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Information for Visitors, Delegates and Speakers

1. Travel to Leipzig, Berlin, Accomodation

Leipzig can easily be reached by car, as it is very well connected with the German Autobahn highway system. The nearest Autobahn highways are A14 (North, Northeast), A9 (West) and A38 (South).

From Leipzig, using high speed Intercity Express (ICE) trains, Frankfurt can be reached in 3.5 hours, Munich less than 4.5 hours, Hamburg in 3 hours and Berlin a little over an hour. Also good connections to Prague, requiring a change in Dresden. The largest terminal railway station in Europe, Leipzig's Hauptbahnhof (Europe's largest railway station at 26 platforms) is also home to a fairly large shopping mall.

The airport of Leipzig-Halle is the second biggest airport in Eastern Germany after Berlin and offers few direct connections to Paris and tourist destinations around the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Domestic destinations include Frankfurt, Munich, Dresden, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Cologne, Dusseldorf and Hamburg.

Berlin is not far away so flying to Berlin can be more cost efficient. Arriving at Berlin international airport, a shuttle-service will be offered, the price is 72 Euro both ways. You can book the service with your ticket order / registration form. Every hour there is a fast train (IC / ICE) connection between Berlin main station and Leipzig main station / fair ground, the train needs only 1 hour 10 minutes. The one way ticket costs 43 Euro, see www.bahn.com/i/view/DEU/en.

The airport of Altenburg-Nobitz is 50 km south of Leipzig and offers direct connections to Edinburgh, Girona-Barcelona and London (Stansted).

Numerous comfortable hotels are to be found at the heart of the city of Leipzig, just a few minutes from the main station on foot. The Leipzig Trade Fair will be pleased to assist you with your hotel reservation. Please use www.ot-leipzig.com.

2. Congress Programme, Exhibitors, Visa, Fees and Special Rates
You will find the online congress programme on www.ispo-2010-leipzig.com/congressprogramme

On www.ot-leipzig.com/exhibitorlist you will find the online exhibitor list of
the ORTHOPAEDIE + REHA-TECHNIK 2010 trade show.

For the different trade show fees please notice www.leipzigermesse.de/LeMMon/ort_web_eng.nsf

Delegates needing a visa for entering Germany are kindly advised to consult the website of the German Federal Foreign Office www.auswaertigesamt.de/diplo/en/Startseite.html where they can verify their eligibility to visa requirements, find detailed information on visa application regulations and download an Application Form.

For the different congress fees please notice our website. www.ispo-2010-leipzig.com. (Info for visitors -> Congress fees and Business Hours)

If you buy the 3-Days Ticket, you can choose the three days: Monday to Wednesday or Tuesday to Thursday and so on.

A congress day ticket costs 125 Euro until March 31, later 160 Euro. You can buy the tickets online or on site. Furthermore 3-day tickets and full tickets are available.

A congress day ticket for students costs 40 Euro. Besides there are 3-day tickets and full tickets for students. An international student ID is required. Student tickets can only be ordered by telefax.
You can find the form on www.leipziger-messe.de/LeMMon/ort_web_eng.nsf/frames?OpenPage&Code=0x00x3x.

Reduced congress full-tickets for participants from Low Income Countries (LIC) cost 200 Euro! You can find the form to request this ticket on www.ispoint.org.

Attention! This ticket is only practical if you aren’t a student and if you want to visit the congress for more than one day.

3. During the Congress, Going Out Prices, Transportation
Some information concerning the arrangements and costs during the congress. Please notice, that all prices are estimated.

No free coffee or lunch during the congress is offered. Leipzig trade fair offers a wide range of food from sausages, meat loaf and filled rolls to regional and international cuisine and even high-quality menus. The bistros and restaurants are located between the exhibition halls, a wide variety of dishes is available. Attractive snack bars are located in each of the exhibition halls. A coffee costs about 2 Euro, a cold snack between 2 an 5 Euro.

According to the German Federal Statistics Office, the purchasing power of a "German Euro" ranged from 1.57 Euro in Egypt to 0.66 Euro in Japan. That means that Japan, for instance, is considerably more expensive since there, one Euro is only worth 0.66 Euro in goods.

It's the going out prices that makes Germany expensive. Prices between groceries in the supermarket and beverages and food in a restaurant or a cafe vary substantially. A regular coffee will often cost at least 2 Euro. A glass of water may come in at 1.50 Euro - it's definitely not free as in many other countries. Half a liter of beer is sold for anything between 2 and 4 Euro. A cheap glass of wine costs 3 Euro but there's no upper limit, a midrange meal will set you back by 10 to 15 Euro.

There is a good public transportation system operated by the LVB. Many trams and buses are available - each mostly every 10 minutes during day and at least hourly at night.

The congress takes place at the congress center at the fair ground Leipzig. You can reach the fair ground with the tram No 16 or train (Regional Bahn RB) from the city and from the airport.

The tram from the central train station to the fair ground needs about 20 minutes, the train needs only 5 minutes. The tram fair one way from the city to the fair ground is 2 Euro.