Location Information

ESSAI 2026 activities will take place at several locations in Vienna. Please consult the schedule carefully to determine the location of your lectures and events.

1. TU Wien Gußhausstraße Campus (Main Location)

• 📍 Address : Gußhausstraße 27, 1040 Vienna (Google Map)
• 📋 Registration desk (opens at 8:00 on Monday, July 6)
• ☕ Coffee breaks: drinks and snacks served on the ground floor
• 🎓 Lecture rooms : EI 2 Pichelmayer, EI 5 Hochenegg, EI 7, EI 8 Pötzl, EI 9 Hlawka, EI 10 Fritz Paschke, EI 11 Geodäsie, Seminarraum 127
• 🗺️ Schematic map: lecture rooms in Gußhausstraße Campus
• 🚇 Subway stations: Karlsplatz (U1, U2, U4), Taubstummengasse (U1)

2. Digital Humanism Summer School Venue

• 📍 Address: Favoritenstraße 11, 1040 Vienna (Google Map)
• Approximately 4 minutes on foot from Gußhausstraße Campus
• Only for the following courses and tutorials:
1. Monday-Thursday, 9:00-10:30: 🌱 Introduction to Digital Humanism
   by George Metakides, Erich Prem, Kees van Berkel, Julia Neidhardt
2. Tuesday-Friday, 11:00-12:30: 🌱 AI and Democracy
   by Heather Kurzbauer, Eugenia Stamboliev, Klaus Staudacher, Martin Lackner
3. Thursday, 13:45 - 15:15: 🚀 AI and War
   by Hannes Werthner
4. Friday, 9:00-10:30: 🚀 Towards Improving AI System Transparency
   by Marta Sabou, Laura Waltersdorfer
• 🎓 Lecture room: FAV 1 Helmut Veith
• 🚇 Subway station: Taubstummengasse (U1)

3. Vienna City Hall / Rathaus (Monday Only)

• 🎉 Welcome Reception: Monday 18:30-22:00
• 📍 Address: Lichtenfelsgasse 2, 1010 Vienna (Google Map)
• Photo by Thomas Ledl - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

4. TU Wien Central Building (Wednesday Only)

 © Matthias Heisler

• 📍 Address: Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien (Google Map)
• Approximately 10 minutes on foot from Gußhausstraße Campus
• Only on Wednesday, 18:30-20:00:
  • 🎙 Public Event: On the chasm between “AI for” and “AI with” people
    by Sennay Ghebreab (keynote followed by a panel discussion)
• 🎓 Lecture rooms: Kuppelsaal (keynote and panel), Prechtlsaal (streaming if needed)
• 🚇 Subway station: Karlsplatz (metro lines U1, U2, U4)

5. WU Library & Learning Center (Thursday Only)

• 📍Address: Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna (Google Map)
• Only on Thusday:
  • 16:30-18:00: 🎙 The Limitations of Data, ML and us
    by Ricardo Baeza-Yates (keynote)
  • 18:00-20:00: Networking Event 🤝 (incl. Social Dinner)
• 🎓 Lecture rooms: Festsaal 1 (🎙keynote and industry spotlight talks), Festsaal 2 (industry booths), Forum (keynote streaming; food and drinks)
• 🚇 Subway station: Messe-Prater (U2)

All ESSAI 2026 Locations: Overview