Apply for a Ticket!

Tickets will be given out in a lottery.

The registration will open a couple of months before the conference. All registrations (except for guaranteed sponsor slots) end up on the waiting list. It will not matter, if you register on the first day, or on the last before the lottery run. A few weeks after the registration opens, there will be lottery draws to distribute available slots to people on the waiting list.

Please note that the draws will be (pseudo) random, and we will not influence the results in any way.

After each draw, you will be notified, if you are in.

If you are not, you stay on the waiting list (as was previous practice). But don’t give up just yet: Cancellations and other issues always cause some slots to become available again, and we will run additional draws to give those away at regular intervals.

We offer three packages

• Training Day
  (Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, until Thursday evening)
• SoCraTes Unconference
  (Thursday evening until Saturday evening, or Sunday morning)
• Workshop Day (incl. code retreat)
  (Sunday, until the evening, or Monday morning)

The price for your stay will be per person and include:

• Participation in the respective event
• Your hotel room
• Meals, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages (including coffee)

The exact amount depends on your choice of packages - and the support from our sponsors may make it even lower than announced here.

You can select as many room types as you like.

If you select more than one room type, this means you are happy with any of the room types you selected. We will move you to one of the rooms, as they become available.

Generally speaking: The more room options you select, the better your chances are to get a spot.

Please note that shared rooms may only be selected, if you name your roommate at registration. In fact, in order to be drawn for a shared room at the lottery, both roommates must be registered and have named each other. In the past, you could freely choose a roommate until right before the conference - but due to COVID-19, this is no longer possible. We still want to allow friends, couples, or families to attend SoCraTes together. But we will not facilitate or encourage random pairings.

Please also be aware that we will move you to the next available room without checking back with you first. So please select only those room types that you are happy with!

We will issue an invoice for advance payment of the full amount (as given below), shortly after you confirm your attendance.

The final amount includes accommodation, three meals per day and the hotel service fee for the conference, plus an additional fee if you attend the Training Day.

The total may further be reduced through Sponsoring (reach out to us if you want to sponsor).

To give you an example: The price for attending all three events, from Thursday to Monday in a single room will be:

Please choose your event packages and verify the duration of your stay. If anything needs to be changed, send an email to registration@socrates-conference.de, along with your desired changes.

To book until Sunday evening (or Monday morning) means participation in workshops or the code retreat. Since sponsorship money is being used to make this possible, please be fair and do not specify Workshop Day, unless you really want to participate in these activities.

You may specify your preferred size for a SoCraTes t-shirt in your attendee profile. If you don’t want a t-shirt, please keep the “no swag” option (the default) - to minimize our carbon footprint, and to make the best use of sponsoring money.

Please enter your home and billing addresses. Also, you may tell us about your food preferences / dietary restrictions, whether you have any special needs, or any other information you want to share with us.

Please make sure that your registration information stays up to date until the conference is over.