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Invitation Letter

The conference organisers can provide an official Invitation Letter to help the participants to obtain a visa, to raise travel funds or for administrative purposes. We would like to point out that invitation letters are only sent to the address indicated by the applicants. The provided name and address must exactly match that on their passport.

All letters will be emailed to the applicants as a signed pdf document, for them to print as required. The organisers will not send invitation letters to embassies, neither by fax/email nor by separate post. The applicants are responsible to take care of their own visa application and need to directly contact the respective embassy. Please consider that the invitation letter is a standard letter which will not be modified individually.

All requests for Letters of Invitation should be addressed by email directly to the Chair of UPEC 2016, Prof. Carlos Ferreira, at cmacfer@isec.pt and copied upec2016@isec.pt.

The following information is required:

• Title (Mr., Prof., Dr., ...)
• Full Name (as it appears on your passport)
• Full Home Address
• Email
• Passport Number (for VISA purposes)
• Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) (for VISA purposes)
• Paper ID
• Paper Title

Please note that each individual requesting an invitation letter must make a separate request.
Letters of invitation will only be issued to those who have registered on the Conference Paper Submission Website – CMT for UPEC 2016 to primary authors or co-authors of papers or to exhibitors.
Please note that a letter of invitation does not imply any obligation, financial or otherwise, on the organisers of the conference.

Travelling to Coimbra

Coimbra is easily accessible by highway or railway. It is located between Oporto (OPO) and Lisbon (LIS) airports, and linked to main Portuguese cities by train or express buses.

By Air:
Portugal makes part of the network of the major international airlines, so it is easy to find frequent and regular connections from all parts of the world. The airports nearer to Coimbra are located in Lisboa (190 km away) and in Porto (120 km away).

Arrival Points:
Lisboa – Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport
Porto – Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport

Airlines and Destinations
ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal (Airports of Portugal) is the Portuguese airport authority and provides departure and arrival information on http://www.ana.pt.

From Lisboa (Humberto Delgado) International Airport:

By train: you will need to take the Metro (Underground) or to catch a taxi to Lisboa-Oriente railway station; the journey should take approximately 10 minutes and cost 8 Euros. Trains to Coimbra run every hour and you should expect the journey to take approximately 2 hours. The price of one ticket in the Intercity train should cost around €24.30/€19.20 (Price 1st/2nd class) and for Alfa Pendular train should cost around €32.80/€22.80 (Price 1st/2nd class). For more information, please check Portuguese train company website: https://www.cp.pt/.

By express bus: you will need to catch a taxi to “Sete Rios” Bus Station; the journey should take approximately 10 minutes and cost 10 Euros. Express buses to Coimbra run every hour and you should expect the journey to take approximately 2 hours and a half. The price of ticket should cost around €15.
Please, check the website of the express buses network to check the timetable and prices (http://www.rede-expressos.pt/).

By car: when leaving the airport you should take the A1 motorway to Coimbra and exit in “Coimbra Sul”. You should expect the journey to take 2 hours.

From Porto (Francisco Sá Carneiro) International Airport:

By train: from Porto airport you will need to travel to “Gare da Campanhã” (the main train station in Porto). It is recommended that you travel to this station by taxi or Metro. You will find taxis readily available at the front of the airport and the underground station as well. You should expect the journey to take approximately 30 minutes by taxi and about one hour by Metro. For more information, please check Portuguese train company website: https://www.cp.pt/.

Several trains run from Porto to Coimbra daily. You should expect the journey to take 1 hour and 10 minutes. The price of one ticket in the Intercity train should cost around €17.20/€13.20 (Price 1st/2nd class) and for Alfa Pendular train should cost around €21.70/€16.70 (Price 1st/2nd class).

By express bus: you will need to travel by metro (line E) until the “Bolhão” Stop (25 minutes). From there, you can catch a taxi or walk to the Bus Station “Garagem Atlântico”, Street: “Rua Alexandre Herculano” (8 minutes). Express buses to Coimbra run every hour and you should expect the journey to take approximately 1 hour and a half. The price of ticket should cost around 13 euros.
Please, check the website of the express buses network to check the timetable and prices (http://www.rede-expressos.pt/).

By car: when leaving the airport you should take the A1 motorway to Coimbra and exit at “Coimbra Norte”. You should expect the journey to take 1h 15m.