Venue
Our conference is taking place at: Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB)
https://www.ccb.pt/en/
Centro Cultural de Belém
Addresss:
Praça do Império, 1449-003 Lisboa
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AssSm7HTLvzJqx5m7
How to reach the Venue
Bus: 728, 714, 727, 729, 751
Tram: 15E
Train: Cais do Sodré/Cascais Line (Stop: Belém)
[Find more information regarding public transportation in Lisbon here (different operators, tickets prices and where to buy them)]
All Conference events (except for the Conference Dinner) will take place solely at CCB.
The Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), was originally designed to house the headquarters of the Portuguese presidency of the European Union and later to develop cultural activities. It opened as a cultural and conference center in 1993, with a focus on music, theater arts and photography. It is also the largest concert hall in the country.
Located in the western part of Lisbon, next to the Tagus River, harmoniously integrated into an architectural complex dominated by the Jerónimos Monastery and with the Belém Tower just a stone’s throw away, the Centro Cultural de Belém is a historic meeting point in the city of Lisbon, conceived as a small part of the city, in its geography and its relationship with the river. Which makes it the perfect venue for our meeting!
* The CCB is also the home of the Museum of Contemporary Art – MAC/CCB
The Museum receives in deposit works from the State Contemporary Art Collection (CACE), the Teixeira de Freitas Collection, the Ellipse Collection, and the Berardo Collection.
Names such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondrian, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois, Paula Rego, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Donald Judd, Bruce Nauman or Cindy Sherman, among many others, are presented on the board of the movements that their works allowed to define, enabling a journey through time and an in-depth knowledge of each context.
The new MAC/CCB, which includes the Architecture Center/Garagem Sul, affirms the mission of the Centro Cultural de Belém, enhancing the dialogue between visual arts, architecture, and performing arts with the presentation of temporary exhibitions by contemporary artists.
* CCB also houses several shops and restaurants:
Restaurants, Cafés & Such…
– Restaurante Único
Restaurant. Also functions as a Café with breakfast, brunch and more snack/light meals. Sustainable and Organic. Employs extraordinary people with intellectual and developmental difficulties
– Restaurante Sauvage CCB
Restaurant. Exotic, sophisticated, original restaurant, where the five senses are stimulated with Portuguese cuisine.
– Restaurante EsteOeste
Restaurant. Italian and Japanese cuisine come together in a celebration of cultural difference and diversity.
– Casa de Chá e Café
Tea house and coffee shop. Rediscover the flavor of a traditional Portuguese specialty reinvented by Chef Luís Ribeiro. The sizzling and crunchy dough surrounds a soft and tasty filling in a combination that melts in the mouth at the rhythm of pure pleasure. Try the different flavors and the surprising creations.
– Doce Arte
Confectionery. Store specializing in sweets, particularly the famous Belgian chocolates. They have a varied range of belgian chocolates, jams, teas, and assorted cakes. Plus, renowned brands such as Nehaus, Galler, Mrs. Bridges, Café Tasse, Häggen Danz and many more.
– Pão da Esquina
Bakery and Pastry Shop by Chef Vítor Sobral. There are breads for all tastes, with sourdough and long fermentation. The pastry shop has no shortage of traditional, fresh and 100% natural cakes. And also, artisanal savory snacks, from the dough to the filling, prepared by hand.
– Gelato Davvero
Ice Cream Shop. Italian artisanal ice cream.
Bookstore
– Livraria Bertrand
1 of the 59 stores of the Bertrand brand, here you can find English versions of various works of Portuguese famous authors. The original store in Chiado in Lisbon (still existing) is the oldest operating bookstore in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. If you buy a book at the Chiado location you can ask the book to be stamped – certifying that the book was bought at the oldest bookshop in the world (only at the Chiado location).
Portuguese Serigraphy/Screen Printing Center
– Centro Português de Serigrafia
It produces limited editions of contemporary art, signed by the artists, using the techniques of Screen Printing, Engraving, Lithography, Photography and Digital Art. It follows an eclectic and formative editorial model.
Shops
– Castelbel
Cosmetics store. Portuguese brand specialized in the production of perfumed articles for the body and home.
– Arte Periferica
Store and Gallery. Sells almost all materials for Fine Arts, such as easels, canvases, paints, artistic papers, brushes, etc. It has a display of frames and railings, manufactured in its own workshop. It also has a wide range of art merchandising objects, such as postcards, puzzles, T-shirts or replicas of sculptures.
– Hangar Design Store
Hangar’s choices prioritize quality Portuguese and international products, valuing their history and originality. Features a careful selection of gifts, furniture and lighting, as well as other items for interior decoration.
– Marcadores de Memórias
Decoration Store. Furniture, jewelry and ethnic fashion. Decoration, accessories and objects from Asia, Thailand, Burma, India, among others.
– A Loja do Especialista
Architecture Store. Full of ideas, objects and projects in the form of postcards, geometric solids, books, magazines, models and works of art, fruit(s) of the practices of space that Spatialists carry out in the places they visit, through a set of exercises and references collected from the most diverse activities of Human Life.
– Portugal Essential
Design store. Aimed at the urban public and cultural tourism, thanks to its offer of industrial creative pieces and artefacts from the Portuguese imagination.
– SIGTOYS
Toy shop. Educational and didactic games/toys.
However! These are only the options housed in the venue complex, there are several other restaurants, shops, etc. in the Belém area not that far from the Venue….including the famous Pastés de Belém! Do dare to explore the area.
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https://www.timeout.com/lisbon/restaurants/pasteis-de-belem
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