Venue

The EGI Technical Forum 2012 will be held between 17-21 September in Prague, in Clarion Congress Hotel, situated in a modern part of Prague - Vysočany, just 15 minutes from the historical centre of Prague.

The excellent transport accessibility and perfect service facilities make it popular both with individual visitors and business clients.

Clarion Congress Hotel Prague

The hotel has an extensive conference spaces with the capacity for up to 2,500 persons. All 27 halls and meeting rooms, covering total area of 4,000 m2, are equipped with the most modern technology, offering to organizers high quality facilities for hosting all types of events and activities. The contiguous spacious foyer (1 300 m2) is perfect for exhibitions and additional programmes. 

Clarion Congress Hotel Prague offers comfortable accommodation in the wider centre of Prague. It is the only hotel in Prague providing relaxation shopping facilities under one roof - all that with direct entry to the Prague Metro and connection to other means of city transport. A total of 534 Standard or Executive rooms and 25 deluxe suites are available for the guests, as well as eight rooms designed and set up specifically for the handicapped. The rooms are standardly equipped with ensuite bathroom facilities with a bathtub, a mini-bar, an in-room safe, a direct-dial phone, an LCD satellite TV, PAY TV and free wired Internet access. The guests of the Executive rooms can also take advantage of the Club Lounge and other exclusive services. All rooms are non-smoking.

Prague

Prague needs no introduction as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and the world. The capital of the Czech Republic, located on the banks of the river Vltava, is architecturally unique and culturally rich, thanks to its 1,000-year history at the heart of Europe. Since 1992 the historical core of the city covering 866 hectares has been listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage. And September is the best time of the year to visit. more

Conference Dinner in Brevnov Monastery

The Technical Forum's gala dinner will take place at the Brevnov Monastery.

The Brevnov monastery of the Black Monks is the oldest male monastery in Bohemia. It was founded in 993 by Prince Boleslav the Second and Bishop Vojtěch. The late Baroque church of St. Margaret, which is the most valuable structure within the area of the monastery, is a single-nave hall structure with an extended sacrarium. It is one of the best architectural exemple of Czech Baroque. The church was built between 1708 and 1735 following Kryštof Dientzenhofer´s plan. Its interior decoration is also exceptional, dominated by altar paintings by Petr Brandl. Beneath the Baroque work, archeology revealed a Roman crypt from around 1040, which represents one of the most valuable structures of that time in Bohemia. The gate into the area of the monastery is the work of Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer from 1740. It is decorated with a sculpture of St. Benedict with the emblem of the monastery.