Venue, Hotel, Travel

Venue

Royal Bank of Scotland Conference Centre

State of Open Con 26 On The Road, Edinburgh: The AI Stack and Openness will take place at Royal Bank of Scotland Conference Centre in Edinburgh, UK. The venue is located at 175 Glasgow Rd, Edinburgh EH12 9SB.

Hotel

The Resident Edinburgh

 We partnered up with The Resident Edinburgh for our attendees of State of Open Con. The hotel is located at 15 Drumsheugh Gardens Edinburgh EH3 7UG.

Attendees can book their hotel room on the website with promo code: OPENUK26 for one night on 4 June for Standard Double rooms with a rate of £259 per room, per night, room only, inclusive of VAT. This rate will expire on 21 May 2026 and will not be available to book after this date.

Payment will be taken at the time of booking and will be non-refundable and non-changeable. You will need to put your card details into the website when booking.

Apex Waterloo Place

We also partnered up with Apex Waterloo Place Hotel Edinburgh for our attendees of State of Open Con. The hotel is located at 23-27 Waterloo Pl, Edinburgh EH1 3BG.

Attendees can book their hotel room via this booking link for one night on 4 June to get discount between 8 and 15% depending on availability.

Both of our recommended hotels are easy walk to the tram.

Airport

Edinburgh Airport

Located approximately 2 miles away

Train

There are several National Rail providers that can get you to our event from across the UK. LNER, Lumo, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountryTransPennine Express, ScotRail, and Caledonian Sleeper are major providers that terminate at Edinburgh Waverley, Haymarket, and Gyle stations.

From these central hubs, you can take a short connecting train to Edinburgh Gateway or the Edinburgh Tram directly to the Gogarburn stop on the campus.

Bus Stations

Edinburgh Bus Station – Elder Street / St Andrew Square

Gogarburn RBS HQ – Royal Bank Link Road – X18 (Campus Stop)

Gogarburn A8 – Glasgow Road – 17, 18, 31, 32, 70, 71, 900, 909, N18, X18, X19, X38, X39 and walk

Gogar Roundabout – Glasgow Road – 18, 70, 71 and walk

Tram

Edinburgh Trams (T50) stop directly on the campus every 7–10 minutes