7th Announcement IPC 11

Information on transportation alternatives, presentation guidelines for authors (orals and posters), “Penwine” evening, miscellaneous

Transportation options

We present you with several options to travel from Santiago International Airport (SCL) to Viña del Mar. We strongly recommend you to use official transportation services (https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/official-transportation?language=en). We want you to arrive safe in Viña del Mar and enjoy our congress.

Please note that our congress venue, Hotel Bosque de Reñaca (https://xn--hotelbosquedereaca-10b.cl/), is also locally known by its former commercial name: Conference Town.

A) Bus

The cheapest (but slowest) option. At the airport go to the bus station and buy directly your tickets from either one of the two bus lines: Turbus and Centropuerto (see map: https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/airport-map?language=en). Both lines take you to the “Pajaritos” bus terminal in the outskirts of Santiago.

Centropuerto (https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/services/centropuerto?language=en):  Takes you to Pajaritos for $2,000 CLP ($2.50 USD), you can pay directly in cash to the driver or buy tickets with credit/debit card at counter. Buses depart every 30 min.  

Turbus (https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/services/turbus-aeropuerto?language=en): Takes you to Pajaritos for $1,600 CLP ($2 USD), you must buy tickets at the counter with cash, credit/debit card. Buses depart every 10-15 min.

When you arrive at the “Pajaritos” bus terminal, get to the counter and buy your tickets to Viña del Mar. We recommend you the following bus lines to Viña del Mar:

Condor bus: https://www2.condorbus.cl/
Pullman bus: https://www.pullmanbus.cl/
Turbus: https://new.turbus.cl/turbuscl/

Depending on the day and time, prices may vary between $5,800 and $8,000 CLP ($7–$10 USD). Buses depart every 10-20 min.

When you arrive in Viña del Mar we recommend you to take an App transport (Uber, DiDi) to get to your place. Avoid using public transport.

When getting back to Santiago, please note that Turbus offers a direct service from Viña del Mar to Santiago airport. More information on their website.

Keep in mind that bus terminals are very busy places. So, please, keep always an eye on your personal belongings. “Skuas and jaegers” are always looking for a penguin to kleptoparasitize.

B) Transfer services

This is a good option for a direct trip from the airport to your hotel in Viña del Mar. At the airport go to the Transport Center (see map: https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/airport-map?language=en).The two recommended transfer lines are:

Transvip: https://www.transvip.cl/
Wetransport: https://wetransport.cl/

You can either choose a car (up to 3 passengers) or a van (up to 7 passengers) and divide the cost among passengers. Prices vary between $95,500–$112,000 CLP ($116–136 USD) for the car option and $128,000–130,000 CLP ($155–158 USD) for the van option. Payment is possible with credit card.

C) Taxi

This is a good alternative for a private trip. At the airport Transport Center you can go directly to the counters and ask for taxi options(see map: https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/airport-map?language=en). 

A direct trip to the congress venue (Hotel Bosque deReñaca) should cost around $120,000 CLP ($150 USD). Payment is at the counter with credit card or cash (Chilean currency). Check options at: https://www.taxiaerosantiago.cl/.

D)  Car Rental

Please check the links below for the car rental companies available at the Santiago International Airport (https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/fromairport?language=en&target=arriendo-vehiculos):

Mitta: https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/node/442?language=en
Europcar:https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/services/europcar?language=en
Econorent: https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/services/econorent?language=en
Avis: https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/services/avis?language=en
Budget: https://www.nuevopudahuel.cl/services/budget?language=en

Presentation guidelines for authors

Oral presentations

You will have 15 minutes in total to present your work; 12 minutes should be dedicated to the presentation itself and 3 minutes for questions from the audience. These time slots will be strictly adhered to,so please respect this when preparing your oral presentation. Presentations will be divided into thematic sessions from Monday 4th through Friday 8th,both in the morning and afternoon. Presentations must be in PowerPoint or PDF format and uploaded to an assigned computer (or sent to a designated email) before your session starts. The use of your own laptop is not permitted.

Poster presentations

Posters should not exceed the dimensions of 84 cm in width by 119 cm in height (A0 size) due to the size of the poster boards; tape will be readily available to fix the posters. All posters will be permanently on display from Tuesday 5th through Thursday 7th (there will be no poster changeover). The poster session will go from 16:00 to 17:30 hrs each day.Presenters are expected to be available to answer questions next to their posters during all poster sessions. Authors will be able to install their posters starting on Tuesday morning.

Keynote presentation

Keynote speakers will have 45 minutes in total; 35minutes to present and 10 minutes for questions. We also ask you to please respect this timing to not delay the oral presentation session that follows immediately after. There will be four keynote presentations during the congress.

Details about the exact date and time of each presentation, alongside with the final programme and abstract book, will be shared soon.

“Penwine” evening

On Wednesday (6th September) we invite all our delegates at 20:30 to share our “Penwine” evening at the congress venue(Hotel Bosque de Reñaca). This will be an informal session of conversation and chatting. We invite you to bring nice/interesting/funny pictures to present and share with the audience. To relax even more this friendly atmosphere, we will offer our delegates with a glass of fine Chilean wine.

Miscellaneous

Please, notice that we moved the IUCN-SSC Penguin Specialist Group (PSG) meeting (former Workshop 3) from Sunday, September 3rd to Tuesday, September 5th. The PSG session will take place during the congress (after that day´s poster session) to allow more delegates to attend this important meeting.

Please update your personal information in you registration profile. You can do it by logging into the 4ID Congress Play Platform available at https://www.penguin-conference.com/registration-abstracts.We have recently added a field asking for food preferences. This will help us to offer you your preferred options for the welcome cocktail, lunch and congress dinner. Also, inform us whether you have any food allergies (ipc.penguins@gmail.com).

Remember to register into the 4ID Congress Play Platform available at https://www.penguin-conference.com/registration-abstracts.To all authors with accepted orals/posters, which have not jet paid their registration fee, please note that deadline was July 23rd. We kindly ask you to paid your registration fee as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will have to remove your presentation from the congress program and abstract book.

You can register and pay for the congress dinner and trip field also at the 4ID Congress Play Platform available at https://www.penguin-conference.com/registration-abstracts.

 Local organising committee:
Alejandro Simeone (Universidad Andrés Bello)
Juliana Vianna (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Guillermo Luna-Jorquera (Universidad Católica del Norte)

International Scientific Committee:
Peter Barham (University of Bristol)
Dee Boersma (University of Washington)
Pablo Garcia Borboroglu (Global Penguin Society)
André Chiardia (Phillip Island Nature Parks)
Lloyd Davis (University of Otago)
Sue Murray (Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust)
Phil Trathan (British Antarctic Survey)
Lauren Waller (Leiden Conservation Fellow, SANCCOB)