AIES-25 Know Before You Go

Conference Program

Remote Attendance: For virtual conference attendees, remote attendance access links will be sent via email by Sunday, October 19, 2025. Please note all program times are in CEST (Central European Summer Time) UTC/GMT + 2 hours.

Venue, Transportation, & Parking Information:

Getting to IE University 

Parking Resources

Registration Location and Hours: 

Torre Caleido (IE Tower), Paseo de la Castellana 259E, Madrid. 

Please present yourself in the lobby of IE Tower with government-issued identification to receive your conference badge:

  • Monday, October 20: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, October 21: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Wednesday, October 23: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

If you need assistance outside the above hours, please contact us at aies@aaai.org.

IE University kindly requests that guests wear their badges visibly throughout their visit to IE Tower and keep government-issued identification on their persons for verification.

AIES-25 Conference Location: Auditorium at IE Tower

  • Keynotes and general session: Auditorium (Note: access through the Cafeteria on Floor -3 on October 20 and 21 and through Floor -4 on October 22).
  • Poster sessions and evening receptions:
    • October 20-21 from 6:15 – 8:00 pm | Floor 24
    • October 22 from 10:15 – 11:45 am and 3:15 – 4:45 pm | Floor -4 | Foyer

Food and Refreshments 

AIES-25 provides mid-morning and afternoon refreshment breaks as well as evening receptions on Monday and Tuesday. Attendees are on their own for daily lunch. There are many local dining options within walking distance or enjoy the daily menu at the IE Cafeteria on -3 floor. The Cafeteria remains open throughout the day for refreshments; snack and beverage vending machines are placed throughout IE Tower.

Complimentary Wi-Fi Access Information:

  • Network Name: AIES Conference 
  • Password: h8!kpH%6g&%

*Please bear in mind this WiFi access only works on floors -4 (Auditorium), -3 (Cafeteria), and 24.

Poster Printing and Set-up

  • Posters should be no larger than DIN A0 size; portrait or landscape orientation. The poster stands are 120 cm wide. Blutack or similar adhesive will be provided to hang posters.
  • Presenters are responsible for printing and transporting their own posters. Posters may be transported from your home print shop, either as paper in poster tubes or printed on fabric and folded in one’s suitcase. Posters may also be printed locally. We have verified the following options.

Presenters in the Day 1 and 2 poster sessions are kindly asked to affix their posters at the beginning of their designated poster session (and not in advance).

Safety and Security

Guests are kindly requested to remain within AIES’s designated event spaces in IE Tower throughout the conference and to remember that classes and other events will be running alongside AIES. 

The general emergency number in Spain is 112. IE University has an infirmary on Floor -4. A pharmacy can be found in the open-air Caleido mall adjacent to IE Tower (https://lafarmaciadecaleido.es/ |+34 916 26 65 71).

Legal Notice 

By attending this event, participants agree that Instituto de Empresa, S.L.U. and IE Universidad (“IE”) may process the data strictly necessary for event management, in accordance with IE’s Privacy Policy.

Streaming, Recordings, and Photography Disclosure

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