FAQ for Journalists

For any more questions please contact our Press-Team.

• How do I reach the Exhibition Centre by bus or train?
• How do I reach the trade fair by car, where can I park?
• I am coming with a camera team – who should I report to?

• Where do I get accredited?
• Where do I find the Press Club?
• How do I find out when press conferences are being held?

• How do I get photos from digi:media?  
• When can I get accredited?
• Who will be accredited? What do I need?
• Where can I distribute my publications?

You reach digi:media 2011 only via Entrance North of the exhibition centre. If you are coming by public transport, take the U78 underground tram as far as the terminus, “ESPRIT arena / Messe Nord”. The U78 starts from “Hauptbahnhof” (main station) via stop “Heinrich-Heine-Allee”. The entrance to digi:media is located at the mall next to the underground tram station (on the first floor – please take the stairs/escalator/lift).
 
There is no special shuttle bus service to Eingang Nord (North Entrance) from Eingang Ost or Süd (East and South Entrances) or from the Messe Center (admin building).

How do I reach the trade fair by car, where can I park?

Press parking spaces for digi:media can be found in Arena-Strasse outside Eingang Nord (North Entrance). Coming from the roundabout at the ESPRIT Arena, turn into Arena-Strasse, go through the underpass underneath the Tulip Inn-Hotel and past multi-storey car park P7. You will find the marked press parking slots for digi:media on the left, next to the fence, outside Hall 8a. Simply enter “Arena-Strasse” in the satellite navigation system. (Download map)

During your first visit please have your journalist pass or legitimisation letter from your publication ready. After accreditation the press badge you receive from us will allow you to enter the car park. The press parking personnel have been instructed to accept only the above-listed legitimisation.

P4, the multi-storey car park for the press on Stockumer Kirchstrasse, will not be available for digi:media.

I am coming with a camera team – who should I report to?

Our press team for radio and television, Michael Vellen and Daniela Nickel, will be happy to assist you.

Contact:
Michael Vellen:
Phone: +49 (0) 211 4560-990,


Daniela Nickel:
Phone: +49 (0)211 4560-545,

Press registration will take place only at the combined information/accreditation counter in the entrance North B (1st floor). The counter opens daily from 09:00 to 18:00 hrs. None of the other accreditation facilities will be open for digi:media (including Messehochhaus, the trade fair building)!

You will be required to present a valid recognised press ID card or authorisation from your editor-in-chief. A voucher copy bearing your name in the imprint/editors’ credits will also be accepted in conjunction with your passport or ID card.

We regret that all non-journalist staff, such as marketing or advertising personnel, are not entitled to a Press Card. We should also like to point out in this connection that inclusion in the Messe Düsseldorf press mailing list does not automatically entitle persons to the Press Card.

The Hall Press Club is located in Hall 6 A 40. The Press Club will be open to you from 09:00 to 19:00 hrs, except on the last day of the trade fair when we’ll be closing at 18:00 hrs.

The following services are available to you in the Press Club in Hall 6 A 40 free of charge:

• Press information on digi:media 2011
• Exhibitors’ Press Information
• Catalogues
• Photo service
• PC workstations with internet access
• Laptop connections
• Photocopier, fax machine

Important: Only LAN connections will be available free of charge at the Press Club in Hall 6. Wi-Fi internet access in Hall 6, however, is subject to a charge.

Refreshments will also be available in the Press Club.

Please note that you may only access the Press Club with a previously issued press badge.

The press team will prepare a press planner for you, which you may pick up at the accreditation site or in the Press Club (Hall 6 A40). In addition to the press conference dates during the trade fair, but also the dates for all events we have been informed of and the press contacts for the exhibitors. Press dates will also be displayed in the Press Club and updated daily. Upon request we will mail you a press planner starting approximately one week before the trade fair begins.

We are engaging a professional photographer and will make photos from digi:media 2011 available to you in an photo database. The photos may be used for journalistic purposes at no charge (with source indication "Photo: Messe Düsseldorf/Tillmann"). In addition we will take your orders for photos during the trade fair at the Press Club. Photos can be emailed to you or delivered on a CD.

There will be no advance accreditation. It will only be possible to get accredited during the trade fair. The Press registration will take place only at the combined information/accreditation counter in the entrance North B (1st floor). The counter opens daily from 09:00 to 18:00 hrs. None of the other accreditation facilities will be open for digi:media (including Messehochhaus, the trade fair building)!
Please have your press pass or legitimisation letter ready.

Who will be accredited? What do I need?

Press badges will be issued only upon submission of a valid, internationally recognised press pass or legitimisation letter from a magazine or editorial office. A voucher copy bearing your name in the imprint/editors’ credits will also be accepted in conjunction with your passport or ID card. No assistant badges will be issued.

We regret that all non-journalist staff, such as marketing or advertising personnel, are not entitled to a Press Card. We should also like to point out in this connection that inclusion in the Messe Düsseldorf press mailing list does not automatically entitle persons to the Press Card.

Our accreditation guidelines can be found here

Where can I distribute my publications?

There will be an international trade press stand during digi:media (Hall 6 A09). Please follow the link for further information