How to reach the conference room
The meetings take place at the "Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni"
of the newly established Università di Milano Bicocca. The Department
is located in the
new university and technology center in the Bicocca zone, north of
Milan, viale Sarca 202, U7
Building, 2nd Floor, Room 285 "Aula Tesi" at the Statistics Department.
See the University server . You can find here
a map of the premises of the Milano-Bicocca University as they will appear
in the (hopefully next) future.
One can reach the Bicocca area as follows:
by train - from one of the stations Milano Porta Garibaldi or Milano
Lambrate - arriving at Milano Greco-Pirelli station - for time schedule
Consult the Italian
Railways Orario
online the German
or alternatively, the Swiss
Federal railways server. Both train stations are reachable via the
green underground line. To access wagons you may use the same ticket valid
for underground or bus. Please remember to
stamp it at the yellow machines before boarding the train!
by subway:
red line: Precotto station (via Pelitti) => shuttle bus to Bicocca
green line: Milano Centrale station => bus
#70 or 727 (towards Cinisello or Cusano M.)
yellow line: Zara station => tramway #2 or
11.
by bus - line 70 or 727 from Milano Central station towards Cinisello or Cusano Milanino.
by tramway - line 2 or 11.
by taxi - you should tell the driver you would like to reach Università
di Milano Bicocca, viale Sarca 202. The fare may vary from 7/8 to
15/20 USD depending on the distance.
Transportation from Milano Airports to Milano Downtown and Hotels:
If you travel by air, you will most likely land at the Milano-Malpensa
airport (terminal I), which is located some 40 KM North-West from the city
center.
Bus departures: each 20 minutes from 6.40 a.m to 9 p.m. with the pattern
h.00, h.20, h.40. Then each 30 minutes up to 00.30 a.m. The arrival point
is the "Air terminal" of the Milano Centrale Railway Station. The ride
lasts approx 50 minutes. The ticket price is 13.000 ITL. (1USD=1950 ITL
approx.). Tickets available on AIRPORT 2000 office(Arrival Terminal).
Otherwise you may get the Malpensa-express
train to the green line at Cadorna.
Tickets may be purchased at the ticket offices in FN stations at Milan
Cadorna
6.30 a.m.-8.30 p.m.), Milan Bovisa Politecnico, Saronno (6.30 a.m. - 8.30
p.m.), Malpensa airport (7.30 a.m.-9.30 p.m.) and in all FN
railway stations. Automatic ticket machines are available in
Milan Cadorna,
Milan Bovisa Politecnico and in the airport. All daily and
season tickets allow you to use the Milan Railway Link (Passante
ferroviario) (underground map with "how to move in and out of
town") and to begin and end your journey in any of the city's railway
stations (both Ferrovie Nord and Italian State Railways stations). The
fare is 20.000 ITL.
If you fly Alitalia you WILL pay a reduced ticket (10.000 instead
of 15.000 Lit).
See the updated bus Schedule and more info's on the connections Malpensa-Milano
Should you land at the Linate Airport,
the best way to reach Milano Center is taking Bus #73. It takes you in
20/25 minutes to the Metro Station (red line)
S.
Babila (5 minute's walk from the Duomo).
There is a bus each 7/10 minutes. Bus #73 is an ordinary city bus; the
ticket should be bought inside the aiport
area; it costs Lit. 1500.
See the home page of the Azienda
Trasporti Milanesi for more details.
The cost of a taxi ride is > 80.000 Liras from Malpensa and > 50.000
Liras from Linate (with the same ending points and with approximately the
same
duration of the ride).
If you are lodged at the Hotel Le Stelline you may step down at Cadorna
U-station (green and red
line) and get there on foot (see map).
If you dwell at the Hotel Gala, you should get to the yellow
line (either from Cadorna,
or San Babila) and reach Zara
U-station (see
map).
If you stay at ISU, you should get to the yellow
line (either from Cadorna,
or San Babila) and step down at Crocetta
U-station (see map).
If you spend your week (or more) at the Ornato, you should get to the
yellow
line (either from Cadorna,
or San Babila) and reach Zara
U-station,
then get trolley #11 or 2 and then bus # 51 (you better ask the driver
when you should change) (see map)