Travel and accommodation
Traveling to Ghent
The easiest way is to fly to Brussels Airport (BRU). There is a railway station at the airport, where you can take a train to Ghent every 30 minutes. The train ride to Ghent takes about an hour and the station is called Gent-Sint-Pieters. You can find the timetable and buy tickets here (fill in 'From: Airport' and 'To: Gent-Sint-Pieters').
Alternatively, you can also take a (high-speed) train directly to Gent-Sint-Pieters station. You can find the timetable and buy tickets here. The search app also includes high-speed trains such as Thalys, Eurostar, TGV and ICE.
From Gent-Sint-Pieters station tram 1 goes to the city centre and stops close to the conference venue (stop 'Verlorenkost'). You can buy a ticket at the vending machine on the platform.
Accommodation
There are plenty of options for good hotels in the city center of Ghent. Some suggestions:
Guesthouse PoortAckere (Oude Houtlei 56, 9000 Gent, 16 min walk from conference venue)
Room rate for a single room from 49€ per night, without breakfast. More information about the hotel here.
Hotel Flandria-centrum (Barrestraat 3, 9000 Gent, 16 min walk from conference venue)
Room rate for a single room from 65 € per night, breakfast included. More information about the hotel here.
Ibis Gent Centrum Opera (Nederkouter 24, 9000 Gent, 6 min walk from conference venue)
Room rate for a single room from 66 € per night, breakfast included. More information about the hotel here.
Hotel De Flandre (Poel 1-2, 9000 Gent, 18 min walk from conference venue)
Room rate for a single room from 129 € per night, breakfast included. More information about the hotel here.
