Dr. Igor Krupa

Research professor and Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) Polymer Chair at the Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Quatar

Lecture title: “Polymers in water purification technologies”

Prof. Jose R. Leiza

Centro Joxe Mari Korta, Avenida de Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain

Lecture title: “Towards sustainable biobased waterborne adhesives and coatings“

Mohamed Chehimi

Senior Research Director at French CNRSCNRS, Université de Paris, France

Lecture title: “Surface chemistry of aryl diazonium salts in polymer science and engineering”

Prof. Dr. Peter Wick

Heads since 2010 the research laboratory for Nanomaterials in Health at the Federal Laboratories on Materials Science and Technologies Empa in St. Gallen and is 2023 appointed as Adj Professor at Department Health Science and Technology (D-HEST) at ETHZ.

Lecture title: “Innovating advanced materials for health: balancing safety and performance“

Travel and Accommodation
Silvia Podhradská
E-mail: silvia.podhradska@savba.sk
Phone: +421 915 256 015

Program
Matej Mičušík
E-mail: matej.micusik@savba.sk
Phone: +421 915 143 714

General
E-mail: bimac@savba.sk
Phone: +421 232 294 307

Address:
Polymer Institute SAS
Dúbravská cesta 9
845 41 Bratislava 45
Slovak Republic

Enter the address from which you are departing:

Highways in Slovakia is charged.
Vignettes you can buy here eznamka.sk/en/
Free parking in front of Hotel Patria (Free, if accommodated in Hotel Patria).

Recommended travel connections when traveling by plane:

Bus from Vienna to Bratislava:
cp.sk/en/vlakbusmhd/spojenie/ (covers connections from most travel companies)
slovaklines.sk/en/ (recommended)
flixbus.com/ (alternative)

Public transport from Bratislava airport/bus station:
imhd.sk/ba/public-transport

Tickets for transport in Bratislava

You can pay by contactless bank card directly in the bus/tram (yellow devices) (30 min, 1.09€)

Paper tickets are available at automated vending machines (the yellow or new red models) found at most
stops. You can pay with cash or card. The minimum fare is €1.20 for 30 minutes. Remember to validate
your ticket using the machine inside the bus or tram as soon as you get on.

Hotel Max Inn, maxinn.sk/en/

Connections:
61: from Airport to Main station (Hlavná stanica) → 32 from Main station (Hlavná stanica) to Suchý mlyn

Clarion Congress Hotel Bratislava, clarioncongresshotelbratislava.com/

Connections:
from Bratislava Airport: direct connection: 61 to Main station (Hlavná stanica)
from bus station: direct connection 21 to Pod stanicou or 40 Hlavná stanica (Main station)

You can purchase tickets directly on the official Slovak Railways (ZSSK) website: predaj.zssk.sk/search. English version of the website is available in the menu.
Since the booking system currently limits future dates, you should start checking for tickets approximately two months before the meeting.

Hotel Patria, Štrbské Pleso 33, Vysoké Tatry 05 985
www.hotelpatria.sk
*note – When booking the room, please also include the password BIMAC.
The price is approximately €140 per night.

Alternative accommodation near the venue

1. Hotel Panorama resort – ca 243 EUR, 1.0 km from the venue (12 min by foot)
   hotelpanorama.sk/ubytovanie
2. Hotel FIS – ca 225 EUR, 0.6 km from the venue (9 min) tmrhotels.com/hotel-fis/sk/
3. Vila Emma – 176 EUR, 1.3 km from the venue (16 min) vilaemma.pekyho.sk
4. Apartmán Panorama – 308 – 197 EUR, 0.95 km (12 min) – possible to find on booking.com
5. Apartmán Štrbské Pleso – Crocus – 219 – 244 EUR, 0.95 km (12 min) – possible to find on booking.com