Wikimania 2010/Bids/Montpellier

Wikimania 2010 candidate cities:
Amsterdam - Gdańsk - Oxford

English: Happy to Montpellier ! For the first time, Wikimedians are trying to stage a bid to bring Wikimania to France. Montpellier is the 8th city in France.

Español : Feliz a Montpellier ! Para primera vez los Wikimedians trató de obtener la organización de Wikimania en Francia. Montpellier es la 8 ciudad de Francia en población.

Français : Heureux à Montpellier ! Pour la première fois les Wikimédiens vont essayer d'obtenir l'organisation de Wikimania en France. Montpellier est la 8^e ville la plus peuplée de France.

中文： 这是法国维基媒体人第一次准备争取维基媒体国际年会举办权。 蒙彼利埃是法国第八大人口集中的城市。

吴语: 法国维基媒体人头趟争取维基媒体国际年会勒法国举办。 蒙班里言末，人口来算，法国第八大城市。

Medecine faculty

About Montpellier

City Info

Information about Montpellier city (In french or in english)

Touristic review

• (French) Le routard
• (French) Good addresses by cityvox.fr
• (French) Yahoo Travel
• (English) (Spanish) (German) (French) Montpellier Gay

Climate details

Weather at Montpellier in July
Higest Temperature	29.4°C
Lowest Temperature	19.6°C
Total precipitation	2.2 mm
Sunshine	335 hours
Source Insee

City details

• Country: France
• City proposed: Montpellier
• Proposed dates: in august 2010 to be determinate
• Contact person(s): see here

Conference venue

• brief description of venue

1. Main hall: Auditorium Berlioz between 1000 and 2010
2. Seminar rooms: Auditorium Pasteur 745
3. Lounge facilities: Auditorium Einstein 318
4. Other rooms: 4 Level of possible exposition

Esplanade Charles de Gaulle in Summer.

Jardin des plantes neer the Corum.

• Socializing areas (Garden, lounge etc.), their capacity and the hours at which they are opened/closed: Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, and Garden of champs de Mars which ares garden.
• Contacts with conference venue (emails, price quotes etc.)

• Technical facilities
  • Existing technical installations

    Possibilitied to record interventions

    Visio conference

  • Wireless Network implementation

Ethernet network with between 512 Kb/s to 10 Mb/s

• Already conference in the Corum Source:
  • Assemblées générales MAIF/CAMIF
  • Conférence Internationale sur les Zéolites
  • Congrès d'immuno-rhumatologie
  • Congrès européen de gynécologie endocrinienne
  • Congrès de la fédération nationale de la presse française
  • Congrès de la société européenne d'urgence cardio-vasculaire
  • Congrès de la société française de chirurgie de la main
  • Congrès de la société française de radioprotection
  • Congrès de radio-biologie
  • Congrès des Aéroports de Langue Française
  • Congrès des dirigeants commerciaux de France
  • Congrès des Experts Comptables
  • Congrès des neurosciences
  • Congrès des notaires
  • Congrès des pharmaciens
  • Congrès des SEM
  • Congrès du syndicat national des agents de voyage
  • Congrès européen Jermov, Ophtalmologie et Vision
  • Congrès international de photosynthèse
  • Congrès mondial d'Espéranto
  • Congrès mondial de génétique animale appliquée
  • Congrès national de la société française de pédiatrie
  • Congrès national du gaz
  • Congrès mondial de médecine légale
  • Congrès mondial de Sciences du Sol
  • Congrès mondial sur la fertilité et la stérilité
  • Congrès national de l'Ordre des Experts Comptables
  • Congrès national de la CFDT
  • Convention Alcatel
  • Convention GMF
  • Conventions Ford, Seat, Peugeot, Volvo, Renault et Citroën
  • Convention fédération nationale du Crédit Agricole
  • Convention Sogea
  • Forum de l'investissement
  • Forum des psychologues
  • Journée des Présidents et Directeurs de la MSA
  • Journées internationales de l'IDATE
  • Jubilée Tupperware
  • Salon Euro-Méditerranéen Coiffure & Esthétique
  • Salon de l'étudiant
  • Salon de l'immobilier
  • Séminaire des laboratoires Glaxo
  • Symposium laboratoires Bellon
  • Vœux Sanofi

Volunteer

There is an IRC Channel for talk in live. To support Wikimania Montpellier on Facebook.

Local Team

• mik@ni 13:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

No local Team

• Pmartin 16:30, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Supporter

• Stef48
• right on. DarkoNeko 09:39, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
• Dung005
• Delhovlyn (talk)

Budget

Type	Category	Items	Description	Total cost		Notes
				€uro	USD
expenditure
	Venue	Hall, rooms and basic technical facilities	3 days	Amount 48000
		Technical Facilities : WiFi, A/V recording	4 days	Amount 1100		Halls are good equiped in audiovisual.
	Accomodation	rooms + breakfast	350 rooms * 4 days
	Insurance		for 500 attendees
	Registration, Exhibition and Open Bar			Amount 17000
	Promotional Materials	Posters, flags, t-shirts, mates, pins, souvenirs	for 500 attendees	Amount 4000
	Conference Materials	Badges,wikibooks, maps	for 500 attendees
	Transportation	in fonction of the city	for 400 attendees + 50 VIP
	Organization team	Transportation, volunteers (50), uniforms, security
	Scholarships		50 full scholarships
	Speakers		7 speakers
	Party	General party	400 attendees			We expect dedicated sponsors for general party.
		VIP party	30 VIP			We expect dedicated sponsors for general party.
recipe	Entrance to the Conference	Price to be determinated
Total amount to be raised

calculated assuming 1 USD = ?? €uro

Currency

The euro (ISO 4217: EUR) is the currency of Europe, and the symbol used locally for it is €. There are exchange desks in some bank, or change.

Exchange rates as of July 14, 2008 for currencies exchanged in France. Source: xe.com

Foreign currency EUR per foreign unit Buy Sell United States Dollar 1.58 1.48 British Pound 0.79 0.69

Foreign currency EUR per foreign unit Buy Sell Canadian Dollar 1.59 1.49 Swiss Franc 1.61 1.51

Probably the best choice is to come with Euros and a credit or debit card.

Cost of life

Tram at Place Ernest Granier in Montpellier.

Tram Map.

• Food
  • Hot dog - 2.5€ ($4 USD)
  • Pizza (traditional size) - 8€ ($12.7 USD)
  • Steak with salad and drink - 15€ ($24 USD)
• Transportation Costs
  • Bus - 1.3€ ($2 USD)
  • Tram - 1.3€ ($2 USD)

Media and communications

Mobile phones

There are three mobile operators in France: Orange, SFR (or Vodafone for europeans) and Bouygues Télécoms. If you like to be able to use your GSM phone in France, check if your device can operate in these bands.

Accommodation

• Location of main accommodation facilities

(where can the attendees be hosted. On site, off site, how far from conference venue? For attendees? For VIPs?)

• Room details and price range

Hotel ** and ***, Singles or doubles. Between 55€ ($66) and 77€ ($93) per day

Hostelin international. Amount 18€ per night (22$)

• Catering (one meal a day, breakfast is a plus)

Breakfast cost 8€ ($12) at the hotel or the cafe in downtown 2€ ($2,4) - Meal cost between 5€ ($6) and 22€ ($27) (to be determinated)

• Contacts with accommodation partner(s)

(Have you contacted the proposed locations, exchange of emails, price quotes etc.)

Party opportunities

Wikimania traditionally hosts two parties, one for attendees (capacity of 250-350) and one for sponsors and VIPs (capacity 40-60).

• Attendees party(ies) propositions

• Sponsor party(ies) proposition

Travel and transportation

To come to Montpellier (from beyond France)

Localisation of the Airport into the aglomeration.

Airport Montpellier Mediterranée Map.

Green place neer the Lez.

Odysseum, an entertainement place.

The Museum Fabre neer the reception place.

Continent	Departure to Montpellier	through	Travel Time	Estimated Cost (€uros)
Africa	Alger	Paris CDG	4h00	~500
	Bamako	Paris CDG and Paris ORL	8h00	~870
	Beirut	Paris CDG	5h30	~630
	Casablanca	Paris CDG	5h00	~430
	Dakar	Lisbonne and Paris CDG	9h00	~1200
	Dubai	Amsterdam and Paris CDG	7h30	~1160
	Le Caire	Amsterdam and Paris CDG	10h00	~500
	Le Cap	Amsterdam and Paris CDG	17h00	~1000
	Tunis	Paris CDG	4h00	~500
Americas	Buenos Aires	Paris	16h30	~1300
	Lima	Miami and Paris CDG	20h00	~1950
	Los Angeles	Houston and Paris CDG	19h00	~1200
	Mexico	Houston and Paris CDG	24h00	~900
	Montreal	Paris CDG	15h30	~750
	New-York	Amsterdam and Paris	15h00	~1000
	Rio de Janeiro	Paris CDG	22h00	~1200
Asia/Ocenia	Beijin	Paris CDG	15h00	~1000
	Melbourne	Singapour and Paris	24h00	~1500
	Seoul	Paris CDG	10h00	~1260
	Shangai	Amsterdam and Paris CDG	12h00	~1200
	Sydney	Hong Kong and Paris CDG	18h00	~2200
	Taipei	Hong Kong and Paris	20h00	~1200
	Tokyo	Amsterdam and Paris CDG	18h00	~1900
Europe	Amsterdam	Paris CDG	2h30	~550
	Athen	Roma FCO and Paris CDG	13h00	~620
	Berlin	Paris CDG and Paris ORL	5h30	~400
	Copenhage	Paris CDG	7h00	~500
	Dublin	Paris	4h30	~500
	London	Direct	2h30	~90
	Madrid	Lyon	4h00	~400
	Moscow	Milan and Paris CDG	6h00	~650
	Roma	Lyon	3h30	~400

To come to Montpellier (France)

• TGVMed: Between 25 € (30$) and 150 € (180$) and between 10€ (12$) and 30€ (36$) for the TER
• Orly CDG-Montpellier Airport: 1 hour and 10 minutes, more than 20 travels between Orly and Montpellier Airport per day
• Distance from international airports and how do we get to the location, 20 minutes (in summer) from Montpellier Airport in fonction of the circulation.
• Railway station is neer a tramway station ("Gare de Montpellier"), the distance between the railway station ans the corum in tramway is around 5 minutes.
• Local transportation and local social opportunities

Two Tram line and numerous bus line

Visa issues

• Visa issues

Countries whose citizens will require visas for entry in France are in orange. Those where no visa is required are shown in gray. The black show France or Territories of France.

60€ or (between 80 to 90 $ in fonction of cost of euro)

Visa waiver (less than 90 days) : Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Holy See, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Singapore, South Korea, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Special Administrative Region of Macao of the People’s Republic of China, Citizen of Shengen area which include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, and for Switzerland, Monaco and french citizen of course.

Tourism opportunities

Montpellier try to be a tourism destination. That why, there are more and more attraction, like the Place de la comédie, the Zoo of Montpellier (free) with its Serre Amazonienne (Amazonian Greenhouse), an all new Aquarium named "Mare Nostrum" that mean our sea in latin, it's open between 10am to 10pm in august, neer the aquarium, there are Bowling/Karting complex, a Lasergame, a cinema complex, an ice skating rink, a big center commercial (which is open in september 2009), the planetarium galillée which is a 3D theather and the beach at an half hour of Montpellier. There are too Les Rochers de Maguelone, where there are "17 adventure trails, including a breathtaking 200 m zip wire, as well as 20 fun and educational games".

Social opportunities

Montpellier is a student city, that why there are numerous nightlife and sport to discover at Montpellier. With the website A place for young people (EN). If you want to go to a restaurant, you could choose it on linternaute.com (FR), bars and pubs on cityvox.fr (FR). There are numerous Michelin starred in Montpellier like "Le Jardin des Sens" by the brothers Pourcel (****) or the "Domaine de Soriech" by Michel Lousteau (***) and more...

Local sponsorship opportunities

Possibility of local sponsorships

• Contacts

(no name needed, just "company X, 4000 USD or will provide 300 beds)

Miscellaneous

Anything you feel should be brought to the attention of the jury.

Self-evaluation

• Weaknesses of the proposed location ...and how to overcome those weaknesses

• Strengths of the proposed location

1. In the town center, hotels and transportation.
2. South of France with a great weather.
3. Wifi
4. Into the Schegen area