• LEARNTEC is the industry meeting place for anyone who is interested in the latest trends in digital learning. Here, you can find a unique network of partners, experts, multipliers and media partners – the ideal place to forge new contacts.
  • More than half of visitors do not attend any other specialist trade fair but rather see LEARNTEC as their exclusive source of information on digital learning at schools, universities and in coporate settings.
  • The latest developments, the most important learning trends and the key findings of the sector will be presented and discussed at both the convention and the trade fair. This is something you cannot afford to miss!
  • LEARNTEC offers a fitting framework for some of the most important awards in the sector.
  • The LEARNTEC business evening gives you the opportunity to get together with colleagues, partners and customers in a pleasant atmosphere to discuss training trends in schools, universities and corporate settings.

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Prices and opening hours

More information will follow in winter 2024.

Our services for all aspects of your trade fair or convention visit

We provide a full range of services on location, too. Here’s where you can find out more about our electronic visitor information system, what our Business Center offers, and what information our informationstand can provide you with.

Information for visitors

At the info point in the action hall you will find information on restaurants and hotels in the area as well as a preview of upcoming trade shows. At the info counters in front of the halls, you will receive personal assistance with any questions you may have about the current event.

There is also a “toilet for everyone” at the trade fair. This toilet is specially conceived for use by people with multiple handicaps. It is additionally equipped with a lifter and an emergency-call mechanism. This toilet is open during the regular opening hours of the current event on the trade fair’s campus.

Wheelchairs:

  • Free service for your visit to the fair. Please contact the colleagues of the DRK on site on the relevant day of your visit by calling 0721 3720 5230.
  • A wheelchair (without electric drive) will be brought to you for the duration of your visit to the fair (subject to availability). Please choose the main entrance of the fair for this purpose.

Free WLAN access

As a registered LEARNTEC App user, wireless Internet access is available for you free of charge throughout the entire campus during the trade fair.

Free WLAN on the trade fair’s campus

You will need a WLAN-capable device of your own with a Web browser function.

Please note the following details:

  • To use the free WLAN, you need a WLAN-capable device with the globally common WLAN Standard IEEE 802.11 n/ac..

  • When there are large numbers of simultaneous users, reception is not guaranteed at every location on the campus.

  • The bandwidth per device is maximally 8 Mbit/sec. However, depending on the momentary traffic in the hall, the bandwidth may be less than this maximum.

Premium Wi-FI

If you need higher bandwidth, we recommend that you order our premium Wi-Fi for the highest online demands (without bandwidth restriction). A fee will be charged for this service. You may purchase it either online or in the Business Centre at Entrance West.

How do I connect to the WLAN?

EC automats

Karlsruhe Trade Fair makes available for its visitors an EC automat directly on the fair’s campus. The automat is located in the Events Hall at the main entrance.

This automat dispenses cash without a fee for customers with accounts at Volksbank. This is also true for customers of savings banks in the city of Karlsruhe-Ettlingen, but not for customers of savings banks outside this district or customers of other banks.

On the exhibition grounds, there is a charge of 2 euros for the use of the checkroom service for items of clothing, and 3 euros for items of luggage. Lockers are available in the basement using a 1 euro deposit coin.

You will find digital lockers in the entrance area (main entrance) on the left-hand side.

12 of 24 LiveLockers are equipped with the possibility to charge batteries of mobile devices. After opening the LiveLocker, you will find

  • a 220V/16A socket to connect your own power supply units, e.g. for charging laptops or bicycle batteries, and,
  • a USB type A and a USB type C socket with a combined output of 18W.

You can reserve them in advance for your stay at live-locker.com

There is a charge of 5 euros per day for their use.

Four charging stations for electric vehicles (type 2 plugs up to 22 kW) are available to visitors to Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre in car park P1; charging costs €6. Please note: There is a charge for access to car park P1. The charging stations cannot be reserved.

Lost and dropped off items are collected by our control room.

Phone: +49 721 3720 5222

If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact the Lost and found office of the city of Rheinstetten, Phone: + 49 7242 9514 350.

Or to the

Lost and Found Office of the City of Karlsruhe, Phone: + 49 721 133 3310.

Digital event platform and app

With our digital event platform talque, visitors have the opportunity to view the program, exhibitors and products before LEARNTEC and create a personal agenda in the app. In addition, personal meetings and discussions can be arranged on site.

available as app & desktop version

After registering, you will automatically receive an invitation by email at the beginning of May with access to the LEARNTEC/ NEW WORK EVOLUTION app. Find all information about Europe's largest event for digital education bundled in the app. Use the various options to plan your visit, browse the hall plan and get in touch with exhibitors and other visitors via matchmaking! By downloading the LEARNTEC/ NEW WORK EVOLUTION app and registering on your smartphone with your login details, participants will always have all the content of the LEARNTEC digital platform with them.

Simply download our LEARNTEC/ NEW WORK EVOLUTION app to your smartphone to use the full service:

  • Get an overview of the individual halls and the individual exhibitors in our interactive hall plan.

  • Always find the current trade fair and convention program. Put together your personal agenda from all the sessions. To do this, please use the “+” symbol in the agenda view or the “Confirmations” button in the session view.

  • Find relevant matches among the other participants, speakers and companies based on your business expertise and suggest a short meeting directly via video call.

  • Look at the exhibitor profiles and contact available exhibitors directly via video call or arrange an on-site appointment.

Download the app directly!

Scan the corresponding QR code

Link iOS

Link Andro

before, during & after the trade fair

  • Register on the platform.

  • Look for interesting people to talk to and make personal contacts.

  • Arrange meetings on site.

  • Plan your trade fair visit.

  • Favorite and save interesting exhibitor and product profiles.

  • Put together your personal agenda.

  • Download the LEARNTEC/ NEW WORK EVOLUTION app.

  • Use the app to have meetings and contacts on site.
  • Get an overview and find your way around the digital hall plan.
  • Chat with other participants.
  • Find suitable exhibitors & products quickly.

  • Keep in touch with interesting trade fair participants and network with the community.
  • Continue to use the exhibitor and product lists.

Guided Tours

A good overview of the wide range of products and services on offer at the trade fair and the various topics will be provided by the guided tours, which will be offered free of charge in German on all three days of the trade fair.

Tours:

  • E-Learning for beginners ´
  • Digitalisation in schools
  • Digitalisation in universities
  • Digitalisation in Corporate Learning
  • Augumented- and Virtual Reality


Participation in the Guided Tours is free of charge. However, registration in our app from the beginning of May is a prerequisite for participation.

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Map of Exhibition halls

After registering, you will automatically receive from beginning of May an invitation by email with access to the app.

Find all information about Europe's largest event for digital learning bundled in the app. Use the various options to plan your visit, browse the hall plan and get in touch with exhibitors and other visitors via matchmaking!

Simply download our talque app onto your smartphone to use the entire service:

  • Get an overview of the individual halls and the individual exhibitors in our interactive hall plan
  • Always find the current trade fair and convention programme. Put together your personal agenda from all the sessions today. Please use the "+" symbol in the agenda view or the "Commitments" button in the session view.
  • Find relevant matches among the other participants, speakers and companies based on your business expertise and directly propose a short meeting via video call.
  • Browse the exhibitor profiles and contact available exhibitors directly via video call or arrange an on-site appointment.

The app for LEARNTEC is available in the Google Play Store andApp Store.

Your way to LEARNTEC

The following information will make your trip to LEARNTEC quick and easy, wether you're travelling by car, public transport, rail or air.



How to get there

We provide a shuttle bus between Main Train Station Karlsruhe and Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center (Main Entrance).

The journey lasts approx. 20 minutes.

Wheelchairs reservations

Free service for your visit to the fair: Please contact the colleagues from the DRK on site on the relevant day of the fair by calling 0721-3720 5230.

A wheelchair will then be brought to you for the duration of your visit to the fair. Please choose the main entrance of the fair.

Carparks

Carparks are available for you in the first row of the P1 carpark.

Trade-fair shuttle bus service

A complementary barrier-free shuttle bus service operates between the central railway station and the trade fair for the duration of the event. More information about getting to the trade fair grounds by public transport can be found here .

Public transport

Information on the KVV’s reduced-mobility itinerary planning is available here, or please call 0721/6107-5886 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Deutsche Bahn

Please use the following service for more information about Deutsche Bahn’s rail links and train attendants:

You can also reach the exhibition grounds easily and in an environmentally friendly way with KVV.nextbike - the public bike and e-bike rental system of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV). The rental station near the exhibition grounds is located at the tram stop Messe/ Leichtsandstraße (line S2).

This is how easy it is to use the KVV.nextbike: Select the bike at www.kvv-nextbike.de or at a rental station, scan it and off you go. Please note that the number of KVV.nextbikes available is limited.

Cost of the KVV.nextbike rental bike at the basic rate:

  • 1 € per 30 min (normal)
  • 2 € per 30 min (e-bike)

The exhibition grounds are easily accessible via a well-developed and signposted network of cycle paths:

  • Karlsruhe main station: 5.5 km
  • Karlsruhe city centre: 6.3 km
  • Ettlingen centre: 7 km

Further information at www.kvv-nextbike.de.

Bicycle breakdown service

With our bicycle breakdown service, we offer you a basic set of tools and aids for quickly solving a breakdown. Be it a punctured tyre, a defective inner tube, a jammed brake or simply too little air: help can be called up and equipment borrowed via the service hotline 0721 3720-5222.

Tickets for the FareZone 100 apply for travel to the Messe/Leichtsandstraße tram and bus stop when a trade fair is on.

By tram

Messe/Leichtsandstraße or Messe Nord tram stops

From the city centre:

  • Underground Line S2 (destination Rheinstetten).

From Karlsruhe central station:

  • From the main train station, you can take various trains to the city center to change at the Europaplatz subway station:
    • Line S1/S11 in the direction of Neureut or Hochstetten
    • Line 2 direction Knielingen Nord
    • Line 3 direction Daxlanden or Rappenwörth

  • At Europaplatz, change to Underground Line S2, direction Rheinstetten (stop Messe/Leichtsandstraße).

From Durlacher Tor:

  • Line S2 (destination Rheinstetten).

By bus

Messe Nord or Messe/Leichtsandstraße bus stop

From Ettlingen:

  • no change: Bus Line 106 (destination Neuburgweier Breslauer Str.)

From Rastatt:

  • Change at the Silberstreifen stop to bus route 106 in the direction of Neuburgweier Breslauer Str.

More information including fares and departure times can be found on the KVV website.

Karlsruhe is a hub for ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio trains, and is located directly on the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Basel intercity line. The east-west line Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Munich begins here too. And the high-speed TGV train takes you from Paris to Karlsruhe in just three hours.

The best way to get there.

Pay as little as EUR 55.90 (one-way) with the Event Ticket.

Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH has partnered up with Deutsche Bahn to create an exclusive deal that allows you to travel conveniently to and from your Fairs and Congresses.

Take advantage and make the journey time yours. Use your outward and return journeys to work, read or relax. Whatever you decide to do, your travel with the Event Ticket will be powered by 100% renewable energy.

That special extra for you. Your Event Ticket at a single nationwide price, available at every DB station.

  • Event Ticket for a single journey, for use only on one specific connection (subject to availability):
    • 2nd Class EUR 55.90
    • 1st Class EUR 89.90

  • Event Ticket for single journey, for use on all connections (always available):
    • 2nd Class EUR 77.90
    • 1st Class EUR 112.90

This offer is valid until 2024-Dec-14.

When you click on the button, you will be redirected to a Deutsche Bahn website.

You can make the most of your travel time by using your journeys to and from your destination for work, relaxation or enjoying our on-board services. You can also rest assured that your long-distance travel is completely powered by electricity generated by renewable resources.

Click here forfurther information.

Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH and Deutsche Bahn wish you a pleasant journey!

The event ticket provided by Deutscher Bahn does not include the ticket for access to the trade fair or congress event of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH.

From the A5/A8 motorway (Autobahn):

Coming along the A8 from Stuttgart, drive south onto the A5, following signs for Basel. Leave the A5 at junction 48 for Karlsruhe-Süd and follow signs to "Messe“. The road name for satellite navigation systems is Leichtsandstraße (on some systems Leichtsandstrasse) in the Karlsruhe district of Rheinstetten.

From the A65 motorway (Autobahn):

The A65 merges with the B10. Leave the B10 at junction 8 and follow signs to "Messe“. The road name for satellite navigation systems is Leichtsandstraße (on some systems Leichtsandstrasse) in the Karlsruhe district of Rheinstetten

Carparks

A total of 7000 parking spaces are available in 2 carparks on the trade-fair grounds along with a VIP/press carpark. Parking fee: € 8.00 per day. Please use P1 or P2 for LEARNTEC.

Are you travelling with a camper van or trailer and would like to stay overnight directly at the fair? We offer you the opportunity to do so on our parking lot P3. Electricity can only be guaranteed if you order in time.

Please use the following formula to book your parking space up to 14 days before the fair begins. Electricity can only be guaranteed if you order in time:

connection to airports

Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre has excellent connections to at least 4 airports:

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (approx. 30 minutes by road) and other major international airports such as Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Strasbourg (50–60 minutes by road).

We recommend you the arrival via Frankfurt Airport.

Your stay in Karlsruhe

The famous fan-shaped city, nestling in green countryside

From the Baden residential palace to the heart of the “TechnologieRegion” – Karlsruhe has a lot to offer.

The castle of Karlsruhe
The castle of Karlsruhe

Located on the Rhine Plain between the Black Forest to the south, the Vosges mountains of France to the west, and Germany’s Palatinate hills to the north, Karlsruhe is a cultural hub, a buzzing region for technological development, and a centre of science and academia.

And, with 310,000 inhabitants, the second biggest city in Baden-Wurttemberg. The quality of life here is very high, the region as a whole is booming – Karlsruhe, an appealing combination of think-tank, lifestyle, and diversity.

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