To wrap the first conference day you are all invited to join the welcome reception today at Glasgow City Chambers at 6.30pm. The coaches will leave at the bus stop outside Boyd Orr building on University Avenue at 5.50pm.

As the reception venues is located right in the heart of Glasgow there will be plenty of opportunity to go out for dinner after the reception. Check your conference bag for the eat out guide. To give you an idea where you will be have a look at the map in the guide: City Chambers is located on George Square. You will also find taxis everywhere for the way back to your chosen accommodation. Enjoy the evening!

There have been some changes after the conference brochure went to press:

• Welcome Reception: The coaches to City Chambers will leave at 5.50pm from the bus stop outside Boyd Orr building on University Avenue. For details see the social programme page. Please be there a few minutes earlier.
• Workshop 1 (Making Digital Libraries Interoperable: Challenges and Approaches)  is being held in BO Theatre C on both days
• Workshop 2 (Networked Knowledge Organisation Systems and Services) will be finished by 1.15pm on Friday.

All changes will be announced here so please check for updates regularly. Thanks!

On Monday afternoon you are invited to join the tour to Auchentoshan distillery for a discovery of the famous Scottish Single Malt Whisky. This is something not to be missed! Free tickets will be available on a first-come first-served basis at the conference registration desk in Boyd Orr building on Monday from 8am onwards.

The coach to Auchentoshan departs from Hilton City Centre at 3.30pm and from the University at 3.50pm. If you – due to flight times etc – can’t make it to the registration desk before the coach leaves please drop us an email to info@ecdl2010.org before Sunday evening. We might then be able to allocate some tickets.

For tutorials and doctoral consortium delegates there will be a later departure. Please refer to the social programme page for additional information.

Delegates staying at either Wolfson Hall or Hilton City Centre can use the following complimentary shuttle service to Uni Campus in the mornings:

	Departure	Monday, Sept 6	Tuesday, Sept 7	Wednesday, Sept 8	Thursday, Sept 9	Friday, Sept 10
Wolfson Hall	8:15am	X	X	X	X	no shuttle
Hilton City Centre	8:15am	no shuttle	X	X	X	X

As the coaches will not be able to wait at the departure points please be there a few minutes earlier and – if possible – have your badges ready to show to the driver.
- shuttle service is subject to change -

We are looking forward to seeing you all here in Glasgow for ECDL 2010. But hurry – registration is going to close on August 31, 2010. So only a few days to go!

Not sure about the lenght of your talk at ECDL 2010? Or just interested in the current exchange rate? ECDL 2010 is approaching fast and for your preparation it might be useful to have a look at the general information page. It will be updated with all the latest information regularly.

We are happy to announce that Liina Munari from the European Commission will be a keynote speaker at ECDL in Glasgow.

Don’t forget to register till July 31 in order to benefit from the reduced early registration fees!

From now on you can register for ECDL 2010 and book accommodation at special rates for your stay. Please refer to the Fees, Registration & Accommodation page for details and the registration form. We are looking forward to seeing you all in Glasgow in September!

A quick reminder of important dates:
End of early registration: July 31, 2010
Late registration: until August 30, 2010

We’re currently busy to open the registration.  It should be online very very soon. A list of recommended hotels will follow as well.

The tentative programme is online now.