General Information

All foreign visitors to the Czech Republic must possess a passport valid for at least three months ahead (visitors from European Union countries are allowed to use their ID card only). Participants requiring a visa should apply immediately to the consular office or embassy of the Czech Republic in their country in order to avoid inconvenience. Please note that the visa application procedure can take up to two months. For more detailed information please see: www.mzv.cz

Organising Secretariat - GUARANT International - can assist delegates by producing an official invitation on request. This invitation is prepared in about one week after receiving all following information:

• full name of the participant
• date of birth
• passport number
• nationality.

The Czech Republic is on Central European Time – Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus 1 hour. From April to October is summer time, i.e. GMT + 2 hours.

The official currency of the Czech Republic is the Czech Crown = Česká koruna (CZK = Kč).

 

You can find the official exchange rates on the website of the Czech National Bank

Ostrava is a city with continental climate. September weather in Ostrava is usually quite pleasant and mild with temperatures between 15 and  20°C. There might be an occasional shower, therefore it is advisable to bring a jacket, a sweater and an umbrella. The current weather conditions you can find at weather.yahoo.com.

 

As a city with more than 330 thousands inhabitants it has a regular flight connection with Prague and usually arranged by the Czech Airlines, which is a member of Skyteam. So, the cheapest way is to extend your flight ticket to Prague provided by any member of Skyteam. The Czech Airlines offer a flight directly to Leoš Janáček Ostrava-Mošnov airport four times a day. There is a special bus (number 33) providing a connection from Ostrava Airport to the southern part of Ostrava. For a more comfortable and faster connection you can use a taxi (regular price is from CZK 500 to CZK 800). If the Czech Airlines flight schedule does not fit to your plans you can also extend your flight ticket to Ostrava-Main railway station, which can be done by the Czech Airlines as well and you will travel by a flyer train (category SC - SuperCity) only with your flight ticket. Moreover, there is a regular flight connection to Vienna as well.

 

Czech Airlines is the Official Carrier of the 5^th Conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology held September 11 - 14, 2007, Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Czech Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network linking many major cities around the world with Prague and Ostrava. Feel free to ask for the discount of 15% from applicable Economy Class fares and 25% from Business Class fares in Czech Airlines offices worldwide.
Discounts are valid for journeys in the period of one week before the event – one week after the event, for registered congress delegates and one accompanying person. The discount is also applicable for CSA code share flights OK 3000 – 5999, which are operated by our partners (Aeroflot, Aero Mexico, Air France, KLM, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, Delta, Korean Air, NWA). The miles reached on tickets with discounts are also taken into account for OK Plus program.

 

Official letter of invitation or a copy of registration fee paid will be required only for the delegate and not for the accompanying person. This offer is valid for tickets booked and issued through Czech Airlines sales offices only.

Please click on www.czechairlines.com and find a Czech Airlines sales office nearest to you for more details.

 

Ostrava lies on the main railroad and therefore another possibility how to get to Ostrava is to take a train. There is a frequent train connection to/from Prague, which usually takes more than four hours and costs about CZK 400-500 (depending on train categories). We suggest to buy a ticket to Ostrava hlavní nádraží (Ostrava main station), which is much closer to the city center and the hotel Imperial than other railway stations. To search for your train connection not only from Prague visit IDOS web page. The main railway station is located near the city center so, you can use any of the trams starting at the station and you cannot miss the center. To reach the hotel Imperial, get off on the 6^th stop "Elektra" – you will need a 15-minute ticket.

 

 

The third possibility how to reach Ostrava is to use a car. If you travel from Prague, use a highway (speed limit 130 kmph) number D1, which goes to Brno, Olomouc and Lipník nad Bečvou. Then continue on an ordinary I. class road (speed limit 90 kmph) to Ostrava through Hranice, Novy Jičín and Příbor, where you can either turn directly to Ostrava or continue through Frýdek-Místek. The second way is perhaps a bit longer but from Frýdek-Místek you can again use a motorway (speed limit 130 kmph) and the highway leads directly to the city center. If you travel from south then join the highway D1 at any point and continue as described above. From Warsaw, we suggest to take a highway through Czestochowa, Bielsko-Biala, Czieszyn-Český Těšín and from Český Těšín take a route through Havířov. Some information about Czech highways including maps can be found here.

In case of interest to organize your trip to Czech Republic, please contact Congress Secretariat. 

The map of Czech Republic

The map of Ostrava downtown has a marked access on highway from Frýdek-Místek