Practical informations
THE MEETING.
The meeting takes place at the Economics and Management Department (UFR des sciences économiques et de gestion). The department is no longer located on campus 1 near the Castle. We have moved to the suburb and campus 4 two years ago. The economic building is now located 3km north of the city center.
Link to map of campus 4:http://www.unicaen.fr/universite/plans/pdf/plan-campus4.pdf
The urban transports of Caen provide a bus-line and tram service in Caen and its close suburbs. The tramway is the easiest way to reach the Faculty. To do so, you have to take the « Tram A - Campus 2 » line at the train station or in the city center (see the map below) and leave it at the station named « Claude Bloch ». The Faculty is then just behind the station. You can buy your ticket from the vending machines located in the stations.
The tramway lines: http://www.twisto.fr/carte/PDF/TRAM%20A.PDF
The registration will take place at Room 059, and the conference will be held in Room 057 and in the main amphitheater, all on the first floor.
Coffee, tea, and juices will be available during the coffee breaks, which will take place at Room 059.
All the rooms are equipped with a computer, video projector, boards and overheads projectors.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Regional Council will host the meeting at the "Abbaye aux Dames", an historical landmark of the city. Transfer by bus will be offered to the participants of the meeting
ARRIVAL
ARRIVING IN PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE.
Most of you should arrive in Paris at Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport. To go to Caen, you first need to reach Saint Lazare Train Station, in the center of Paris. You can reach the center of Paris either by Taxi, or by Train. By Train, take the RER B from CDG to Châtelet les Halles (in the center of Paris) , and then switch to line 14, that goes directly to Saint Lazare Station. It takes approximately one hour to reach Saint Lazare Station from CDG.
TO CAEN
In Saint Lazare Station, you need to buy a train ticket to Caen. Trains to Caen run every two hours (approximately) and the last one leaves Paris at 22:00 (approximately). You can get the train timetable from the national rail company website : http://www.sncf.fr/en_EN/flash/. It takes two hours to reach Caen from Saint Lazare Station.
There are some flights to Caen airport, but there are usually not very practical and quite expenses. You can have a look on Caen airport's website for more information (in French) http://www.caen.aeroport.fr/. As Caen airport is located on the suburb, you need a taxi to reach the hotel and the conference site.
BY BOAT.
Coming from Unite Kingdom, you may wish to drive to Caen. The ferry line between Portsmouth and Ouistreham (15km from Caen) in run by Brittany Ferries (http://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/)
IN CAEN
You are all hosted at hotel "MERCURE cote de nacre".
Mercure Caen Côte de Nacre
2 Place Boston, 14200 HEROUVILLE SAINT CLAIR-FRANCE
Tel : (+33)2/31440505 -
Fax : (+33)2/31449594 -
@ : H5712@accor.com
The Hotel is about 10mn walk from the Faculty
From the train station, you can go to the hotel by taxi, or by tramway. By tramway, take any tram northbound and leave it at "Citis" station, just after "Claude Bloch" station. The hotel is just 50m from this stop. You need to buy a ticket at the vending machines that are located at each station.
Breakfast is included.
LUNCHES AND DINERS
We have arranged lunches and a gala dinner for all the participants of the conference:
Lunches (10th , 11th and 12th) will take place at restaurant Clarine, 100m from the department.
http://www.clarinecaen.com/fr/en/index.htm
The gala dinner will take at "Café Mancel", a restaurant located inside the castle, in the city center. Closest tramway stations are "Université", on the north entrance of the castle, and "Saint Pierre", on the south entrance.
Do not hesitate to mention special culinary requirements.
Touristic information:
http://www.tourisme.caen.fr/anglais/index.htm
