Conference Venue
HealthyIoT 2016 is organized at Aros Congress Center, Västeåas that is centrally located in the city of Västerås. It is about 5 minute walk away from the central train/bus station and 15 minute walk away from Mälardalen University. In the map below (https://goo.gl/Mdwyjm), we marked Mälardalen University, Conference venue, and the central train/bus station.
The Conferece is going to be held in the room Hörsalen at the 1st floor at ACC.
Name of the restaurant is the Oval, and is located at the ground floor.
Social Program
- Conference dinner will be held at Falkenbergska Kvarnen restaurant (Skultunavägen 1, 722 17 Västerås) with start at 19:00. It takes about 20 minutes walk to reach the restaurant from Aros Congress Center, and 15 minutes from the main square (Stora Torget).
- From 18:15 we will walk from Aros Congress Center to Falkenbergska Kvarnen for a conference dinner.
About Västerås
Västerås is Sweden’s sixth largest city, beautifully located by Lake Mälaren. It is one of the oldest cities in Sweden with a more than 1000-year long history. When you think about economic growth, world-class technology and regional shopping you think about Västerås, the birth city of Asea, H&M and ICA. It is a strategic meeting point with the Congress Center and a recently completed multi arena. Västerås is the home of worldwide company ABB as largest center for research and development, but also a dancing cultural city with a world famous underwater hotel.
Visitors reach Västerås easily, 53 minutes by train from Stockholm and about an hour with bus or car. Västerås also has its own international airport with connections to e.g., London, Malaga, Alicante.
The modern industrial evolution in Sweden started in Västerås when the whole country got its electricity supply from Asea (later ABB) in Västerås. During the 20th century ABB went worldwide. In Västerås you also find other world leading companies such as Bombardier Transportation, Westinghouse Electric Sweden, Alstom Power Sweden, Luvata Sweden and Enics Sweden.
Some useful links:
Mälardalen University: https://www.mdh.se/
Information about Västerås: https://www.vasterasmalarstaden.se/artikel.asp?lang=2
The city of Vasteras: https://www.vasteras.se/
