CW18 Practical information

On this page, you will find practical information about the venue of the workshop. This includes travel arrangements, hotels, as well as food and drink. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Cardiff University Main Building

Some suggested places to book accommodation for CW18 in Cardiff, note these are just suggestions based on distance closest to the venue of the workshop and reasonable price.

Or you may wish to look at TripAdvisor or other such sites for nearby and available hotels.

uCONFLY is a unconference resource management system and we will use it at Collaborations Workshop 2018.

Sign In

  1. Visit https://uconfly.org/cw18/.uCONFLY screenshot
  2. Sign in with your Google account. This is the preferable method because we will need to give you permission to some Google Docs that we will create.Screenshot of uCONFLY
  3. Scroll to the end of the page.Screenshot of uCONFLY
  4. Click on the "Sign up" button for Collaborations Workshop 2018 event.
  5. Wait for one of our staff to approve your request.

 

 

City Center Tour

When: Monday, 26/03 from 18:00 until 18:45.

Start point: outside the Cardiff University, School of Mathematics.

The tour will include a walk in the heart of City Center. The group will get to walk by the civic center, the Cardiff Castle, the Principality Stadium and the famous shopping arcades of Cardiff city.

Register for the City Center Tour

Workshop Dinner

When: Monday, 26/03 from 19:30.

Where: Jurys Inn Cardiff.

The dinner is included in the full ticket of Collaborations Workshop 2018.

Morning Tour of Bute Park

When: Tuesday, 27/03 from 08:00 until 09:15.

Start point: outside the Cardiff University, School of Mathematics.

The walk will start from the Cardiff University, School of Mathematics and the group will make its way to Bute Park passing by the Cardiff City Hall. Bute park is the "green heart of Cardiff city", full of historic and wildlife interest. It is one of the largest urban parks in Wales at 56 hectares (equivalent to 75 football pitches). The group will also have the chance to walk alongside the River Taff.

Register for the Morning Tour of Bute Park

Outdoors Time in Alexandra Gardens

When: Tuesday, 27/03 from 17:30 until 18.15.

Start point: outside the Cardiff University, School of Mathematics.

Some time in Alexandra Gardens to re-energise participants of Collaborations Workshop 2018 Hackday.

Register for the Outdoors Time in Alexandra Gardens