Conference venue
The conference will be hosted by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (formerly University of Karlsruhe). The sessions will take place in the campus at the faculty of computer science located in the city center (map).
The registration desk can be found in the foyer of the first sub level.
The presentations will be held in the lecture room -101 on the first sub level.
Lunch and coffee breaks will be served in room -107.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Fakultät für Informatik
Am Fasanengarten 5, Geb. 50.34
D-76131 Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe (German pronunciation: [ˈkaɐ̯lsʁuːə]; population 288,917 in 2007), once the capital of Baden, lies in the south west of Germany, on the northern flank of Baden-Württemberg. Situated adjacent to the mighty river Rhine, the city reaches north west where it meets the border of the Rhineland-Palatinate, and west to France. The climate is very pleasant - its location in the Rhine plain makes Karlsruhe Germany's second warmest city.
Founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, the surrounding town became the seat of two of the highest courts in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Bundesverfassungsgericht) whose decisions have the force of a law, and the Federal Court of Justice of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof) , the highest court of appeals in matters of civil law and criminal law. It therefore considers itself the home of justice in Germany, a role taken over from Leipzig after 1933.
University of Karlsruhe
The University of Karlsruhe, also known as Fridericiana, was founded in 1825. It recently merged with Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe to form the new institution, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
It is located in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany, and is one of the most prestigious technical universities in Germany - it is recognized as one of the leading research universities.
Many famous people graduated at the university and made many great discoveries like, for example Karl Benz the inventor of the automobile or Heinrich Rudolf Hertz who discovered the electromagnetic waves and after whom the SI unit of frequency, hertz was named.
Travel information
- Public Transport
The city of Karlsruhe does not have an underground railway, but a well developed tram system (route map). There are several ways to get form the railroad station ("Karlsruher Hauptbahnhof") to the conference location by tram.
The best way is to take the tram line
(direction "Wolfartsweier") or 
(direction "Waldstadt") to the station "Durlacher Tor". From there you will need an approximately 12min. (0,6km) walk along the "Adenauer Ring" to the conference location. The building is on the right side of the first passenger bridge crossing this road.
With tram line you could also take the next station "Karl-Wilhelm-Platz". From there you will need approximately 7min. (0,4km) to get to the building.
You could also travel to the station "Kronenplatz" and take an approximately 16min. walk (1,1km) through the campus of the university (following the campus maps located at the compound or found here).
All trams run frequently every 10 minutes. To get exact departure/ arrival times you can visit www.efa-bw.de or www.bahn.de.
To know exactly how to get from the station to the conference location have a look at the map.
Prices: To travel within the city you will need at least a ticket for two zones ("Waben"). A one way ticket costs 2,10€, but it is cheaper to buy a Citysolo ticket for 4,70€. With this ticket one person can travel 24h within three zones. For 16,00€ you will get a City quattro which are four Citysolo tickets. For groups a Cityplus ticket maybe suitable (7,10€). With this ticket 5 Persons can travel 24h within three zones. All tickets are available at the yellow ticket machines at the tram stations.
- By car
The city of Karlsruhe can be reached through the highways A5 Basel-Karlsruhe-Frankfurt and A8 Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-München. Leave the highway at exit no.44 "Karlsruhe - Durlach" and continue to Karlsruhe (first exit). Follow the signs to the University ("Universität"). At the "Durlacher Tor" turn right onto the "Adenauer Ring". At the next possibilty turn right and you are in front of the conference building.
Parking: You can park in the underground parking of the building for 0,50€ per hour and 5,00€ for the day. Free parking is also available if you proceed on the "Adenauer Ring" and take the next turn right. Then you get to the "Waldparkplatz" where parking is free. From there you´ll need a short 3min walk to the building.
Accommodation
Here is a list of hotels located in the city. Some hotels have special offers for conference members as displayed in the "Discount" column.
| Hotel | Category | Distance to conference location | Distance to railroad station | Discount |
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0,60km |
3,40km |
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1,20km |
3,00km |
8) |
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1,46km |
1,00km |
1) |
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| n/a | 1,80km |
2,70km |
7) |
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2,01km |
1,00km |
6) |
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2,08km |
2,50km |
3) |
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2,48km |
0,00km |
2) |
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2,63km |
2,00km |
5) |
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2,73km |
0,10km |
4) |
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3,60km |
2,00km |
1)
10 single rooms with bath/WC and breakfast for 98€ per night. Reserved till 02.10.2009. Codeword: VRIPHYS.
2) Single rooms classic and elegance for 92,00€/104,00€ per night.
Double room classic 133,00€. All with shower/bath incl. breakfast and usage of wellness facillities. Booking till 26.10.2009. Codeword: VRIPHYS.
3) Fully booked, hence no discount.
4) Single room incl. breakfast for 92,00€. One reserved till 07.10.2009. Codeword: VRIPHYS.
5) Single rooms: Thursday-Friday 107,00€ and Friday-Saturday 76,00€. 20% discount on this prices for conference members.
6) Standard single 108€, double 152€. Executive single 133€, double 177€ incl. breakfast.. Codeword: VRIPHYS.
7) Single room small 52€, standard 57€, and large 68€ incl. breakfast. Codeword: VRIPHYS, please pay cash or with EC-Card.
8) Single room 88€, double room 107€. Ask for this prices as conference member at the University of Karlsruhe.
Other Hotels in Karlsruhe can be found here.
