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OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2008)

5th-7th November 2008
Beijing, China
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Conference Venue

The Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing, is a five-star business hotel in Beijing's western business district, about 10 minutes by car from Zhong Guan Cun, one of the city's high-tech/IT zones. The facilities include 712 luxury guest rooms, apartments and offices, unique restaurants, spacious and elegant banquet halls, complete health and recreation facilities, and free high-speed broadband internet connections in all guest rooms.

The distance between the hotel and the Beijing Capital Airport is 36 km, and it takes 45 minutes to get there by car. On the opposite side of the street you will find Beijing Zoo, where you can pay a visit to the famous panda bears. Within less then 10 minutes of walking you can reach the Zizhuyuan (Purple Bamboo) Park, a perfect location to relax if you want to take a break.

Note: you can find the Conference locations on Google maps.

Zhonghua Hall

The Zhonghua Hall has a total floor area of 1,600 square meters including an exhibition area, which can be divided into two sections by a retractable partition. It is fully equipped with advanced audio-visual components, automatic projector screens, high-speed Internet access, mobile stage and adjustable lighting system. The hall can comfortably seat 800 persons in classroom style meetings and up to 1000 persons for banquets. In addition it has a 500 square meter functional foyer.

Century Hall

The Century Hall has an area of 750 square meters and is the hotel's largest functional room including a VIP room and a banquet hall. The hall is equipped with lighting systems, acoustic facilities, Internet access, TV screens, and a versatile mobile stage, making it ideal for hosting large-scale conferences, Western and Chinese banquets, and fashion shows. Simultaneous interpreting, audio facilities, tape recording, videotaping, fax and photocopy services are available. ISDN lines provide access to high-speed information networks for teleconferencing needs.

　　　　　

Other halls

Jiangsu Hall, Sichuan Hall, Zhejiang Hall, Shandong Hall and Hainan Hall are five deluxe function rooms located on the second floor of the Office Tower, with advanced AV and projection equipment.

Beijing

Eating and drinking

Beijing offers a unique density of restaurants and several bar quarters. The venue itself is located in a quarter known for its good and versatile restaurants, discotheques and music clubs. Another hot-spot of Beijing night life is the Houhai bar area, which is 3.5 kilometers away and nicely located at one of the famous lakes near Beijing's Forbidden City.

Very(!) good lunch/dinner starts at 2€ per person. Beer starts at 0.3€ for 0.5 liter. (Above mentioned bar streets are more expensive, but still not too bad from an European point of view.)

We expect also a easier communication with the service personal in bars and restaurants, as a lot of them will have basic English knowledge after the Olympics.

Getting around

Travel to the venue from the conference hotels will be guaranteed by shuttle buses. However, none of the hotels selected by the organizers is more than 30 minutes (2.5 kilometers) by foot away from the venue. Despite the gigantic size of Beijing, the whole OOo community will stay very close together.

Taxis in Beijing cost 1€ for the first five kilometers. Every additional kilometer is 0.2€. Beijing subway costs 0.2€ for each destination. The subway network will be significantly enhanced for the Olympic Games. Prices for Beijing buses start at 0.1€.