Location, Climate and Travel

Location
ECM congress sessions take place at the modern Aspen lecture room at the Davos Conference Centre. The Congress Centre is located in the middle of Davos town, between the mountains of the Parsenn and Jakobshorn ski regions. Davos is a famous Alpine ski resort and also holds many international summer sports events.
The Congress Center hosted the World Economic Forum for the last 30 years attended by economic and political world leaders. It also hosts many other conferences including the annual AO course for fracture treatment for the 1st two weeks of every December (over 2000 attendees).

Climate
The weather in late June / early July is generally nice with daily temp. of 20-25°C (though in 2003 we reached 33°C). It is usually 5-6°C lower than the lowlands of Zurich. It could however be more chilly, rainy and even a quick snow fall! A light raincoat could perhaps also be needed.

Latest local weather can be found on the Davos website.

Exercise
If you are sporty bring running trainers, the lake has a 4 Km flat path around it (time from 13 minutes if you are a pro- 20 minutes normal to 30 minutes for beginners, or a 1hr walk). there are also mountain runs, which sometimes Geoff richards will also do.
Bring walking boots to go for mountain walks at the weekend or shorter walks on the free afternoons. Davos Tourism can offer you many walking routes.
You can also hire mountain bikes, but take a helmet also :-), especially if you are a presenter and have not presented when starting your ride.

Travel
The nearest airport is Zürich-Kloten (about 160 Kilometers). The best way to travel from Zürich-Kloten airport to Davos is by train. There are hourly train connections with a total train journey of just 2 hours 40 minutes. There is a change of train at Zurich mainstation (Zurich HB) and at Landquart where you change to the regional train system to travel from 600M above sea level to 1560M above in Davos. The views can be breathtaking, though the so named "Fast train" is not convincing. From Zurich to Landquart some trains have carriages equipped to give electricity for computers in first class and there are also quiet carriages available (no mobile phones, personal stereos, no talking) for those who wish to read in peace. SBB rail travel is fast (until Landquart), safe and punctual (Due to one or two participants mistakes in previous times- geneva is the wrong side of the country to get to Davos, Basel is about 1 hour more than Zurich).

Plan your journey

Maps
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