Venue

Congress Venue Austria Center

The so called " Danube City " is located across the River Danube in Vienna 's northern part. This district represents the "modern Vienna ", where several of office towers have emerged and where research & development is practiced in the " Vienna Tech-Gate". Right there, at the banks of the river, the "Copa Cagrana" has developed, an assembly of international restaurants, taverns and bars, facing the " Danube Island ", a huge recreation area for locals and tourists, home of the annual "Danube Island Music Festival", which attracts more than a million enthusiastic spectators.		© WienTourismus  /  Peter Koller
Some 30 years ago, this region was vast and empty, a flooding area for the Danube, until the day when Vienna was selected as third headquarter of the United Nations Organisations. Thus, the "UN-City" was erected right there and the Austria Center Vienna was built, as the last construction phase, mainly to hold meetings and conferences of the UN.
© Schauer	Austria 's largest conference facility is one of the global players in the meetings industry. Opened in 1987, the ACV can accommodate some 9.500 delegates, seated in 14 lecture rooms (100 - 4.200 theatre style) and 170 small meeting rooms and offices (22 - 165 m²) on four levels. Four purpose-built exhibition halls (12.000 m²) and another 10.000 m² of foyer areas complete the ACV conception of space. From 2003, the ACV has undergone a stepwise refurbishment: heavy wooden panels gave way to bright white walls with contemporary pieces of arts, airy reception & registration counters and inviting foyer bars. Meeting an innovative catering concept, the traditional restaurant has vanished and has been turned into another multipurpose lot, replaced by 9 foyer restaurants, in the immediate vicinity of the lecture rooms.

Access to the congress venue

To reach the ACV from the city centre (Stephansplatz) take the U1 underground line. Get off at Vienna International Centre/Kaisermühlen and take the exit marked Schüttaustraße. Travelling time: approx. eight minutes.