Venue
The conference will be held at:
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
Schloss Birlinghoven
53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany
How to reach the campus: http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/en/profil/anfahrt.html
Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The Missionaries established a monastery near the current city centre in 1913. Sankt Augustin is situated about eight km north-east of Bonn.
officially the Federal City of Bonn, is a city on the banks of the Rhine River in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of 309,869 within its administrative limits. The city is the second official residence of the President of Germany, the Chancellor of Germany, the Bundesrat, and the first official seat of six German federal ministries. Bonn is located in the very south of the Rhine-Ruhr region, the largest metropolitan area of Germany, with over 11 million inhabitants.
Founded in the first century BC as a Roman settlement, Bonn is one of Germany’s oldest cities. From 1597 to 1794, Bonn was the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. In 1949, the Parliamentary Council drafted and adopted the German constitution, the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn. Whilst Berlin was symbolically named the de jure capital, from 1949 to 1990, Bonn was the de facto capital of West Germany. After the Fall of the Iron Curtain, Bonn remained the seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999. In recognition of this, the former capital holds the one-of-a-kind title of Federal City.
Over the past years, Bonn has developed into a conference venue. Modern congress facilities conforming to international state-of-the-art standards, competent service providers for successful conference management, a wide range of well-managed hotels in Bonn and the surrounding region testify to high competence in congress organization.
The 20th June 1991 was the beginning of a big challenge for the City of Bonn: at this memorable date, the German Parliament decided with a narrow majority to transfer its seat and the core functions of the government to Berlin.
The idea to transform Bonn into a centre for international cooperation has already been part of the parliamentary vote in 1991. Since then, a great number of organisations working in the international field have been attracted to the city. Together with about 150 non-governmental organisations they form a strong network.
Beethoven City of Bonn
Bonn’s biggest son still sets the tone. In 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn as the son of a family of musicians. His house of birth has long been a much visited museum. The Orchestra of the Beethoven Hall feels an obligation to the big composer’s heritage in quite a special way, which does not only show during the annual International Beethoven Festival in the region’s musical life.
Further Information: http://www.bonn-region.de/english/ and http://www.bonn-region.de/english/culture-art.html