Flock 2014 Prague proposal

Draft
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Staff

• Miro Hrončok
• Jiří Eischmann
• TODO: please insert your name if you want to join the organizing committee

Organization Volunteers

People who are helping us in collecting information and contacting people for our proposal

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Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. It is the fourteenth-largest city in the European Union. It is also the historical capital of Bohemia proper. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava River, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its larger urban zone is estimated to have a population of nearly 2 million. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with warm summers and chilly winters.

Prague is home to a number of famous cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, Old Town Square, the Jewish Quarter, and Petřín hill. Since 1992, the extensive historic centre of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

Transportation

• Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) offers direct flights to/from 110 destinations in 42 countries including most of the European capital cities and numerous destinations in Asia. Direct flight from/to New York is available, other American locations are available trough Frankfurt, Amsterdam or other bigger European airports.

Airport	Price for return tickets	Duration
RDU	1000€	20h
BOS	1600€	11h
EWR*	700€	10 h
PRG	0€	0h
CDG	150€	1.5h

EWR is cheaper than JFK and should be acceptable.

• The Prague's Public Transport bus goes directly form the airport to the venue, 23 minutes, 32 CZK ~ 1.28 €
• Public transport in Prague is very clean, reliable and cheap.
• Taxi is usually less than 0.80 €/km
• Prague also offers good train connections from central Europe.
• Train ticket from Brno is only 150 CZK ~ 6 € when bought online.

Proposed Venue

• Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Information Technology - Thákurova 9, Praha
• Very nice and relatively new building shared with Faculty of Arts
• The venue holds local Linux event called LinuxDays (~500 ppl) - see some pics
• Offers lectures room for 300, 150 and 80 ppl
• Cca 10 other 25 ppl and one 50 ppl rooms with or without computers for smaller talks and workshops
• Student respirium with couches is also available
• Everything is located in one building
• Free WiFi only for us + Eduroam + Faculty of Arts students' WiFi with known password
• 10 minutes public transport to city center, 20 minutes walk to Prague Castle

Lodging

Those are proposed hotel and hostels. All except Hotel Diplomat are run by the University and you might think about them as hostels. Masarykova kolej is somehow in the middle of being and hotel or a hostel.

Hotel	Address	Distance from venue	Triple room	Double room	Single room	Capacity	Internets
Hotel Diplomat	Evropská 15	10 minutes walk	N/A	varies around about 90 €	varies around about 90 €	no idea	"High-speed internet access"
Masarykova kolej	Thákurova 1	5 minutes walk	N/A	1590 CZK ~ 64 € (breakfast inc.)	1220 CZK ~ 49 € (breakfast inc.)	64 ppl in hotel part, 654 in hostel (prices for hotel only)
Hostel Sinkuleho	Zikova 13	5 minutes walk	705 CZK ~ 28 €	600 CZK ~ 24 €	400 CZK ~ 16 €	373 ppl
Hostel Bubeneč	Terronská 28	10 minutes walk	900 CZK ~ 36 €	800 CZK ~ 32 €	450 CZK ~ 18 €	534 ppl
Hostel Dejvická	Zikova 19	5 minutes walk	1260 CZK ~ 50 €	900 CZK ~ 36 €	650 CZK ~ 26 €	84 ppl
Hostel Orlík	Terronská 6	10 minutes walk	N/A	1100 CZK ~ 44 €	700 CZK ~ 28 €	173 ppl

Food

The usual university diners are closed during the summer, so we cannot use them. They are not very good anyway.

There are lots of places to go eat in 15 to 30 minutes walk distance, but there is no way we can provide some money-card thing like on Flock 2013.

Social Event

The Pub

The Pub is a very good beer restaurant located near the venue - it's only 15 minutes walk. They offer 130 places to sit and some more on the bar. Each table contains a tap and everyone can tap their own beer. There are statistics available and tables can not only compete with each other, but also with other restaurants from other "The Pub" pubs all around Czech republic and some other countries including Germany. Pilsner Urquell beer. They offer dinner. Fair prices. They are opened until midnight and on Friday and Saturday to 02:00. But they might be willing to stay longer, provided we will fill the entire pub.

U Fleků

U Fleků is a world-known brewery and restaurant in the city center. They have more than thousand places to sit and also a beer garden. Great food, their own beer. Closes at 23:00.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• almost free beer
• everything (food, accomodation, transport...) should be cheeper than in other countries located more west
• lot's of hostels near the venue
• venue is relatively close to the airport
• cheap public transport
• Brno Red Hat office is close

Cons

• not all Czech people speak English
• the only direct flight to North America is to New York, no direct flights to South America