Organizational information

ADDRESS AND LOCATION
4 Design Days will be held in the International Congress Centre in Katowice
Plac Sławika i Antalla 1
40-163 Katowice

COLLECTING THE BADGES
The building of the International Congress Centre, entrances B and C at Olimpijska street
January 23rd, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 9.00 p.m.
January 24th, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Upon registration, each participant will receive a name tag. Anyone willing to return to the building of the International Congress Centre after leaving it will be asked to produce the name tag. Due to the high level of interest in the event, and in order to avoid traffic jams, we ask that you arrive at the International Congress Centre in good time.

GALAS AND BANQUETS

January 23rd, 2025, 7.00 p.m.

  • Property Design Awards Gala
  • Renovation Gala

January 23rd, 2025, 8.00 p.m.

  • Architecture After Dark

An evening event full of unforgettable entertainment and good music, spent in great company (accessible exclusively to holders of SPEAKER and PREMIUM name tags).

January 24th, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.00 p.m.

  • Good Design 2025 Awards – the final of the competition

OPENING HOURS OF THE EXHIBITION AREA
January 23rd, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
January 24th, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

INFORMATION POINT
January 23rd, 2025, 9.00 a.m. - 6.30 p.m., Lower Foyer of the International Congress Centre
January 24th, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m., Lower Foyer of the International Congress Centre

OPENING HOURS OF THE PREMIUM SECTOR – CATERING AND MEETING AREA (accessible exclusively to holders of the Premium name tag)
January 23rd, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. (unlimited coffee break and lunch served from 2.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.)
January 24th, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. (unlimited coffee break and lunch served from 1.00 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.)
The sector is accessible exclusively to holders of the Premium badge.

RESTAURANT
Opening hours of the EMCEK Bistro restaurant (located in the Lower Foyer of the International Congress Centre)
January 23rd, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
January 24th, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Opening hours of the mobile EMCEK Bistro restaurant (located in the Multifunctional Room B of the International Congress Centre)
January 23rd, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
January 24th, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATIONS
The language of all presentations is Polish. Selected sessions will be interpreted simultaneously PL/EN.

DETAILED AGENDA
https://www.4dd.pl/2025/pl/sesje/

ACCOMMODATION
Participants of 4 Design Days can use a special offer for accommodation. For more information go to https://www.4dd.pl/2025/pl/hotele/599/
The Organiser does not cover the cost of accommodation.

CAR PARK

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Premium Car Parks (free of charge for holders of Premium name tags)

Holders of Premium name tags are allowed to use the Premium car park. It is accessible from Olimpijska street. The number of parking spaces is limited.
When entering the car park, you will be required to produce a car park card (downloadable from the participant's account:https://konferencje.ptwp.pl/pl/konferencja,593#zaloguj )
If all parking spaces are occupied, we encourage you to use the car parks located around the International Congress Centre.

There are public car parks, available for charge, around the International Congress Centre and the Spodek arena.
The Zone of Culture car park (charges specified in the terms of use apply)
Car parks (P) located at the building of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice’s Zone of Culture are paid Monday through Friday, from 6.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Rules and prices:

  • PLN 6.00 for each started hour
  • PLN 110.00 for each day, if the driver loses the parking ticket

You are supposed to leave the car park within 15 minutes after paying for the ticket. After 5.00 p.m., the car park is available free of charge – it is necessary to collect an empty parking ticket at the barrier (the ticket does not need to be validated at the parking cashier machine).

Car parks outside the Zone of Culture
There are public car parks, available for charge, around the International Congress Centre, the Spodek arena, and outside the Zone of Culture.

Underground Altus car park (P3) – 550 parking spaces, an eight minute walk away from the International Congress Centre/the Spodek arena.
For more information go to https://altus.katowice.pl/parking,i107.html 

Car park of the Supersam shopping centre (P4) – 380 parking spaces, an eight minute walk away from the International Congress Centre/the Spodek arena.
For more information go to https://altus.katowice.pl/parking,i107.html 

Underground car park of Galeria Katowicka shopping centre (P5) – 1200 parking spaces, a fourteen minute walk away from the International Congress Centre/the Spodek arena. 
For more information go to https://galeriakatowicka.eu/parking/ 

Municipal car parks – available in the city, with parking spaces along the streets (both paid and free of charge, depending on location)
For more information go to https://www.mzum.katowice.pl/content/parkowanie 

Silesian Museum 
For more information go to https://muzeumslaskie.pl/zaplanuj-wizyte/ 

INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE ARRIVING BY TRAIN

You can get to the International Congress Centre from the train station in Katowice:

  • in 15 minutes on foot
  • by cab from Oddziały Młodzieży Powstańczej Square or Młyńska Street,
  • by tram from Katowice Railway Station using T11, T13, T23, T43 lines to Katowice Rondo stop (8 min.)