4th CSDA International Conference on
Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE'10)
10-12 December 2010, Senate House, University of London, UK

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Venue
(The information will be updated in due course)

Location

The Conference venue is Senate House, at the University of London's and the adjacent main Building of Birkbeck, University of London at Malet Street, London. View the location for the conference by downloading the map of the Bloomsbury area and transport links.

The tutorials will take place at the London School of Economics campus on Thursday the 9th of December 2010. The host of the Tutorials is the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. View the location for the Tutorial Venue by downloading the map of the LSE area and campus.

Accommodation and Air Travel Reservations

Attendees are responsible for making their own lodging and travel arrangements. A list of hotels in Bloomsbury and near by areas can be found here: Hotels in WC1.

A number of hotel rooms (Hotel Russell, St Giles Hotel and Bedford Hotel) have been prereserved at aspecial price for the participants by the CONGREX Conference Agent and these can be booked on line: Book your Hotel.

The Holiday Inn Bloomsbury has 40 rooms prereserved for this event at £140 per room based on a minimum stay of 3 nights. The rooms can be booked directly by quoting the block code GHI: Book Holiday Inn Bloomsbury.

Air Tickets can be booked using the CONGREX Conference Agent: Book your Plane Tickets.

Getting to the Senate House

By Tube the Nearest underground stations are:

Russell Square (Piccadilly Line)
Goodge Street (Northern Line)
Tottenham Court Road (Central Line and Northern Line)
Euston Square (Circle Line and Metropolitan Lines)
Euston Station (Victoria Line and Northern Line)

By Air:

From Heathrow, the Piccadilly tube line provides a service (approx. 45 minutes) to Russell Square.
From Gatwick, both Network Rail and Gatwick Express run trains to Victoria station (30 minutes) where tube trains and taxis are available.

By Rail:
Euston, King's Cross and St. Pancras mainline stations are within walking distance. The other London mainline stations are a short tube or taxi journey away.

Registration and Lecture rooms

The registration will be open from Thursday afternoon 9th December 2010 and take place at the Crush Hall of Senate House.

The Keynote talks and some of the invited sessions will take place at the Beveridge Hall, Senate House. The parallel session will take place at Birkbeck which is 2 mins walk away. On Friday some parallel sessions might also take place in the Senate House.

Coffee Breaks, Lunch and Reception

There will be two different locations for each coffee break: B02-B04 at Birkbeck and the Crush Hall of Senate House. For those who book in advance, finger food lunch will be served at the B02-B04 rooms, Birkbeck. The Welcome Reception will take place at the Crush Hall of Senate House on Friday evening the 10th of December 2010.

Visa Information

The participants coming from outside the UK and requiring visa information should visit the web site www.ukvisas.gov.uk, which is operated by the UK Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This site features an on-line Visa Enquiry Form enabling you to find out whether you need a visa or not. If you do need a visa it will provide you with links to the forms you need to fill out and contact details for your nearest British Embassy, High Commission or Consultate.

If you need a letter confirming your participation to the conference, then this can be provided. However it will only be issued after a registration and payment has been received, and there can be no exceptions to this. Please request your participation confirmation letter by sending an email with all details (name, affiliation, full address, email and tel) to Mrs Elizabeth Price, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.