EUCYS 2024
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Below is the most important organisational information related to the EUCYS 2024 finals and a detailed agenda with links to venues.
Hi!
Welcome to EUCYS 2024! We congratulate you on your projects and wish you the best of luck with your presentations during the international finals of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists.
Useful telephone numbers
- General help desk: +48 789 838 219
- Medical assistance on site (NOSPR): +48 668 580 248
- Coordinator of student helpers: Małgorzata Balewska +48 609 241 282
- Deputy volunteer coordinator: Zofia Syryczyńska: +48 470 629 445
Coordinators at the airport
8.09 Kraków – Elwira Wieczorek +48 793 166 674
8.09 Katowice – Anna Sterczewska +48 602 515 501
9.09 Kraków – Magdalena Langier, +48 662 727 159
9.09 Katowice – Karol Mazur, +48 518 518 619
Delegation coordinators
Małgorzata Balewska | +48 518 939 314 | Turkey, Armenia |
Anna Nawrot | +48 503 142 207 | Switzerland, Austria, Romania, Ireland |
Małgorzata Dymowska | +48 602 739 996 | China, South Korea, European Schools, USA |
Anna Rynk | +48 511 148 390 | Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia |
Małgorzata Biylnik | +48 518 939 314 | Italy, France, Luxembourg |
Oliwia De Vito | +48 531 058 991 | Latvia, Greece, Bułgaria, Hungary, Cyprus |
Jakub Linnert | +48 510 464 156 | Israel, Egipt, Canada, Georgia |
Kacepr Skalmierski | +48 537 421 483 | Portugal, Spain |
Natalia Łomozik | +48 577 122 494 | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany |
Aleksandra Późniak | +48 609 361 195 | Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway |
Airport transfers
As the organiser, we provide airport transfers. There will be a person from the organising team at the airports on 8.09 and 9.09 directing you to buses that will take you directly to your hotel.
Hotel and transfers
Participants and chaperones are checked into the Mercure Katowice Centrum Hotel. The hotel is 1 km from the Expo site – a distance that can be covered on foot in 10-15 minutes. Please note – the market square in Katowice is currently under reconstruction, but this does not significantly impede the route.
For those with mobility problems – we will try to provide transport. A tram (1 stop) is also available on this route.
Participants are accommodated in double rooms. Breakfast will be provided at the hotel. There is also an on-site gym available for guests. Check-in is from 15.00 (but the hotel will try to make rooms available to you before then). Check-out by 12.00 pm.
*Note – Individuals paying for their own accommodation and wishing to receive an invoice are requested to indicate this at check-in.
Registration and Expo
The presentations of the projects will take place in the building of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) in Katowice. Address: 1 Wojciech Kilar Square, Katowice.
From 9.09 onwards it will be possible to register and prepare stands. The building will be open until 8.00 pm (or longer if required). Registration and arrangement of stands will also be possible on 10.09 before the opening gala (from 6.00).
If you will need support in moving / transporting items – please address this matter directly to the student helper assigned to each delegation.
Support
Each national delegation will be assigned people – student helpers – who will be there to assist if needed. These are people familiar with the venue and the specifics of EUCYS – often participants from previous years – so feel free to approach them with needs and problems. On 9.09 and 10.09 the student helpers will be waiting for you at the hotel to show you the way to the building where the expo takes place.
Rules
The detailed rules of the EUCYS competition can be found on the European Commission website (link).
Katowice - European City of Science
EUCYS 2024 takes place in Katowice – European City of Science. Find out more here – https://welcome.katowice.eu/
A detailed programme of the European City of Science is available at: https://miastonauki.pl/home.
Poland - general information
The currency of Poland is the zloty. In the center of Katowice you will find exchange offices without any problems. At the same time – in practically every place you can pay by card.
The official language is Polish, but you can also easily communicate in English.
Plugs / contacts in Poland are 220v type E compatible with type F.
Meals
Breakfast will be served at the hotel (on weekdays from 6.30 a.m. to 10.00 a.m., on weekends from 7.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.). – The hours given in the agenda are therefore a suggestion for the daily schedule.
Lunches will be served at the Expo venue (NOSPR) on 10-12.09 and at the Silesian Museum on 13.09. Dinners will be in various forms: 9.09 – foodtrucks at the University of Silesia, 10.09 – dinner in the restaurant at the Silesian Planetarium, 11.09 – dinner after a trip to the Guido Mine, 12.09 – foodtrucks on the University campus, 13.09 – banquet after the award gala at the Silesian Museum and refreshments during the event at the Kingdom pub.
Lunches will be served buffet style. Meals taking into account vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free diets, as well as allergies to nuts and seafood (and other allergies notified at registration).
Drinking water dispensers will be available at both the expo site (NOSPR) and the University Campus. It is advisable to bring bottles with you (participants will receive them in gift packs).
Obligations as National Organiser
All participants are accompanied to the EU competition by their National Organiser or by an adult designated by the National Organiser. As the main contact person in all participating countries, the National Organiser provides the liaison between the participants and the EU Contest in all matters concerning the contest.
The National Organisers assume responsibility for the welfare and behaviour of their group. They:
– are legally responsible for the participants of the national delegation, in particular for underage participants;
– ensure that their group travels with adequate health, accident, and travel insurance covering them for both the trip and the duration of the Contest;
– resolve any linguistic or other problems that may arise during the Contest or in connection with related activities;
– ensure that they have taken measures to ensure that the conduct of their group remains beyond reproach.
Programme, locations and explanations
9 September – Monday
All day – Arrivals
10:00 – 23:00 – Registration stand preparation (as long as it is needed) – (NOSPR venue)
13:00 – 21:00 – Integration for participants (University Campus)
19:00 – Dinner / refreshments (University Campus)
10 September Tuesday
8:00 – 9:00 – Breakfast (hotel)
9:30 – 10:30 – Opening ceremony (NOSPR venue)
10:45 – 13:00 – Expo / Jury session (NOSPR venue)
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch (NOSPR venue)
14:00 – 17:00 – Expo / Jury session (NOSPR venue)
17:30 – 21:00 – Departure to the Silesian Planetarium including dinner (departure from NOSPR)
11 September – Wednesday
8:00 – 9:00 – Breakfast (hotel)
9:30 – 12:30 – Expo / Jury session (NOSPR venue)
12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch (NOSPR venue)
13:30 – 16:30 – Expo / Jury session (NOSPR venue)
17:00 – 21:00 – Excursion / tour – Guido Coal Mine including dinner (departure from NOSPR venue)
12 September – Thursday
7:30 – 8:30 – Breakfast (hotel)
9:00 – 12:00 – Expo / Jury session (NOSPR venue)
10:00 – 12:00 – NO meeting (NOSPR venue)
12:00 – 13:00 – EIROForum lecture (NOSPR venue)
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch (NOSPR venue)
14:00 – 15:20 – dismantling of the stand/ delivery of things to the hotel
15:30 – departure from to the Porcelain Factory (from NOSPR)
16:00 – 16:45 – Meeting with Special Guest (Andrzej Dragan)
16:45 – 18:00 – Porcelain Factory tour
18.30 – 20.30 – Participation in the TalentOn public pitches including dinner (University Campus)
13 September – Friday
8:00 – 9:30 – Breakfast (hotel)
9:30 – 11:30 – Free time
11:30 – 12:30 – Visiting the Silesian Museum (for those willing)
12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch (Silesian Museum)
14:00 – 16:00 – Award ceremony (Silesian Museum)
16:30 – 18:00 – Award Ceremony Reception (Silesian Museum)
19:30 – Party including dinner (Królestwo)
14 September – Saturday
8:00 – 9:30 – Breakfast (hotel)
All day – Departures
