The CIRM Spring meetings 2008 are to be held at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Dublin, Ireland From the 20th - 23rd April 2008

We are really pleased to announce that the Irish Maritime Development Office are our Government Sponsor for 2008
CIRM is grateful for additional support from Irish based member company TRANSAS
Mackay Communications are making a large contribution to our Group Dinner at the famous Jamesons distillery

Dublin

Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath,) is the largest city in Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. Founded as a Viking settlement, the city has been Ireland's primary city for most of the island's history since mediæval times. Today, it is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland, and has one of the youngest and fastest growing populations of any European capital city.

The Radisson SAS Royal Hotel

At the crossroads of Golden Lane and Chancery Lane, in the heart of Dublin, is the newly-built, elegant and sophisticated Radisson SAS Royal Hotel. The hotel offers a high standard of service and genuine hospitality and is within walking distance of top city landmarks such as Trinity College, Dublin Castle, St Stephen’s Green, Temple Bar and the famous Grafton Street. Theatres, restaurants and bars are also just a few steps away. The hotel offers 150 spacious and well-appointed guest rooms comprising business class rooms, executive suites and also has one bedroom suites and a presidential suite. Free high-speed and wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel including all bedrooms. The hotel features 10 contemporary meeting rooms, a ballroom and 2 spectacular meeting rooms on the 7th floor overlooking the city centre. All meeting rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment. Car parking available for 60 cars.

Airport information

Dublin International Airport is 12 kms with a taxi transfer time of 25 mins (45 mins rush hour) journey rate 25/30 EUR. Many Airlines fly to Dublin - See below for details.

Conference Fee

Conference Fee – in order to bring us into line with other organisations but chiefly to make this conference a fairer event for attendees and non attendees alike, we are charging a daily rate fee of €80.00 - therefore the maximum that can be charged to any one company will be €240.00 per attendee. Note this is the same as last year.

We will request that the conference fee is collected in Euros from members at the registration desk on the first day of attendance.

Provisional Programme

It is planned to have the Board meeting on Sunday 20th of April at 1430, the AGM on Monday 21st April at 0930 followed up with technical meetings until mid-day Wednesday. There will be a cocktail party Monday Evening and a Group Dinner on Tuesday evening.

Airline List from the Dublin Airport website http://www.dublinairport.com