ELSA conference 2010

Accommodation

Catherine Turon — 2010-02-01T17:21:42Z

[rouge]Deadline for modifications to abstracts and registration forms: 18 May 2010[/rouge]

About 100 rooms offering two-star comfort are available at Centre International d'Etudes Pédagogiques within the 18th-century former Royal Porcelain Works of Sèvres:
– 76 single rooms
– 6 rooms with twin beds
– 8 rooms with double beds
All rooms are with en-suite bathroom, internet connection, cable television, telephone, tea/coffee making facilities, available.
Dinners are possible at CIEP every evening except on Sunday, and the day of the social dinner.
– for any special diet, please write to Annick.Oger - obspm.fr

You will be asked, in the registration form, if you wish an accommodation at CIEP.
[rouge]First registered, first served[/rouge]
See:
– http://www.ciep.fr/en/seminaire/index.php
– http://www.ciep.fr/en/seminaire/docs/bienvenue.pdf
– http://www.ciep.fr/en/seminaire/docs/plaquette_en.pdf

If not, you will be in charge of booking your own accommodation.
– in Sèvres, only one hotel:
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-1979-novotel-paris-pont-de-sevres/index.shtml
– in Boulogne-Billancourt:
http://www.boulognebillancourt.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=393?&leftid=573&mpid=2&submid=4&Itemid=573
– in Paris:
— A list of hotels near Paris Observatory (with prices negociated for Symposia participants) is attached here
— General web site for hotel reservation in Paris
http://www.parisinfo.com/hotels-paris/reservation-hotels-en-ligne/

Local information

Catherine Turon — 2010-01-29T17:36:29Z

The Conference will be hosted at CIEP (Centre International d'Etudes Pédagogiques).
CIEP is a public institution of the French Education Ministry. It has longstanding expertise in hosting conferences, seminars and forums for French and international organisations active in education cooperation.

With its prestigious setting and extensive facilities located in the 18th-century former Royal Porcelain Works of Sèvres, just 10 minutes from Paris, CIEP can offer a complete range of packages for residential and non-residential groups.

See http://www.ciep.fr/en/seminaire/index.php
http://www.ciep.fr/en/seminaire/docs/bienvenue.pdf
and http://www.ciep.fr/en/seminaire/docs/plaquette_en.pdf

Address and Access
CIEP
1, avenue Léon Journault - 92318 Sèvres CEDEX
Telephone: 01 45 07 60 84 - Fax: 01 45 07 60 01 - Email: crd@ciep.fr

CIEP is 10 minutes from métro Pont de Sèvres.
See http://www.ciep.fr/en/venir/index.php

How to get here:
– From Pont de Sèvres: bus 169, 171 or 179. Stop "Parc de Saint Cloud" (5 min)
– From Porte de Versailles: tram T2, direction La Défense. Stop Musée de Sèvres (16 min)
– From Paris train stations and Airports
See http://www.ciep.fr/en/venir/docs/venir_au_ciep_en.pdf.
This document also includes a map.

Public Transportation
– metro, RER, bus and tram: http://www.ratp.info/touristes/index.php?langue=en&rub=reperer&cat=itineraires or
http://www.ratp.info/index.php
Closest metro station: Pont de Sèvres.
– SNCF Ile de France: http://www.transilien.com/web/site
Closest train station: Sèvres Rive Gauche. Train from Gare Montparnasse.

Taxis
– Local: 01 47 09 13 32; 01 49 07 07 07

Useful links

Catherine Turon — 2010-01-21T12:28:46Z

– ELSA main site: http://www.astro.lu.se/ELSA
– Gaia at ESA: http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?p...

Previous ELSA meetings
– ELSA Kick-Off Meeting, Lund, 23-24 Nov 2006
– ELSA School on the Science of Gaia, Leiden, 19-28 Nov 2007.
Presentations
– ELSA Workshop on Software Engineering and Numerics, Barcelona 1-5 Sep 2008
– ELSA School on the Techniques of Gaia, (Heidelberg 28 Sep -2 Oct 2009

Transportation
– metro, RER, bus and tram: http://www.ratp.info/touristes/inde...
– SNCF Ile de France: http://www.transilien.com/web/site

Tourism
– in Paris and around: http://www.new-paris-ile-de-france.co.uk/
– in Sèvres: http://www.ville-sevres.fr/ewb_pages/a/anglais.php
– in Hauts de Seine: http://www.tourisme-hautsdeseine.com/
– in Parc de Saint-Cloud: http://parc.de.saintcloud.free.fr/
– in Versailles: http://www.versailles-tourisme.com/en/accueil.html