This is the third of three postings relating to the ninth annual Society for Animation Studies conference, to be held in the Netherlands on October 8-12, 1997. This posting supplies some travel and accommodations information and includes a registration form; the second gives some background on the sponsoring instittutions; and the first lists the papers to be presented. - Registration From Wednesday afternoon 14.00 hours onwards and every morning during the conference at Drift 21, Utrecht - Opening The conference will be officially opened on Wednesday evening and, at the invitation of the organizing committee, Nadia Thalmann from the University of Geneva Switzerland will present the key note lecture about human modeling animation. - Conference Locations/Facilities The conference will be held at Utrecht University, located in the ancient heart of the town, in the centre of Utrecht, not far from the railway station. In addition to a lecture hall for the presentation of papers, a secretariat and a special room with video equipment will be available during the conference for activities which have not been planned. The film programmes will be shown in 't Hoogt Film Theatre, located in a thirteenth-century building within walking distance from the University lecture halls. - Utrecht The city of Utrecht originates from a Roman settlement founded in 48 AD. In the Middle Ages it developed into a Dutch city, one that ranked first in size and importance until the 16th century. Today Utrecht still boasts many unique churches, houses and canals which date from this period of prosperity. With 230,000 inhabitants Utrecht is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands. The conference programme is organized around Utrecht University, the largest university in the country. The university has 25,000 students and is one of the oldest in the land. It was officially founded in 1636 on the site if a medieval bishop's school. A new university campus, De Uithof, is located east of the city where most of the laboratories, the Botanic Gardens and the University Hospital are also located. Transportation to Utrecht Utrecht is easy to reach. It is centrally situated in the Netherlands and lies at the hub of the Dutch motorway and railway networks. Utrecht offers air travellers good road and rail connections with Schiphol International Airport (Amsterdam) (40 km). train trains leave Schiphol Airport for Utrecht every 30 minutes; 12 and 42 minutes past the hour. The journey takes 40 minutes, changing trains at Duivendrecht. Cost NLG 12,75 for a single ticket. taxi if you phone the Utrecht taxi firm (UTC) in advance (+31 30) 288 80 00, a taxi will be waiting for you. If you call UTC from Schiphol you will have to wait 40 minutes. Cost: NLG 100. A taxi from Schiphol costs NLG 150. These are daytime rates. car cars can be rented at Schiphol Airport. Transportation in Utrecht: --bus/tram a strippenkaart is needed to travel by bus and tram. You stamp this as you enter. They can be bought at railway stations, post offices and tobacco kiosks. --train-taxi you can share a taxi when you arrive at Utrecht station. The trein-taxi ticket can be bought at Schiphol station together with your train ticket. Cost: NLG 6. taxi widely available. REGISTRATION FORM SAS CONFERENCE (october 8-12, 1997) Please use block letters Surname *: ........................................................................... Mr. / Ms. Initial(s) *: ............................... Title(s) *: ................................... Organization *: ............................................................................... . Mailing address: ............................................................................... Zip / Postal Code: ........................... City: ......................................... Country *: ................................... Phone: ........................................ Fax: ......................................... E-mail: ....................................... * To be printed on name badge REGISTRATION FEES Payment before aug. 15Payment after aug. 15 O Conference fee DFl. 175,00DFl. 225,00 O Students ** DFl. 75.00DFl. 125,00 O Dinner party DFl. 100,00DFl. 125,00 ** Please sent with this registration form a copy of your student-registrationcard. O I have remitted DFl. ............. on ............. (date) Postal account Postbank 108278 Account name Universiteit Utrecht FBU projecten, The Netherlands Note: It is essential to mention participant's name and project 164 O Please charge my: O Eurocard/Mastercard O VisaO American ExpressO Diners Club Amount : .............................................................. Card number : .............................................................. Expiry date : .............................................................. Cardholders name and address : .............................................................. Payments should be made in NLG. (free of charge) in advance Please return this form before ........1997 to: FBU Congress Bureau Utrecht University Henk Zuidervaart P.O. BOX 80125 Phone : 31 30 253 2728 3508 TC Utrecht Fax : 31 30 253 3667 The Netherlands E-mail: [log in to unmask] Signature : .............................................. Date: ................................. ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]