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Location

The TAM 2011 meeting will be held at the Technical University of Catalonia. The exact location is:

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Aula Màster room. Building A3.
Jordi Girona 1-3
08034 Barcelona

Map of the University campus:

How to reach the North Campus of UPC

By Plane

Barcelona airport is at 12 Km from the city. More information about Barcelona’s airport: www.aena.es. You can arrive with different transport methods to the city centre from the airport:

TAXI: In front of every terminal you will find a taxi stand. If they are available, they will show a green light with the text LIBRE or LLIURE (it means “available”). The approximate travel price to BSC-CNS is around 25 €.

BUS: The so-called “aerobus” goes every 12 minutes from 6am to 12pm, Monday to Friday, and from 6.30am to midday on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. The price is around 3,30 € and the last stop is Plaza Catalunya. From this station, you can take the metro Line 3 (green line) to "Palau Reial" station and the ticket cost 1 €. Travel card T-10 allows 10 combined journeys in any means of transport (for the price 6.65 €). For more information about public transport, please visit www.tmb.net.

TRAIN: the Renfe Cercanías Line 10 links the airport with the centre of the city and the Sants Estació and Estació de França railway stations. The journey takes about 30 minutes. It departs from the airport, from 6am to 11.44pm - departures from the airport, from 5:12am to 10:42pm every 30 minutes. For more information, visit the Renfe's website.

CAR: If you rent a car from the airport, please leave “El Prat del Llobregat” and take C-32B. Continue along this route and head towards Ronda de Dalt / Lleida / Girona. Close to Barcelona, take route C-32 passing close to Cornellà del Llobregat and L’Hospitalet. Take B-20 and take Exit 10 called “Carretera d'Esplugues”. Take the street called “carrer del Gran Capità” and turn left towards Jordi Girona street.

METRO: please take the green line L3 towards “Zona Universitaria” direction and drop onto the station “Palau Reial” station. Walk up the hill the street called “Tinent Coronel Valenzuela” and you will find the Campus Nord in front of you.

By train and bus

Barcelona has two international train stations: Sants Station and the Estació de França. Every bus company has its own stops at different parts of the city. Please indicate the bus driver the address or the nearest tube station called "Palau Reial" and they will drop you close to the North Campus of UPC.

Useful links for directions
www.viamichelin.com
http://maps.google.com/

The HPC-Europa2 project is funded by the European Commission - DG Research in the Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement n° 228398

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