General Remarks
The International Meteor Organization (IMO) will held its next International Meteor Conference (IMC) in Bollmannsruh, Germany, on 18-21 September 2003. The location is about 40 km west of Berlin, or about 20 km northeast of the city of Brandenburg. The IMC 2003 is organized by the Arbeitskreis Meteore e.V. / Fachgruppe Meteore of the VdSThis page provides information for people interested in the IMC and preparing their travel and stay in Germany.
Please look for updates of the contents. (Pre-)registered participants will also receive mail messages if important information is added.
Registration
If you wish to attend the conference, please fill out a registration form and send it to:Ina Rendtel
Mehlbeerenweg 5
D-14469 Potsdam, Germany
The registration fee includes lodging, meals and the Proceedings.
We offered an early registration fee of 115 EUR for registrations reaching us by 11 July 2003.
Participants registrating after that pay a late registration fee of 130 EUR.
Reduced fee: there are possibilities for a limited number of reduced registration fees. People interested in such a reduced fee should indicate this on the registration form and contact the LOC for details.
Please note that the IMO also announced possibilities for support to IMC participants (guidelines were published in the IMO Journal WGN, vol. 31 (2003), no. 3, p.76).
Travel to the IMC Location
Bollmannsruh is located about 20 km northeast of Brandenburg at the lake Beetzsee.Berlin public transport:
People arriving by plane at one of the Berlin airports (Tegel, Schönefeld, Tempelhof) should go to the Berlin-Zoo (Zoologischer Garten) train station. Here you reach trains to the city of Brandenburg (RE1) leaving twice per hour.
Detailed travel information can be found through the links listed in the right column of this page.
Brandenburg (Hbf) -> Bollmannsruh:
We will organize a transfer for participants from the Brandenburg main railway station (Brandenburg Hbf) on Thursday, 18 September 2003. A car will be waiting for arriving participants in front of the station. Look for the IMC logo. Although we will not go on a fixed time schedule, we intend to drive from Brandenburg to Bollmannsruh on the hour between 15 and about 22 h.
Late arrivals:
People arriving on Friday (or later) should arrange a pickup with the organizers. However, there is also a public bus transport from Brandenburg (railway station) to Bollmannsruh.
After an unusual warm and long summer weather now became cooler. A weather forecast for Brandenburg is available here (go to letter B -> Brandenburg).
Local Organizing Committee
The IMC 2003 is organized by the Arbeitskreis Meteore/Fachgruppe Meteore
Several members of the Arbeitskreis Meteore living near Berlin are involved in the preparations for the IMC 2003:
- Ina Rendtel, Potsdam
- Jürgen Rendtel, Marquardt
- Manuela Rendtel, Marquardt
- Frank Enzlein, Eiche
- Sven Näther, Wilhelmshorst
e-mail,
regular mail: Arbeitskreis Meteore, PF 600118, D-14401 Potsdam, Germany
phone +49 33208 50753 (evening, i.e. about 16-20h UT)
or +49 331 7499356 (daytime, i.e. about 6-14h UT).
Further information
Berlin public transportBerlin - Brandenburg - Bollmannsruh transport
road information
Bollmansruh area
program of the IMC
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