The 11th IDMAC 2016 is organised by the Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies (ISDEV),
Universiti Sains Malaysia and Islamic Relief Academy, United Kingdom. The
programme will be held at:
Auditorium
Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM)
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Penang, Malaysia
Participants may easily travel within Penang Island as there are numerous forms of transport in order to get to Universiti Sains Malaysia. Participants may choose the transport to travel whether by air, bus, train or car.
By
Air
Participants
may travel by air to Penang Island from three major airports via four airline
providers. There are many daily flights from numerous airports within of
Malaysia. If you travel from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), you can
take Malaysian Airlines, FireFly, MalindoAir direct flight or AirAsia from
KLIA2 to Penang International Airport. If you travel from Subang Airport, you
can take FireFly or MalindoAir direct flight to Penang International Airport.
The travelling duration will take about 50 minutes for all airlines.
The Penang
International Airport is approximately18km away (17 minutes) from the Conference
Venue and you need a taxi or airport transfer to take you to the Conference Venue.
FROM
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FLIGHT
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KUALA
LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLIA)
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Malaysia
Airlines
http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/
FireFly
http://www.fireflyz.com.my/
Malindo
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KUALA
LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2 (KLIA2)
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Air
Asia
http://www.airasia.com.my/
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SUBANG
AIRPORT
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FireFly
http://www.fireflyz.com.my/
Malindo
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By
Bus
Travelling by
bus to Penang Island can be done from anywhere on Peninsular Malaysia, with
hundreds of buses a day coming from all destinations to either Butterworth bus
station on the mainland, or KOMTAR and Sungai Nibong station on Penang Island. We
highly recommend you to purchase a ticket to Sungai Nibong Station. The station
is about 7 km away from Conference Venue. There are a few online bus booking
agents in Malaysia offering bus trips to Penang Island. You may refer to the
easybook booking website http://www.easybook.com/.
Trip by bus usually take about 5-6 hours and ticket are sold for around
RM30-RM40 depending on the operators. The most popular coach operators are
Plusliner/Nice, Transnasional, Mutiara, and Aerolines.
By
Train
Taking a train
to Penang is a pleasant and quite relaxing way to travel to Georgetown on
Penang Island in Malaysia with KTM Malaysia domestic railway connections. For
this conference we also recommend to hire Malaysia’s New High-Speed Electric
Train Service (ETS) to Butterworth Station from Kuala Lumpur Central Station. Malaysia’s
high speed trains can travel at speeds of up to 160 kilometers an hour and have
made travel in Peninsular Malaysia by train, faster and more convenient. Further
information regarding ETS booking online, you may refer to https://intranet.ktmb.com.my/e-ticket/login.aspx.
From Butterworth Railway Station, you may take public bus (Rapid Penang) http://www.rapidpg.com.my/ to Penang
Island (Conference Venue) or you will probably take the connecting Penang Ferry
which runs between Butterworth on mainland Malaysia to Georgetown, Penang Island.
By
Car
If you are the
adventurous type of traveler, hire a car and drive yourself to Penang Island.
From Kuala Lumpur, it generally takes about 5 hours to get to Penang by North-South
Expressway (NSE). It is very easy since there are plenty of signboards to guide
you out of the bustling city of Kuala Lumpur to Penang Island.
