McCarl Applied GAMS Modeling - Agricultural Emphasis Short Course Registration Info

McCarl Applied GAMS Modeling Short Course - Agricultural Emphasis

Next course: May 12-14, 2004, Braunschweig, Germany

Registration Information

The course will be in English

For information about course fees and registration details, select anyof the following topics:

Next Available Course: Schedule Information
Fees, Payment, and Registration
Meals, Accommodations, and Travel
How to Register

Course Site and Schedule for the Next Short Course

Course site

The course will be held at a FAL facility
The address is
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL)
Bundesallee 50
38116 Braunschweig
Deutschland
Telephone: +49 (0)531 596 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)531 596 - 1099

Check-in on the first day: 8:15 - 8:30 a.m.
Morning classes: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Afternoon classes: 1:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Course will be 3 long days

Fee, Payment, and Registration

The course fee depends on payment date. For the next course, the following fee schedule applies:

NOTE: Please note that an eligible lap top computer is required for the course.

For all participants

Fee - if payment received 14 days prior to start of class: Euro 1100+VAT
Fee - university student , if payment received 14 days prior to start of class: Euro 700+VAT
Fee - if paid later than 14 days prior to start of class: Euro 1200+VAT
Fee - university student, if paid later than 14 days prior to start of class: Euro 900+VAT

eligible lap top

run windows 95 or greater,
be able to read CD-ROMs and
have more than 30 megabytes of available disk space.
Access to a floppy drive or capability to load files through a USB 2.0 removable pen drive is desirable.

The fee includes a demo and evaluation version of GAMS, user's guide, and all instructional materials. Checks, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and purchase orders are accepted.

Meals, Accommodations, and Travel

Coffee and drinks are expected to be available starting at 8:00 am and throughout the day, but other meals, accommodations, and travel are not included in the fee. Participants are responsible for making their own arrangements.
The FAL-homepage offers directions, maps etc. for visitors coming from afar.

The Braunschweig city homepage offers local information Several hotels are likely to provide preferential prices for visitors who indicate they are in town for business related to the FAL - ‘registration-code’: FAL. Three such hotels that are well located and near a bus stop where busses in direction FAL halt (lines 411 in direction Lamme and 461 in direction PTB) and their approximate room prices are

Atrium Braunschweig, Berliner Platz 3; (65 EUR )
tel:+49 531 / 700 800; fax: +49 531 / 7008125
web page http://www.mercure.de
email address h0871@accor-hotels.com
Comment -- Central location and easy access to tram, bus in the city and nearby the rail station

PlayOFF Hotel, Salzdahlumer Strasse 137, (55 EUR)
tel: +49 531 / 26 310, fax: +49 531 / 67 119
Web page http://www.playoff-hotel.de
Email address info@playoff-hotel.de
Comment -- Well priced but somewhat outside of downtown

City-Hotel Braunschweig, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Strasse 27-29; (65 EUR )
tel: +49 531 / 242410, fax: +49 531 / 242418
Web page http://www.cityhotel.de
Email address h0871@accor-hotels.com
Comment -- More central option but without immediate proximity to public transport facilities

How to Register

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