District 95
Conference
Duisburg
/ Germany
MAY 10-12
2024
Sportschule Wedau
The Venue
This year’s Toastmasters District 95 Conference will take place at the same venue where international sports clubs and the German national soccer team regularly meet for seminars, tactics training, workshops and selection matches. Here in Duisburg, at the Wedau Sports School, we have excellent conditions for holding a unique conference. In addition to the large, daylight-flooded main hall, where both the competitions and large parts of the main program will take place, we will offer workshops and other program items in additional, modern and optimally equipped seminar and multifunctional rooms. All event and seminar rooms as well as a hotel are located in a large, connected building complex. This means that everything important for the entire conference is within walking distance and the time on site can therefore be used optimally.
The grounds of the Wedau Sports School – Germany’s largest sports school – extend beyond the large building complex. The venue is embedded in the Duisburg Sports Park, which is home to many sports fields, a large water ski facility, the stadium of the famous MSV Duisburg soccer club and an internationally recognized regatta course. As a result, this location stands like no other for everything that makes the Toastmasters District 95 Conference 2024 so special: shared growth, networking, fun and fair competition – in the heart of District 95.
Duisburg is also ideally located in terms of transportation. The city is at the heart of the Ruhr metropolitan region, close to the other major German metropolitan regions of Düsseldorf and Cologne, in the middle of Germany’s most populous federal state – North Rhine-Westphalia – with around 18.1 million inhabitants. This makes it very easy to get here by plane (via Düsseldorf or Cologne) and public transport.
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Accommodation
On the grounds of the Wedau Sports School in Duisburg there is also an adjoining hotel with ideal accommodation in single and double rooms. Most rooms are modern and brightly furnished and offer all the necessary amenities. Almost all rooms have a great view over the Duisburg sports park and the Ruhr area, as far as the Düsseldorf metropolitan region and the neighboring Bergisches Land. Thanks to our special contingent, the rooms can be booked at attractive prices when you buy your ticket.
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Alternatives
There are several alternative hotels/hostel options within 15-25 minute walking distance:
Feel welcome – good reasons to attend!
Testimonials
Watch the videos of Toastmasters, who you will also meet at the conference. They talk about their very own reasons for being so excited about the event. What is your reason for attending?
Morag Mathieson
International President
District Management Trio
Csaba Csáki
Program Quality Director
Olga Kutsche
Administration Manager
Deepak Nagaraj
Division D Director
Markus Schumacher
Division H Director
Heiko Fülle
Area E1 Director
Andreea Turco
Area F5 Director
Shahrukh Hussain
District PR Manager
Nicola Zulu
Division G Director
Sofia Haarderup
Area B4 Director
Corinne Wilhelm
Area C2 Director
Toast Talk 95 (Facebook Live) – Episode With Markus Schumacher (Conference Initiator)
Click on the image to find the episode on Facebook.
Behind the scenes
Organizing team
A team of almost 20 enthusiastic international Toastmasters from across the District are working in a wide variety of areas to make the District 95 Conference a highlight in 2024. They are supported before and during the conference by other great people who together give their all to make sure you have the best conference experience!
The core team consists of the following eight people:
Guido Kattwinkel
Conference Lead
Peter Ratko
Program Lead
Alexandra Botta
Contest Lead
Jan Lubatschowski
Location Lead
Sebastian Ueckert
Finance Lead
Christian Hilgers
PR Lead
Alexa Behrens
Activities Lead
Markus Schumacher
Conference Initiator
A great experience for everyone
Awareness
Easy to find
Location
Take the A3 to the Duisburg-Wedau exit, turn left coming from Cologne and keep left, turn right coming from Oberhausen and keep right. Follow the road and turn left before the underpass, drive to the end (Kalkweg), then turn left, then turn left at the 2nd set of traffic lights (Friedrich-Alfred-Allee).
Take the A40 to the Duisburg interchange, then take the A59 towards Düsseldorf, take the Wanheimerort exit and drive towards Wedaustadion. Turn right at the traffic lights and then left at the next set of traffic lights. You will find the Wedau sports school after 150 meters.
From the main train station: Bus platform east on bus line 934, or bus platform west on line 944 to the “Sportschule Wedau” stop
or: Continue with the S-Bahn in the direction of Düsseldorf to the stop “Duisburg-Schlenk” – from there approx. 10 min. walk
Duisburg Central Station is only 15 km from Düsseldorf Airport – the fastest direct journey takes 5 minutes. There are numerous direct DB and FlixTrain connections – up to 125 trains run on the route every day.
From Duisburg main station, continue by bus or S-Bahn as described under public transportation.