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Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Attendees & Arrivals
Agenda
Notes and AI
Pictures:
Accommodations

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

24 - 28 January, 2011

Attendees & Arrivals

Name
Arrival Info
Departure Info
Adrian Smales
23.01./14:45 Cairo
29.01./16:00 Cairo
Walter Koch
23.01./15:05
30.01.
Henning Scholz
23.01./14:45 Cairo
29.01./16:00 Cairo
Lee Namba
25.01.
29.01.

















Agenda


The colleagues from BA also prepared two guided tours that are detailed below:


Monday, 24 January 2011 (BA)
10:00-10:30 – Welcome, introduction, agenda finalisation
10:30-13:00 – Guided tour in the reading area and the museums of the BA
13:00-14:30 – Lunch
14:30-16:30 – BHL-Europe introduction: objectives, partners, content management, GRIB, Europeana (Overview, Content & GRIB - Henning)
GlobalMeeting-WP1-100919.pptGlobalMeeting-WP2-092210.ppt
16:30-16:45 – Coffee break
16:45-17:45 – BHL-Europe hardware infrastructure and system architecture (Adrian)
GlobalMeeting-WP3-220910.ppt
17:45-18:15 – BHL-Europe Schema (Adrian)
NHMW_WP2_BHL_Schema.pdf

Tuesday, 25 January 2011 (Windsor Palace Hotel, Alexandria)
09:30-12:00 – BHL-Europe data workflow and workflow management

Wednesday, 26 January 2011 (BA)
10:00-13:00 – BA technical tour: Espresso book machine, Internet Archive, Supercomputer, Digital lab, Vista
13:00-14:30 – Lunch
14:30-16:00 – DAR overview and architecture
16:00-16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 – UUID
18:00-19:00 – BA workflow life cycle and demonstration

Thursday, 27 January 2011 (BA)
10:00:11:15 – BA digital projects
11:15-13:30 – BA system architecture,
13:30-15:00 – Lunch
15:00-15:30 – SPAR presentation (Lee Namba)
15:30-18:15 – Actions for collaboration

Friday, 28 January 2011 (Amarante Hotel, Gizeh)
Recap from Tuesday
Recap from BA meeting
Documentation standards, QA
D3.7


Notes and AI

will come later; we would like to align our notes with the colleagues at BA, but it might take a bit longer having the current situation in Egypt in mind


Pictures:

almost everybody took pictures. First I link to the selection of the BA colleagues:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/isis_ba/sets/72157625884693179/with/5430058915/

Travel-Log with pictures: http://www.bivalve.de/Bewegendes/Egypt/egypt.htm

Accommodations


The rates of Windsor and Metropole are valid till May 2011.
Windsor Palace Hotel ( right on the corniche)
http://paradiseinnegypt.com/
Le Metropole Hotel ( second row from the corniche but still with a sea view)
http://www.paradiseinnegypt.com/Metropole/index.html
Single Room: 80 USD (sea view)
70 USD (side view)
Actually, we have deals with many other hotels in Alexandria, please see them below. However, the rates mentioned below are valid till 31 Dec 10 and thus they can increase or decrease a bit depending on the new contracts that will be signed with them. In this context, I will be sending you the final and definite rates for those hotels by the end of next week:
Azur Hotel ( right on the corniche)
http://www.azur.travel/hotel/3/Mediterranean%20Azur%20Alexandria
· The hotel is almost 7 Km away from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ( 15 minutes by car in good traffic)
· Hotel Rate (breakfast and service taxes are included)
Single Room: 95 USD ( sea view)
85 USD (side view)
Maritim Jollie Ville* ( right on the corniche)
http://www.maritim.com/en/hotels/egypt/jolie-ville-hotel-alexandria
· The hotel is almost 12 Km away from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ( 25 minutes by car in good traffic)
· Hotel Rate (breakfast and service taxes are included) Single Room:
Single Room: 95 USD ( sea view)
Double Room: 85 USD (side view)