessions (Hotel Belarus)
7 July (Saturday)
Conference closing
Social program
4 July (Wednesday) evening – excursion around Minsk, dinner
5 July (Thursday) after 14:00 – excursion, dinner
6 Julye (Friday) evening – banquet
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The length of time allocated (including discussion):
for invited talks - 30 min
for oral presentations - 20 min
The size of posters 0.7 m (width) x 1 m (height)
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Accommodation
Accommodation in the Hotel “Belarus” (http://www.hotel-belarus.com/en/) at the special rate for the participants of 13th ISSFIT is available. Prices are around 56$ per night for a single room (with breakfast); 54$ for a double or twine room, 69$ for a king size room, 79$ for a lux (plus 9$ per person for breakfast for one or two persons). Online booking (http://www.hotel-belarus.com/en/booking/) is recommended. Please use a promotional code ISSFIT when booking the room. Booking through a telephone call is possible as well. Again, please use the same promocode ISSFIT.
You can book the hotels that are nearby to the Symposium Site:
Yubileiny (http://www.yhotel.by/en/)
Planeta (https://hotelplaneta.by/en.html)
However, the Hotel “Belarus” offers better conditions.
A limited number of rooms are available at BSTU students’ dormitory (double or triple rooms)..
VISA Information
You can get information about the need to obtain a visa to Belarus and the conditions for granting a free visa here mfa.gov.by (official site) or here visa.by (unofficial site with friendly interface). If you need visa please contact the Local Organizing Committee (issfit13@belstu.by )
The Local Organizing Committee draws special attention that a 5-days free visa is provided ONLY to participants entering to the territory of Belarus through the State border checkpoint of the Republic of Belarus “Minsk National Airport”. The list of countries citizens of which are allowed to enter Belarus without visa is posted on the sites listed above.
How to reach the venue?
Conference will be held at Hotel “Belarus”
Conference venue is Storozhovskaya str. 15, Minsk, Belarus.
By plane
National Airport Minsk is situated in 42 km from the center of Minsk.
You can easily get to the Airport by public transport (http://airport.by/en/transport/regular-route-bus), shuttle bus (http://airport.by/en/transport/regular-route-bus) as well as taxi. Taxi from National Airport Minsk to Minsk city centre will take about 40 minutes, and costs around 15 Euro.
Typically, buses from the National Airport Minsk arrive at the bus-terminal “Central”
By bus and by train
The central railway station of Minsk and central bus-terminal are located next to each other in the central part of the city.
From the railway or bus station you can go to the Independence Square and take one of the buses №100, 69 or 119с
to the bus stop “Gostinica Yubileinaya” and cross the river on the pedestrian bridge.
The distance between the Railway Station and the Hotel “Belarus” is 3.3 km. You can use taxi directly from the Railway Station or bus-terminal as well.
Public transport in Minsk
You can buy a single ride ticket from drivers on a bus/trolley and in the newspaper stand or to buy an e-ticket valid for 1, 2, 3 (only for the ground transportation are available) or 10 days (ground transport and metro) at the Minsktrans stands and on the metro stations. The e-ticket gives access for unlimited use of a bus/trolley/tram/metro (depending on the chosen modes of transport or their combinations) for the purchased days. Useful links: Minsk public transport (http://www.minsktrans.by/en/)