Venue
The main venue of the conference is the Auditorium of Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The location is at walking distance from most hotels situated in or near central Eindhoven.
The map shows the location of the campus and the Auditorium:
Accomodation
If you need a hotel, please contact the Conference office (conferences@tue.nl).
Make sure to reserve your hotel in time, because the beginning of the conference coincides with the end of the Dutch Design Week, bringing 200.000 visitors to Eindhoven (see below). For the time being, rooms are reserved until September 1 st. (nr of rooms reserved within parentheses after the name of the hotel).
Holiday Inn (25 rooms)
http://www.hieindhoven.com/en/ (7 minutes walking distance from venue)
Single room for € 135,00 p.p.p.n. (including breakfast and excluding citytax of € 3,50 p.p.p.n.)
Double room for € 155,00. Hotel reservation through registration page.
Hampshire Hotel Crown Eindhoven (25 rooms)
http://www.hampshire-hotels.com/en/hampshire-hotel-crown-eindhoven (10 minutes walking distance from venue)
Single room for € 131,00 p.p.p.n. (including breakfast and excluding citytax of € 3,50 p.p.p.n.)
Double room for € 151,00. Hotel reservation through registration page.
Crown Inn Eindhoven (25 rooms )
http://en.crowninn.nl/ (10 minutes walking distance from venue)
Single room for € 70,00 p.p.p.n. (including breakfast and excluding citytax of € 3,50 p.p.p.n.)
Double room for € 90,00. Hotel reservation through registration page.
Sandton Eindhoven City Centre (25 rooms)
www.sandton.eu/en/ (20 minutes walking distance from venue)
Single room for € 79,00 p.p.p.n. (including breakfast and excluding citytax of € 3,50 p.p.p.n.)
Double room for € 94,00. Hotel reservation through registration page.
Additional hotels
Best Western Premier Art Hotel Eindhoven (Design hotel) (12 minutes walking distance from venue)
http://www.arthoteleindhoven.com/eng/arthotel-english.html
Design hotel GLOW (15 minutes walking distance from venue)
Boutique hotel Lumiere (20 minutes walking distance from venue)
http://www.hotellumiere.nl/en/
Pullman Cocagne (15 minutes walking distance from venue)
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-5374-pullman-eindhoven-cocagne/index.shtml
Travel
The closest airports are Eindhoven Airport, Amsterdam Airport and Düsseldorf Airport.
From Eindhoven Airport there is a frequent bus connection to Eindhoven Central Station, bus nr 401, leaving every 10 minutes, taking about 25 minutes. Next to the terminal you will find the bus stop where you can get on the bus. See 9292 journey planner for the schedule. Tickets can be bought in the bus. Alternatively, you can take a taxi but Dutch taxis are rather expensive (costs will be about 35-40 €).
From Amsterdam airport there is a direct train connection to Eindhoven, taking about 1 hr 20 minutes, leaving every 30 minutes. Tickets can be bought in the luggage hall of the airport or in the hall of the railroad station (beware of pickpockets); or buy an e-ticket at https://www.ns.nl/eticket/ticket?language=en. Just follow the signs to the trains. The trains leave at platform 1 or 2. See http://www.ns.nl/reisplanner-v2/index.shtml?language=en for schedule information.
From Düsseldorf airport there is a rather inconvenient train connection to Eindhoven leaving once per hour, taking 2 hrs 30 minutes with at least two transfers. See http://www.nshispeed.nl/en for schedule information.
Information about Eindhoven
http://www.vvveindhoven.nl/en/
The start of the conference (October 27 th) coincides with the closing date of the Dutch Design Week, which is held every year in Eindhoven and draws 200.000 visitors to Eindhoven. See http://www.ddw.nl/