Basic Information
SnT2025 will be held as a hybrid format and starts with an ONLINE DAY on Monday, 8th of September.
Delivery and Set Up at Hofburg Palace Vienna will be possible from Monday, 8th of September from 2 pm to 10 pm and Tuesday, 9th of September from 6 am to 11:30 am.
Please be advised that there is very limited storage space available for exhibitors. Bigger items or separate deliveries must be coordinated with us well in advance.
Dismantling and End of SnT2025 Exhibition Area
The exhibition area will be open until lunchtime on Friday, 12th of September.
After that you are free to dismantle and transport your items and the area has to be cleared by 8 pm.
Size of booth area, Design and Furniture
Standard 2 m x 1,5 m Area – Dimensions of the Booth construction as shown below
Design:
All booths share the same basic design with the SnT-Keyvisual printed on the backwall. You are free to use the space beneath this print as well as the inner sidewalls of booth to place visual information (e.g. posters, etc.). Please be aware, that these walls are made of foam boards, so you can only attach light materials like paper or cardboards.
Furniture:
1 Standard Desk (150x75 cm) with 2 chairs
Technical Information
Standard electrical extension cord with 4 sockets with basic EU Plug (Types C, E, F) 230 V ~ 50 Hz
Please informs us well in advance of all electrical equipment (e.g. number of computers, coffee maker, printer etc.) in your booth requiring electrical power, so the technical supplier can dimension the necessary current.
If you want to request additional furniture (standing desk, chairs, etc) please contact [email protected]
If you have needs for additional technical equipment, you can contact our technical supplier for the venue that can provide you with a special conference equipment-package:
1 Multimedia Set:
Lightning: 2x LED Fluters + 2x Floor Spots
Screen: 1x 65" LED Signature Screen UHD incl. smart metal stand
for 622,50 € net excl. VAT
Please note, that you have to order this directly with Concept Solutions via email at latest 15th of August 2025
contact: [email protected]
Visibility:
Exhibitor logo and content for the SnT2025 Event Application
To ensure your visibility on the SnT2023 Event Platform, we invite you to provide us with content such as corporate logo (print and online use), website and social media links and a short text or claim as you see appropriate for use on our website, social media and the conference app.
Kindly send us your assets and inputs as attachments or a link for downloading files by sending an email to [email protected] by 10th of August 20235, 18:00 CET latest
Shipping materials to SnT2025:
In case you want something shipped to SnT2025 please use the logistic broker in place:
IML – Messe Logistik GmbH
Austria Center Vienna
Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1
A-1220 ViennaEMail: [email protected]
Point of Contact:
Mr Wolfgang Unzeitig
Phone: +43 676 842 118 201
EMail: [email protected]
The exact placement of the booths and layout of the exhibitor area will be shared at the latest 10 days before the conference.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Best regards,
The SnT2025 Team
Please find below the Exhibitor Regulations posed by Hofburg Palace Vienna:
ANNEX I
EXHIBITION REGULATIONS
1. GENERAL
1.1. These regulations form an integral part of the agreement between the Contractor (as defined in the General Terms and Conditions, clause 2) and the Wiener Kongresszentrum Hofburg BetriebsgesmbH (hereinafter referred to as “HOFBURG Vienna”). The Contractor shall ensure that these rules are known to and complied with by its business partners (e.g. stand assembly firms, partner companies and other contractors), hereinafter also referred to as “Third Party Companies” or “Agents”.
1.2. The validity of HOFBURG Vienna’s General Terms and Conditions, House Rules and Fire Safety Regulations shall neither be altered nor restricted by these exhibition regulations.
1.3. Please treat the floors, walls and doors with the utmost care, as the premises largely comprise historic buildings.
2. TOURS AND INSPECTIONS
2.1. Prior to the commencement of event/exhibition set-up, the Contractor or an authorized representative thereof and the project manager assigned by HOFBURG Vienna shall conduct a joint inspection of the facilities that have been hired. The purpose of such an inspection shall be to identify and record in writing any existing damage in the event/exhibition area. The Contractor (or authorized representative) shall sign the record of the inspection. Following the conclusion of the event and removal of all relevant objects, an acceptance report recording any damage shall be drawn up and signed by both parties to the contract. An authorized representative of the Contractor must be present for the entire duration of set-up and dismantling.
2.2. Before the commencement of trade fairs and other selected events, a security inspection will be carried out with a representative of the authorities or under the supervision of HOFBURG Vienna. This will involve inspection of the escape routes required for the expected number of visitors to the building. The venue will only be approved by the management of HOFBURG Vienna after this inspection has taken place, and guests and the public may only enter the building after such approval has been granted. The Contracting Party or a fully authorized representative must be present for the security inspection.
3. LIFT DIMENSIONS, FLOOR LOADINGS
3.1. Goods lifts are available for transportation purposes. The loading surface of the lift at the Hofburg Congress Center (main entrance on Heldenplatz) is 1.50 m wide and 4.20 m long; maximum loading height is 2.10 m, and load capacity is 4200 kg or 56 persons. The loading surface of the lift in the Redoutensäle area of the building (entrance on Josefsplatz) is 1.50 m wide and 2.40 m long; maximum loading height is 2.25 m and load capacity is 2000 kg or 26 persons.
3.2. If the internal lifts are to be used to transport materials during set-up, HOFBURG Vienna shall provide one lift attendant per lift used, at the expense of the Contractor.
3.3. In order to prevent damage to floors (stone and parquet), the Contractor and/or Third Party Companies or Agents shall use suitable carts, trucks and trolleys which do not leave marks or scratches. The use of forklift trucks or pallet trucks is prohibited.
3.4. If materials are transported via the stairways the ramps must be used; otherwise, the items in question must be carried by at least two persons.
3.5. The maximum permitted floor loading capacity of 350 kg per square metre must be adhered to. This also applies to loading carts, trucks or trolleys.
3.6. HOFBURG Vienna reserves the right to require the Contractor to provide a structural and/or technical report on the objects that the Contractor wishes to set up on the premises.
4. LOADING ZONES
4.1. Loading zones next to HOFBURG Vienna’s premises may be reserved for the Contractor on request. The area required and the anticipated duration of loading must be notified to HOFBURG Vienna. The vehicles used must display a parking permit (available from the porter). Heavy goods vehicles are absolutely prohibited from parking in the loading areas for the duration of the conference/exhibition. Please observe this rule strictly, as infringements can result in considerable expense for the Contractor. HOFBURG Vienna accepts no liability for parking fines or tow-away fees. The loading zones must be kept clear outside set-up and dismantling times.
4.2. Deliveries with trucks should note that there is a night and weekend driving restriction in Austria. Night driving restrictions are from 22:00 to 05:00 as well as limited to trucks with 7.5 tonnes gross load weight, with the exception of low-noise trucks. The weekend driving restrictions are from Saturday, 15:00 until Sunday, 22:00 as well as on legal holidays from midnight to 22:00. This concerns trucks with trailers and their highest permitted gross load weight or trailers weighing more than 3.5 tonnes and/or for trucks, tractor trailers with a highest permitted gross load weight of more than 7.5 tonnes.
4.3. Should an exception need to be made for truck access during the above mentioned times, special authorization is needed. This can be found under: https://l-portal.ooe.gv.at
4.4. As of 1 January 2015, trucks and articulated vehicles must display an emission standard sticker corresponding to the vehicle’s emission class during journeys to and within Vienna. These can only be issued by car repair shops authorized to carry out section 57a motor vehicle tests, motoring clubs and official motor vehicle inspection offices.
4.5. HOFBURG Vienna cannot support loading and unloading of trucks either with manpower or with machines.
5. DELIVERIES, ALTERATIONS TO THE PREMISES, THIRD PARTY COMPANIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND OBJECTS BROUGHT ONTO THE PREMISES
5.1. All deliveries must be arranged in cooperation with our partner company IML - Messe Logistik GmbH (contact: Wolfgang Unzeitig, tel. +43 (0)660 26 47 582, e-mail: [email protected]). Direct deliveries to the HOFBURG Vienna will not be accepted.
5.2. In the event that alterations to the premises are required in connection with the event/exhibition or that Third Party Companies, third party equipment or any other objects are brought onto the premises of HOFBURG Vienna, particular care shall be taken to comply with clauses 13, 14 and 15 of the General Terms and Conditions. Objects of any kind whatsoever may only be brought onto the premises upon prior agreement between the Contractor and HOFBURG Vienna. The parties shall agree on the time and means of delivery, and storage if necessary.
5.3. HOFBURG Vienna also reserves the right to reject Third Party Companies desired/engaged by the Contractor if there are justified concerns with regard to such companies’ care and diligence.
5.4. In the event that passenger cars are brought onto the premises, the applicable safety requirements must be fulfilled, and proof of compliance in the form of the necessary official and technical permits furnished to HOFBURG Vienna. Please note that the fuel tanks of such vehicles must be completely drained and flooded with nitrogen (proof of same must be furnished), and the batteries disconnected. In the case of newer vehicles, due to technical innovations it may not be necessary to disconnect the battery and the fuel tank may only need to be drained to a minimum level (max. five litres). For technical reasons, it is not necessary to disconnect the battery in modern vehicles and the tank content must be emptied to a minimum (max. 5 litres). In the case of electric powered vehicles (e-cars/hybrid/plug-in hybrid/e-scooter/etc.), a high-performance fire protection blanket for cars that corresponds to the vehicle must be brought along and stored in the immediate vicinity of the exhibition location for the duration of the event. A safety distance of at least 2.5 meters around an electric vehicle must remain free.
6. EXHIBITION SET-UP AND DISMANTLING, SUPERVISION
6.1. The exhibition area inside the HOFBURG Vienna premises must be treated with care at all times. This applies in particular to the floors, walls, doors and doorposts, light fittings, staircases and lifts.
6.2. It is not permitted to drill, screw or hammer nails into the building’s walls, ceilings, floors or pillars. Walls and pillars may not be subjected to loading by the weight of exhibition stands or exhibits. When planning your event, please bear in mind that all structures, stand elements, equipment, etc. must be self-supporting.
6.3. Where objects (stand structures, rigs, etc.) are set up for exhibitions the Contractor shall lay suitable protective sheeting or carpeting (minimum thickness 2 mm) under them. Such structures must be positioned at least 15 cm away from the walls. If rigs are erected on stands, these superstructures must immediately be approved and declared structurally sound in writing by a structural engineer; this must take place prior to the inspection by the authorities.
6.4. The maximum permitted height of assembled stands is 3 m. Care must be taken to ensure that stand constructions do not touch the bottom of chandeliers. Wall mounted light fittings in the Hofburg must be carefully incorporated into stand designs; they cannot be dismantled due to their age and the nature of their construction.
6.5. Painting and wallpapering within the exhibition facilities during the course of stand set-up works is only permitted if the floors and walls are protected by suitable sheeting that has been approved by HOFBURG Vienna.
6.6. The Contractor shall make best efforts to prevent dust being generated. Woodworking equipment, such as milling cutters, may not be used unless fitted with an appropriate integrated automatic dust extraction system (dust bag).
6.7. If double-sided adhesive tape is employed to fix carpeting or tiles to the floor, and/or secure decorations, only tape approved by HOFBURG Vienna from the company Tesa; name: tesa-Oberflächenschutzband 60428 and label: Schutztape PVC-Träger Naturkautschuk 28 mm wide x 66 m long per roll may be used. Such tape must be removed by the Contractor after the event so that no residues remain.
6.8. Only loosely laid carpets or floor tiles may be used to cover the floor or staging blocks inside the exhibition facilities. Use of adhesives to fix floor coverings to the floor, or of self-adhesive carpet tiles, is prohibited. Use of adhesives to fix tiles on top of a carpet that has been affixed (e.g. on staging blocks or fixed stage) is also prohibited.
6.9. Dismantling must be performed competently and completed by the contractually agreed deadline, otherwise HOFBURG Vienna shall be entitled to have all items that have been brought onto the premises put into storage or completely removed at the Contractor ’s risk and expense, regardless of ownership.
6.10. The Contractor shall be responsible for the disposal of all and any waste arising from the event itself, and/or set-up and dismantling. If the Contractor fails to comply with this obligation, HOFBURG Vienna shall be entitled to arrange for the disposal of waste at the Contractor’s expense.
6.11. The Contractor shall deploy supervisory staff in the exhibition facilities at its own expense during set-up and dismantling. Such staff shall ensure that exhibitors and their employees or Contractor s perform the necessary work with care and without damaging the building or its contents.
6.12. Temporary electrical installations – for example, electrical connections for exhibition stands – are seen in law as temporary new installations. Without exception they must be installed and tested by our licensed electrical installation partner, Lesonitzky, and the test result documentation must be displayed as proof that the test has been carried out. The documentation must be presented on request.
6.13. Likewise, exhibition stands may only be connected to mains electricity by our contracting partner, Lesonitzky. It is forbidden for organizers or exhibitors to connect fuse boxes or electrical loads to the venue’s electrical sockets themselves.
6.14. The management of HOFBURG Vienna reserves the right to unplug or disconnect illegally connected electrical connections at any time. If connection or switching points are obstructed due to temporary constructions installed independently by an organizer or exhibitor, HOFBURG Vienna may disassemble such constructions. The stand builder and the Contracting Party shall be jointly and individually liable for resulting damages and related costs, due to breach of the Exhibition Regulations.
7. SAFETY
7.1. All hall entrance and exit doors, emergency exits, corridors, stairwells and the like must be kept completely free and unobstructed at all times. Circulation and escape routes must be at least 2.25 m wide.
7.2. Emergency exit signs must be visible at all times and may not be obstructed nor enclosed by structures. If obstruction of an emergency exit light is unavoidable for architectural reasons, this must be discussed in advance with HOFBURG Vienna. In any such case a substitute emergency sign must be mounted on the stand.
7.3. Fire protection equipment such as handheld fire extinguishers, fire alarms (push-button alarms) and hydrants must be visible and accessible at all times. They may neither be obstructed nor enclosed by structures. The location of the safety equipment is indicated on the floor plans. In the event that walls or stands are nonetheless erected in front of a push-button alarm, it must be possible to activate the alarm at all times (via openings in the stand partitions), and signs should be used to clearly indicate the position of the alarm.
7.4. Fire doors must be kept closed when not in use. If a fire door needs to be kept open as part of a circulation route, magnetic door holders designed for this purpose must be used. In this case, the fire door must be opened far enough to engage with the magnetic door holder. Should this not be possible, the door may only be held open with a wedge if an alternative fire safety measure is deployed, namely a fire watch, and provided that the fire watch submits written confirmation of this arrangement. The Contractor shall bear the costs relating to the fire watch.
7.5. Flammable materials, such as paper, cardboard, reed matting or highly inflammable plastics, may not be used for stand construction or for decorative purposes. Valid impregnation certificates must be submitted to HOFBURG Vienna for any decorations posing a potential fire hazard (TR1 EN 13773, C1, DIN 4102 B1).
7.6. Naked flames, cooking appliances, lasers and gas cylinders of all kinds are prohibited.
7.7. Storage of empties and packaging in and behind stands is prohibited.
7.8. Storage on the premises of HOFBURG Vienna requires prior agreement.
8. LIABILITY
Please refer to the General Terms and Conditions.
9. CATERING
On-stand hospitality may only be provided in consultation with HOFBURG Vienna, and by the catering companies authorized by HOFBURG Vienna, which will be specified in the quotation provided to the Contractor in a separate agreement with respect to such services which shall be made with one of the companies named in the quotation. The Contractor is strictly prohibited from bringing its own food and beverages onto the premises or engaging its own catering Contractors.
10. SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENTS, AMENDMENTS
Amendments or additions to this agreement shall only be applicable if made in writing.
