20^th STRENDA meeting

The STRENDA meeting will take place at the Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Alchemium, Faculty of Chemistry, 114 Zeromskiego Street, VIP room, on Tuesday, November 12 and Wednesday, November 13, with the 11th and the 15th for traveling.

On November 14, there is a STRENDA/ESAB Symposium with talks given by the members of the STRENDA Commission and additional guests.

For both events, on request, we will provide online meeting features in addition that take advantage of the best that the two modalities offer.

The scientific program will start on Tuesday, November 12 at 9.00 a.m. , and will start at 9.00 a.m. and end in the late afternoon of Wednesday, November 14.

The language of the meeting is English.

The dress of the meeting is casual/informal.

Photographs may be taken during the meeting which subsequently may be published on the Beilstein-Institut website and in our social media channels.

All participants are requested to register with the registration form sent out by personal e-mail.

Accomodation

For both the members of the STRENDA Commission and invited guests, the organizers will book the hotel room, and if requested the Beilstein-Institut will pay the full board rate at the hotel for the three nights (arrival November 11, departure November 15).

The hotel will be Hampton by Hilton Hotel, Lodz (https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/lcjcchx-hampton-lodz-city-center/).

The venue of the STRENDA COMMISSION Meeting and the STRENDA/ESAB Symposium is on the campus of Lodz University of Technology and the Hampton hotel is located in walking distance closeby in the heart of Lodz, a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre.

By airplane

Lodz is located about 140 km south-west of Warsaw Frederic Chopin airport (https://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/en/index.html), which is the biggest airport in Poland and has can be reached by more than 25 airlines from Europe and Overseas.

In close proximity to the terminal, there is an underground Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station, from which the Warsaw airport trains to Warszawa Centralna (in English: Warsaw Central station), depart (for timetable and ticket orders of airport trains see https://bilety.mazowieckie.com.pl/start ).

Although one could change to the Intercity train (for  timetable and ticket orders see  https://bilet.intercity.pl/zakup_biletu.jsp?lang=EN ) directly to Lodz Fabryczna already at Warszawa Zachodnia (in English: Warsaw West), it is more convenient to change at Warsaw Central station, because the Warszawa Zachodnia station is currently undergoing an extensive modernization, which most probably will still be going on in November 2024. 

Although Lodz is developing its own Lodz Airport Central Poland, which is served by Ryanair and connected by bus and taxi to the city center (about 30 minutes to Lodz Fabryczna station), it is more convenient to plan air travel through an international airport. Other international airports are Katowice International Airport, John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice, and Copernicus Airport Wrocław. From these airports Lodz Widzew and Lodz Fabryczna can be reached by train.

By Train

As mentioned before, travelling from Warsaw Frederic Chopin airport by public transport is best done by first taking the Warsaw airport train to Warsaw Central Station and to change there to the Intercity train directly to Lodz Fabryczna (for timetable and ticket orders see  https://bilet.intercity.pl/zakup_biletu.jsp?lang=EN ).

In the case that your arrival time does not fit with departure time of the direct intercity trains to the Lodz Fabryczna station, one can also take an intercity train from Warsaw Central Station to the Lodz Widzew, which is  the station connected not only to Warsaw but also to the Katowice, Kraków and Wrocław central stations. From Lodz Widzew to Lodz Fabryczna there are many trains (6-8 minutes) (see https://koleo.pl/rozklad-pkp/lodz-widzew/lodz-fabryczna/22-06-2024_21:00/all/all)

At the terminal station Lodz Fabryczna station it is convenient to take a taxi to the Hampton Hotel (Hampton by Hilton Lodz City Center, Piotrkowska 157, 90-440 Łódź, Poland, see  https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/lcjcchx-hampton-lodz-city-center/hotel-info/) and there are always taxis waiting at the station, but you can also book your ride with Uber https://www.uber.com/global/pl/r/cities/lodz-lodzkie-pl/ or Bolt https://bolt.eu/en-mx/cities/lodz/.