22^nd STRENDA meeting

This STRENDA meeting will take place at the Hotel Jagdschloss Niederwald in Rüdesheim (Rhein), Germany.

Please take in account to arrive on Sunday, September 13, and to leave - maybe - on Wednesday, September 16 after the breakfast unless you plan to attend the 7th EnzymeML Workshop which will take place at the same venue starting at noon on the 15^th and ending at noon of the 18th.

The scientific program will start on Monday morning, September 14, at 9:00 am, and ends on Tuesday, Sepember 15, in the late afternoon at about 5 pm.

In the late afternoon of the 15^th, there will be an excursion to the artificial castle ruins "Rössl" with a reception along with the participants of the EnzymeML workshop, followed by dinner at 7.30 pm. Of course, the members of the STRENDA Commission are welcome to attend.

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 September 13, departure September 16). If you plan to also attend the 7th EnzymeML Workshop, please let the organizers of the STRENDA meeting know, and the extension of the reservation will be arranged with the hotel. These extra nights have to be covered individually.

Please note that for a successful registration, the organizers require the completed and signed registration form for the STRENDA meeting. 

The venue is the Hotel Jagdschloss Niederwald (https://niederwald.de/en_US/).

Monday, September 14

9:15
Opening and welcome
Carsten Kettner

9:45
STRENDA - retrospectives
C. Kettner

10:15
Coffee break

10:45
STRENDA activities
C. Kettner

11:30
Tasklist from 2025
C. Kettner

12:00
News from the EC Commission
Andrew McDonald

12:30
Lunch

13:30
News about EnzymeML
Jürgen Pleiss

14:15
News about STRENDA biocatalysis guidelines
Katrin Rosenthal and Dörte Rother

15:00
Coffee break

15:30
News about Thermotables and proposals
Hans Westerhoff and Johann Rohwer

17:00
Representation of the guidelines on the website
C. Kettner

18.00
Close

19:30
Dinner

Tuesday, September 15

9:00
Opening and Reconciliation
C. Kettner

9:15
Proposal - Revision of the STRENDA Guidelines
Discussion

10:00
Outreach activities - introduction and group forming
C. Kettner

10:30
Coffee break

11:00
Outbreak group work - landscape

11:45
Reports and discussion

12:30
Lunch

14:00
Outbreak activities - introduction and group forming

14:15
Outbreak group work - flyer

15:00
Reports and discussion

15:30
Coffee break

16:00
Future projects and tasks
Discussion

16:30
Task list for 2026/2027

17:00
Close

17:15
Excursion

19:30
Dinner

By plane to Frankfurt (Main), Cologne or Dusseldorf

Rüdesheim is located ca. 50 km west of Frankfurt airport which can be reached by almost all airlines from Europe and Overseas. Other airports close to Ruedesheim are Cologne and Dusseldorf.

From these airports, it is then possible to travel by train via Mainz and Wiesbaden to Ruedesheim. Please note the information provided under “By Rail”!

Low-price airlines fly to Hahn airport from where bus connections to Koblenz, Mainz and Frankfurt are available. However, I cannot really recommend travel via Hahn as this airport is located in the middle of nowhere and you may save some amount of money but will spend a lot of time to get to Rudesheim. 

 

By rail

Unlike in the previous years, this year Deutsche Bahn created some challenges to reach Rudesheim as the railway tracks between Wiesbaden and Koblenz are under construction and thus closed for public transport. 

A replacement service with buses has been implemented starting from Wiesbaden. This means that you can reach Frankfurt central station, change the train for Wiesbaden and then change again for the bus. 

The service takes place every 30 min from Wiesbaden. Please refer to the screenshots (see below) for the overview and the details on which bus is dedicated to go to Rudesheim. 

This information applies also for all flying in via Frankfurt airport. From here you can take the train to Wiesbaden and change to the replacement service.

More information about train/bus services can be found here: https://int.bahn.de/en/. 

From the bus station in Rudesheim you either may walk to the chair lift that starts in the heart of the city of Rudesheim and proceed from the Niederwald monument to the hotel or call a taxi

Taxi Singh:+49 (0)6722 406515
Taxi Locke:+49 (0)6722 3333
Taxi Rheingau:+49 (0)6722 2877 

Please also note that this year it is not possible to travel further to Assmannshausen in order to take the chairlift here up to the hotel. The chair lift is closed until the end of the year due to repair works.

For the return, the same applies. Take a taxi down to Rudesheim, Rheinhalle Nord, where the buses leave for Wiesbaden. Here, you can proceed by train to both Frankfurt central station and Frankfurt airport.

 

By car

Coming from Koblenz or Cologne. Take the autobahn A61, exit Bingen and take the ferryboat to Ruedesheim. Alternatively, take autobahn A61, change at "Dreieck Nahetal" to the A60 and drive in the direction "Mainz".
Change at "Dreieck Mainz" to the A643, in the direction "Wiesbaden, Frankfurt", cross the river Rhine and change at "Autobahnkreuz Schierstein" to the A66/B42, in the direction Rüdesheim.

Coming from Frankfurt airport. Take the autobahn A3 and drive in the direction Cologne. Change at "Wiesbadener Kreuz" to the A66, in the direction Wiesbaden.

The autobahn A66 becomes the B42 and leads you directly to Ruedesheim.
Use the following details for your car navigation system:
65385 Rüdesheim/Rhein, Tempelweg.

Note: Please make sure to not confuse Rüdesheim/Rhein with Rüdesheim (Nahe) near Bad Kreuznach.