We need to photocopy your boarding pass in order to declare your living expenses, so please do not lose it and bring it, along with your passport, to the conference on Monday 9th January.

You will be required to fill out a Tourist card. You must keep this Tourist card during the whole of your stay and hand in back to the International Police the day of your return. Australian, Mexican and New Zealand nationals are required to pay a Reciprocity Tax at their arrival at the airport, just before going through the International Police security checkpoint. US Nationals are no longer required to pay this tax. To obtain more information, contact the airport +56 2 2960 1063.

Should you need anything, Duvan Henao’s mobile number is +56 9 66496224. Should you need it to fill the Tourist card, the Faculty of Mathematics of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is located on Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, telephone number: +56 2 2354 4511. The Alcalá del Río Hotel is located on Padre Mariano 331, Providencia, tel. no.: +56 2 2236 0871, www.hotelalcala.cl

The weather in Santiago during the summer (December to March) is usually dry and warm during the day and cool at night. The average daily temperatures in Santiago in January are 11ºC (min) and 30ºC (max). There is a high level of UV radiation so use of sunscreen is recommended.

We will pay your hotel directly, so you do not have to pay anything (other than your consumption of mini-bar or any extra). You will receive your per diem on Monday 9th (in local currency). Please bring your passport and your boarding pass to the conference this first day. This per diem should be more than enough to cover your local expenses, therefore it is not necessary for you to buy much Chilean pesos when you arrive. You can withdraw some pesos at the airport’s ATMs or exchange some euros or US dollars at the airport’s Exchange offices (in most places credit cards are accepted but in small shops, or to pay the taxi to the hotel, or in some of the cafeterias inside the campus, chilean pesos are required). There are ATM machines (here called Redbanc) all over the city, including the airport. You can exchange money at the airport, in banks or at Casas de Cambio (Currency exchange offices). Note that exchange offices generally have better rates than Banks (except the ones at the airport). Banks are usually open from 9:00 to 14:00. The exchange offices are usually open from 9:30 to 18:00. There are no exchange offices near the university campus, but two different banks (Itaú and Santander) have a branch inside the campus. Near the Alcalá del Río hotel there are exchange offices at a distance of about 500m, such as Alcam (located at Providencia 1413) or Afex (located at Pedro de Valdivia 012).