This year’s venue has been generously donated by BTC, the Belgian Development Agency.

Situated in the heart of Brussels in the Quartier des Marolles, the BTC Conference Center - Espace Jacqmotte welcomes you at Hoogstraat 139 rue Haute. The BTC Conference Center - Espace Jacqmotte is a 10 minutes' walk from the Gare centrale as well as from the Gare du midi. It is close to Sablon and famous museums as well as many hotels.

How do I get to the BTC Conference Center - Espace Jacqmotte?

Tram and metro

The closest tram stops at Poelaert and the closest metro at Louise-Louiza. You will get of the tram/metro almost in front of the huge Palace of Justice. Go to ‘the edge’ of the square and you will see an elevator which you have to take downwards. Enjoy the city view of Brussels, cross the square and you arrived at the BTC Conference Center.

Bus

If you are coming by bus, get off at the stop “Kapellekerk-Chapelle”. Now it’s only a short walk through the Hoogstraat-Rue Haut before you arrive.

Train

If you are coming by train the venue is only a 15 minutes walk from Brussel-Centraal/ Bruxelles-Central or Brussel-Zuid/Bruxelles-Midi. Website of the public transport company in Brussels: http://www.stib-mivb.be

If there is no more bus or you prefer taxis:

Shared Taxi "Collecto"

(http://www.taxisverts.be/en/collecto/, http://www.stib-mivb.be/collecto.html?l=fr): available every day between 11PM to 6 AM, only at determined spot ( the bus STIB-MIVB stop). Trajet price : 5€ or 6€ / Phone number 02 800 36 36

Taxi:

http://www.taxisverts.be/en/ / Phone number : 02 349 49 49

Bicycle

Also there is a bike sharing system 'Villo': http://en.villo.be/. Membership fees are €1.60/day or €7.90 per week, payable by card at the automated kiosks attached to every station. On top of membership fees, usage fees vary, but the first 30 minutes are free.

Emergency number in Europe?

Fire brigade, ambulance and police: 112

Languages?

Don’t get confused: most of the official names exist in French and in Dutch, like for example street names. Mostly these are a literal translation of each other, however sometimes they are not. Watch for example out for the train station Brussels south, in french this is Bruxelles-Midi, in Dutch Brussel-Zuid.