The EGU General Assembly 2022 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world for one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career scientists, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.

<p>The EGU General Assembly 2022 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world for one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career scientists, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.</p>


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General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union

The topic is the future trends and strategic development of the European payments landscape. Insights from the industry&#8217;s most influential payments experts will be presented. Attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas on digital transformation, open finance, CBDC and stablecoins, real-time payments, liquidity management, cybersecurity, payments as a service, KYC and digital identity.

<p>The topic is the future trends and strategic development of the European payments landscape. Insights from the industry&#8217;s most influential payments experts will be presented. Attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas on digital transformation, open finance, CBDC and stablecoins, real-time payments, liquidity management, cybersecurity, payments as a service, KYC and digital identity.</p>


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The ESHG Conference has two main scopes: to provide a platform for the dissemination of the most exciting   in the field of human genetics and to foster the education of the upcoming generation of human geneticists. The conference is held in hybrid setting.

<p>The ESHG Conference has two main scopes: to provide a platform for the dissemination of the most exciting   in the field of human genetics and to foster the education of the upcoming generation of human geneticists. The conference is held in hybrid setting.</p>


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European Human Genetics Conference

Austrias hottest eSports Festivals awaits its guests with stunning esports & gaming action. Top eSports athletes from all across Europe compete in the A1 eSports League Austria Finals in Brawl Stars, League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics and VALORANT live on stage. Visitors can also join the game and compete in tournaments or enjoy the vast options in entertainment like arcade games, minigolf & more.

<p>Austrias hottest eSports Festivals awaits its guests with stunning esports & gaming action. Top eSports athletes from all across Europe compete in the A1 eSports League Austria Finals in Brawl Stars, League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics and VALORANT live on stage. Visitors can also join the game and compete in tournaments or enjoy the vast options in entertainment like arcade games, minigolf & more.</p>


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The Austria Center Vienna has won a pair of Gold Stevie® Awards, taking first place in the Covid-19-related Communications or PR Campaign of the Year sub-category for the testing and vaccination lanes operated on behalf of the City of Vienna, while the Hybrid Circle was named Brand Experience of the Year. The winners will receive their awards at an online ceremony on 24 May.

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Deputy Press Officer

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Press release: Double gold for Austria Center Vienna at prestigious German Stevie® Awards

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<p>“I’m very proud that we have won two international awards at once. The Covid-19 pandemic has been extremely demanding for all of us. So I’m delighted that our comprehensive communications campaign for the testing and vaccination lanes operated on behalf of the City of Vienna is held in such high regard. We quickly realised that this crisis would also bring about fundamental changes in the event industry, so in parallel we put our heart and soul into developing innovative hybrid event formats. And the Hybrid Circle has enabled us to take interactive customer events to a whole new level,” said Susanne Baumann-Söllner, Managing Director of the Austria Center Vienna.</p>
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<h3>Gold for communications campaign for Covid-19 testing and vaccination lanes</h3>
<p>The Austria Center Vienna set up Europe’s first Covid-19 testing lane in September 2020. Originally intended as a safety measure for large-scale events, the facility at the venue grew to become Austria’s largest testing and vaccination centre. In contrast to its core business of staging large-scale international events, in this mega-project the Austria Center Vienna focused on communications aimed at a target group that it traditionally has had little contact with: the residents of Vienna. A clearly defined communications strategy was devised in consultation with the client, the City of Vienna, and implemented in partnership with the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Vienna. A comprehensive package of communication measures was put together, ranging from initial information posted on the Austria Center Vienna website, clear signage and guidance systems on site, support for media events and proactive communication on social media, through to assistance for the City of Vienna complaints management unit provided by the Austria Center Vienna’s in-house ombudsman service.</p>
<h3>Best practice: major players join forces to create exemplary solution</h3>
<p>Above all, the panel of judges singled out the impressive joint solution developed by several major organisations to ensure the smooth provision of tests and vaccinations to the people of Vienna, calling it “exemplary” and “a masterstroke”. According to one judge, it was “an outstanding feat of logistics and communications, something which we would have liked to have seen more of in Germany”. In addition, the strategic approach featuring an entertainment element was seen as a “refreshingly positive emotional USP for such a serious topic”. Another panel member highlighted the imaginative nature of the campaign: “the great effort involved in bringing all the different aspects to life is what makes this initiative unmistakeable and exemplary”. The campaign’s success is reflected in the figures: over 3.6 million visitors to the testing and vaccination facility, 5 million-plus website visits, thousands of branding and orientation signs, tens of thousands of positive reviews on social media, hundreds of press events and more than 4,000 reports in the media. “Achieving the highest possible vaccination rate in a city of two million people calls for the very best logistics and communications solutions. At the City of Vienna’s Public Health Services department, we’re delighted that our cooperation with the Austria Center Vienna was such a great success. At the Austria Center Vienna we reached out to millions of people using various forms of communication. This played a decisive part in enabling the capital to stem the spread of the coronavirus so effectively,” commented Jochen Haidvogel, head of the City of Vienna’s Public Health Services department (Municipal Department 15). “We’re proud to have supported the City of Vienna on such a vital task and made a crucial contribution to fighting the pandemic,” Baumann-Söllner added.</p>
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<h3>Best brand experience of the year: Hybrid Circle</h3>
<p>Hybrid event formats have been in the ascendency for a number of years now, with the coronavirus pandemic elevating the trend to the new industry standard. “We took the frequent criticism about the discernible separation between on-site and online participants very seriously, and developed the Hybrid Circle in cooperation with our partners Media Apparat, Flave and AV-Professional. It’s a new format that moves us away from lecture-style keynotes in favour of real discussion, so it combines the best of both worlds,” Baumann-Söllner explained. A 360° set-up with several cameras and ultra-large screens creates a unique experience for all participants, both at the venue and online. “The Hybrid Circle shows how we can rethink conventional event formats and combine them with hybrid elements to not only overcome geographical barriers, but also to usher in a new era in event production,” said Andreas Göltl, Managing Director of Media Apparat. In September 2021, the Austria Center Vienna invited a panel of experts to a hybrid event designed to give customers an insight into the new hybrid concept.</p>
<h3>Judges impressed by innovative new format</h3>
<p>The judges praised the Hybrid Circle, calling it an attractive and integrative format which will definitely have a place in events long after the pandemic. The panel also cited the “first-rate implementation of the hybrid concept and genuine added value compared to pure in-person events”, as well as “the future-proof nature of the new format”. “It’s important to us that the Hybrid Circle is easily scalable. This makes it a meaningful addition to both large-scale conferences and exclusive discussion formats with fewer participants. These plaudits will spur us on to develop even more hybrid formats tailored to the needs of our customers,” Baumann-Söllner noted.</p>
<h3>About the Stevie® Awards</h3>
<p>Covering a huge range of categories, the German Stevie® Awards are a high-profile business accolade for companies in Europe’s German-speaking countries. Entries are invited from all countries where German is an official language. Organisations from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland were able to submit entries in over 200 categories, detailing their accomplishments and contributions since July 2019.</p>
<h3>About IAKW-AG</h3>
<p>Internationales Amtssitz- und Konferenzzentrum Wien, Aktiengesellschaft (IAKW-AG) is responsible for maintaining the Vienna International Centre (VIC) and operating the Austria Center Vienna. The Austria Center Vienna is Austria’s largest conference centre, with 19 halls, 180 meeting rooms, and some 26,000 m² of exhibition space, and is one of the top players on the international conference circuit.</p>


Double gold for Austria Center Vienna at prestigious German Stevie® Awards

Behind the scenes at the nation’s largest vaccination and testing centre, the Austria Center Vienna is gearing up for a packed year for congresses ahead. After two years of postponements and a new focus on online formats, this year will finally see a return for numerous congresses with thousands of on-site participants. To ensure that these events play out as safely as possible, the majority of them will be held during the extended summer months. The Wiener Spielefest has also been brought forward to October. Meanwhile, the vaccination and testing facility at the venue will remain in operation until the spring at least. 

Scheurich, David

Department Head Communication; Press Officer

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<p>“We are already busy this year preparing for the phased return of large-scale congresses. Our experiences of numerous national and international restrictions last winter led us to schedule as many events as possible between April and October,” confirmed Susanne Baumann-Söllner, Managing Director of the Austria Center Vienna. In accordance with the new timeline, the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will take place at the end of May, followed by the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference and European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress in June, and the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in July 2022. Additional highlights include the Baukongress at the end of April, the Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society (ICS) and the Society for Arthroscopy and Joint-Surgery (AGA) Congress in September, with the Annual Meeting of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) and European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) scheduled for October. Forced to skip two years due to Covid-19, this year the Wiener Spielefest will take place from 21-23 October before returning to its regular November slot.</p>
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<h2>Maximum flexibility the order of the day</h2>
<p>As a result of the pandemic, numerous large-scale congresses had to be put back to 2022 and beyond. So this year will call for one thing above all else when it comes to planning: flexibility. “The industry continues to find itself in a general state of uncertainty and is waiting to see how the number of infections and the resulting measures develop. But by offering organisers the option of switching to a summertime slot and enabling them to stage their gatherings as hybrid events with full flexibility in terms of on-site participant numbers, we have been able to give our customers the highest possible degree of planning security,” Baumann-Söllner explained. The actual number of participants will depend on developments over the next few weeks and months – and the Austria Center Vienna is prepared for various scenarios.</p>
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<h2>Industry in transition: sustainable congresses are the future</h2>
<p>Only a few years ago, the congress industry was very much a seasonal business, with a clear focus on spring and autumn. The current trend towards staging events in the summer could be here to stay, and not just due to the pandemic. But this is just one of countless changes right now: “The industry is undergoing a fundamental shift. Topics such as hybrid offerings, options for getting to and from the venue and flexibility when it comes to the amount of time participants actually take part are becoming more important all the time. Anyone who decides to travel to another country for a congress needs a compelling reason to do so. And it is our job to provide the perfect environment for knowledge transfer and networking. This now includes our leafy terraces and outdoor areas, which will experience another major growth spurt this year,” Baumann-Söllner elaborated. In line with its status as the first certified green conference centre in the country, the Austria Center Vienna published its first sustainability report in late 2021 which targets several measures, including the goal of significantly increasing the number of green meetings and green events at the centre over the next few years. The congress centre has provided free consulting and certification services for many years now, an approach that helped to cut the amount of general refuse by around 125 tonnes and paper consumption by 200 tonnes at the meetings held during Austria’s Presidency of the European Council in 2018 in one of many such examples.</p>
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<h2>Around 2 million vaccinations and 1.6 million tests at the ACV and counting</h2>
<p>The largest vaccination and testing facility in the country will continue to operate at the Austria Center Vienna until spring at the very least. So far, around 2 million doses of the vaccine and 1.6 million tests have been administered at this location alone. During the same period, the venue pressed ahead with the biggest renovation project in its history. With work inside the main building – including in the entrance hall, and in the halls and lounges – scheduled for completion in phases, it means that participants can look forward to using the newly modernised areas at events for the first time this year. “Due to cancellations and postponements of events over the past two years, we have been able to make much quicker progress on the modernisation project than originally planned, and we can’t wait to unveil the new areas to our international customers,” Baumann-Söllner concluded.</p>
<h2>About IAKW-AG</h2>
<p>Internationales Amtssitz- und Konferenzzentrum Wien, Aktiengesellschaft (IAKW-AG) is responsible for maintaining the Vienna International Centre (VIC) and operating the Austria Center Vienna (ACV). The Austria Center Vienna is Austria’s largest conference centre. With 19 halls, 180 meeting rooms and some 26,000 square metres of exhibition space, it is one of the top players on the international conference circuit.</p>


Congresses return to Vienna: Austria Center Vienna expecting strong summer for events

The danubeSAIL and the new Panorama Walk are already finished and work on the new entrance building is nearing completion. Never one to stand still, Austria’s largest congress centre is already taking its next major step: renovation of its centerpiece – the landmark entrance hall – and work on Halls E and F as well as lounge areas are up next. Work is scheduled for completion at the end of 2022. 

Press Release Austria Center Vienna renovates entrance hall

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<p>“Modernisation of the interior spaces is crucial for future congresses. And here, we are putting a special focus on our entrance hall. This is the most frequently rented part of the building as it is not only suitable as a reception and participant registration zone, but also as a central exhibition and networking space,” confirmed Managing Director and Management Board Spokeswoman Susanne Baumann-Söllner The directly adjacent Halls E and F, and the lounge areas on Level 1 are also being updated and brought in line with the state-of-the-art, as Michael Rotter, Managing Director Building and Facility Management explained: “The challenges lie in bringing the architecture of the 1980s into line with the needs of a contemporary conference building. This involves linking various aspects such as air conditioning, energy-efficient LED lighting and flexible room solutions.”</p>
<h2>Entrance hall goes digital</h2>
<p>Covering around 1,800m², the Austria Center Vienna entrance hall is located on Level 0, which is the most in-demand part of the main building. It serves as the core space of many events. A pair of escalators and stairways to the left and right lead participants up to the gallery which looks out over the entrance hall. The inviting character of this central space will be further enhanced through the introduction of light-coloured materials, while newly created anchor points will open up fresh options for attractive stand concepts and room-in-room solutions. While various set-ups were also possible in the past, they required extensive planning due to architectural limitations. The creation of a customisable LED lighting system will allow organisers to create numerous different lighting moods. Another major change relates to the new digital branding spaces, the most prominent of which is located in the wrap-around gallery parapet running between the stairwells. In line with the venue’s commitment to sustainable energy management, all media will be managed and monitored centrally for the first time.</p>
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<h2>New look for Halls E and F</h2>
<p>Directly adjacent to the entrance hall are Halls E and F, both of which can be subdivided using sliding partition walls. Thanks to their direct access to the entrance hall, these two halls are among the most-used of any of the spaces at the congress centre. After modernising the spaces through the addition of new wall and ceiling panels, the visitor balconies will be removed, while the interpreter booths will remain in place.</p>
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<h2>Lounges: new space concept with movable walls</h2>
<p>The creation of a second entrance in the new entrance building means that participants will be able to access Level 1 directly via an escalator. This change brought with it the need to adapt the existing lounge area, which will be available for use in future as a registration and cloakroom space. As the space had been broken up by the presence of numerous columns, only a fraction of it could actually be used for lectures. But the creation of a new layout with rooms of 100-200m² will significantly upgrade this part of the building. In future, organisers will be able to use the area as a single event space or subdivide it into three halls (L1, L2 and L3) for breakout sessions, workshops and seminars.</p>
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<h2>Facts and figures</h2>
<p>The Austria Center Vienna’s major EUR 25.1 million renovation project has been in full swing since summer 2021. The project manager is ARGE HPM Weiner, and general consultant Vasko + Partner was appointed following a tendering process. General contractors are Sedlak (construction), Bacon (building services) and Fleck (electrical installation). Completion is scheduled for the end of 2022, with some of the spaces set to be ready in time in spring 2022.</p>
<h2>About IAKW-AG</h2>
<p>Internationales Amtssitz- und Konferenzzentrum Wien, Aktiengesellschaft (IAKW-AG) is responsible for maintaining the Vienna International Centre (VIC) and operating the Austria Center Vienna (ACV). The Austria Center Vienna is Austria’s largest conference centre. With 19 halls, 180 meeting rooms and some 26,000m² of exhibition space, it is one of the top players on the international conference circuit.</p>


Next phase of modernisation: Austria Center Vienna renovates entrance hall, key halls and lounge areas

Austria’s largest congress centre was hit incredibly hard by the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2020 financial year. As with the rest of the international events industry, its core business evaporated overnight in March, leading to a 61.2% year-on-year decline in revenue to EUR 5.14m. A turning point came in September with the internationally-groundbreaking rapid testing pilot project, which provided the basis for what is now Austria’s largest testing and vaccination facility. This critical operation can be compared to an ongoing large-scale congress, which in 2021 will lead to capacity utilisation and staffing reaching levels not seen before at the venue.

Press Release: Austria Center Vienna takes stock of the pandemic

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<p>“2020 was a year of extremes for us: after an outstanding start, the outbreak of the pandemic saw our core business grind to a halt overnight in March. In September, though, we became the first venue in Europe to demonstrate that rapid testing was an effective tool for combating the spread of Covid-19. And since then we have been supporting the City of Vienna as the largest testing and vaccination facility in Austria. I am extremely grateful that we can make an active contribution towards a gradual return to normality,” said Susanne Baumann-Söllner, Managing Director of the Austria Center Vienna.</p>
<h2>International congresses: complete collapse of core business</h2>
<p>The Austria Center Vienna was one of the first congress centres in Europe to feel the full force of the pandemic. The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) – the venue’s largest congress by some margin, with up to 25,000 participants – had to be postponed at short notice at the start of March. And the same applied for all of the other large-scale congresses. This development was reflected in a complete collapse in revenue from events: turnover plummeted 61.2% to EUR 5.14m as against the EUR 13.29m reported in what was a particularly strong 2019. The 2020 figures include other income (primarily from testing lanes in November and December) of EUR 2.72m. “The sudden outbreak of the pandemic came as a shock for the entire industry. We used the following months to postpone events, continue our various construction projects and come up with numerous hygiene plans and hybrid meeting concepts,” explained Baumann-Söllner.</p>
<h2>Rapid testing pilot project provides turning point</h2>
<p>In September 2020, a unique opportunity presented itself for the Austria Center Vienna to acquire a fresh batch of the newly authorised and, in some cases, still contentious Covid-19 rapid testing kits. Run in partnership with the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the project drew a great deal of interest internationally, with around 2,000 students being tested shortly before their lecture. Baumann-Söllner elaborated: “What is now standard practice worldwide seemed like something out of a science fiction movie for many at the time. It was a stroke of luck that we were able to contribute to the logistical side of things in our capacity as a congress centre with many years of experience of large-scale events. We continue to use the DNA of this pilot project today, tweaking it as necessary.”</p>
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<h2>2021: vaccination and testing lanes comparable to an ongoing large-scale congress</h2>
<p>With the Austria Center Vienna already operating a testing facility at the venue since November 2020 on behalf of the City of Vienna with the support of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund medics, it has since been entrusted with running vaccination lanes, which opened in March 2021. To date, around 1 million rapid tests have been taken and around 700,000 doses of the vaccine administered. Baumann-Söllner: “I would like to say a big thank you to the City of Vienna, all partner enterprises and, above all, the numerous employees who have been hard at work making this mammoth project possible for more than half a year! Each day we welcome between 15,000 and 20,000 residents of Vienna at the venue, which is the equivalent of hosting a very large congress seven days a week without closing, from seven in the morning until seven at night.” Due to the staffing demands this brings, the number of people working at the venue has been increased temporarily from 90 permanent employees to more than 600 at present. And this does not include people at contractors with high staffing requirements, such as security and cleaning providers.</p>
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<h2>Events returned in May – but international congresses and Spielefest delayed until 2022</h2>
<p>Thanks to the latest easing of restrictions, the Austria Center Vienna welcomed back a series of smaller virtual and hybrid events in May, starting with the Red Bull Campus Clutch – its first ever esports tournament. Following the virtual World Congress of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the start of the month, the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology will be held in June, and this July will see the European Biophysics Congress take place at the venue as a hybrid event. Another highlight, coming at the start of September, is the high-security 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. Due to continued uncertainty, larger-scale international congresses will not be returning until 2022. Regrettably, the same goes for the Wiener Spielefest, which has been put back a year.</p>
<h2>Outside is the new inside: a pandemic trend that’s here to stay</h2>
<p>With testing and vaccination lanes operating in the background, the largest modernisation project in the venue’s history is currently nearing completion. After covering the square with the danubeSAIL and the addition of the new Panorama Walk, the finishing touches are also being put to the new entrance building. “We’re delighted with the results, and are already busy planning the next round of modernisation for the years to come. Projects include a redesign for the entrance hall, a modern lounge area, a refurb for the car park and greening measures. The pandemic trend of “outside is the new inside” is definitely here to stay after Covid. In response, we are already looking at ways to make the square outside the main building and the terraces more attractive and we want to take steps to incorporate the neighbouring Donaupark for the benefit of future congress participants,” Baumann-Söllner concluded.</p>
<h2>About IAKW-AG</h2>
<p>Internationales Amtssitz- und Konferenzzentrum Wien, Aktiengesellschaft (IAKW-AG) is responsible for maintaining the Vienna International Centre (VIC) and operating the Austria Center Vienna (ACV). The Austria Center Vienna is Austria’s largest conference centre. With 24 halls, 180 meeting rooms and some 26,000 square metres of exhibition space, it is one of the top players on the international conference circuit.</p>


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