TUG 2015: July 20-22, 2015
The 36th Annual Meeting of the TeX Users Group

Welcome Hotel
Karolinenplatz 4
64289 Darmstadt, Germany

• Post-conference: videos, conference booklet.
• published proceedings (TUGboat 36:2).

• List of participants and presentations.
• Travel information.
• Logistics, practical details, things to do.

Dates and deadlines

• April 10, 2015 - bursary application deadline.
• May 1 - deadline for abstracts for presentation proposals (but late submissions will be accepted).
• May 15 - deadline for early bird registration discount.
• June 1 - deadline for preprints to be in the printed program.
• June 30 - deadline for discounted hotel reservations. Booking hotel rooms early is always advisable.
• July 20-22 - conference.
• July 31 - deadline for final papers for TUGboat proceedings.

Travel

Full travel information is available separately. Here is a brief summary:

• Darmstadt is located 30km south of Frankfurt/Main.
• There is a direct bus connection between Frankfurt International Airport (code: FRA) and Darmstadt's main railway station.
• Darmstadt is connected to Frankfurt in the north and Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe in the south by InterCity trains, there are also many regional trains to and from Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Mainz, Wiesbaden.
• From the railway station, travel time to the hotel is about 5 minutes by several streetcar and bus lines.

Accommodations

Full accomodation information is likewise available separately, and here is a brief summary:

• Rooms are reserved for TUG conference participants at the Welcome Hotel located in downtown Darmstadt, close to the residence castle, the marketplace and old town hall.
• Rooms will be available for TUG conference participants at the Welcome Hotel for a price of 109 EUR (single occupancy) or 129 EUR (double occupancy) per night, including breakfast buffet and taxes.
• Rooms at the conference rate are only guaranteed up to seven weeks before the conference (around June 1). After that, it depends on availability.
• Rooms may be cancelled free of charge until 14 days before arrival.
• Meals: The registration fee includes lunch on each day of the meeting, as well as morning and afternoon coffee breaks. Breakfast is included in the hotel registration. We'll have a banquet (optional extra) on Wednesday evening, location tbd.

Sponsors

Sponsored by the TeX Users Group, DANTE e.V., River Valley Technologies (UK), and individual donors. Thanks to all.

Additional sponsors are greatly appreciated, as is mentioning the conference to colleagues and in any other contexts. We'd also be grateful for any posting of this one-page PDF flyer (a4) (and letter).

Contact

As for contacting the organizers:

• Email: tug2015@tug.org.
• Phone, fax, postal mail: see TUG office contact information.
• Conference committee: Klaus Hoeppner, Joachim Schrod, Robin Laakso, Karl Berry.