ADBIS 2010

Information about Serbia and Traveling to Novi Sad

The information about Serbia and travel instructions are available at www.adbis2010.org/novisad/travel.php.

Traveling to Novi Sad by Airplane

Aditional information if you are traveling by airplane can be found at www.adbis2010.org/novisad/airplane.php.

Social events

Conference dinner

Conference dinner will take place in an authentic restaurant with traditional Vojvodina's atmosphere.

Guided tour of Novi Sad

A guided sightseeing tour will be organized to explore Novi Sad's diverse cultural and historical heritage.

Excursion to Belgrade

Also, an excursion to Belgrade, capital of Serbia, will be organized. More information about interesting sites is available at National tourism organisation of Serbia web site.

Conference venue

The venue of the conference will be town of Novi Sad, capital of Vojvodina province and a large industrial and cultural centre (adbis2010.org/novisad/).

Novi Sad is a city located in northern Serbia; it lies on the banks of the Danube river in the province of Vojvodina. Novi Sad is located on the water route Rhine – Main – Danube which connects nine countries and six capitals. It is also on the main route from the central Europe (through Hungary) to south-eastern Europe (Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey). Novi Sad lies 300 km south of Budapest (Hungary), 70 km north of Belgrade, 360 km east of Zagreb (Croatia) and 160 km west of Timisoara (Romania).

Its name means "New Planting" (noun) in Serbian and is also known as Neoplanta (in Latin), Neusatz (in German), and Uj Videk (in Hungarian).

The population of Novi Sad is about 300.000 citizens. Serbian language is spoken by majority of citizens. However, Hungarian, Slovakian, Rumanian and Ruthanian languages are also widely spoken and officially used according to the law and decision of the town’s assembly.

Lectures and sessions will take place at Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad.