The venue is the Banff International Research Station, and we refer to their website for detailed information. Some important highlights are included here:
- Banff Center: BIRS is located in its own buildings (Corbett Hall and TransCanada PipeLines Pavilion) at the Banff Centre, in the beautiful mountain town of Banff, Alberta, Canada. A wealth of information about the centre, the town and the surroundings can be found at the website of the Banff Centre which also provides detailed directions and maps.
- Child care service: there are babysitting services available for participants (covered by BIRS). If interested, please contact us at womap2020@gmail.com.
- Accommodation and meals: accommodation and meals are provided for he period of the conference. Participants of BIRS programmes are housed in Corbett Hall at the Banff Centre. There is a separate bedroom for each participant, though most rooms have a shared bathroom with one other participant. Each room is equipped with a queen size bed, dresser, desk, alarm clock, and coffee maker. A hairdryer is located in the bathroom.
For more information about the BIRS guest policy, please visit:
http://www.birs.ca/facilities/accommodations/
- Arrival and Departure: participants are expected to arrive on Sunday afternoon or evening (check in is after 4 p.m.) and to depart Friday midday (checkout is at noon). The Banff Centre has secure storage for luggage if you would like to hold afternoon meetings on Friday (up until 3 p.m.).
Participants may request to stay at the BIRS facility for additional nights (strictly for scientific and/or logistic reasons and subject to room availability). Such a request needs to be made directly to the BIRS Scientific Director, birs-director@birs.ca, and must be requested at least 2 weeks prior to the start of your workshop.