Venue

Pier Hall, Rotterdam, NL. One long hall on a pier, with three halls, three studios and a Foyer under one roof.

Rotterdam, NL

Pier Hall

Main Hall holds everyone for the keynote and the closing talk. Hall B and Hall C host the other two tracks, three Studios take the workshops, and the Foyer is where lunch, coffee and the quiet room are.

Cross-section illustration, not to scale.

Illustration of a Pier Hall cross-section showing Main Hall, Hall B, Hall C, three studios and the foyer. Not to scale.

Getting there

By train

Rotterdam Centraal, then the tram for 6 minutes and a 4-minute walk along the water. Count on about ten minutes from the platform to the door. Trains from Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht run several times an hour.

By air

Fly into Schiphol. Direct trains to Rotterdam Centraal take roughly half an hour, then follow the route above.

By bike

12 minutes from the station. Covered racks for 200 bikes sit next to the main entrance.

Registration opens at 08:30 on both days, so leave the station by 08:00 to be early.

Illustration of the route from the station to Pier Hall by tram, bike and on foot, with three nearby places to stay. Not a map, not to scale.

Where to stay

Three places within a short walk of the door. Rotterdam is busy in March, so book your room when you book your ticket.

Stay 1 · 3 min walk

Kadebank Hotel

A quay-side hotel with a breakfast room and bike storage.

Halfstep rate from €159 a night

Stay 2 · 5 min walk

Saltpier Rooms

Twenty rooms above a café, a short stroll along the water.

Halfstep rate from €119 a night

Stay 3 · 9 min walk

Tidewalk Guesthouse

A shared kitchen and a garden, the quietest of the three.

Halfstep rate from €89 a night

Accessibility

Here is what the building and our team provide on both days.

Step-free entrance

The quay-side entrance is step-free, and lifts serve every floor.

Live captions

Real-time captions run in Main Hall, Hall B and Hall C.

Quiet room

A quiet room in the Foyer is open all day on both days.

Gender-neutral toilets

Gender-neutral toilets are available on every floor.

The front row of every room is kept for people who need it. For anything else, such as a sign language interpreter or a seat near an exit, write to us at least two weeks before the event. We reply within two working days, and nobody is asked to explain why they need it.