PALA 2025 - Department of English and American Studies

23rd International Symposium of Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition - PALA 2025

The 23rd International Symposium of Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition (PALA) will be held at the Paderborn University.

September 18th – 19th 2025

In case of questions etc. please contact pala2025@mail.uni-paderborn.de

Call for Papers

Please open the Call for Papers for further information regarding the abstracts for papers and important dates. The deadline was extended.

Registration

To register for the conference please send an email to pala2025@mail.uni-paderborn.de with name and affiliation

Travel and Venue

Travel – How to get to Paderborn and the university

By car

The address of the university is Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Deutschland. There are a number of parking options around and on the university campus (see the map under Venue).

The nearest highway (Autobahn) is the A33.

By train

You can take regional trains to get to Paderborn as well as a few long-distance trains (e.g. ICE) depending on where you’re travelling from. Most ICEs go to Bielefeld rather than Paderborn. From Bielefeld you can take the RB74 to Paderborn. The best way to find the best connection is through the app or website of Deutsche Bahn (see below).

Information on the Deutschlandticket:

This ticket is 58€/month and enables you to take all buses and trains in public, local and regional transport all over Germany. There is no limitation of the number of journeys. If you plan on taking a number of buses and trains that weekend this might be cheaper than paying for each individual trip. However, long-distance trains (e.g., IC, EC, ICE as well as Flix trains and long-distance buses) are NOT included. If you want to take one of these long distance transport options you’ll have to purchase a separate ticket for those. In addition, the Deutschlandticket is only valid for second class. It can be booked via the website of Deutsche Bahn (https://www.bahn.de/angebot/regio/deutschland-ticket), through the app (more information below) or at vending machines and counters. If you are only planning on using the ticket for the time of the conference make sure to cancel your subscription, so you don’t have to pay for another month.

You might want to download the local transportation/train app in order to check relevant connections and possible delays: “DB Navigator”. The DB Navigator can also be accessed online: https://www.bahn.de/ .

By bus

Transportation from the main station (Paderborn Hauptbahnhof) to the university:

There are a few buses that operate regularly between the main station and the university. The two bus stops at the university are called “Uni/Südring” and “Uni/Schöne Aussicht”. You can get off at either one of these two. Most bus lines only stop at one of the two stops. Possible lines to take are line 100 (the university line, going to both university bus stops), line 1, line S30 and line S85. Line 100 usually operates every 15 minutes, S30 and S85 hourly.

Another stop where you could take a bus from is the Westerntor which is near the city center (about a 10 min walk from the main station). Possible lines here are line 1, 4, 6 and 14.

You might want to download the local transportation/bus app in order to check relevant connections and possible delays: “OWLmobil”

By plane

If you come by plane the following airports are the closest/best to go to:

Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport (PAD) (closest to the university)

Hannover Airport (HAJ)

Kassel (KSF)

Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)

Köln Bonn Airport (CGN)

Frankfurt (FRA) (quite far away from Paderborn; we would recommend another airport from the list above if possible)

Venue & map UPB

The conference will be held in the J building at the Paderborn University. It will mainly take place on the 4^th floor in rooms J4 219 and J4 319.

Here find a map of the university here: https://www.uni-paderborn.de/universitaet/anreise-lageplan

Accommodation

Not all of the linked hotel websites below are in English. However, each of the hotels can also be found on common traveling sites which usually offer English versions.

Most of these hotels are located in or around the city center. To get to the venue (Paderborn university) you can take a number of different buses.

Lower Budget

B&B Hotel Bahnhof

Double Room (for single or double use): from 60-70€

Breakfast: 13.90€/person

Website: B&B Hotel Paderborn I Günstiges Hotel in Paderborn

InterCity Hotel

Double Room (for single or double use): from 69€

Double Room with breakfast: from 85€

Website: https://hrewards.com/de/intercityhotel-paderborn

IBIS Hotel

Double Room (for single or double use): from 60€