Useful Information

What you need

Travelling to Estonia

Schengen – Visa

When arriving to Estonia, all participants must present a valid passport with the appropriate visa (if required). It is not possible to apply for a visa at the border. Participants who need to apply for a visa must do so in their country of residence. Estonia is part of the Schengen Area. 

Please note that visa invitation letters will be issued only to confirmed on-site participants who registered and already have paid the conference fee.

Consular Information

In case of an issue with travel documents or other travel-related questions, you can seek help from the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Arrival and departure

Delegates arriving/departing individually are kindly requested to make their own travel arrangements. Upon arrival at the Tallinn Lennart Meri airport, we recommend you to take a taxi from the taxi stand in front of the airport. Taxi from the airport to the hotel takes about 10 minutes (depending on traffic) and costs around 10 €. Taxis accept Visa / Mastercard. ATMs are located in the airport terminal building.

Bus and tram stops, car parks and taxi stand are only meters away from Airport entrances.  https://www.tallinn-airport.ee/en/transport/leaving-the-airport/

 

General information

The conference will be held in ENGLISH, no translation available.

Expo areas

The conference features two exposition areas, the first on site at the Creative Hub, and the second in the online environment, where companies and organisations have presentation spaces, organise interactive discussions with attendees, introduce fresh tech solutions for governments, and generate business leads.   

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Weather

In the end of May, the Estonian weather can change quickly. There are often sunny, rainy and windy days in Tallinn and the temperature varies from +13C to +20C.

Other practical information

Local Emergency Number is 112. 
The power supply is 220-230 volts (plug: two round prongs).
Local time: Eastern European Summer Time (GMT+3)

Conference contact information: conference@ega.ee

Money and banks
Estonia uses the Euros and you can pay with card (also contactless) everywhere.  ATMs can be found all around Tallinn. NB! Estonian ATMs give you your money first, then return the card. The machine asks yo u if you are done with your transactions, then it will give you back the card. ENG language options are available. 

Internet
Public Wi-Fi is available in nearly every café, restaurant and hotel. We recommend using eSIM via the app Airalo if you wish to purchase larger amount of data. It’s very affordable. 

For more information on attractions and sights in Tallinn and Estonia please go to visittallinn.ee and visitestonia.com.

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Partner hotels

During the period of 29 May – 1 June 2023 rooms at partner hotels have been reserved at special rates for participants attending the Conference on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Early reservation for accommodation is highly recommended. Room rates may change if the rooms reserved by the organizers are fully booked.

Scroll down to see the partner hotels listed below.

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Nordic Hotel Forum

Standard single room 144 €/ double room 159€

(Rate includes buffet breakfast, use of leisure centre, WIFI and VAT)

Use promotion code „EGOV23

Book via  forum@nordichotels.eu

Phone +372 622 2999

viru

Original Sokos Hotel Viru / Solo Sokos Hotel Estoria

Standard single room 89 € / twin room 99€ 

Superior single room 99 € / twin room 109 €

Use promotion code „BEGOV23

Book online here  or via viru.reservation@sok.fi 
Phone: +372 680 9300 

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Metropol SPA Hotel

Metropol Hotel

Use promotion code „EGOV23“ and get a -30% off 

Book via booking@metropol.ee 

Tallink Spa & Conference Hotel

Single room 119 €
(Rate includes accomodation, buffee breakfast, access to Aqua Spa water Center, WIFI and VAT.)  

Tallink City Hotel

Single room 119 €
(Rate includes accomodation, buffee breakfast, access to Aqua Spa water Center, WIFI and VAT.)   

Tallink Express Hotel

Single room 84€
(Rate includes accomodation, buffee breakfast, WIFI and VAT.)  

For Tallink hotels use promotion code „EGov2023

 
swissotel

Swissôtel Tallinn

Advantage room for single occupancy 170€
Advantage room for double occupancy 185€


Use promotion code „EGOV23

Book reservations.tallinn@swissotel.com

Phone +372 624 4444

Venues

Tallinn Creative Hub

The e-Governance Conference 2023 is a hybrid conference with digital content, live discussions, practical workshops, and on-the-spot networking possibilities.  

The event will take place at the Creative Hub, one of the most imaginative event spaces in Northern Europe. The industrial interior of the complex, inspired by the legendary filmmaker Andrei Tarkovski, wowed Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel, and has fascinated thousands of conference goers.

We will inform and inspire, share ideas, and foster high-value connections within the e-governance community. Last year, 900 people attended the conference, 327 on-site in Tallinn, and about 600 people online.

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