Venue and location - General information
General location: The conference
will be held on the campus of the University
of Orleans (France), 100 km South of Paris. Orleans
is an old medieval city on the Loire river (the longest river in
France and the last free-flowing river in Europe) with numerous touring
opportunities. The town is part of the landscape of the Loire
valley which is famous for its balmy weather and its Renaissance
castles (Chambord, Chenonceaux, Amboise,...), wines and gardens.
Conference site : The talks will
be given in the Amphitheater Cabannes in the building of the IPO Polytechnique-Orléans
Institute (I4 on the map), in the immediate vicinity
of the tramway station "Universite - Parc Floral" (G3)
Accomodation: All participants will
have lodging in the Résidence "Aristote" (I8),
located on the campus, close to the conference building. Meals will be
provided at the "L'Anatidé" (marked R
in G4)in front of the campus lake.
Arriving...: All participants will
have to commute in Paris, arriving either at:
- by plane at Charles De
Gaulle Roissy (CDG) International Airport, which is located North of Paris
(transatlantic and european flights).
at Orly International
Airport, which is located South of Paris (european and french inner flights).
- by train in Paris at Gare du Nord station
(arrivals from Northern Europe and UK using Eurostar), Gare de l'Est
(Eastern Europe), Gare de Lyon (Southern Europe) or Gare d'Austerlitz
(Spain and Portugal). See below for further information.
- by car: highway A10 connects Orléans to Paris. The University
is located South of Orleans downtown and South of the Loire River. Take
the direction "Orleans La Source" and then "Orleans Universite".
See the road map
Moving
to Orleans: The SNCF
train from Paris to Orleans leaves from downtown Paris Gare d'Austerlitz
station which is accessible by metro and taxi. Trains are running almost
every hour from 6.00 am to 10.00pm. There is one hour train ride
and no need of making train reservation.
Arrival is at Gare d'Orleans
central station which is 10 minutes tramway (there is only one tramway
line in Orleans) away from the University campus (station "Universite
-Parc Floral")
Train schedule of Monday July 5th:
Paris Austerlitz
Orleans station
10.47
11.52
11.51
12.44
12.08
13.38
13.35
14.09
16.23
17.47
16.32
17.39
17.03
18.18
17.21
18.50
18.03
19.08
18.33
19.37
Train schedule of Friday July 9th
Orleans station Paris Austerlitz
16.29
17.34
16.48
17.55 (with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
17.05
18.10 (with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
17.52
18.56 (with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
18.14
19.53
18.22
19.29(with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
18.56
19.59
19.04
20.08 (with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
19.04
20.26 (with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
Train schedule of Saturday July 10th
Orleans station Paris Austerlitz
7.49
9.15
8.19
9.27 (with connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
8.40
9.47
9.41
10.50
10.36
11.41
11.20
12.26 (with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
11.46
12.53 (with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
12.27
13.59 (with
connection at Orleans - Les Aubrais)
Contact: networks@cnrs-orleans.fr