Traditional conference format
The second conference day will follow a more traditional format, with 50-minute sessions in 3 parallel tracks.
Sessions start at 9:30 and finish at 17:10.
Please note that this year we’ll have 30% more sessions than at BP16 and previous years! (i.e. 17 instead of 13.)
How the day will be structured
On this day we’ll listen to a total of 17 longer sessions, 50 minutes long each. We’ll have three conference rooms where sessions will take place simultaneously.
Coffee breaks and the lunch break will take place near the largest room, with long buffet tables and some seating capacity.
Schedule
9:00 – 9:30 |
Arrival, badge pickupFor people who attend Saturday sessions only |
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9:30 – 10:20 |
Kicking off the day |
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10:20 – 10:50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50 – 12:40 |
Late morning sessionsWith a 10-minute break between them |
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12:40 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 15:50 |
Afternoon sessionsWith a 10-minute break between them |
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15:50 – 16:20 |
Coffee break |
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16:20 – 17:10 |
Last sessions |
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17:10 – 17:30 |
Closing words |
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19:30 – 22:30 |
Farewell dinner |
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22:30 – 02:00 |
Party open for everyone |
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The venue
This conference day will take place in Hotel Aréna, located 4 metro stops from downtown Budapest. The hotel’s address is Ifjúság útja 1-3, Budapest 1148. Conference rooms are on the first floor.
If you arrive by public transport, take the M2 metro line to ‘Puskás Ferenc Stadion’. Arriving from the city centre, take the exit on your left: as soon as you reach street level, the hotel will be on your right, some 100 meters from the metro stop.
You can also reach the venue by trolley bus #75 from Jászai Mari tér / Hősök tere. Another useful transport link is tram #1, connecting north Buda with south Buda, making a giant loop through Pest.
Farewell dinner
The farewell dinner is not part of the conference ticket. Some 120 people will be there, and that’s pretty much the capacity of the venue.
The dinner takes place in the ice rink building just off Heroes’ Square. You can get there from the hotel by public transport: trolley bus #75 leaves from the conference hotel and drops you off at the gate of the ice rink building. Departure times from the hotel on Saturdays: 18:39, 18:49, 18:59, 19:09, 19:19, etc., get off at ‘Olof Palme sétány’, the journey takes 9 minutes. Make sure you have a valid 3-day pass or validate a ticket.
If you come from the downtown area, the best option is taking the old metro line M1 (launched in 1896 – a sight of its own right) up to ‘Hősök tere’ (Heroes’ Square). From here it’s a 3 minute walk to the ice rink building on the right side of the square.
On the way back there’ll be rented buses. (More on this later)
Party after the dinner
The dinner will slowly morph into a party, and anyone can join in from 22:30 for a cover fee of 1500 Ft or 5€.
Tickets
You can attend the Saturday sessions of BP17 with the following types of tickets. These are the images you’ll see in the webshop.
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 Price: 259€ + VAT |
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