General Information

NEW! Chalmers offers free childcare

During the SPA Conference, Chalmers offers free care to children of registered participants. You would be able to apply for this service when the registration for the conference opens. The care will be at the conference premises, teachers/attendants will speak English and Swedish.

Gothenburg

To make the most out of your visit to Gothenburg, the website www.goteborg.comor the app “Gothenburg” is very informative and useful.

Onsite Registration

The Conference Registration desk is located in the main entrance and will be open from 08:00 on Monday morning.

Location: Chalmers Conference Center, Chalmersplatsen 1

Badges

Please collect your badge onsite when you arrive to the conference. The delegate badges must be worn at all times to gain access to the conference sessions and this is your ticket for social events and excursions.

Coffee

Morning and afternoon coffee is included in the conference fee for Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and morning coffee is included on Wednesday and Friday. Coffees will be served in the main conference venue.

Lunches

Monday lunch is included in the conference fee, it will be a seated lunch at one of the restaurants located close to the venue. On Monday morning when registering you get a voucher and this will tell you which restaurant you will have your lunch at.

We organise two poster sessions on Tuesday and Thursday (with the same posters) in the form of a mingle lunch
with food served on a portable tray so that you could not only enjoy the posters, but savour Swedish food at the same time.

The lunches will be served in the main venue and is included in the conference fee. Lunches on Wednesday and Friday is up to you to decide where to eat and is not included in the conference fee. You can find some suggestions under “Lunch
restaurants”.

Wardrobe

There will be a manned wardrobe on the Monday and Friday in the main venue.

Wifi

Eduroam is available all over the Chalmers Campus https://www.eduroam.org/

If you cannot access the Internet via Eduroam please collect a password for the Nomad wifi. This wifi will work in the main building “Kårhuset” and Chalmers Conference Centre. Please note that the password is valid for one device only. The password is valid during the whole conference.

Nomad login: https://login.nomad.chalmers.se

Language

The official language of the SPA-2018 conference is English (no translation facilities will be provided).

Currency

The official currency is Swedish Krona (SEK).

Chalmers is cash free

In Sweden most people pay with credit card. Chalmers is cash free and only credit card payments is accepted as payment for lunches etc.

No cash are accepted at local transportation. You can buy your ticket in a convinience store on beforehand or pay with credit card on the trams (not on the buses). On the airport bus you can pay with credit card. Read more about local transportation here >>

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