Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands and a vibrant city with many businesses, hotels, restaurants, places to go out or museums to explore. Amsterdam is also a get place to live in or work. More information can be found on the website of the city of Amsterdam .



More information on the history of Amsterdam or other local information can be found here:

• History
• Tourism

SAIL 2015 Amsterdam

On the last two days of the 2015 IASS symposium the 5-yearly SAIL Amsterdam event will start. Sail Amsterdam is the biggest event in the Netherlands, from our conference location we will have an excellent view on the waterfront and the “Sail-in” with about 30 sailing tall ships and hundreds of smaller vessels. It is possible to visit the tall ships. More information on SAIL can be found on the Sail website.

Probably the historic city of Amsterdam, the museums, Sail Amsterdam and other interesting things to be seen in the rest of the Netherlands might be an excellent reason to stay some more days after the symposium.