Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

The conference will take place in building 11.40 of KIT. It is easy to reach by tram with stop at station "Kronenplatz". Please see the campus plan.

The oral sessions will be held in a lecture hall with 309 seats and 4 places for handicapped people equipped with beamer and audio system. It is called the “Tulla hall” and named after Johann Gott-fried Tulla (born 20 March 1770 in Karlsruhe; died 27 March 1828 in Paris), a German engineer, who in the nineteenth century accomplished the straightening of the Rhine, improving navigation and alleviating the effects of flooding.

 

The poster session will be located in the same building just one floor downstairs in a light-flooded foyer with enough space for a coffee and cake buffet, which can be used while contemplating the exposed posters and discussing with the exhibitor.

 

All the area is covered by wireless Internet access for our guests.

 

 

Travel to Karlsruhe

The nearest airport is part of the Baden Airpark (officially Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden) about 45 km (28 miles) southwest of Karlsruhe, with regular connections to airports in Germany and Europe in general. Frankfurt International Airport can be reached in about an hour and a half by car (one hour by Intercity Express); Stuttgart Airport can be reached in about one hour (about an hour and a half by train and S-Bahn).

Karlsruhe is well connected via road and rail, with Autobahn and Intercity Express connections going to Frankfurt, Stuttgart/Munich and Freiburg/Basel. It has recently been connected to the TGV network, thus reducing the travel time to Paris to only three hours.

From Frankfurt International Airport to Karlsruhe by train:

For most of the iWAT visitors the combination of plane and train will be the optimal solutionto reach the conference venue. From the main train station in Karlsruhe it is not far to the hotels and also not far to the conference venue. There is a very good and efficient public transport system (mainly trams) in Karlsruhe (www.kvv.de).

In the following a few words to the German train system. The train system in Germany still allows you to enter any train with a valid ticket but without a seat reservation (in contrast to the french TGV). This is quite useful when arriving with a plane since you can just take the next train in case of a delay. 

To look for a connection and buy your ticket online please use:


Choose from station:
Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf

to:
Karlsruhe Hbf

The following table shows you the possible connections. 
You can buy your ticket online. Some connections have two different kind of fares, standard fare and saving fare. With the standard fare you have full flexibility and you can choose another train in case of flight delay.
The saving fare tickets are just available online and only valid for that specific connection indicated on your ticket. If you miss your train you have to get a new ticket at the train station.

Our recommendation is to buy an online ticket with standard fare for the day of your arriving to have full flexibility. You should print out all possible train connections to Karlsruhe main station in the succeeding 4-5 hours for the case of a flight delay.

 

Also it is possible to buy your ticket after arriving in Frankfurt for the next connection at ticket machines in the train station to standard fare.

 


 

Invitation Letter

 

If you need a visa invitation letter please send the following information to: christian.rusch∂kit.edu

 

- First Name

 

- Family Name

 

- Date of Birth

 

- Full Address of residence

 

- Passport Nr.

 

- Date of Issue

 

- Date of Expiry

 

- Issuing Authority

 

Places of Interest

In Karlsruhe

At the centre of the city stands the neoclassical royal palace, with 32 streets spreading out from it like the fingers of a fan.

The ground plan of Washington D.C. shows clear parallels to these fan structure, which inspired Thomas Jefferson 1788 on his trip to Germany.

The magnificent palace gardens and the palace forecourt surround the palace.

Here Margrave Charles William of Baden founded Karlsruhe on 17 June 1715. The legend says, that the margrave woke from a dream one day while out on a hunting trip. In his dream he had founded a new city – thus the name ‘Karlsruhe’, which literally means “Charles’ repose”.

The most important sights of the city besides the Palace are the marketplace with its unique pyramid, the Federal Court of Justice and the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. 


Surroundings

 

Besides the local sights Karlsruhe boasts so much appealing scenery right on its door-step. It’s a stone’s throw from Alsace and of course Karlsruhe lies on the edge of the famous Black Forest. Then there are the Vosges Mountains and the Palatinate Forest.

With the Karlsruhe's rail system it is easily possible to reach other towns in the region, like Baden-Baden with its famous casino, Freudenstadt in the Black Forest and many others right from the city centre.

If the variety of cultural activities in Karlsruhe is not enough, it is also possible to do short trips to famous old German cities like Heidelberg or Speyer and many other at-tractive destinations with the Intercity Express.

Heidelberg with the famous castle and the impressive historical old town is one of the most beautiful cities in Germany and a favored destination for tourists from all over the world.

Who is more interested in architectural impressive cathedrals should hav

e a look at Speyer. Speyer is dominated by the Speyer Cathedral, a number of churches and the Altpörtel (Old town gate).

In April 1981, the Speyer Cathedral was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List of culturally important sites. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) justified the inclusion: "The cathedral of Speyer, with those of Worms and Mayence (Mainz), is a major monument of Romanesque art in the German Empire. It is, by virtue of its proportions, the largest and the most important; by virtue of the history to which it is linked – the Salic emperors made it their place of burial."