Location and directions

Location:

All talks will take place in the Amphithéâtre Bloch, which is located at the entrance of Institut de Physique Théorique (IPhT), l'Orme des Merisiers, CEA Saclay.

General access information is available here

Getting to IPhT:

The IPhT can be reached from the Charles de Gaulle airport, from the Orly airport or from Paris via the RER B trains in the direction "Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse" or "Orsay".  Stop at the station "Le Guichet".

- If you fly into Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG), located north of Paris, you can take the RER B directly from airport terminal 2. Transit time to IPhT is about 1.5-2 hours, as you have to go through Paris. The price is about 14€. 

- If you fly into Paris Orly airport (ORY), located south of Paris between the city and Saclay, transit time to IPhT is about 1 hour. You can take a quick shuttle train,the "Orlyval" from the terminals to the RER B station in Antony, and then the RER B. The price is about 12€.

- If you come from Paris, take RER B at he most convenient station for you (for instance  Gare du Nord, Châtelet Les Halles, Saint Michel Notre Dame, Luxembourg, Port Royal, Denfert Rochereau or Cité Universitaire). Transit time to IPhT is about 40 mins. The price is 4.35€.

In all cases, get off at Le Guichet and take the bus (10 min) to the IPhT, situated on the Orme des Merisiers site of CEA. Make sure you are on a train stopping at "Le Guichet" (this information being displayed on the signs on the platform for trains going towards Saint-Rémy).

Important ! A special shuttle bus will be arranged for the workshop participants every morning from the RER B train station "Le Guichet" (more precisely from rue Louise Weiss nearby, see below) to the IPhT (departure from Le Guichet: 9:05) and every evening in the opposite direction (departure from IPhT: 18:00 (june 6-7) and 15:30 (june 8).


From RER B station "Le Guichet" to the shuttle bus stop on rue Louise Weiss: