The 23rd ESP conference runs from Wednesday March, 4th to Sunday March 8th, 2009. There is a Comenius Contact Seminar specifically designed for beginners in the field of international Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) projects on Wednesday, March 4th.
The conference programme consists of keynote speeches by experts and a variety of workshops on the innovation of ICT in education. School visits, social events, singing and dancing are also included in the event.

Tartu, with its population of 101,246 (Population Census data from 2000) in an area of 38.8 square kilometres, is the second largest city of Estonia. Tartu, lying 185 kilometres south of Tallinn, is also the centre of Southern Estonia. The Emajõgi River, which connects the two largest lakes of Estonia, flows for the length of 10 kilometres within the city limits and adds colour to the city. The first written records of Tartu date from 1030.
Check out the website: http://www.tartu.ee

- ESP Contact Seminar plus Conference: € 415 (€ 375 for members)
- ESP Conference: € 340 (€ 300 for ESP members)

The conference fee includes most food, some drinks, conference materials, social evening and school visits.

Become a member of the ESP learning community of teachers!
Membership fee for 2009: € 30. More information on the ESP website

The Conference Center is on the third floor of the building in the front. There
is also a shopping center with about 20 shops and a number of eating
places, a cinema with 5 screens, parking etc. The bus station is
at the back of the new glass building.The front part is the Dorpat Hotel.

The conference hotel is the Dorpat Hotel. It is a wonderful 4 star hotel, less than two years old. It is situated on the banks of the Emajõgi River in the heart of the city. The hotel has 200 standard rooms (twin/double/single) and 5 business class rooms. All rooms come with their own TV, telephone, Internet connection and hair dryer. The conference centre has ten different auditoriums and is equipped with all the latest technology.

Have a look at http://www.dorpat.ee

Single rooms are € 55
Double rooms are € 70, so if you share a room you will pay € 35

You can register for this conference via the ESP23 registration site. Deadline for the conference registration is January 31st, 2009.

Check at your National Agency whether you can get financial support, an LLL Grant.
This Conference is co-organised by two Comenius3 network coordinators. It serves as a place where you can meet teachers to create Comenius1 projects. This is why your visit can be treated as Preparatory Visit.

If you travel by plane you have to fly to Tallinn and continue your journey by bus to Tartu from Tallinn bus terminal. The journey will take you 2,5 hours in a comfortable bus and you will have Internet on board!!! Costs are 150 Estonian crowns, which is about 10 euros. Upon arrival in Tartu you are almost on the doorstep of the Conference Hotel: Hotel Dorpat.

Tallinn bus terminal is situated quite close to the only airport Tallinn Ülemiste Airport and you can take a taxi or public transportation to get there. As Tallinn airport is a relatively small one, it is easy to find the area where public transportation and taxis are waiting in front of the building. It is a short distance by taxi and it should not cost you more than 100 crowns to get to the bus terminal. It is also possible to use public transportation, bus No. 2 from the airport stops not too far from the bus terminal (the “Autobussijaam” stop), but you still have to cross 2 intersections to reach to the bus terminal. A ticket on Tallinn public transportation costs 15 crowns if you buy it from the bus driver.

Check out the bus timetable for your transport from Tallinn to Tartu and vice versa.

For more travel information visit http://www.ut.ee getting to Tartu page

ESP conferences are working conferences; we want as many workshops and interactive presentations as possible. We want to offer a platform for collaborative building of innovative, imaginative and state-of-the-art use of ICT in education to enhance knowledge and learning.
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