Dear Colleagues: here is some information concerning the congress in Cancun that can be useful. We look forward to seeing you. Jose Seade 1) ABOUT THE HOTEL: We said before that the congress will take place at the Continental Plaza Hotel. Please notice that this hotel has changed its name and it is now called CARIBE REAL. The address is: Bulevar Kukulcan Km. 11.5, in front of Plaza Flamingos; telephones (52-998) 881-55-30, 881-55-00, fax (52-998) 881-56-95. The web page of the hotel is: http://www.real.com.mx/Caribe_Real/ 2) GETTING TO THE HOTEL: There are taxis and colective taxis from the airport. Be sure to take one of the official airport taxis. You can also arrange through the agency American Express (the one arranging the accomodation) that someone picks you up (and they charge a reasonable fare). The contact for this is the same person who is taking care of the hotel reservations. He is Mr. Ricardo Serrano of American Express Co. (Mexico), Tel. 51 69 76 50, Fax 56 11 11 13, e-mail: . The hotel is by the beach in the "Zona hotelera", 30 minutes away (by car) from the airport and 30 minutes away from the city center. 3) FOR THE SPEAKERS: There are not actual boards in the classrooms. You will have to use a slides projector. We can provide you slides and appropriate pens (of various colours!) if you need them. There are not multimedia facilities. 4) ABOUT THE WEATHER: June is summer in Mexico, so it will be hot. But this is also the rainy season, so be prepared for (beautiful) tropical storms. Very important: do not forget your swimming clothes, just in case... 5) THE LOCAL CURRENCY is the Mexican peso. It is adviceable to change some currency at the airport for local expenses, such as taxis, medicines, etc. The rate of exchange is about 11.50 pesos per U.S. dollar. 6) REGISTRATION. The fee is 100 U. S. dollars, which you can pay either in dollars or in Mexican pesos. Registration will take place on Sunday 20 from 9:00 a.m. til 7:00 p.m. with a break for lunch from 2:00 to 3:00. The place for this will be clearly indicated at the lobby of the hotel. Otherwise you can also register later on the week at the office for the congress. 7) ACCOMODATION. We strongly recommend participants to stay in the hotel where the congress is taking place, although it is of course not compulsory to do so. If you do want to stay at the hotel CARIBE REAL it is necessary to make a reservation through the travel agency. It is important that the end of JUne is a touristic season and the hotel is likely to be full. Thus their can not guarantee rooms not reserved before June 7 8) INAUGURATION. This will be on Monday 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the auditorium of the hotel (Salon Gran Caribe), which is in the basement. We do hope all participants can join us for this important event. 9) LECTURES. All the lectures will take place in the hotel, which has several class rooms in the basement. These will start with a Plenary talk following the Inauguration. 10) There will be a Welcome Cocktail for the participants on MOnday 21 from 19:30 to 20:30. 11) MEALS are included in the hotel rate. The hotel has 4 restaurants and people staying at the hotel are free to use any of them. In this way meals (and drinks) are available at all times. 12) There will be an Office for the congress, located next to the business center, in which you can have acces to internet. It has 4 computers and you will have to pay 1 peso per minut. 13) The congress is scheduled to finish on Friday 25 at 14:30. Afternoon will be free and there is a possibility that we organize some social event that evenning. We will inform you of that later.