Conference Venue and Directions
The conference will be held at the Edmond and Lily Safra / Giv'at Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Please note that this is not the Mt. Scopus campus. If you take a taxi and simply ask for “the Hebrew University,” you may accidentally be taken to Mt. Scopus, so please make sure to specify the Giv'at Ram (Safra) campus.
Main Conference Venues
The plenary sessions will take place in the Wise Auditorium.
The main conference area includes the Wise Auditorium, Feldman A Lecture Hall, next to it, and Canada Hall, located across the entrance plaza.
Parallel sessions will take place in the above venues, as well as in the Sprinzak Building, Levi Building, and the Rothberg Auditorium in the Engineering Building.
Lunch will be served in the plaza next to the Wise Auditorium. Coffee breaks and the poster session will take place in the passageway next to Wise.
After the parallel sessions, we will gather for a happy hour on the grass just south of the Wise Plaza. Free beer will be served, and the poster prize winners will be announced.
Map of the conference sites
Getting There by Public Transportation
The most convenient way to reach the campus by public transportation is to take the train to Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon Station, or a bus to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station.
From the area between the Jerusalem Navon train station and the Central Bus Station, you can take the frequent bus line 68 or bus line 66A to the campus.
Bus 66A stops near the pedestrian entrance, close to the plaza next to the Wise Auditorium. Enter through the pedestrian gate, and the conference area will be directly ahead.
Map of bus line 66A
Bus 68 stops inside the campus, near the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. This is the first stop inside the campus. After getting off the bus, cross the street, take the elevator up to the boardwalk, cross it, and turn left toward the Wise area.
Map of bus line 68:
Important Note About Taking the Train
Train service to Jerusalem currently requires making a reservation, at least officially. In practice it isn't enforced (at least it wasn't on Monday). In any case, the reservation is free, and in principle it can also be made on the spot, provided that the train is not full.
If you search for a route online, for example on your smartphone, you should see an option to reserve a place on trains to Jerusalem.
Train search result with reservation option:
Train reservation screen:
Enter your phone number to complete the reservation.