Here are a few items to keep in mind as you make your way to the OFDI Conference 2025.
The official venue is the HTW Berlin, Campus Wilhelminenhof, Building G001 and H001 (Wilhelminenhofstraße 75A, 12459 Berlin, Germany).

Accomodation
If you have not booked your hotel accomodations, we recommend that you do so immediately to ensure availability. We recommend you to book in an area like Alexanderplatz, which is the city center of Berlin. We offer a few options.

• Hotel Motel One Berlin-Alexanderplatz (Grunerstraße 11, 10179 Berlin) booking via Websitemight get a business trip discount by using password "BL2025".
• ABACUS Tierpark Hotel (Franz-Mett-Straße 3 -9, 10319 Berlin) booking via Websitecan be discounted via internal booking only. Please reach out to Yzabellune.Run-Grueger@htw-berlin.de for further assistance.
• Other hotel or Airbnb is also an option. 

Transportation
• Taxis to the city center of Berlin can be found outside of the Arrivals Hall of the Berlin Airport.  The taxi ride takes approximately 45 minutes and costs approximately €60, which can be paid by credit card or cash.
• The Flughafen BER train station located in the terminal 1 building at the U2 level of the Berlin airport offers a one-way train ticket from the Berlin Airport to Berlin-Alexanderplatz for €4.40 and takes approximately half an hour (via RE/RB, a regional train) to one hour (via S-Bahn, a normal train). Tickets are available through the airport’s sales points, the automatic vending machines, and online.
• From S-Bahn Alexanderplatz to the HTW Berlin WH Campus, a taxi ride would take approximately 30 minutes and costs approximately €40, which can be paid by credit card or cash.
While a one-way train ticket from to Berlin-Alexanderplatz to HTW Berlin WH Campus would take approximately one hour and costs  €3.80. 
• If you plan to stay up to a week in Berlin, a public transportation is a better choice by buying a weekly ticket from the automatic vending machines or online.

Weather
October in Berlin is the heart of autumn. The city is usually cool, with average daytime temperatures ranging between 10–15°C, while evenings can drop to around 5–8°C. Rain showers are common, so a light waterproof jacket or umbrella is recommended. Days are shorter, but often filled with crisp air and golden autumn light, especially when the trees in Berlin’s many parks show their red, yellow, and orange colors. It is a season of transition—pleasant for walking the city, but best enjoyed with layered clothing to adapt to changing conditions.
Please keep in mind that sometimes the conference spaces can be cooler, so please do not forget your sweater/wrap to stay warm.

On-site Registration
The conference registration is located in the HTW WH H001.
Registration will open on the first day at 9:00 am. Please make sure you bring your registration confirmation (digitally or printed) when you come to registration.

Luggage Storage
If you need to check out of your accommodation on the second day of the conference, you are welcome to bring your luggage with you to the venue. We will provide a secure room where you can store your belongings during the day. Before we leave for the conference dinner, we will lock the room to ensure everything remains safe.

Clothing
Participants should wear business or traditional clothing throughout the two-day conference.  For the Dinner on Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, participants are encouraged to dress more formally or in culturally traditional attire.