DEMO2023 - Workshop on Dependence Modelling with Applications in Finance, Insurance and Pensions

• Michalis Anthropelos (University of Piraeus, Greece)
• Anne Balter (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
• Kris Boudt (Ghent University, Belgium)
• Catherine Donnelly (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom)
• Sebastian Fuchs (University of Salzburg, Austria)
• Peter Hieber (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) 
• Piotr Jaworski (Warsaw University, Poland)
• Elisa Luciano (University of Torino, Italy)
• Alfred Müller (Universität Siegen, Germany)
• Thomas Nagler (LMU Munich, Germany)
• Thorsten Schmidt (University of Freiburg, Germany)
• Chen Zhou (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Organising committee

• Carole Bernard (Co-Chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
• Sofie Devos (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
• Steven Vanduffel (Co-Chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
  
   

Scientific Committee

• Carole Bernard (Co-Chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
• Alfred Müller (Universität Siegen, Germany)
• Giovanni Puccetti (University of Milan, Italy)
• Ludger Rüschendorf (University of Freiburg, Germany)
• Steven Vanduffel (Co-Chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

The registration fee includes all breakfasts, lunches, dinners, hotel accommodation (4 nights) and a social activity. 

The conference will take place at the Oasis Scala Beach Hotel, a 3-star hotel located right on the beach, on the island of Agistri, just an hour away from Athens.

Accommodation

All speakers stay at Oasis Beach Hotel. The organization will makes the necessary arrangements.

From Athens to Pireaus and from Piraeus to Agistri

From the airport of Athens (ATH), there are reliable bus, metro and train connections to Pireaus port from which you can take a ferry to Agistri.

Bus (Best option to go the port of Piraeus)

You can catch the bus from the designated area at the arrivals level (between Exit 4 and Exit 5, very easy to find). The bus to take is the X96: Athens Airport-Piraeus. There is a bus leaving for Piraeus every twenty (during day) to forty minutes (during night) and it takes about 65-85 minutes to arrive in Piraeus (a taxi is about 20-30 minutes faster). You can find the schedule for the bus just outside from the baggage area of the airport. Tickets are available from the ticket kiosk at the bus departure area and cost 6.00€. You get off the bus when you see the port (with ferrries) on your left side. It is the 4th last stop called "NAT". In the case you miss this stop, the next stop is within 300 meters. The ferries to Agistri depart in front of the street Akti Posidonos (Gate E8) and note that on google maps the indications for the different ferry routes are not very precise. The ferries depart in time - if you are at the gate 10 minutes before departure you will still make it.  

Metro/train

In the airport, after the customs follow the sign “trains”, you have two options, going by metro or going by direct train. Direct trains: https://tickets.trainose.gr/dromologia/, one train per hour (ticket= about 10 euros). You can also take the subway (ticket= about 10 euros) to go from Airport to Piraeus with one change at Monastiraki (first take M3 direction Agia Marina, change in Monastiraki after about 42 minutes and next take the M1 direction Piraeus until terminus (20 minutes)). There is a metro that runs frequently. When you get out of the metro station, turn right and after 50 meters you are on the main street Akti Kalimasioti where you turn left until you reach the gate E8, from which the boat to Aegina-Agistri departs. It is about 500m. If you arrive by train, it is 300m further.

Boats (To go from Piraeus to Agistri)

There are several ferries per day that connect Piraeus with Agistri. The cost is approximately 20 euros. Tickets can be very easily purchased at the port (right in front of where the boat leaves) and there is no need to buy these beforehand. The trip by ferry takes about one and a half hour and is nice. You can also take a fast boat which takes one hour (cost is about 25-30 Euros).

The fast boat will bring you to Milos, 2.0 kilomers away from the hotel (it is a pleasant walk along the coast), and the ferry will bring you to Skala, only 100 meters away from the hotel. Here is a useful link where you can find the schedule for the connection piraeus-Agistri.  

The ferries and fast boats to Agistri depart in front of the street Akti Posidonos (Gate E8) and note that on google maps the indications for the different ferry routes are not very precise. The ferries/boats depart in time - if you are at the gate 10 minutes before departure you will still make it.