The conference will be held at the Congress Center Davos, located in Davos, Switzerland.

Congress Center Davos
Talstrasse 49a
7270 Davos Platz

Davos is a congress city with great traditions, and has been hosting one of the most well-known global meetings in the world, the World Economic Forum, for decades.

Participants registering for the dinner will travel by bus to Sertig Valley (20-min ride). The dinner will start in the garden surrounded by spectacular mountains with a wide offering of Swiss appetizers. We will then move indoors and sit down for the main dish, before heading back to the garden to enjoy assorted home-made sweets prior to returning by bus to Davos. Don’t forget your jackets as temperatures will drop at night!

Main course options (to be selected at registration):

• Diced beef stew with polenta
• Polenta with local cheese
• Polenta with mushrooms and vegetables

Indicative drinks per person:

1 dl. White wine, 2 dl. Red wine, 5 dl. Sertiger spring water or sparkling spring water

Guests can purchase additional drinks on-site at their own expense.

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The paper and minisymposium sessions will be held in-person at the Congress Center Davos with the possibility of digital participation via Zoom.

Paper and Minisymposium parallel sessions will be held as standard zoom meetings (rather than as webinars or other “view-only” attendee formats). Please note that remote attendees will see presentation slides and will be able to listen to the talks and to the questions asked in the physical room; however, they will not see in-person presenters. Remote attendees can ask questions live (with audio and video where possible), or use the text chat to ask questions.

Sessions will be recorded and made available on the digital platform post-event.

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General Information for On-site Presentations

• Computers will not be provided in the rooms, so you should bring your own laptop and necessary video adapters.
• Please make sure your laptop is charged and/or to carry your charger with you.
• Please be sure that you have the latest version of Zoom installed on your laptop. Kindly verify this before traveling to Davos. If you do not have a zoom account we recommend you create a free account at https://zoom.us/signup.
• The connection to the projector, as well as the audio line from the Zoom room to the physical room, and from the physical room to the Zoom room will run directly from your computer.
• When you registered for the conference, you received a confirmation of registration with an invitation to activate your profile (email from info@pasc-conference.org with subject line: “PASC23 Conference registration”). Those credentials will give you access to the platform where the hybrid format of PASC23 will be held from June 26 to 28, and where session recordings will be stored post-conference. Zoom connection details will be provided from within that platform.
• Once you click on the connection link for your session, you will be able to join the meeting. At that point, you should select the Davos audio source for the microphone and for the speaker. If the source does not appear, please unplug and plug back in the connection cable.
• When making your presentation share your screen like a regular zoom meeting.
• Each room will be equipped with HDMI connections for video, and USB and USB-C adapters with connection to the audio system.
• The preferred format for presentations is 16:9.
• A Logitech wireless presenter with laser will be available.

General Information for Remote Presentations

When you registered for the conference, you received a confirmation of registration with an invitation to activate your profile (email from info@pasc-conference.org with subject line: “PASC23 Conference registration”). Those credentials will give you access to the platform where PASC23 will be held from June 26 to 28, and where session recordings will be stored post-conference. Zoom connection details will be provided from within that platform.

When you present your contribution live, we recommend 25 min talks with 5 min of live questions. ‍

Please join the zoom meeting 15 minutes prior to the start of your session.

• Please be sure that you have the latest version of Zoom installed on your laptop. Kindly verify this before June 26,2023. If you do not have a zoom account we recommend you create a free account at https://zoom.us/signup.
• When making your presentation share your screen like a regular zoom meeting.
• The preferred format for presentations is 16:9.
• The session chair will be present in the physical room in-person and will moderate the session.

Here are some tips that we recommend you follow when giving your presentation:

• Make sure you are in a quiet space
• Make sure that the connection is stable (get wired if needed)
• Please test your camera and microphone before the conference to make sure everything is working well. Consider using a headset to improve the quality of your audio. As you test your camera make sure there is not too much light behind you
• Look directly into the camera as it makes attendees feel that you are making eye contact with them

Specific Guidelines for Paper Presenters

• Please be in the physical room or Zoom meeting 15 minutes before the star of the session in which you are presenting to introduce yourself to the Paper Session Chair and coordinate the procedure the chair will use to keep time, test the slides and audio connection, and ensure the session begins on time.
• There will be a volunteer (with a “STAFF” nametag) in the room to assist presenters with technical equipment on-site, as well as with the management of Zoom. In Zoom volunteers are named “Support PASC23 – name of the room” so that they can easily be identified.
• You have 25 minutes for your presentation, with an additional 5 minutes for questions.
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Specific Guidelines for Paper Session Chairs

• Please be in the room 15 minutes prior to the start of your session and ensure the session begins on time.
• There will be a volunteer (with a “STAFF” nametag) in the room to assist with technical equipment. In order for the volunteer to recognize you, please announce yourself as you enter the room. The volunteer can contact our IT support if you run into any technical difficulties.
• Volunteers will also support the session chair with the management of Zoom. Volunteers introduce themselves and welcome remote attendees to the session via chat.
• Identify yourself to the speakers and confirm that everyone is present (most paper presenters are planning to participate in person).
• Inform the presenters of what procedure you will use to keep time, e.g. announcing 5 minutes left.
• Each speaker has max. 25 minutes for her/his presentation, with an additional 5 minutes for questions. Pay close attention to time. We count on you to keep the sessions on schedule.
• Since this year your audience includes in-person and remote attendees, as session chair, you are responsible for keeping a close eye on the chat while the session unfolds and to make sure that questions get answered after the presentation. Ensure that the whole audience can hear questions coming from remote attendees. Repeat out loud any questions that come in via Zoom chat. Encourage remote attendees to ask questions live with video and microphone. For this reason, it would be best that you also bring your laptop and connect to the Zoom meeting (Please refer to the “General Information for On-site Presentations” section above).
• Please ask at least one question if there are no questions from the audience. Usually a single question from you can prompt further discussion from the floor.
• Please try to keep the order of the speakers as published on the program: https://pasc23.pasc-conference.org/program/schedule/. If there is a no show, do not start the next presentation early. Fill the time with questions or a general discussion, or announce a break (we want to give participants the opportunity to move between sessions to attend particular talks).
• Finish on time. Urge the in-person audience to continue discussions over a break. If a speaker wishes to continue a conversation with a remote participant, kindly ask them to exchange the contact details so that they can talk offline.

Specific Guidelines for Minisymposium Chairs

Prior to the conference

• Contact your speakers and ask them for a couple of lines summarizing the slant or perspective they will bring to the minisymposium.
• You should prepare a very short biographical blurb and introduction for each speaker.
• Computers will not be provided in the rooms, so you should bring your own laptop (with the latest version of Zoom installed) and necessary video adapters. (Please read the section “General information for On-site Presentations for additional details).
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Prior to the beginning of your minisymposium

• Inform the registration desk about any changes to speakers, or write an email to info@pasc-conference.org to inform us about last-minute cancellations.
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At the minisymposium

• Please be in the room 15 minutes before the start of your session to test the slides and audio connection, and ensure you begin on time.
• There will be a volunteer (with a “STAFF” nametag) in the room to assist presenters with technical equipment on-site, as well as with the management of Zoom. In order for the volunteer to recognize you, please announce yourself as you enter the room. The volunteer can contact our IT support if you run into any technical difficulties.
• In Zoom they are named “Support PASC23 – name of the room” so that remote presenters can easily identify them. Volunteers introduce themselves and welcome remote attendees to the session via chat.

• Please confirm that all the speakers are present – onsite, as well as remotely.
• Inform the presenters of the procedure you will use to keep time, e.g. announcing 5 min left.
• Be an active chair: facilitate lively and interactive discussion amongst speakers and audience throughout the session.
• Take a couple of minutes at the beginning of the session to present a quick overview of the themes of the minisymposium and the state of the art, introduce the speakers and their topics. These couple of minutes can be recovered over the course of the minisymposium by reducing the time of each presentation ever so slightly.
• Each speaker has max. 25 minutes for her/his presentation, with an additional 5 minutes for questions. Pay close attention to time. We count on you to keep the sessions on schedule.
• Since this year your audience will include in-person and remote attendees, as session chair, you are responsible for keeping a close eye on the chat while the session unfolds and to make sure that questions get answered after the presentation. Ensure that the whole audience can hear questions coming from remote attendees. Repeat out loud any questions that come in via Zoom chat. Encourage remote attendees to ask questions live with video and microphone. For this reason, it would be best that you also bring your laptop and connect to the Zoom meeting (Please refer to the “General Information for On-site Presentations” section above).
• Please ask at least one question if there are no questions from the audience. Usually a single question from you can prompt further discussion from the floor.
• Please try to keep the order of the speakers as published on the program: https://pasc23.pasc-conference.org/program/schedule/. If there is a no show, do not start the next presentation early. Fill the time with questions or a general discussion, or announce a break (we want to give participants the opportunity to move between minisymposia to attend particular talks).
• Finish on time. Urge the in-person audience to continue discussions over a break. If a speaker wishes to continue a conversation with a remote participant, kindly ask them to exchange the contact details so that they can talk offline.

Specific Guidelines for Poster Presentations

The Flash Poster Sessions (Part I on Monday, June 26,11:20 – 11:50 / Part II on Tuesday, June 27, 10:00 – 10:30) and the Poster Session and Reception (Tuesday, June 27, 19:30 – 21:30) will take place at the Congress Center Davos and are addressed exclusively to in-person participants.

Flash Poster Session

• If you submitted a PDF of your poster by the stated deadline you have the opportunity to “pitch” your poster to the conference audience in a rapid-fire flash session called “Flash Poster Session.”
• The Flash Poster Session is divided in two parts (Part I on Monday, June 26, 11:20 – 11:50 / Part II on Tuesday, June 27, 10:00 – 10:30). A few days prior to the conference start, you will receive an outlook calendar invitation from tatjana.ruefli@cscs.ch for the time that has been assigned to you. This outlook invitation will include detailed instructions pertaining to the session to which you have been assigned.
• You will have only 30 seconds to engage the audience, so prepare well.
• The Flash Poster Sessions follow immediately after a plenary session. Please sit in the front few rows and be ready to walk towards the stage when the moderator announces the start of the Flash Poster Session. You should walk on the stage from the left-hand side. A member of the organizing committee will be in the room to coordinate things.
 

Poster Session

• The poster session is scheduled on Tuesday, June 27, from 19:30 to 21:30.
• You should hang your poster up at the beginning of the conference.
• Please ask the reception staff to show you where and how you should hang up your poster when you register.
 

Post Conference

• The pdf provided for presentation at the Flash Poster Session will be published on the conference website. If you do not wish your poster to be published, kindly let us know by writing to info@pasc-conference.org.
• Should you wish to publish a more up-to-date version of the poster, kindly send your request via email to info@pasc-conference.org so we can re-open the submission system.

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In order to assist PASC23 participants in their search for a hotel, we have made a room block booking at several hotels in proximity to the Congress Center. We have secured a limited number of reduced-rate hotel rooms, which are available on a first come, first served basis. The earlier you book, the better selection you will have.

After entering your check-in and check-out dates and room type, you will be able to sort out the list of hotels by number of stars, rating, distance to the event venue, and price, and you will be able to see the remaining room availability at each hotel.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation of the reservation
– until 7 days before arrival => free of charge
– 6 to 0 days before arrival => 100% of the booking amount

The detailed cancellation and business conditions can be found on the last booking page.

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Davos encompasses almost the entire Landwasser Valley and is the second largest residential area in Graubünden with about 11’000 inhabitants. The city islocated at over 1’560 m above sea level and isknown for winter sports such as ice hockey and cross-country skiing. With 700km of trails for hiking, 300 km of ski slopes and 150 km for snowshoeing, it is considered a natural paradise.

Davos and its neighbouring village Klosters are located between 54 mountain peaks (2’238 to 3’146 m above sea level), sunny valleys, and Lake Davos. The region is famous for its postcard-like landscapes at any time of the year. TheSchatzalp and the Kirchner Museum Davos are two of the many cultural sites in Davos.

Below you will find a list of useful addresses and ideas to consider during your stay in Davos:

Davos Tourism

Information Office

Location

Tourismus-und Sportzentrum
Talstrasse 41
CH-7270 Davos Platz
+41 81 415 21 21

Opening times

Monday -  Friday 
08:30 - 12:00  h / 13:30 - 18:00 h 

Saturday 
09:00 - 13:00  h ‍

Sunday 
closed 

Morning Yoga

June 27 and 28; 07.30 – 08.30 am
www.davosyoga.ch

Katharina Blansjaar
WhatsApp +41 79 310 95 72
katharina@davosyoga.ch

 Morning Yoga practice to help you start your day on a fresh note! Stretch, strengthen, and bring energy to the body and rejuvenate the nervous system! For all levels.

Location: Davos Yoga, Promenade 81
Level: All levels
Language: English

Mats and props will be provided.

Price: 15 CHF (cash only)
Min.8 participants / max. 18
Registration required.

Tuesday, June 27
Sign up here to book your spot.

 Wednesday, June 28:
Sign up here to book your spot

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Running Trails

Runningin Prättigau/Davos is one of the best ways to explore more of this region. Here you may find a few suggested trails: https://www.komoot.com/guide/104189/running-trails-in-praettigau-davos

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Mountain biking

Thomas Mann path

In his time (6.6.1875 – 12.8.1955) Thomas Mann wrote numerous novels and won the Nobel Prize for Literature. One of the more significant novels from his collection is "The Magic Mountain." A story set at the time of tuberculosis in Davos, which Mann experienced from the trenches. A commemorative path has been created in his name that runs from the Waldhotel Davos onto the Schatzalp. Additional information can be found here.

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Schatzalp

Wintersportmuseum

The Winter Sports Museum owns a rich collection of valuable winter sports equipment and documentation from the foundation of the Jürg Kaufmann family and the archives of the Davos Hockey Club. The exhibits range from the beginnings of winter sports to the present and include sleds, bobsleds, skis, ski bindings, skates and curling equipment.

Davos Klosters lies at the heart of Grisons in east Switzerland.

Airplane

You can reach Davos by flying into Zurich and from there you may travel by train to “Davos Klosters.” On www.sbb.ch you will find information for your journey by public transportation. You may also decide to rent a car at the airport and continue your travels in the panoramic area surrounding Davos that way. If you are traveling with other conference participants, you may also consider a shuttle bus service (see related information below).

Rail

On www.sbb.ch you will find a timetable and all related information for your journey by public transportation to, in and around “Davos Klosters” (Swiss national rail – SBB / Rhaetian railway – RhB) and local bus in Davos (VBD) and Klosters-Serneus).

Car

Take the motorway in the direction of “Chur” and then take the “Landquart” exit heading for “Davos” and continue your travels in the panoramic area surrounding Davos that way.

Taxi/Shuttle

If you are traveling with other conference participants, you may also consider a shuttle bus service. Below you can find a list of providers:

• Swiss Travel Transfer
• Gotschna Taxi
• Davos Vip Transport

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