TUG 2024: July 19-21, 2024 (Friday-Sunday)
The 45th Annual Meeting of the TeX Users Group

Thursday, July 18, 2024
A LaTeX developers' workshop organized by the LaTeX team (limited seats).

Venue

Hotel Grandior
Na Porici 42110 00, Prague, Czechia
phone: +420 211 159 860

Registration and information

• Register for the conference.
• Conference program.
• Submit proposal / call for papers.
• Conference participants.
• Workshop information.
• Travel to/from the city.
• Visitor information.

Dates and deadlines

• April 8, 2024 - bursary application (financial assistance) deadline (passed, but we can accept late submissions until May 1).
• April 12 - deadline for abstracts for presentation proposals. Late submissions will be accepted until June 1, as long as the schedule remains open.
• April 14 - deadline for hotel reservations at our group discount. Booking your hotel room early is highly advisable. Availability and rates are not guaranteed afterwards.
• April 15 - deadline for early bird registration discount. Early registrations are greatly appreciated!
• June 14 - deadline for preprints (submit PDF) to be in the printed program.
• July 18 - LaTeX developers' workshop: Tagged and Accessible PDF Documents, organized by the LaTeX team. (Space is limited.)
• July 18 - opening reception, Hotel Grandior.
• July 19-21 - TUG conference, Friday–Sunday. TUG's Annual General Meeting will take place at some point during the conference, date/time tbd.
• July 20, evening (tbd) - banquet.
• July 21, afternoon (tbd) - organ concert.
• July 28 - deadline for final papers for the printed TUGboat proceedings.

Venue

The conference will be held at the Hotel Grandior in downtown Prague, Czechia. The address is Na Porici 42110 00.

The principal airport is Prague Václav Havel Airport, airport code PRG. Travel options from/to the airport, as well as Prague visitor information, are on separate pages.

Online participation

This is primarily an in-person conference, but the talks will be streamed live on the TUG YouTube Channel, at no charge. Registration is not required. The channel will be monitored during the conference for questions or comments to relay to the speakers.

Donations to help cover the (not inconsiderable) streaming expenses are greatly appreciated! At your convenience, either:

Hotel(s)

Rooms are reserved for TUG conference participants at three (nearly) adjacent hotels:

• The Hotel Grandior is the conference venue. The rate is 150€/night. We have only 10 rooms there, intended for people who strongly prefer staying at the same hotel (to be as close as possible to the venue). The other two hotels are literally across the street, and considerably less expensive.
• Hotel AXA, Na Porici 40, Prague. Rate for a double room: 88€/night for Thursday and Sunday nights, 98€/night for Friday and Saturday. Single rate is 4€ less than the double.
  • Booking via their web site, with code “tug2024”.
  • Available until April 15th.
• Hotel Harmony (do not use their web site for booking!), Na Porici 31, Prague. Available July 18-22, minimum 3 nights. Rate: 100€/night, either single or double.
  • Booking via email at reservation@avehotels.cz—mention name, dates, conference name “tug2024”, payment method of card or wire, and (if invoice is needed) billing info.
  • Payment by card via a secure gateway before July 14th, or by wire transfer before July 11th.
  • Available until April 30th.
  • Cancellation: full refund if cancelled 4 days before arrival, no refund later.

All rates exclude a city tax of CZK 50 (about 2€) per person per night.

Meals

• The opening reception will be at the Hotel Grandior, Thursday July 18.
• Breakfast at the hotels are included with a room reservation.
• Lunches and breaks will be provided during the conference, July 19-21, at no additional charge.
• Dinners are not included with the conference registration or hotel reservation, but are available at the hotel and restaurants nearby. See the food section on the travel page for some ideas.
• We'll have a banquet (optional extra) on Saturday evening at Restaurace Tiskárna, Jindřišská 22. There will be meat, fish, and vegetarian options; other requirements may also be accommodated, so if in doubt, ask in advance and we can check with them. Please check the box on the registration page to join in.

Excursion: Organ concert

Sunday, July 21: organ concert at the St. Salvator church, Salvátorská 1, by Lukas Vendl and perhaps a special guest. It will take about an hour. Please bear in mind that there are two “Salvator” churches in the Old Town and the concert will only be at one of them.

Sponsors

The conference is sponsored by the TeX Users Group, CSTUG, DANTE e.V., Google, Overleaf, STM Document Engineering Pvt Ltd, and many individual donors. Thanks to all.

Additional sponsors will be greatly appreciated! Please also mention the conference to colleagues and in any other contexts.

Contact

• Email: tug2024@tug.org.
• Phone, fax, postal mail: see TUG office contact information.
• Conference committee: Tom Hejda (principal organizer); Karl Berry, Michal Hoftich, Sophia Laakso.