International Workshop on

Advances in Modeling and Optimization
of High Frequency Structures

August 21-22, 2010

Reykjavik University, Iceland

Social Program

Social program of the workshop will include a reception dinner, visit to Hellisheiði geothermal plant as well as a guided tour to Þingvellir, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland.

Hellisheiði Geothermal Plant is situated at Hengill, an active volcanic ridge in SW Iceland.  The plant´s purpose is to meet increasing demand for electricity and hot water for space heating in the industrial and domestic sectors.  Current production capacity is 213 MW (february 2009).  Estimated production capacity for the completed Hellisheiði Plant is 300 MW electricity and 400 MW thermal energy.

Þingvellir is a place in southwestern Iceland near the peninsula of Reykjanes and the Hengill volcanic area. Þingvellir is a site of historical, cultural, and geological importance and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland. Þingellir National Park was founded in 1930 to protect the remains of the parliament site and was later expanded to protect natural phenomena in the surrounding area. Þingvellir National Park was the first national park in Iceland and was decreed "a protected national shrine for all Icelanders, the perpetual property of the Icelandic nation under the preservation of parliament, never to be sold or mortgaged." Parliament or Alþingi was established at Þingvellir in 930 and remained there until 1789. Þingvellir is the site of a rift valle and home to Þingvallavatn the largest natural lake in Iceland.

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