ZEISS Forum – the venue

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Unique ambience for your event

Venue

Our services and offers can be customized to meet your needs

The ZEISS Forum offers 17 event rooms as well as exhibition areas on three levels. The majority of rooms offer seating that can be flexibly adjusted to your needs. Our room offering is completed by modern technology for presentations, meetings and events. We are happy to advise you regarding the right choice for an appropriate event room. We look forward to your inquiry.

High-tech equipment

Hybrid events: broadcast your event live or record it, and then make digital copies afterward.
Digital signage
Additional equipment available upon request

Direct access to the ZEISS Forum via the reception area and checkroom are located on level 2. Here, you will also find the ZEISS Museum of Optics that will impress visitors not only with historical artifacts, but also with interactive innovations. One of the highlights is the world's smallest ZEISS planetarium.

There is also a meeting room which fits up to 90 people – the perfect space for product-related presentations and classes.

At the ZEISS Forum shop you can purchase products from ZEISS and the World of Optics, including binoculars, lenses, and even merchandise, books and DVDs.

Level 2

Reception, museum and conference area

ZEISS Forum Tessar 124 m²

The Tessar conference room is located on level 2. It seats up to 90 people and provides the perfect environment for product presentations and training on 124 m² of floor space.

	Seating	Persons	Notes
Size: 126 m²	U shape	29
	Rows	91
	Classroom	49

The ZEISS Forum's 17 rooms are designed for modern elegance and flexibility: the event rooms can be furnished with individual seating and partly adjusted with partition walls.

Level 3 of the ZEISS Forum features the ZEISS hall, which offers ample space for large events: whether for cultural occasions like concerts or exhibitions, or for lectures or press conferences, furnished with a 12 x 4 m stage and versatile technical features, this hall is perfectly suited for all types of events.

The ZEISS hall also features permanent cameras which can be used for Web streams. This provides the host with the opportunity to record or broadcast the event internationally.

The coffee bar is located on level 3 of the ZEISS Forum and offers a wide selection of culinary delights that leave nothing to be desired.

Level 3

Meeting room, hall and coffee bar

ZEISS Forum Gemini 24 m²

The Gemini conference room is located on level 3. It is a mediascape room that offers space for 10 people.

ZEISS Forum Planar & Sonnar 35 m² & 47 m²

The meeting rooms Planar and Sonnar are located on level 3. Planar seats up to 13 people on 35 m² floor space, while Sonnar seats up to 17 people on 47 m² floor space. The rooms Planar and Sonnar can be booked together.

ZEISS Forum Cafébar Coffee bar

The 3rd level of the building also features the coffee bar,with standard seating for 174 people.

ZEISS Forum Punktal 69 m²

The Punktal conference room is located on level 3. It seats up to 36 people on 69 m² of floor space.

264 m²

Level 3 of the ZEISS Forum features ZEISS hall, which offers ample space for large events. At 264 m², it offers space for 262 people and is perfectly suited for cultural events like concerts and exhibitions, as well as lectures and press conferences.

		Size	Seating	Persons	Notes
Room	Gemini	24 m²	Mediascape	8
	Planar	35 m²	Carré	13	Can be combined with Sonnar room
	Sonnar	47 m²	Carré	17	Can be combined with Planar room
	Planar + Sonnar	84 m²	U shape	31
	Planar + Sonnar	84 m²	Classroom	37
	Punktal	69 m²	Carré	21
	Punktal	69 m²	Classroom	25
	ZEISS hall	248 m²	Rows	230	With stage
			Classroom	116	With stage
			Classroom	134	Without stage
			U shape	60	Without stage

Level 4 of the ZEISS Forum houses not only meeting facilities, but also the gallery level of the ZEISS hall, as well as the visitor entranceway to the Abbe auditorium. The slight upward slope of its fixed seating makes the Abbe auditorium the ideal setting for lectures and podium discussions with up to 143 participants.

The gallery level of the ZEISS hall contains 40 seats for guests, as well as the control booth, which is outfitted with everything you need to web stream events in the ZEISS hall or to broadcast them to the Abbe-Auditorium.

Level 4

Meetings, Abbe auditorium and gallery level

ZEISS Forum Gradal 42 m²

The Gradal conference room is located on the 4th level. It offers space for 14 people with its 42 m². The Gradal room features a fixed square seating arrangement.

ZEISS Forum Dialyt 43 m²

The Dialyt conference room is located on level 4. It offers space for 14 people with its 43 m². The Dialyt room features a fixed square seating arrangement.

ZEISS Forum Axiomat 55 m²

The Axiomat conference room is located on level 4. It seats up to 24 people on 55 m² of floor space.

ZEISS Forum PRISMO & CONTURA 48 m² & 46 m²

The meeting rooms PRISMO and CONTURA are located on level 4. They each seat up to 18 people with their 48 m² and 46 m² floor space. The rooms PRISMO and CONTURA can be booked together.

ZEISS Forum Stratus 63 m²

The Stratus conference room is located on level 4. It is a mediascape room an adjoining lounge area that offers space for 6 (8) people.

Empore ZEISS Saal 48 m²

The gallery level of the ZEISS hall is located on level 4. It offers space for another 40 people with its 48 m².

ZEISS Forum SCHOTT 124 m²

The conference room SCHOTT is located on the level 4. It seats up to 73 people on 124 m² of floor space.

ZEISS Forum OPMI 1 & OPMI Pentero 44 m² & 45 m²

The meeting rooms OPMI 1 and OPMI Pentero are located on level 4. They each seat up to 13 people with their 44 m² and 45 m² floor space. The rooms OPMI 1 and OPMI Pentero can be booked together.

ZEISS Forum Abbe-Auditorium 192 m²

The Abbe auditorium has entrances on level 3 and level 4. The auditorium is the ideal setting for lectures and podium discussions with up to 144 participants thanks to its fixed seating with its slight upward slope.

ZEISS Forum Skymaster 69 m²

The 4th level of the building also features the conference room Skymaster. This oval room seats up to 39 people on 69 m² of floor space.

		Size	Seating	Persons	Notes
Room	Gradal	40 m²	Mediascape	10	Skype conferences are limited to nine persons due to the viewing radius of the camera.
	Dialyt	43 m2	Mediascape	10	Skype conferences are limited to nine persons due to the viewing radius of the camera.
	Axiomat	55 m²	U shape	17
	Axiomat	55 m²	Classroom	19
	PRISMO	48 m²	U shape	13	Can be combined with CONTURA room
	CONTURA	46 m²	U shape	13	Can be combined with PRISMO room
	PRISMO + CONTURA	95 m²	U shape	25
	PRISMO + CONTURA	95 m²	Classroom	31
	SCHOTT	124 m²	U shape	29
			Classroom	51
			Rows	73
	Abbe auditorium	193 m²	Rows	143	Fixed rows
	OPMI 1	44 m²	U shape	13	Can be combined with OPMI Pentero
	OPMI Pentrero	45 m²	U shape	13	Can be combined with OPMI 1
	OPMI 1 + Pentero	89 m²	U shape	29
	OPMI 1 + Pentero	89 m²	Classroom	31
	Stratus	63 m²	Mediascape with lounge area	6
	Skymaster (Oval)	69 m²	Circle of chairs	17