Three days on the Danube. This is your delegate guide — arrival, venue, programme and the city, in the order you will need it.
08–10
NOV 2026
VIENNA · AUSTRIA
DONAU CITY · UNO CITY · KAISERMÜHLEN
3
Days on the Danube
08. – 10.11.2026
1
Venue and hotel
ARCOTEL Kaiserwasser, Wagramer Straße 8
15′
Airport to Hauptbahnhof
ÖBB Railjet, then U1 north
12′
Hotel to Stephansplatz
U1 direct, no change
01 · 8–10 NOVEMBER 2026
Your.programme
Sunday 8 November
TECHNICAL VISIT
08:30–09:00
Welcome & registration
ARCOTEL Kaiserwasser Vienna (lobby), Wagramer Straße 8, 1220 Vienna
09:00–12:30
Vienna's water history
Bad-weather alternative: a shorter walk and a visit to the Wien Museum.
Introduction: Kaiserwasser & New Danube
The importance of the Danube for Vienna
Walking tour: Schwedenplatz to the Vienna State Opera, with the main landmarks along the route
Vienna's water supply through the centuries: from Roman times to the present day
Tour guide: Peter Heuritsch · pick-up at the hotel
13:00–14:30
Lunch at “Zum alten Fassl”
Authentic traditional Viennese cuisine in a restaurant with a unique history, once a favourite spot of Austrian pop icon Falco.
14:30–16:00
Exclusive visit: exhibition “Über Unten”
Multimedia exhibition on the history, present and future of Vienna's sewer system, with an inside look at the Wiental Kanal — Vienna's largest sewer construction and water protection project.
From 16:00
Free time in Vienna
Optional routes and activities are listed on this page; the goodie bag holds information material and a city map. One option is the Wien Museum, an insight into Vienna's history and development.
Evening
Informal get-together
Relaxed and completely optional, with no fixed programme. Everyone is welcome.
Monday 9 November
CONFERENCE DAY 1
08:30–09:00
Registration speakers and participants
09:00–09:30
Opening
Sergio Vazquez / Thomas Rockenschaub
09:30–10:10
Regulations, Legal Basis Austria/Vienna
Baudirektion Wien
10:10–10:50
Vienna Water 2050
Vienna´s long-term strategy to ensure a secure and sustainable drinking water supply for future generations. It prepares Vienna’s water infrastructure for population growth and the challenges of climate change.
DI Dr. Marija Zunabovic-Pichler (Leiterin Wasserqualität MA31)
10:50–11:20
Coffee break
11:20–12:00
Sponge City Concept
Urban water management model to absorb, store, and reuse rainwater to prevent flooding.
DI Georg Zeleny (www.zeleny-zt.at)
12:00–13:00
Lunch Break & Group Foto
13:00–13:40
Wien Tal Kanal (Flood and Environmental Protection)
Vienna is extending the Wiental Kanalto prevent heavy-rain flooding and protect river ecosystems.
DI Felix Rupp (Leiter Fachbereich Planung Wien Kanal)
13:40–14:20
EIT Wasser
Regional European innovation hub driving water, marine, and climate resilience solutions across the Danube region
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christoph Hauer (BOKU Wien)
14:20–14:50
STRENGTHENING WATER RESILIENCE THROUGH BETTER REGULATION
Gabor Kirvardai Policy Analyst, Public Governance Directorate (OECD)
14:50–15:20
ASTM International
An overview of our footprint in Europe and our water-relevant technical activities
Craig Updyke (ASTM International)
15:20–15:50
Coffee break
15:50–16:40
Water Management Workshop
Panelists: Felix Rupp, Georg Zeleny, Gabor Kirvardai
16:40–17:00
A perspective on building control from Malta
Ivan Portelli - BCA
19:00
DINNER ("Motto am Fluss")
GALA DINNER · MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2026
Motto am Fluss
The formal evening of the meeting, on the Danube Canal at Schwedenplatz — Franz-Josefs-Kai 2, 1010 Vienna.
Getting there — U1 from Kaisermühlen–VIC towards Oberlaa, 4 stops to Schwedenplatz, about 10 minutes. The restaurant sits on the quay below the square, two minutes on foot from the station exit.
mottoamfluss.at · Motto am FlussDRESS CODE
Business casual
For the get together and the conference days. The Conference Dinner is the formal evening. Dress warm and waterproof for the technical sightseeing — it is partly outdoors.
Tuesday 10 November
CONFERENCE DAY 2
09:00–09:40
HORA – Natural Hazard Overview & Risk Assessment Austria
Austria's public online portal for interactive natural hazard risk maps and early warnings.
Mag. Christina Bischoff-Widderstein, Bakk — Verband der Versicherungsunternehmen Österreichs
09:40–10:00
CEBC elections
10:00–11:30
Members update
11:30–11:45
Coffee break
11:45–12:30
CEBC business
CEBC project updates
CEBC strategy
Financial report
Minutes from the Vilnius meeting
Minutes from PC meetings
AOB (any other business)
12:30–12:45
Future meetings and closing remarks
From 12:45
Lunch
GALA DINNER · MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2026
Motto am Fluss
The formal evening of the meeting, on the Danube Canal at Schwedenplatz — Franz-Josefs-Kai 2, 1010 Vienna.
Getting there — U1 from Kaisermühlen–VIC towards Oberlaa, 4 stops to Schwedenplatz, about 10 minutes. The restaurant sits on the quay below the square, two minutes on foot from the station exit.
mottoamfluss.at · Motto am FlussDRESS CODE
Business casual
For the get together and the conference days. The Conference Dinner is the formal evening. Dress warm and waterproof for the technical sightseeing — it is partly outdoors.
02 · VIE AIRPORT TO THE HOTEL
Your.arrival
From Vienna International Airport (VIE) to the hotel. Two ways — the airport bus stops in front of the door.
AIRPORT BUS · DIRECT TO THE HOTEL
Vienna Airport
Arrivals hall, level 0. Follow the bus signs outside; tickets at the machine or on the bus.
VAB 3towards Donauzentrum · 30–40′
Kaisermühlen – VIC
The stop is directly in front of the hotel.
GETTING AROUND VIENNA
€3.20
Single ticket · €3.00 digital
€10.20
24-hour ticket
Valid on all U-Bahn, tram and bus lines in the city.
Tickets at Wiener Linien30–40′
Vienna Airport Lines Bus — Line VAB 3
Direction Donauzentrum. Stop at “Kaisermühlen – VIC”, in front of the hotel.
40′
ÖBB Railjet / Intercity to Wien Hauptbahnhof
Non-stop in about 15 minutes, twice an hour. Change to the U1 towards Leopoldau, 10 stops to “Kaisermühlen – VIC”.
Getting around Vienna: single ticket €3.20 (€3.00 digital), 24-hour ticket €10.20 — valid on all U-Bahn, tram and bus lines in the city.
Tickets at Wiener Linien →
VENUE & HOTEL · WAGRAMER STRASSE 8
ROOMS
CONFERENCE FLOOR
03 · ARCOTEL
Your.venue
ARCOTEL Kaiserwasser Vienna
Conference venue and hotel in one place. Opposite UNO City and the Austria Center Vienna. Next to the Danube and the Donauinsel. Subway U1 directly to the city center.
4 min
To the U1 on foot
12 min
To Stephansplatz
0 m
Venue is the hotel
Danube
And the Donauinsel
AddressWagramer Straße 8, 1220
Check-infrom 15:00
Nearest subwayU1 Kaisermühlen
Conference rate until8 October 2026
04 · SUNDAY · VIENNA
Your.free time
Arriving Saturday. Spending free time on Sunday. Rather than a list of everything, here are the walks the city itself recommends — each fits the time you have.
WALK 1 · 2 HOURS · 5.3 KM
The Ringstrasse
Tree-lined kilometres past the Opera, the twin museums, Parliament, City Hall and the Burgtheater. Walk it, cycle it, or ride one loop on tram 1 or 2.
12 MIN BY U1
Stephansdom
The cathedral, the catacombs and the south tower's 343 steps.
MUSEUM · OPEN DAILY
Albertina
CHRISTMAS MARKET · DAILY 10:00–21:00
Weihnachtsmarkt Schloss Schönbrunn
U1 to Karlsplatz, U4 to Schönbrunn · about 35 min. Website
SHOPS UNTIL 20:00
Kärntner Straße
WALK 3 · 1.5 HOURS
The inner city
Albertina, Burggarten, Heldenplatz and the Hofburg, Michaelerplatz with the Loos House, the Dorotheum, Kärntner Straße and Stephansdom.
wien.info · discover Vienna
WALK 4 · 1.5 HOURS
Music capital
State Opera, the Haus der Musik sound museum, Mozarthaus, the Konzerthaus and the Musikverein's Golden Hall. Most of these stages offer guided tours.
hdm.at
WALK 5 · 1.5 HOURS
Culinary Vienna
Open sandwiches at Trześniewski, Augarten porcelain, Lobmeyr glass and the Zuckerlwerkstatt. Vienna's 2026 theme year is culinary: Vienna Bites.
wien.info · Vienna BitesPhotography and walk descriptions from the Vienna Tourist Board brochure route — Wege, die Stadt kennen zu lernen. © WienTourismus.
General info · verify before print
05 · COFFEE HOUSES & RESTAURANTS
Your.table
Four Viennese institutions, in the order a visitor usually meets them. Reserve for dinner — the well-known houses fill up on weekday evenings.
THE CLASSICS
NASCHMARKT
The coffee house
Stay two hours
Café Landtmann
1., Universitätsring 4 — on the Ring by the Burgtheater; Freud's regular table.
Café Prückel
1., Stubenring 24 — 1950s interior, a step from the MAK, quietly local.
Café Korb
1., Brandstätte 9 — where the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society used to meet.
Café Museum
1., Operngasse 7 — the Secession's local, opposite the golden dome.
Café Schwarzenberg
1., Kärntner Ring 17 — the oldest surviving coffee house on the Ringstrasse.
The Beisl
Book for dinner
Lugeck
1., Lugeck 4 — Viennese classics behind Stephansdom, open late.
Zu den 3 Hacken
1., Singerstraße 28 — one of the oldest Gasthäuser in the inner city.
Zum Schwarzen Kameel
1., Bognergasse 5 — where Vienna goes to see and be seen; stand at the bar.
Glacis Beisl
7., Breite Gasse 4 — the MuseumsQuartier's garden tavern.
Café Anzengruber
4., Schleifmühlgasse 19 — a plain Beisl near the Naschmarkt.
Quick and Viennese
Between sessions
Trześniewski
1., Dorotheergasse 1 — an institution for open sandwiches; the fastest lunch in the centre.
Naschmarkt
6., Wienzeile — produce at the front, kitchens at the back. Closed Sundays.
Zum scharfen René
1., Schwarzenbergplatz 15 — the sausage stand is a legitimate late dinner.
Bitzinger
1., Albertinaplatz — the Würstelstand behind the State Opera, open past midnight.
CONTACT & HELP
For any questions or further assistance please contact us
Österreichisches Institut für Bautechnik
Schenkenstraße 4, 1010 Vienna, Austria
+43 (0) 1 533 65 50
Schenkenstraße 4, 1010 Vienna, Austria
+43 (0) 1 533 65 50
EMERGENCY CONTACT · 8–10 NOVEMBER
+43 (0) 664 425 77 30
73rd CEBC Business Meeting · Vienna, 08–10 November 2026 · Hosted by OiB
AIRPORT BUS · DIRECT TO THE HOTEL
Vienna Airport
Arrivals hall, level 0. Follow the bus signs outside; tickets at the machine or on the bus.
VAB 3towards Donauzentrum · 30–40′
Kaisermühlen – VIC
The stop is directly in front of the hotel.
GETTING AROUND VIENNA
€3.20
Single ticket · €3.00 digital
€10.20
24-hour ticket
Valid on all U-Bahn, tram and bus lines in the city.
Tickets at Wiener LinienBY TRAIN VIA HAUPTBAHNHOF
Vienna Airport
Arrivals hall, level 0. ÖBB Railjet or Intercity, twice an hour.
RJ / ICnon-stop · 15′
Wien Hauptbahnhof
Follow the signs down to the U1.
U1towards Leopoldau · 10 stops · 17′
Kaisermühlen – VIC
The hotel is a short walk from the station exit.
GETTING AROUND VIENNA
€3.20
Single ticket · €3.00 digital
€10.20
24-hour ticket
Valid on all U-Bahn, tram and bus lines in the city.
Tickets at Wiener Linien
