Three stages,
three floors.
Main stage
The original eighteenth-century reception hall, restored 2019. Every keynote and main-stage talk happens here. Tiered seating for 980, with reserved front-row for VIPs (rows 1–4) and signed wheelchair access at the front of every row.
Workshop · West
Long-table workshop room. Capacity 60, rolling whiteboards on three sides, a soft eastern light all morning that pleases the type designers. Used for the longer hands-on sessions and the Friday studio brief.
Workshop · East
Smaller, more focused workshop room — capacity 40 — used for the technical sessions (variable-type tooling, motion-system construction, audio interface prototyping). Acoustic panels recently installed.
Terrace · lunch
Eight hundred square meters of open rooftop overlooking the Tagus. Lunch served buffet-style at three tables; coffee carts circulating from 09:00 to 17:00. Closing-night cocktails before the Belém dinner. Covered if it rains.
Lobby + cafe
Where the espresso bar lives, where badges get picked up, and where ninety percent of the conversations actually happen. A long cork wall along the eastern side becomes the open notice board for sponsors, scholarships, and last-minute meet-ups.
Quiet room
A small gallery off the foyer, kept quiet for the duration of the conference. Soft seating, ten desks, and a strict no-phones rule. For attendees who need a break from the main floor or a quiet hour to write.