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===== EXPReS Display =====
A large display board is available for your use at conferences, demonstrations, open days or temporary display at your institute. Set-up takes approximately 15 minutes and can be done by one person, although it's more easily set up by two people. 

==== Specifications ====
**Total weight of display and shipping case: 21.5 kg**
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Display alone:
  * 253 x 222 x 70 cm - see photo below
  * 12.5 kg

Shipping case alone:
  * 40 x 60 x 95 cm
  * 9 kg 
  * built-in wheels and handle for easy moving



==== Schedule / Reservation ====
Email kristine (<kyun@jive.nl>) if you are interested in using the display. It is currently reserved on the following dates (includes shipping time):
  * 15-31 June 2009 - 8th International e-VLBI Workshop, Madrid, Spain

The display has previously been exhibited at:
  * 29-30 January 2008 - EXPReS Progress and Board Meetings, Utrecht, Netherlands
  * 3-4 March 2008 - GÉANT2 - a Global Leader, Bled, Slovenia
  * 9-11 April 2008 - NORDUnet 2008, Espoo (Helsinki), Finland
  * 19-22 May 2008 - TERENA Networking Conference 2008, Bruges, Belgium 
  * 16-17 June 2008 - 7th International e-VLBI Workshop, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Shanghai, China
  * 5-8 September 2008 - MPIfR Open Day, Bonn, Germany
  * 15 September - 3 October 2008 - 9th EVN Symposium, Bologna, Italy
  * 1 October 2008 - VWN journalists' visit, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands
  * 19 October 2008 - ASTRON/JIVE Open Day, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands
  * 19 November 2008 - MPIfR Open Day, Effelsberg, Germany
  * 8-23 January 2009 - International Year of Astronomy Opening Ceremony, Paris, France (note: due to delivery error, the display was not used)
  * 20-23 April 2009 - European Week of Astronomy & Space Science, Hertfordshire, UK


==== Set-up Instructions ====
Instructions for setting up the display are available:
  * {{expres:outreach:instructions.pdf|PDF}} - Kristine's instructions with photos
  * {{expres:outreach:setup_pop-up_m.pdf|PDF}} - Manufacturer's instructions


==== Photos ====
Display set up for January 2008 EXPReS Kickoff and Progress Meetings, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Huib with Viviane Reding, EC Commissioner for Information Society and Media (DG-INFSO), and Mario Campolargo, Director of Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures for DG-INFSO at GÉANT2 - a Global Leader meeting in Bled, Slovenia.
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Huib with Viviane Reding in Bled, Slovenia
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Additional [[photographs of the EXPReS Display]] from its travels