General Information
Congress Venues
The academic program of the IOSOT 2025 will take place in the main building of Humboldt University, as well as in a neighboring building at Hegelplatz. Rooms with the prefix “UL6” are located in the main building (Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin). Rooms with the prefix “DOR24” are located in the university building at Hegelplatz (Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin). The Room with the prefix “BUR26” is located in the Faculty of Theology (Burgstraße 26, 10178 Berlin).
Main paper sessions can be attended both in person or online. The sessions will be streamed via Zoom. You find the meeting ID and password in your program book.
Special events will be held at the Red City Hall, the Faculty of Theology, and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities. The landing stage for the boat trip is located at the corner of Reichstagsufer and Friedrichstraße.
The book exhibition is located in the Senate Hall (UL6). Opening hours:
- Tuesday, Thursday: 10:00–17:00
- Wednesday: 10:00–16:00
- Friday: 10:00–14:00
Congress Office
The congress office is located in room UL6 1066e. Opening hours:
- Monday: 12:30–17:30
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:30–16:30
- Wednesday: 08:30–14:30
Contact: iosot2025@hu-berlin.de
Using the WiFi
If your academic institution participates in the international Eduroam network, you can access the WiFi network of Humboldt University. Please use your home institution’s Wi-Fi configuration.
Others can connect to the "_Free_Wifi_Berlin" network. When you connect to the network for the first time, you will receive a notification, or a browser window will pop up. If the web browser does not open automatically, click on the notification. Alternatively, open a web browser and call up any website (e.g., www.hu-berlin.de). You will then be asked to agree to the terms and conditions. Click on “Verbinden” (connect).
Your Arrival
There are several trains every hour from BER Airport to Berlin Friedrichstraße. The train station is about a 10-minute walk from the main building of the Humboldt University. At the airport train station, there are ticket counters where you can get advice on buying tickets and also several ticket machines
We recommend downloading the DB Navigator app for your phone to plan your trip.
Accommodation
Unfortunately, we are not able to provide pre-booked hotel rooms or discount codes for hotels etc.
Since Berlin is a popular travel destination during the summer months, we recommend booking your accommodation well in advance.
For their convenient locations and reasonable prices, we recommend the "Motel One" hotels (also known as "The Cloud One" in the U.S.), which, despite their misleading name, are actually hotels.
Here is an incomplete list of hotels close to the congress venue:
- Motel One Berlin Alexander Platz (Grunerstraße 11, 10179 Berlin)
- Motel One Hackescher Markt (Dircksenstraße 36, 10179 Berlin)
- Motel One Berlin Spittelmarkt (Leipziger Str. 50, 10117 Berlin)
- Motel One Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Invalidenstraße 54, 10557 Berlin)
- ADELANTE Boutique Hotel (Borsigstraße 1, 10115 Berlin)
- The Mandala Suites (Friedrichstraße 185–190, 10117 Berlin)
- Maritim proArte Hotel (Friedrichstraße 151, 10117 Berlin)
- Premier Inn Alexanderplatz (Theanolte-Bähnisch-Straße 2, 10178 Berlin)
Berlin has excellent public transportation services. If you don't find a suitable accommodation near the congress venue, you should be able to get there easily by subway or S-Bahn.