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Venue

SI-SE 2004 will take place on the Irchel Campus of the University of Zurich,
Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich.

Tutorials (March 18): Building 27  

Symposium (March 18-19): Building 21, Theatersaal

Please follow the signs that you will find on the Campus.

 

How to get to the Irchel Campus of the University of Zurich

By train

Plan your train ride to Zurich using the online timetable of the Swiss Federal Railways.
Leave the train station towards the city and walk to the tram station Bahnhofplatz (see a
map here). Buy a ticket at the vending machines installed at the station (the tram drivers do not sell tickets!). Then

  • Take tram 10 (heading for Bahnhof Oerlikon or Seebach) to Irchel.
    Walk about 6 minutes to the symposium site,
  • Or take tram 14 (heading for Seebach) to Milchbuck
    Walk about 10 minutes through the Irchel park to the symposium site.

In total you will need about 30 minutes from the arrival of your train until you arrive at the symposium site.

Overview map      Tram timetables

 

By car

If you come from

  • Basel/Bern/Geneva (West) Follow the autobahn A1. At "Limmattaler Kreuz" follow the A1 (direction Zürich Nordring, St.Gallen), passing through the Gubrist tunnel. After about 12 kilometers the autobahn splits. Follow the signs towards downtown Zürich City and then to City, Milchbuck. At the end of a short tunnel you reach an exit Tierspital, Universität Irchel. Don't exit, but continue for about 200 m, and you will find the direct entrance to the university's underground multi-storey car park (Irchel, exit to the left!)
  • Konstanz/Schaffhausen/St.Gallen/Winterthur (North) Follow the autobahn A1. After "Brüttiseller Kreuz" follow the signs towards downtown as if coming from the West.
  • Gotthard/Chur (South) Follow the autobahn to its end, then follow signs Winterthur, Transit until you see signs for Tierspital, Universität Irchel. Then follow the signs to the university's underground multi-storey car park (Irchel).

From the University's car park take the elevator to the top floor (outdoors) and walk to the Symposium site. Please note that parking is not free.

 

By plane

Zurich's international airport is situated just 11 km from the city center and is connected to the Swiss railway network. There are two to four trains per hour from the airport to Zurich main station. Alternatively, a taxi from the airport to the Irchel campus will cost about 40 Swiss Francs.

 

Orientation on Campus

See the campus map here.

 

Hotel accommodation

If you need a hotel, please book online on the Web pages of Zurich Tourism

or contact Zurich Tourism at:
Phone +41-1-215 40 00
Fax +41-1-215 40 44

 

 

Martin Glinz    2004-01-07