Wikimania 2010/Bids/France

Wikimania 2010 candidate cities:
Amsterdam - Gdańsk - Oxford

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City details

• Country: France
• City proposed: to determinate
• Proposed dates Friday 30th july to Sunday 1st August, with possibility of arriving on the Thursday night and leaving on Monday morning or Thuesday 29th july to Saturday 31st.
• Contact person(s): see under.

Volonteer

• mik@ni 13:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

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Wikimania 2010 candidate cities: Amsterdam - Gdańsk - Oxford English: Happy to Montpellier ! For the first time, Wikimedians are trying to stage a bid to bring Wikimania to France. Montpellier is the 8th city in France. Español : Feliz a Montpellier ! Para primera vez los Wikimedians trató de obtener la organización de Wikimania en Francia. Montpellier es la 8 ciudad de Francia en población. Français : Heureux à Montpellier ! Pour la première fois les Wikimédiens vont essayer d'obtenir l'organisation de Wikimania en France. Montpellier est la 8e ville la plus peuplée de France. 中文： 这是法国维基媒体人第一次准备争取维基媒体国际年会举办权。 蒙彼利埃是法国第八大人口集中的城市。 吴语: 法国维基媒体人头趟争取维基媒体国际年会勒法国举办。 蒙班里言末，人口来算，法国第八大城市。 Medecine faculty About Montpellier City Info Information about Montpellier city (In french or in english) Touristic review (French) Le routard (French) Good addresses by cityvox.fr (French) Yahoo Travel (English) (Spanish) (German) (French) Montpellier Gay Climate details Weather at Montpellier in July Higest Temperature 29.4°C Lowest Temperature 19.6°C Total precipitation 2.2 mm Sunshine 335 hours Source Insee City details Country: France City proposed: Montpellier Proposed dates: in august 2010 to be determinate Contact person(s): see here Conference venue brief description of venue Main hall: Auditorium Berlioz between 1000 and 2010 Seminar rooms: Auditorium Pasteur 745 Lounge facilities: Auditorium Einstein 318 Other rooms: 4 Level of possible exposition Esplanade Charles de Gaulle in Summer. Jardin des plantes neer the Corum. Socializing areas (Garden, lounge etc.), their capacity and the hours at which they are opened/closed: Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, and Garden of champs de Mars which ares garden. Contacts with conference venue (emails, price quotes etc.) Technical facilities Existing technical installations Possibilitied to record interventions Visio conference Wireless Network implementation Ethernet network with between 512 Kb/s to 10 Mb/s Already conference in the Corum Source: Assemblées générales MAIF/CAMIF Conférence Internationale sur les Zéolites Congrès d'immuno-rhumatologie Congrès européen de gynécologie endocrinienne Congrès de la fédération nationale de la presse française Congrès de la société européenne d'urgence cardio-vasculaire Congrès de la société française de chirurgie de la main Congrès de la société française de radioprotection Congrès de radio-biologie Congrès des Aéroports de Langue Française Congrès des dirigeants commerciaux de France Congrès des Experts Comptables Congrès des neurosciences Congrès des notaires Congrès des pharmaciens Congrès des SEM Congrès du syndicat national des agents de voyage Congrès européen Jermov, Ophtalmologie et Vision Congrès international de photosynthèse Congrès mondial d'Espéranto Congrès mondial de génétique animale appliquée Congrès national de la société française de pédiatrie Congrès national du gaz Congrès mondial de médecine légale Congrès mondial de Sciences du Sol Congrès mondial sur la fertilité et la stérilité Congrès national de l'Ordre des Experts Comptables Congrès national de la CFDT Convention Alcatel Convention GMF Conventions Ford, Seat, Peugeot, Volvo, Renault et Citroën Convention fédération nationale du Crédit Agricole Convention Sogea Forum de l'investissement Forum des psychologues Journée des Présidents et Directeurs de la MSA Journées internationales de l'IDATE Jubilée Tupperware Salon Euro-Méditerranéen Coiffure & Esthétique Salon de l'étudiant Salon de l'immobilier Séminaire des laboratoires Glaxo Symposium laboratoires Bellon Vœux Sanofi Volunteer There is an IRC Channel for talk in live. To support Wikimania Montpellier on Facebook. Local Team mik@ni 13:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC) No local Team Pmartin 16:30, 10 July 2008 (UTC) Supporter Stef48 right on. DarkoNeko 09:39, 7 August 2008 (UTC) Dung005 Delhovlyn (talk) Budget Type Category Items Description Total cost Notes €uro USD expenditure Venue Hall, rooms and basic technical facilities 3 days Amount 48000 Technical Facilities : WiFi, A/V recording 4 days Amount 1100 Halls are good equiped in audiovisual. Accomodation rooms + breakfast 350 rooms * 4 days Insurance for 500 attendees Registration, Exhibition and Open Bar Amount 17000 Promotional Materials Posters, flags, t-shirts, mates, pins, souvenirs for 500 attendees Amount 4000 Conference Materials Badges,wikibooks, maps for 500 attendees Transportation in fonction of the city for 400 attendees + 50 VIP Organization team Transportation, volunteers (50), uniforms, security Scholarships 50 full scholarships Speakers 7 speakers Party General party 400 attendees We expect dedicated sponsors for general party. VIP party 30 VIP We expect dedicated sponsors for general party. recipe Entrance to the Conference Price to be determinated Total amount to be raised calculated assuming 1 USD = ?? €uro Currency The euro (ISO 4217: EUR) is the currency of Europe, and the symbol used locally for it is €. There are exchange desks in some bank, or change. Exchange rates as of July 14, 2008 for currencies exchanged in France. Source: xe.com Foreign currency EUR per foreign unit Buy Sell United States Dollar 1.58 1.48 British Pound 0.79 0.69 Foreign currency EUR per foreign unit Buy Sell Canadian Dollar 1.59 1.49 Swiss Franc 1.61 1.51 Probably the best choice is to come with Euros and a credit or debit card. Cost of life Tram at Place Ernest Granier in Montpellier. Tram Map. Food Hot dog - 2.5€ ($4 USD) Pizza (traditional size) - 8€ ($12.7 USD) Steak with salad and drink - 15€ ($24 USD) Transportation Costs Bus - 1.3€ ($2 USD) Tram - 1.3€ ($2 USD) Media and communications Mobile phones There are three mobile operators in France: Orange, SFR (or Vodafone for europeans) and Bouygues Télécoms. If you like to be able to use your GSM phone in France, check if your device can operate in these bands. Accommodation Location of main accommodation facilities (where can the attendees be hosted. On site, off site, how far from conference venue? For attendees? For VIPs?) Room details and price range Hotel ** and ***, Singles or doubles. Between 55€ ($66) and 77€ ($93) per day Hostelin international. Amount 18€ per night (22$) Catering (one meal a day, breakfast is a plus) Breakfast cost 8€ ($12) at the hotel or the cafe in downtown 2€ ($2,4) - Meal cost between 5€ ($6) and 22€ ($27) (to be determinated) Contacts with accommodation partner(s) (Have you contacted the proposed locations, exchange of emails, price quotes etc.) Party opportunities Wikimania traditionally hosts two parties, one for attendees (capacity of 250-350) and one for sponsors and VIPs (capacity 40-60). Attendees party(ies) propositions Sponsor party(ies) proposition Travel and transportation To come to Montpellier (from beyond France) Localisation of the Airport into the aglomeration. Airport Montpellier Mediterranée Map. Green place neer the Lez. Odysseum, an entertainement place. The Museum Fabre neer the reception place. Continent Departure to Montpellier through Travel Time Estimated Cost (€uros) Africa Alger Paris CDG 4h00 ~500 Bamako Paris CDG and Paris ORL 8h00 ~870 Beirut Paris CDG 5h30 ~630 Casablanca Paris CDG 5h00 ~430 Dakar Lisbonne and Paris CDG 9h00 ~1200 Dubai Amsterdam and Paris CDG 7h30 ~1160 Le Caire Amsterdam and Paris CDG 10h00 ~500 Le Cap Amsterdam and Paris CDG 17h00 ~1000 Tunis Paris CDG 4h00 ~500 Americas Buenos Aires Paris 16h30 ~1300 Lima Miami and Paris CDG 20h00 ~1950 Los Angeles Houston and Paris CDG 19h00 ~1200 Mexico Houston and Paris CDG 24h00 ~900 Montreal Paris CDG 15h30 ~750 New-York Amsterdam and Paris 15h00 ~1000 Rio de Janeiro Paris CDG 22h00 ~1200 Asia/Ocenia Beijin Paris CDG 15h00 ~1000 Melbourne Singapour and Paris 24h00 ~1500 Seoul Paris CDG 10h00 ~1260 Shangai Amsterdam and Paris CDG 12h00 ~1200 Sydney Hong Kong and Paris CDG 18h00 ~2200 Taipei Hong Kong and Paris 20h00 ~1200 Tokyo Amsterdam and Paris CDG 18h00 ~1900 Europe Amsterdam Paris CDG 2h30 ~550 Athen Roma FCO and Paris CDG 13h00 ~620 Berlin Paris CDG and Paris ORL 5h30 ~400 Copenhage Paris CDG 7h00 ~500 Dublin Paris 4h30 ~500 London Direct 2h30 ~90 Madrid Lyon 4h00 ~400 Moscow Milan and Paris CDG 6h00 ~650 Roma Lyon 3h30 ~400 To come to Montpellier (France) TGVMed: Between 25 € (30$) and 150 € (180$) and between 10€ (12$) and 30€ (36$) for the TER Orly CDG-Montpellier Airport: 1 hour and 10 minutes, more than 20 travels between Orly and Montpellier Airport per day Distance from international airports and how do we get to the location, 20 minutes (in summer) from Montpellier Airport in fonction of the circulation. Railway station is neer a tramway station ("Gare de Montpellier"), the distance between the railway station ans the corum in tramway is around 5 minutes. Local transportation and local social opportunities Two Tram line and numerous bus line Visa issues Visa issues Countries whose citizens will require visas for entry in France are in orange. Those where no visa is required are shown in gray. The black show France or Territories of France. 60€ or (between 80 to 90 $ in fonction of cost of euro) Visa waiver (less than 90 days) : Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Holy See, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Singapore, South Korea, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Special Administrative Region of Macao of the People’s Republic of China, Citizen of Shengen area which include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, and for Switzerland, Monaco and french citizen of course. Tourism opportunities Montpellier try to be a tourism destination. That why, there are more and more attraction, like the Place de la comédie, the Zoo of Montpellier (free) with its Serre Amazonienne (Amazonian Greenhouse), an all new Aquarium named "Mare Nostrum" that mean our sea in latin, it's open between 10am to 10pm in august, neer the aquarium, there are Bowling/Karting complex, a Lasergame, a cinema complex, an ice skating rink, a big center commercial (which is open in september 2009), the planetarium galillée which is a 3D theather and the beach at an half hour of Montpellier. There are too Les Rochers de Maguelone, where there are "17 adventure trails, including a breathtaking 200 m zip wire, as well as 20 fun and educational games". Social opportunities Montpellier is a student city, that why there are numerous nightlife and sport to discover at Montpellier. With the website A place for young people (EN). If you want to go to a restaurant, you could choose it on linternaute.com (FR), bars and pubs on cityvox.fr (FR). There are numerous Michelin starred in Montpellier like "Le Jardin des Sens" by the brothers Pourcel (****) or the "Domaine de Soriech" by Michel Lousteau (***) and more... Local sponsorship opportunities Possibility of local sponsorships Contacts (no name needed, just "company X, 4000 USD or will provide 300 beds) Miscellaneous Anything you feel should be brought to the attention of the jury. Self-evaluation Weaknesses of the proposed location ...and how to overcome those weaknesses Strengths of the proposed location In the town center, hotels and transportation. South of France with a great weather. Wifi Into the Schegen area Notes and References