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Theme of the VAS 2025 Congress: Dialysis access, a multidisciplinary perspective

VENUE

PadovaFiere Conference Center

Via N. Tommaseo, 59
35131 Padova
Italy
www.padovacongress.it

Easily accessible by all means of transport, PadovaFiere Conference Center is a well-connected location. The venue is well located inside the City, 500 meters away from the Railway Station. A pleasant walk allows people to reach the main points of interest of the City in 15 minutes. It boasts parking facilities with 1,400 spaces on the grounds and 800 external ones, it is minutes from the North-South and East-West highway networks, and just 30 minutes from Venice International Airport.

PadovaFiere Conference Center is fully accessible to participants with reduced mobility, being situated mostly at the ground floor. The exhibition spaces of PadovaFiere have extremely flexible facilities. The area covers a surface of 155.000 square metres, 70.000 of which are covered. The congress centre is a whole of rooms, service areas, restaurant, exhibiting space with a maximum capacity up to 2.000 people.

How to reach the Congress Venue

By Train

Padua is connected to the major cities in Italy by the national train service provided by Trenitalia (www.trenitalia.com).
It is approximately 2 hours away from Milan, 1 hour and a half from Bologna and just 20 minutes from Vicenza and Venice, where there are frequent rail connections with the line to and from Rome.
Once you alight at Padua train station, the PadovaFiere Conference Center is just 500 metres away, just turn left with the station behind you.

By Car

If you are travelling on the Milan-Venice (A4) motorway, take the Padova Est exit; then follow the signs to the Fiera.
If you are travelling on the Bologna-Padua (A13) motorway, take the Padova Sud exit; then follow the signs to the Fiera.

Parking
PadovaFiere Conference Center offers various parking solutions inside and near the fairgrounds.

  • North parking with entrance from Via Goldoni and Via Rismondo (900 parking spaces)
  • Parking “Pace”, located in Via della Pace, 30 (800 parking spaces)
  • Park Basement 7 and 8, entrance from gates L and M of Via Rismondo, sectors A-D (700 seats)
  • Park Fiera, entrance through gate E of Via Goldoni.

By Taxi

RadioTaxi telephone number: +39 049 651333.

By Plane

The nearest airport is the international Venice Marco Polo Airport, just 30 minutes by car.