Hybrid Interim Meeting, Leuven, Belgium

Catchy members (ESRs and Supervisors)

Catchy Interim meeting will be held at the Faculty Club in Leuven and Online

CATCHY Interim hybrid meeting

Presentation of CATCHY’s progress and outlook by the ESRs

Please register below for the Interim Meeting event (In person + Online).

Programme

Time	Description	Presenter
January 10th 2023	Faculty Club De Duve room
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome Beernaert room
09:00 – 09:25	Introduction by the Project Officer	Isabelle Aires Pinto (REA,EU)
09:25 – 09:50	Catchy coordinator	Ewald Janssens Joost Bakker
09:50 – 11:30	Work Packages 1&2, 5 Part1
09:50 – 10:00	ESR2 – Teer Coatings Ltd	Joao Coroa
10:00 – 10:10	ESR1 – KU Leuven	Imran Abbas
10:10 – 10:20	ESR13-VITO	Wenjian Hu
10:20 – 10:30	ESR7 – RU	Waqas Pervez
	Coffee / Tea Break Beernaert room
11:00 – 11:10	ESR9 – PSI	Sumant Phadke
11:10 – 11:20	ESR10 – UA	Deema Balalta
11:20 – 11:30	ESR11 – DTU	Filippo Romeggio
11:30 – 12:30	ESRs meeting with Project Officer	ESRs, Isabelle Aires Pinto (REA,EU)
	Lunch Infirmerie
14:00 – 14:50	Work Packages 1&2, 5 Part 2
14:00 – 14:10	ESR12 – DTU	Esperanza Sedano Varo
14:10 – 14:20	ESR8 – KU Leuven	Dimitra Papamichail
14:20 – 14:30	ESR14-PSI	Maximilian Winzely
14:30 – 14:50	Rep-up & Outlook	Peter Lievens, Olga Safonova Christian Danvad Damsgaard
14:50 – 15:00	Work Packages 3, 4
14:50 – 15:00	ESR3 – UU	Pavol Mikolaj
15:00 – 15:10	ESR4 – RU	Deepak Pradeep
15:10 – 15:20	ESR6 – BME	Bárbara Zamora Yusti
15:20- 15:30	Preliminary concluding remarks	Isabelle Aires Pinto (REA,EU)
	Coffee / Tea Break Beernaert room
16:00- 16:15	Rep-up & Outlook	Tibor Höltzl Sandra Lang
16:15 – 17:30	SB Meeting	ALL
17:30 – 18:00	Scientific discussions	ALL
	End of Meeting

Practical Information

Location

Accommodation

A large number of hotels are within walking distance of Faculty Club. Economic hotels (€ 50 to 70) are generally located close to the train station (Ibis Budget, Hotel Industrie, Hotel Mille Colonnes, Park Inn, etc.), middle-range (€ 90 -100) (Ibis, Hotel De Pastorij, Hotel Ladeuze, etc.) and high-end (€ 120-200) hotels (Pentahotel, Martin’s Klooster, The Fourth, etc.) are located directly in the city center.

Travel Guide to Leuven

By Plane

• Via Brussels National Airport (BRU): The national airport receives flights from over 200 destinations in 66 countries every day. It’s easy to travel from Brussels national airport to Leuven by direct trains (15 min). There are two Intercity trains every hour with final stops in either Landen or Hasselt. You can find more information about schedules and fares at Belgian Railways (NMBS).

• Via Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL): This airport receives only low-cost flights (Ryanair, Wizz, etc. ) from all over Europe. It is located 50 km south of Brussels but has good bus connections with Brussels and Bruges. You can use the shuttle service to Brussels-Midi station (50 min every 30 min) and take a train to Leuven (not Louvain-la-Neuve).

By Train

The Brussels Midi station is the Belgian hub for international train traffic, receiving multiple high-speed trains per day from Paris (Thalys and TGV), Lille (Eurostar and TGV), London (Eurostar), Amsterdam (Thalys) and Cologne (Thalys and ICE). Every hour, there are several intercity trains that leave Brussels Midi that stop in Leuven (25 min), with final stops in either Genk or Luik/Liege. For tickets and more info click here.

In Leuven

From the railway station of Leuven, best is to walk directly towards your accommodation. You can alternatively take a De Lijn bus or a taxi. A (one-way) bus ticket (€ 2-2.50) is valid for one hour. You can alternatively buy a De Lijn pass from € 7.50. This pass is valid on all buses and trams in Flanders.