Conference place
IEEE MCSoC-16 will be held at the Lyon Congress Center, Lyon. The conference will take place in rooms Saint Clair 3A and 3B. Use entrance H to access the conference.
Address: 50 Quai Charles de Gaulle, 69463 Lyon cedex 06, France. Map.
How to reach Lyon:
Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport web site contains general instructions about transportation:
http://www.lyonaeroports.com/en/
Tram transportation Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport / Lyon Part Dieu railway station (30 min):
http://www.lyonaeroports.com/en/access-transports/tram
Lyon Part Dieu railway station:
Lyon Part Dieu railway station is easily accessible from Paris Charles de Gaulles airport through direct trains (2 hours) : http://www.sncf.com/en/passengers
How to reach the Congress Center
Taxi: From Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport, it costs about 50€. A private taxi company.
By bus, take line C1 (10min from TGV Part-Dieu train station), C4 (20min from Jean Macé metro station) or C5 and get off at “Cité internationale – Centre de Congrès”. Walk 5 min to entrance H.
The public transportation company website: http://www.tcl.fr/en
Entrance H is located behind the bear. Street view
The registration desk and rooms St Clair 3 A and 3 B are located on the second floor.
Guided Tour
Guided tour will start on Friday Sept. 23rd, 14:00, at Vieux Lyon metro station exit (metro line D).
Suggested route (starting point: Congress Center)
- take bus C4 direction “Jean Macé” from the stop “Cité Internationale” (2 min walk from entrance H, Congress Center park side, just outside the Musée d’Art Contemporain)
- get off at “Saxe – Gambetta”
- take metro line D direction “Gare de Vaise”
- get off at “Vieux Lyon”
- Meeting point is at the metro station exit, street level
Gala dinner
Gala dinner will take place on Thursday Sept. 22th, 20:00, at Brasserie Le Sud, 11 Place Antonin Poncet, 69002 Lyon, France. Nearest subway stop: Bellecour (metro lines A and D). map
Suggested route (starting point: Congress Center)
- take bus C5 direction “Cordeliers” from the stop “Cité Internationale” (2 min walk from entrance H, Congress Center park side, just outside the Musée d’Art Contemporain)
- get off at “Cordeliers” (terminus)
- walk to the restaurant through “rue de la république” (1km, 12 min)
Recommended Hotels
On site:
Crowne Plaza Lyon (****), 22 Quai Charles De Gaulle, Lyon France
Lyon Marriott Hotel Cité Internationale (****), 70 Quai Charles de Gaulle, 69463 Lyon, France
Residential hotel Temporim, Lyon Cite Internationale, 35 quai Charles de Gaulle, 69006 Lyon, France
10 min walking from the conference location:
B&B Hotel Lyon Caluire Cité Internationale (**), 148-150 Grande Rue St Clair 69300 Caluire-et-Cuire, France
ibis Lyon Caluire Palais des Congrès (***), 9 Avenue De Poumeyrol Zac Sain, Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhone 69300, France
Park & Suites Elegance Lyon Cité Internationale (***), 157 Grande Rue de Saint Clair, Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhone 69300, France
Touristic information
Touristic information to visit Lyon are available here:
http://www.onlylyon.com/en/
Visa
Information on Visa for France can be found on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: VISA information
Visa information letter
If you need a letter of invitation for applying a visa to France, please send an email to Sébastien Le Beux (E-mail: Sebastien.Le-Beux@ec-lyon.fr) with the subject “MCSoC-16 Visa Invitation Letter” and provide us the following information:
(1) Receipt(s) of your registration
(2) Copy of your passport’s page (to confirm spelling of your name and birth-date)
(3) Name of your affiliated institution and position
