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Weather in Korea
During the period (Oct. 21- Oct. 24) of the 7th Korean Astrophysics Workshop on Dynamics of Disk Galaxies, the weather in Seoul is expected to be mild, but a little bit cooler than usual. The forecast predicts that the highest temperatures during the day would be about 17^o C (or 63^o F) and the lowest temperature during the night and early morning would be about 8^o C (or 46^o F). Please check out the weather http://www.accuweather.com/en/kr/south-korea-weather or http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/KSXX0037 before your departure.

Transportation (from Airport to Hotel)
All the foreign participants are going to stay at the Hoam Faculty House, located just outside the main campus of the Seoul National University. The most convenient (and recommended) way to get to the hotel from Incheon-Seoul International Airport (ICN) is to take Airport limousine bus #6017 at the airport. The stops for this bus route can be easily found when you exit the arrival floor of the Passenger Terminal through Exit 6B or 13A. There are ticket booths around the exits. Please buy a ticket amounting to 15,000 KRW (you can use your credit card at the ticket booths). The last stop of this bus is, conveniently, the Hoam Faculty House. It normally takes 70min - 80 min from the airport to the hotel, but it may take longer depending on the traffic in Seoul. The departure times of this bus at the airport are given in the Table below.

Sunday (From ICN to Hoam)
05:50,  06:30,  07:10,  07:40,  08:20,  09:00,  09:35,  10:10,  10:50,  11:30,  12:10,  12:40, 
13:10,  13:45,  14:15,  14:58,  15:32,  16:10,  16:45,  17:20,  17:55,  18:25,  19:10,  19:50, 
20:35,  21:15,  21:55,  22:35

Monday to Saturday (From ICN to Hoam)
05:40,  06:20,  06:55,  07:40,  08:20,  09:00,  09:40,  10:15,  11:00,  11:49,  12:15,  12:45, 
13:15,  13:45,  14:15,  14:57,  15:35,  16:08,  16:45,  17:25,  18:00,  18:35,  19:15,  19:58, 
20:35,  21:15,  21:55,  22:35

When you return to the airport from the hotel, you can take the same limousine bus #6017 in the parking lot of the Hoam Faculty House. The departure times are

Everyday (From Hoam to ICN)
04:20,  05:00,  05:30,  06:00,  06:30,  07:00,  07:40,  08:20,  09:00,  09:30,  10:00,  10:40, 
11:20,  12:00,  12:40,  13:20,  14:00,  14:30,  15:00,  15:30,  16:00,  15:40,  17:20,  18:00, 
18:40,  19:20,  20:00,  20:40

Hotel
When you arrive at the Hoam Faculty House (http://www.hoam.ac.kr/eng/), you will find a building shown to the right: this is the main building in which the reception desk and a restaurant are located
We have secured a block of rooms at the Hoam Faculty House in order for all the foreign participants to stay during the meeting. We have assigned a room to each participant depending on his/her request and the length of stay. When you check in, please tell your name to a receptionist. English-speaking receptionist(s) will be available for 24 hours a day.
There is a restaurant (called Shangri-La) inside the main building. They serve buffet-style breakfast for 15,000 KRW per person. They also serve Korean-, Japanese-, and Western-style meals for lunches and dinners, but these are very expensive. They also have an out-door café where they serve some foods and drinks if weather permitting. The map below shows the buildings and café in the Hoam Faculty House.

Town Bus and Subway
The main campus of the Seoul National University (SNU) is within a walking distance from the Hoam Faculty House, so that it may be a good exercise to take a walk to the SNU. If you instead want to take a bus, the #2 town buses are available, which run frequently between the SNU and Nakseongdae subway station (nearest subway station to the Hoam Faculty House). The part of the route of this bus toward the Nakseongdae station is shown here. The bus fare for one-way trip is 850 KRW for adults, 550 KRW for students with age between 13-19, and 300 KRW for children (age between 6-12), which can be paid to the driver in cash. If you want to look around downtown Seoul, you might want to first go to Nakseongdae subway station by taking a #2 bus at the Hoam Faculty House, and then take Subway Line 2 (dubbed the green line) there. The Seoul subway map can be found at http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/station/eng/linemap.action


Workshop Venue
Entire workshop will be held at the International Conference Hall (ICH) located in the first floor of Building #25-1 in the main campus of SNU. The location of the ICH is indicated at the SNU map shown below


Shuttle between the workshop Venue and Hotel
While the ICH is within a good walking distance from the hotel (taking about 30 min), we will provide free shuttle services between the venue and the Hoam at every morning and afternoon during the meeting. The shuttle departure times are

Registration Fee
The registration fee is 200,000 KRW (or 200 USD) for Drs and 100,000 KRW (or 100 USD) for students, which is to be paid at the on-site registration desk by cash and only by cash.

Banquet
We are going to have a banquet in the Mugunghwa Hall located at the Convention Center of the Hoam Faculty House on Oct. 22, 6:30PM. The banquet is covered by the registration fee.

Wednesday Afternoon Tour
The participants who signed up for the DMZ tour on Wednesday afternoon need to pay 45,000 KRW (or 45 USD) per person at the time of on-site registration by cash (and only by cash) in exchange for a tour ticket. The tour buses will leave the meeting venue at Oct. 23, 12:30 on time, so please come to the venue by 12:20 after having a lunch. Please make certain that you carry a tour ticket as well as your passport when you board on the bus. This is very important because you are not allowed to enter the DMZ without a valid passport.

Passport of Invited Speaker
This is only to invited speakers. We need to have a photocopy of the passport of each invited speaker as well as a copy of the page of immigration stamp received on arrival. Invited speakers, please bring your passport on Oct. 23 and pass it to the registration desk before 9:30AM. We also need to have some documents signed by you. We will make the photocopies of relevant pages of your passport and return it to you during the morning coffee break.

Meals
We will provide all participants with lunches at one (Building #75-1 on the SNU map) of the University cafeterias from Oct. 21 to Oct. 24. A lunch coupon will be distributed at the registration desk after the end of the morning session each day. Then, we walk together to the cafeteria for lunch.

Some sandwiches, juices, milk, etc. will also be provided every morning at the workshop venue. All the other meals including breakfasts and dinners (except for banquet) are not covered.

Eatery on Campus and Nearby Area.
As the SNU is a big university, there are many cafeterias and lounges around the campus. Partially supported by the university, they serve meals at a cheap price (between 2,500 – 4,000 KRW)
The map below shows the campus around the venue (Building #25-1). The cafeteria located in the Building #75-1 is the place for lunches of this workshop. Building #63 is the Student Union in which cafeterias, book store, souvenir shop, etc. are placed. There is a café in Building #501 across the road from the venue.
 
The map below shows the area near the rear gate, close to the Hoam Faculty House Buildings #919 and #912 have Dome cafeterias, serving meals during 07:30-09:30, 11:30-13:30, and 17:30-19:30 for weekdays, and 08:00-09:30, 11:30-13:30, and 18:00-19:30 for weekends. Building #920 has Global House, serving beer, wine, and dining between 15:00-02:00 during weekdays and Sunday. (The Golbal Hours is closed on Saturday.) These places are within about 10-15 min from the Hoam Faculty House.

If you want to try more authentic Korean foods (Korean BBQ for example), you might want to take a #2 town bus from the Hoam Faculty House to go toward Nakseongdae subway station. (Or, you might want to take a walk, which takes about 20-25 min.)
The following map shows the regions around Nakseongdae subway station, with the red lines indicating the route of #2 town bus. There are many Korean restaurants and pubs in the shared areas.