Venue
IEEE ICDL 2025 will be held at the Ambasador Premium Hotel, ul. Kilinskiego 145, 90-315 Lodz.
The Hotel will provide the service in terms of conference rooms (oral and poster sessions), coffee breaks and lunches during the conference.
Transportation
Lodz is situated in the center of Europe and is one of the biggest cities in Poland.
Lodz is the best-connected city in Poland in terms of motorways and expressways.
To get to Lodz you can choose the following options:
Arriving by air (Chopin Airport in Warsaw)
The best and suggested way of get to Lodz is the use of air connection to Chopin Airport in Warsaw, which is the main and the biggest airport in Poland. The Chopin Airport can be easily reached from abroad with several main international airline companies offering many international destinations including main European hubs like Paris-Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow, Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt. However, please note that there are also direct connections to Chopin Airport from North America, Asia and other parts of Europe.
After reaching Chopin Airport you can use ground transportation by train. You can use firstly special train line to get to the Warsaw Central Station and then use the regular line to get to Lodz Fabryczna or Lodz Widzew train station. There are more than 20 connections per day. Travel time is approximately 1 h and 45 min. Optionally, you can drive by car through A2 motorway (most of international rental companies are available at the airport). The travel time is typically 1 h and 15 min.
Arriving by air (Reymont Airport in Lodz)
Reymont Airport in Lodz can be reached from abroad only with one of the economic airlines, which offers connection with Milan-Bergamo, London-Stansted, Brussels-Charleroi, Birmingham, Dublin, Malaga and Alicante. Please however note that the connections are not every day.
From the airport to the hotel you can take a taxi or bus.
Arriving by air (other airports)
You can use also other airports in such the cities like Cracow, Katowice, Wroclaw, Poznan or Gdansk. From all of these cities you can use train or car to get to Lodz. Both options are comfortable.
Arriving by car
Poland is well connected by road with Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Choosing this option you can reach the city of Lodz by using A1 and A2 motorways or S8 and S14 expressways.
Associated Events
Every afternoon from Monday to Wednesday, at 5:30pm, in front of the entrance to the Hotel, buses will be waiting for conference participants to take them to the place of the evening event. On Monday and Wednesday the buses will also take participants back to the Hotel.
Monday, 19th of May 2025
On Monday evening we would like to invite you to the interiors of the Center of Science and Technology EC1.
EC1 was the first municipal power plant in Lodz, launched in 1907 at Targowa Street, which operated until 2001.
Currently, EC1 Lodz is a revitalized and expanded complex of a former combined heat and power plant, which has become the place of a cultural and scientific institution. The largest Science and Technology Center in Poland, EC1, was opened in 2018. Built in the space of a more than 100-year-old power plant in Lodz, it is sending the energy of knowledge into the world again.
After short guide course, you will enjoy the dinner in the open space next to the revitalized turbogenerator.
Tuesday, 20th of May 2025
Tuesday evening we are going to spend in the interiors of the Museum of the City of Lodz - Poznanski Palace.
The Palace – the culmination of the 19th-century empire of Izrael Poznański, called ‘the cotton king’, was built as part of an enormous factory and residential compound, typical of the industrial architecture of the 19th century. Factory, lavish residence, houses for workers, school, hospital, and even a church – in times of glory it all resembled a true ‘state within state’. In less than half a century, Izrael Poznanski changed from a lowly merchant, who contributed a manufactory worth merely 500 roubles into his marriage with Leonia Hertz, into a powerful factory owner with 11 million in his account.
Before enjoying the dinner in the Dining Room of the Palace we will have an opportunity to see the Palace both from the outside, including beautiful garden, and from the inside. In addition, a musical surprise will be waiting for you in the Palace's Mirror Hall.
After the dinner, we will give you a chance to discover by your own the revitalized area of “Manufactura” and one of the longest pedestrian street in Europe, Piotrkowska, when walking back to the Hotel.
Wednesday, 21st of May 2025
Wednesday evening is intended to Gala Dinner. The place we have chosen for you is “Monopolis”.
The Vodka Monopoly is definitely one of the most important symbols of the factory heritage of Lodz. The third largest factory complex (after the factories of Karol Scheibler and Izrael Poznanski) was built in 1902 and was an important element of the city's development for many years.
The Vodka Monopoly has always played a great role in the life of the city. It was not only a place of work, but also a center of social and cultural events. There was a company nursery, a library and even a theater club there. At its peak, monthly production amounted to one million half-liter bottles of pure and quality vodkas. 620 people worked in two shifts on five production lines and one manual bottling plant. Factory was working until 2007.
Currently, in the post industry environment, “Monopolis” combines different areas of activity in an extraordinary way. Next to the office areas, where the highest level of work comfort is created, there are spaces for cultural events, spending free time and relaxation. It is an inspiring and friendly place opened to and for the people of Lodz.
