How to get to the conference  

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Potsdam is located southwest of the German capital of Berlin and is easily reached using different means of transportation. Potsdam and Berlin are adjacent cities and have a coordinated metropolitan public transport system (Verkehrsverbund Berlin Brandenburg / VBB). Tickets for zones “Berlin ABC” are valid in both cities.
You will find a map of the Berlin-Potsdam region at:

www| VBB-MAP

Conference venue

The conference will take place at the University of Potsdam, Neues Palais (Complex I), Building 8. (Mail address: Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam, Germany). The conference venue is about 8 minutes’ walk from the railway station “Potsdam, Park Sanssouci”; buses 695, 605 and 606 go to the campus (bus stop Potsdam, Campus Universität/Lindenallee).

The map of Potsdam below shows the location of the university complexes

The following links provide detailed maps of the university complexes:

www | http://www.uni-potsdam.de/lageplaene/index.html

www | http://www.uni-potsdam.de/english/maps.html

Conference hotel

The mail address of the conference hotel is:
Kongresshotel Potsdam am Templiner See
Am Luftschiffhafen 1, 14471 Potsdam, Germany.

It is merely a few minutes’ walk from the railway station Bahnhof Pirschheide and less than 3 km from the conference venue Potsdam Campus Universität, Lindenallee. For directions, see below: From the conference hotel to the conference venue

For more information on the conference hotel:

www | http://www.kongresshotel-potsdam.de

Arriving by air

Berlin has two airports:

• Tegel (TXL)
• Schönefeld (SXF)

A taxi ride from Tegel Airport to the conference venue costs about 40 euros.
You can also use public transport (2.60 euros).

From the airports to the Berlin (Potsdam) trains

Tegel Airport (TXL): Bus X9 or 109 will take you to the railway station "Zoologischer Garten". See Train Connections from Berlin to Potsdam for more details.
There is a direct train connection RB 22 (Mon - Fri hourly, Sat/Sun every two hours) between Schönefeld Airport (SXF) and Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. Get off at Bahnhof Pirschheide if you want to go directly to the Kongresshotel Potsdam am Templiner See.
Alternatively, you can also take the urban rail train S-Bahn S9 in the direction of Spandau and change to S-Bahn S7 at Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse. See below under Train connection from Berlin to Potsdam.

Arriving by train

Berlin and Potsdam have good train connections. There are ICE connections from many large cities in Germany and Europe. The website www.bahn.de provides timetable and connection information.

Train connections from Berlin to the conference hotel “Kongresshotel Potsdam am Templiner See”

The regional express Regionalexpress RE 1 in the direction of Brandenburg resp. Magdeburg stops at the following Berlin stations: Ostbahnhof, Alexanderplatz, Friedrichstrasse, Hauptbahnhof, Zoologischer Garten and continues on to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. (Travel time Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Potsdam Hbf about 25 minutes)
The urban rail train S-Bahn S7 connects Berlin and Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. Travel time about 35 minutes.
From Potsdam Hauptbahnhof bus 695 (in the direction of Bahnhof Potsdam Pirschheide), bus 631 (in the direction of Werder), tram 91 (in the direction of Bahnhof Potsdam Pirschheide) or the regional train RB 22 (in the direction of Schönefeld airport) all go to the station Bahnhof Pirschheide.

Train connection from Berlin to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof directly to the conference venue Park Sanssouci

The regional express RE 1 in the direction of Brandenburg or Magdeburg stops at the following Berlin stations: Ostbahnhof, Alexanderplatz, Friedrichstrasse, Hauptbahnhof, Zoologischer Garten and continues on to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. The trains in the direction of Brandenburg all stop at Bahnhof Park Sanssouci (departure times from Berlin Hauptbahnhof 43 minutes after the hour). Trains in the direction of Magdeburg (departure times Berlin Hauptbahnhof 13 minutes after the hour) do not stop at Park Sanssouci. You must change trains at Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to the regional train RB 21 in the direction of Wustermark or Hennigsdorf and continue for two stations to Potsdam, Bahnhof Park Sanssouci.

The S-Bahn (urban rail train) S7 connects Berlin and Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. Travel time is about 35 minutes.
From Potsdam Hauptbahnhof you can either take regional train RB 20/21) to the station closest to the conference venue Potsdam, Bahnhof Park Sanssouci or the bus to the stop Potsdam Campus Universität, Lindenallee

From Potsdam Hauptbahnhof buses 695 (in the direction of Bahnhof Pirschheide) and 606, 605 and X5 (in the direction of Wissenschaftspark Golm) stop at “Potsdam Campus Universität, Lindenallee”.

From the conference hotel to the conference venue

The conference venue is about a 3 km walk from the hotel: Cross Zeppelinstrasse and turn left into Forststrasse after 22 metres. Continue on Forststrasse until this ends in a T-intersection after 1600 metres. Turn right and go down the street Am Wildpark. After 100 metres the street makes a slight right curve. After 200 m keep to the left and go under a railway trestle bridge (at the station Park Sanssouci). After going under the trestle bridge continue straight ahead on the street Am Neuen Palais. After about 1000 metres you will reach the university campus.
You can take bus 695 from Bahnhof Pirschheide (5 minute walk from the conference hotel) in the direction of Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to the stop Potsdam Campus Universität, Lindenallee. The bus leaves every 20 minutes and takes 7 minutes to arrive at the conference venue.

Online public transport schedule information

www| online schedule information

Enter in the field “nach:” as destination:
“Potsdam, Campus Universität/Lindenallee” or.
”Potsdam, Bahnhof Park Sanssouci” or 
”Potsdam, Bahnhof Pirschheide”