Tourist Information / Programme for accompanying people

You are welcome to get tourist information and booking on site from Thursday 19 August 16.00 (4.00 pm).

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Technical Facilities

Please note that Plenary Sessions and Invited Sessions will have a Computer Projector.

Presenters in the Contributed Sessions will have to use Standard Slides projectors.

Annoucement of Winner of 2004 Hicks-Tinbergen Medal

The winner of the Hicks-Tinbergen Medal will be announced after the Schumpeter lecture on Sunday Aug 22.

This is a medal given out to the best paper written in the EEA's Journal.

Congress Card Madrid

The local organisers have included a "Congress Card Madrid" (a plastic card) with the conference documentation for congress delegates

It includes an unlimited public transport on the underground, buses and suburban trains (to Leganés) for FIVE days according to the duration of the congress.

How to reach the congress venue

The conference venue (University of Carlos III, campus Leganés) is easily accessible by public transport. The easiest way to get to Leganés (conference center) is by train (ATOCHA TRAIN STATION)

EEA-ESEM 2004 will take place on the Campus de Leganés, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid.

• The Campus of Leganés is about a 3 min. walk from the Leganés Railway Station , taking the Virgen del Carmen exit and following Calle Santa Rosa .

• To reach Leganés, participants should take the train from platform 9 at Atocha Railway Station in the direction to Fuenlabrada . The itinerary is as follows:

  Atocha-- Mendez Alvaro-- Doce de Octubre-- Orcasitas--Puente Alcocer--Villaverde Alto-- Zarzaquemada--Leganés.

Trains are available every 5-10 min. from 5.30 until 22.00 and every 15min. from 22.00 to 23.15. Trains from Leganés to Atocha are available with the same frequency from 5.30 to 00.1.

• Taxi fares from downtown to Campus de Leganés are around €15- €20.

To reach Atocha Railway Station from any point in Madrid, participants can take the underground (Metro, Blue Line, Direction Congosto ) and get out at Atocha Renfe directly in the hall of the Station, or walk from your hotel.