Location
All talks will take place in the Amphithéâtre Bloch, which is located at the entrance of Institut de Physique Théorique (IPhT), CEA Saclay.
Getting to IPhT
The IPhT can be reached from Paris with RER B train in the direction "Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse" or "Orsay". Buy a ticket to the station "Le Guichet", zone 1-5, price 4 euros (you can buy the same ticket also for the return).
Get off at Le Guichet (about 40 min) 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).
A special shuttle bus will be arranged for the workshop participants every morning from the RER B train station "Le Guichet" to the IPhT. The location of the bus is indicated on the map below. The bus can be identified by a photo of the conference website on its windshield. The schedule is the following:
Monday June 4
Morning
7h50 : Bus waiting
8h00 – 8h05 : Departure to the Conference venue
Evening
17h00 : Bus waiting
17h15-17h20 : Departure to the RER train station
Tuesday June 5
Morning
8h50 : Bus waiting
9h00-9h05 : Departure to the Conference venue
Evening
16h50 : Bus waiting
17h00-17h05 : Departure to the RER train station
Wednesday June 6
Morning
8h50 : Bus waiting
9h00-9h05 : Departure to the Conference venue
Evening
15h50 : Bus waiting
16h00-16h05 : Departure to the RER train station
From RER B station "Le Guichet" to the shuttle bus stop on rue Louise Weiss:
Alternatively:
If you miss the shuttle bus of the conference, you can reach the "Orme des Merisiers" stop near IPhT from "Le Guichet" with the CEA shuttle bus (free), from the same bus station and getting off at the first bus stop. The bus operates with the following timetable :
| CEA shuttle | Monday to Friday |
| Morning from RER B - Le guichet to "Orme des Merisiers" bus stop |
8:00, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45, 9:00, 9:15, 9:30, 9:45 |
| Evening from IPhT to RER B - Le guichet |
17:14, 17:44, 18:14, 18:44, 19:14 |
In addition, one can reach the "Orme des Merisiers" stop near IPhT from the "Le Guichet" with the public bus 9 (previously called 269.02):
| bus 9 | Monday to Friday |
| Morning from RER B - Le guichet to "Orme des Merisiers" bus stop |
Every 10 min. from 8:05 to 9:35, then every 20 min. |
| Evening from "Orme des Merisiers" bus stop to RER B - Le guichet |
every 10 min. from 16:18 to 18:38, less often afterwards |
In order to change from the RER B train to the busses, follow the crowd exiting the train at "Le guichet", pass below the railways, and walk along a brasserie. Cross the road, then walk along a kindergarden to the bus stops. Such crowd will eventually split into those taking the public busses (including the 9) on the right and those going for the CEA shuttles (including the workshop shuttle) on the left. Note that in the morning both public and CEA busses do not reach the IPhT building but stop at the "Orme des Merisiers" stop, 8 min walk away from the IPhT.
From the CEA Shuttle and public bus stop to the IPhT:
More creative possibilities can be found on the vianavigo website, inserting as the IPhT location "Orme de Merisiers, Saint-Aubin". The Orme des Merisiers CEA site is, in fact, on the border between the Gif-sur-Yvette and Saint-Aubin municipalities. See also directions on the IPhT website.
