Travel Information and Conference Venue

From - airport to Madrid city centre:

By Taxi: flat rate is 30 € By public transport: - if you arrive at Terminal 4, you can reach the city centre either by train, by metro or by bus. - if you arrive at Terminal 1,2,3, you can only get either bus or metro.

- By train: from Terminal 4, get Cercanias line C1. Please check the stops on the scheme below. Also check the airport webpage at https://www.aeropuertomadrid-barajas.com/transportation/madrid-airport-bytrain.htm

Speakers staying at Hotel Liabeny can either change in onto Cercanias or 4 to or, alternatively, can get off the Cercanias train at Atocha and switch on to Metro to Sol. Please check the Cercanias and Metro map uploaded to the conference webpage.

- By bus: you can get the “Airport Express” bus. please check the airport webpage at https://www.aeropuertomadrid-barajas.com/transportation/madrid-airport-bybus.htm

- By metro: Take (pink line) to Nuevos Ministerios. Speakers staying at Hotel Liabeny can change and get down to Plaza de España metro station and walk to the hotel. Speakers staying at hotels near Chamartin can change at Nuevos Ministerios and get line 10 up to Chamartin metro station. Please check the metro map uploaded to the conference webpage.

From Madrid city centre to the University: take Cercanias line C4 , direction Alcobendas-San Sebastian de los Reyes or Colmenar Viejo, and get off at Cantoblanco station. Please check the Cercanias train map uploaded to the conference webpage.

Tickets: If you are planning to use both metro and train system extensively, you might want to buy a Tourist card: http://www.crtm.es/billetes-y-tarifas/otras-tarjetas/turistica.aspx?lang=en You can buy such combined tickets at metro stations or at the airport. Please bear in mind that the city centre is in zone A whereas the university is in zone B. Alternatively, if you only want to use the Cercanias train system, you might rather be interested in a 10- trip ticket for Cercanias use only: http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/cercanias/madrid/abonos_y_descuentos/bonotren.html Again, bear in mind that the city centre is in zone A whereas the university is in zone B. Please note that you cannot buy this kind of ticket at a metro station. When buying train tickets at the train station, please make sure you are using the right machine! Please look for this symbol:

and steer clear of Renfe machines for long-distance trains!

From Cantoblanco train station to the conference venue: The conference will take place at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in the Sala Polivalente of the Plaza Mayor building. Please check maps and pictures below.

This is what you will see coming from the train station:

You will have to walk through the internal court of the Plaza Mayor building to reach the conference venue (“Sala Polivalente”, which is on the ground floor)