Events: Meetings Off-Site
STI International Off-Site 2008
Sheraton La Caleta Resort & Spa
Costa Adeje Tenerife, May 30 - 31, 2008
Details: Proposal for STI International Off-Site 2008 ( 319kB)
Concept of STI Off-Site
The STI off-site is meant as a unique annual event to support the building of the international STI community and to strengthen established relationships between the members. It gives individual STI members from different countries and institutions the opportunity to get together in an inspiring environment and to shape the future development of STI and its operation.
The off-site is organized as a two days event and covers a mixture of technical and networking activities, as well as invited talks on topics of general interest. The result is a generally improved understanding and acceptance of the overall mission and objectives of STI by the various members, a naturally evolving corporate identity of the network as well as established relationships and collaborations between individual STI members.
The STI off-site 2008 will be organized in Tenerife and will be co-located with the 5th European Semantic Web Conference. It is expected that the next meetings will follow the same scheme in order to reduce the travel overhead of the participants and to manage traveling costs economically.
Location
Hotel Information
Sheraton La Caleta Resort & Spa, Costa Adeje, Tenerife
C/ La Enramada, Poligono 9
Tenerife, Canary Islands 38670, Spain
Phone: (34)(922) 162 000
http://www.starwoodhotels.com
How to get there
Airport Reina Sofía (Tenerife South) is located 20 km away from the Off-site venue.
- Airlines from Europe including low-cost and many charters
- Fares: Taxi (20 euros), Bus (2 EUR)
Los Rodeos (Tenerife North) is located 80 km away from the Off-site venue.
- Airlines from Europe, mainly from Spain
- Fares: Taxi (70 euros), Bus (5 EUR)
Rental cars – from 30 EUR per day
Petrol – 0.60 EUR per litre
Meeting room
Meeting room for technical sessions: classroom style for 100 participants – Gran Pelinor
Cost of room rental – 750 EUR per day
Food and beverages
Coffee breaks - 10 EUR per person per day
Lunch – 30 EUR per person per day
Technical equipment provided by the hotel
Rental and installation for the following equipment was confirmed:
- Large screen – 25 EUR per day
- Flipchart – 30 EUR
- Beamer – 120 EUR per day
- Wi-Fi – 20 EUR per person per day
- Assembly technician – 120 EUR
Accommodation
Sheraton La Caleta 100 rooms reserved.
Double room single use – 105 EUR per room per night including breakfast
Double room – 126 EUR per room per night including breakfast
Agenda
Day 1 – May 30th, 2008
09:30 – 09:45 |
STI International (CEO Alexander Wahler) |
09:45 – 10:00 |
STI International Off-Site ( Elena Simperl) |
10:00 – 11:00 |
Advice from the Chair of the Advisory Board |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30 - 12:30 |
STI Service Manager of the Year |
12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
14:00 – 15:00 |
STI PhD of the Year |
15:00 – 15:30 |
Coffee break |
15:30 – 17:30 |
STI poster session |
19:00 |
Barbeque |
Day 2 – May 31st, 2008
10:00 – 11:00 |
Invited talk |
11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30 – 12:30 |
Matrix revisited (P Dieter Fensel) |
12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
14:00 – 19:00 |
Team building session |
22:00 |
Disco night |
Off-Site team
The team for 2008 consists of Ilona Zaremba, who will take care of organizational issues (travel planning, accommodation) and Elena Simperl, who will be in charge to plan and run the event.