The 11th SIMONE Congress was held June 13–15, 2012 in the city of Bratislava, Slovakia. This traditional worldwide event was organized by SIMONE Research Group s.r.o., Prague, and LIWACOM Informationstechnik GmbH, Essen, in a prominent partnership with eustream, a.s., Bratislava.

The city of Bratislava has been established in the Roman period and it has not failed to fascinate its vistors ever since. It lies on the mighty river Danube together with other capitals of the Central European region. Our congress was held in the medieval center of the town that is characterised by many towers, long walks overlooked by the Castle of Bratislava where we held our Gala Dinner. We feel that this treasure of a town was a great venue for our conference.