Venue

The joint conference is planned to be an in-person event, to be held at CentraleSupélec in the Paris-Saclay University Campus at Gif-sur-Yvette between June 30 and July 2nd, 2025.

Hotel suggestions

HOTEL CAMPANILE PARIS - Saclay (conference area)

Residhome Bures la Guyonnerie(1.1km distance to the conference location).

Hotel d'Orsay in Orsay (2.5km distance to the conference location and 15 min by public transportation)

Aparthotel Adagio access Palaiseau Saclay (3.5km distance to the conference location and 15-20 min by public transportation)

Hôtel Novotel Paris Saclay (5km distance to the conference location and 25-30 min by public transportation)

Best Western Paris Saclay (6.5km distance to the conference location and 20-25 min by public transportation)

For other alternatives, one can follow the information here.

General conditions for entering and leaving the French territory

Visa Regulation

We recommend that you check the current visa regulations on the French gouvernment website.

EU Nationals

EU nationals do not require a visa to enter France.

Non-EU Nationals

Non-EU nationals, but not all, typically require a visa for stays in France.

If you need a visa, we strongly recommend you contact in due course the French Embassy in your country.

About Paris and its region

https://www.visitparisregion.com/en

https://en.parisinfo.com/

Location 

CentraleSupélec (3 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette) is located approx. 25 km to the South of Paris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to travel to the campus

A - Best app :

citymapper (phone application and website for computer): it is available in English, is extremely accurate, and is aware of public transport disturbances in real-time. Select the destination: "CentraleSupélec - Bâtiment Eiffel - Université Paris-Saclay", this is precisely where the conference is.

B - Prerequisites for public transport in Paris

In order to go to the campus with public transport, taking both RER (commuter train) and bus is mandatory.

Regarding the RER:

  1. beware of the axis: e.g. North (“Nord”) versus South (“Sud”) for RER B, in major stations such as Châtelet-Les Halles and Gare du Nord, the platforms are different and far from each other. If you come from Paris or an airport, you need to head to the South to go to the campus, thus RER B Sud.
  2. For a given axis, beware of the directions: a train is defined by its terminal. For the campus, take a train heading towards: SAINT-RÉMY-LES-CHÉVREUSES or MASSY-PALAISEAU or ORSAY-VILLE.
  3. Some trains skip stations, do not worry, the stations where there are bus stops for the campus are never skipped.

Regarding the bus:

  1. A bus is defined by its line number and its directions, i.e., its final destination.

C - Access to CentraleSupelec

Access from Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), 1hour30:

Enter at any of the 2 RER B stations near the airport: “Aéroport Ch. De Gaulle 2” or “Aéroport Ch. De Gaulle 1 », take the train RER B Sud (=South) in direction SAINT-RÉMY-LES-CHÉVREUSES or MASSY-PALAISEAU or ORSAY-VILLE. Your train will go across Paris city center, thus do the same as the case RER B from “access from Paris”.

Access from Orly airport, 30 minutes:

Take ORLYVAL, stop at ANTONY, then take RER B Sud (=South) at ANTONY. Do the same as from “access from Paris” for the RER B case.

Access from Paris, 1hour:

2 possibilities: RER B or RER C.

RER B:

take the train RER B Sud (=South) with directions SAINT-RÉMY-LES-CHÉVREUSES or MASSY-PALAISEAU or ORSAY-VILLE.

  1. Direction SAINT-RÉMY-LES-CHÉVREUSES or ORSAY-VILLE: stop at LE GUICHET station. Then walk towards the GARE DU GUICHET bus stop, and take bus 9 in any of the 3 directions: GARE-DE-JOUY-EN-JOSAS or CAMPUS HEC or CHRIST DE SACLAY. Stop at MOULON. You are on the campus.
  2. Direction MASSY-PALAISEAU: stop at the MASSY-PALAISEAU station. Walk to the bus stop MASSY-PALAISEAU GARE, take either bus 91.06 or bus 91.10 with any of the directions: SACLAY-CHRIST DE SACLAY or GIF-SUR-YVETTE JOLIOT CURIE or SAINT-QUENTIN GARE. Stop at MOULON. You are on the campus.

RER C:

take the train RER C Est (=East), with the direction MASSY-PALAISEAU, then do the same as for case 2 of the RER B case.

 For further information on the costs and itineraries, see the official site of RATP.

How to pay for public transport

How to pay for public transport:

Buying a weekly pass is a must. Individual ticket prices to move outside of Paris city center are more expensive: a one-way ticket from Châtelet to Le Guichet with RER B is more than 4€, and from CDG airport to Le Guichet with RER B is more than 14€.In comparison, a weekly all-zones subscription is 30.75€, with unlimited access to most public transport in the city center and the region.

Process:

  1. Go to a sales office / RATP ticket office; most metro/RER stations have one.
  2. Buy a Navigo Découverte Travel Card for approx 5€.
  3. With a RATP ticket office or an automatic RATP machine, buy a weekly “toutes zones”/all-zones pass for 30.75€
  4. Write your last name and first name in the associate space on the card and put a photograph of you on it. Otherwise, there is a fine of approx. 35€.
  5. Move freely with this card.

Beware, the weekly pass is a “Monday-to-Sunday” pass, not a 7-day pass, e.g., a weekly pass bought on Thursday is valid only 4 days. Lastly, “For the Navigo weekly travel pass, sales begin on the Friday preceding the week of validity, and end on the Thursday of the week for which they are valid.”

On the campus

When you arrive at the Moulon bus stop ("Arrêt Moulon"), walk on Noëtzlin Street, alongside the park, to the main entrance of the Eiffel Building.

"entrée principale" = main entrance
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