Location Summer School 2017
Lectures
The summer school is taking place at the TU Dortmund University, Germany. To discover more about the university and its surroundings, have a look at About Dortmund.
The lectures will be held at the Seminar Building, Friedrich-Wöhler-Weg 6, 44227 Dortmund, Auditorium 1.001.
Wednesday
The first lecture, by Olaf Spinczyk, takes place at Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics.
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer Straße 2 - 4
The following lecture Ultra low power learning takes place at the new experimental warehouse. Its located at Emil-Figge Straße 73a.
Banquet Dinner
The banquet dinner on Tuesday, 26th of September, will be at the DASA Working World Exhibition, starting at 19.30 o'clock. DASA is Germany’s largest exhibition on the world of work, its past, present and future: https://www.dasa-dortmund.de/en/home/.
DASA is located at Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25 and takes a 15 min walk from the lecture building (1.3 km).
Visa information
For non-EU citizens: Please check if a Visa is needed for entering Germany. Detailed information about the procedure can be found here: http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/Visabestimmungen_node.html
How to reach
By plane: Dortmund can most conveniently be reached from two airports: Dortmund itself and Düsseldorf.
From Düsseldorf airport: The train S1, direction to Dortmund, stops at the University (Dortmund Universität). As an alternative, you can take any train to Dortmund main train station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, Hbf) and from there the S1 back to the University. From this train station it is a 10-15 min walk across the Campus to the Seminar Building, Friedrich-Wöhler-Weg 6, 44227 Dortmund, Auditorium 1.001
From Dortmund airport: Take the Airport Express (Bus) to Dortmund main train station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, Hbf), travel time is approx. 40 min. From here take the train S1, which stops directly at the University (Dortmund Universität). From the train station it is a 10-15 min walk across the Campus to Seminar Building, Friedrich-Wöhler-Weg 6, 44227 Dortmund, Auditorium 1.001
By train: The University has its own train station for line S1 (S-Bahn, look for a white S on a green circle). From Dortmund main station the S1 leaves every 20-30 min and needs 7 min to the University (Dortmund Universität). From the train station it is a 10-15 min walk across the Campus to the Seminar Building, Friedrich-Wöhler-Weg 6, 44227 Dortmund, Auditorium 1.001.
By car: The campus of the Technische Universität Dortmund is situated close to the motorway intersection Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B1 / A40. The best motorway exit you find on the A 45 is "Dortmund-Eichlinghofen" and on the B 1 / A 40 "Dortmund-Dorstfeld". There are signs at both exits leading you to the university.