HI Aida, Welcome to our festival!
HERE IS YOUR PERSONAL IPFO SCHEDULE

QUESTIONS/REQUESTS
We want you to feel as comfortable and welcome as possible. We have a hospitality team to answer questions, organize trips and take on requests. Please don’t hesitate to contact us

TRANSPORT
Transport to the hotel is organized and you will be picked up at the airport or train station by our team – watch out for someone holding an IPFO sign.  

ACCOMMODATION
Hotel Olten, Bahnhofstrasse 5, 4600 Olten

BADGE
You will be handed out a badge at your arrival. It will help our staff recognize you and give you free entry to everything you want to see at our festival including free food & beverages at the festival tent as well as at the Restaurant Astoria and Gryffe.

FOOD & BEVERAGES
You’re welcome to eat and drink in your hotel Olten and in our IPFO tent at all times and advise staff to put it on our IPFO-bill. Please make sure to calculate enough time before your keynote, seminar, workshop, portfolio review or other commitments.

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS Please be at your location 30 minutes before your seminar or workshop starts: just to be sure, that your laptop and the technique works etc. If you have any problems with the setup, don’t try too long, just call one of our tech people.

OLTEN & LOCATIONS
Everything is reachable within foot distance, check out the map or the one in the festival booklet which we will give you upon arrival. More about Olten

IMPORTANT CONTACTS

QUESTIONS/REQUESTS/GUEST SUPPORT from Tuesday 19. Aug. 25
Matthias Fäh +41 79 659 14 46 (Head guest support)
Torsten Maas +41 76 530 05 68
Claude Hurni +41 78 923 43 20

before 19. Aug. please contact steven@ipfo.ch

PRESS & INTERVIEWS
Barbara Kallenberg +41 79 937 38 98
barbara@ipfo.ch

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
Paul Merki +41 79 357 28 16
paul@ipfo.ch

EVENING TALK/KEYNOTE KULTURZENTRUM
Milena Hügli +41 77 416 10 47
milena@ipfo.ch

YOUR SCHEDULE

Tuesday, 19.8.

  • 08:10am Pick up from Airport. Arrival 08:10am in Zürich (Brussel2729)

    06:00pm Speakers Dinner. Meeting point in Hotel Olten, Contact: Matthias Fäh

    Wednesday, 20.8.

  • 06:20pm Pick up in front of the hotel for the opening

  • 06:30pm Photocall

  • 07:00pm Opening ceremony in front of the Stadtkirche (Townchurch)

  • 09:00pm Afterparty at IPFO Festival tent, Kirchgasse Olten

    Thursday, 21.8.

  • Throughout the day: exhibitions, seminars, workshops, IPFO tent

  • 10:30am Guided tour thru exhibitions, meeting at Hotel Olten

  • 03:40pm Pick up at hotel for Portfolio Review

  • 16:15pm-17:50 Portfolio Review, Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, 4600 Olten

  • 06:30pm Meeting at the Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, 4600 Olten: Soundcheck & checking presentation, technology etc.

  • 07:30pm-9:30pm Keynote at Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, Olten: Talk with PLATON and Q&A

  • 09:30pm Book signing
    08:00pm-09:30pm Keynote at Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, Olten: PLATON, then Q&A.

  • 10:00pm: Drinks and talks at IPFO Festival tent, Kirchgasse Olten

    Friday, 22.8.

  • Throughout the day: exhibitions, seminars, workshops and portfolio review
    06:00pm-07:00pm Sponsoring&Partner Apéro, Munzingerplatz, Olten (Zumstein Village)

  • 06:30pm Meeting at the Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, 4600 Olten: Soundcheck & checking presentation, technology etc.

  • 07:30pm-9:30pm Keynote at Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, Olten: Talk with Braschler&Fischer and Q&A

  • 09:30pm Book signing

  • 07:30pm-09:30pm Keynote at Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, Olten: Talk with Braschler&Fischer and Q&A The talk is in german. As alternative we can organize a dinner. Let us know.

  • 10:00pm-11:00pm Citylounge (Party), Kirchgasse Olten

  • 11:00pm Drinks and talks at IPFO festival tent, Kirchgasse Olten

    Saturday, 23.8.

  • Throughout the day: exhibitions, seminars, workshops and portfolio review

  • 10:00am We organized a surprise for you, please be ready at the Hotel Olten (please check your schedule before if you haven’t got any other commitments, you will be back around 1pm)

  • 12pm PHOTOVILLE4600 Jurytalk

  • 03:40pm Pick up at hotel for Portfolio Review

  • 06:50pm-17:50pm Portfolio Review, Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, 4600 Olten

  • 06.30pm Meeting at the Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, 4600 Olten: Soundcheck & checking presentation, technology etc.

  • 07:30pm-9:30pm: Keynote at Kulturzentrum Schützi, Schützenmattweg 15, Olten: Talk with Aîda Muluneh and Q&A after Swiss Photo Award Ceremony

  • 09:30pm Book signing

  • 10:00pm: Drinks and talks at our IPFO Festival Tent, Kirchgasse Olten

    Sunday, 24.8.

  • Breakfast and checkout, individual departure