The 2026 edition of the GATE scientific meeting will be held in Strasbourg, France.
All the sessions, including tutorials and scientific meetings, will take place at the Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) (see Google Maps).
To Strasbourg
By air
- Via Paris - Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)
The largest international airport in France is Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG). International flights from almost all Europe, America, Africa, and Asia arrive to CDG. From CDG, one can reach Strasbourg using a high-speed train in about 2h (7 TGVs per day).
- Via Strasbourg - Entzheim Airport (SXB)
The Strasbourg-Entzheim International Airport (SXB) is just 10-km away from Strasbourg’s city centre and offers many direct flights to European cities (including Amsterdam, Athens, London, Madrid, Rome and Warsaw). From SXB, it takes less than 10 mins to reach the city centre by local train (~5 local trains per hour between 6:00 and 21:00 for 4.70€).
- Via Kalrsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport (FKT) and or Basel-Mulhouse Airport (BSL-MLH)
Two other airports are very close to Strasbourg and providing many direct flights: Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport (58 km) and Basel-Mulhouse airport (130 km). In both cases, we recommend to use the bus+train combination. For Basel-Mulhouse airport there is a direct shuttle (about 10 minutes) from/to the airport at the Saint-Louis train station (which propose a direct train from/to Strasbourg (about 45 minutes)).
- Via Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)
The other very large international airport close to Strasbourg is Frankfurt Airport (FRA). From FRA, one can reach Strasbourg using, for instance, Lufthansa Express Buses (which takes ~2h30 with 6 shuttles per day). There are also hourly train connections from Frankfurt Airport to Strasbourg with change in Offenburg, and every other hour, there are also trains from Mannheim to Strasbourg.
By train
Strasbourg is connected to Paris (Gare de l’Est) by a high-speed train called TGV (train à grande vitesse). Paris-Strasbourg is 1h45’ with 16 daily return services.
To the meeting site (IPHC)
Institut pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
23 rue du loess
BP 28
67037 STRASBOURG CEDEX 2
Access from Strasbourg train station:
- take bus G in the front of the exit of the train station, direction 'Espace Européen de l’Entreprise'
- exit at Arago bus station
- then head towards the campus entrance and walk around it on the left to reach the main entrance on Rue du Loess
- stop at the the building 01 (CNRS welcome desk), where a guard will ask you to sign in when you arrive and sign out when you leave
The meeting will take place on building 25 (see campus map or follow the on-site signposting).
Hotels
We advice you to book an hotel in the area between the main train station and the catheral, in order to be close to both the G bus station (to go to the meeting site) and the restaurant for Tuesday evening dinner.
There are many good hotels in this area, here are a few classics :
Hôtel de l'Europe (about 150 euros/night) - https://www.hotel-europe.com/en/
Hôtel Mercure Gare and Petite France (about 140 euros/night) - https://all.accor.com/hotel/2149/index.en.shtml, https://all.accor.com/hotel/1813/index.en.shtml
Hôtel Tandem (about 130 euros/night) - http://hotel-tandem.fr/en/
Hôtel Arok (about 120 euros/night) - https://www.hotel-strasbourg.com/en/your-glam-rock-hotel-on-place-de-la-gare-in-strasbourg/
Hôtel Ibis Style Gare (about 110 euros/night) - https://all.accor.com/hotel/6850/index.en.shtml
Hôtel Le Grand Hôtel (about 90 euros/night) - https://www.le-grand-hotel.com/en/
Hôtel Kaijoo (about 90 euros/night) - https://www.hotel-kaijoo.com/en/
Hôtel Ibis Budget Gare (about 80 euros/night) - https://all.accor.com/hotel/3183/index.en.shtml
In case of any questions, please contact us (nicolas.arbor@iphc.cnrs.fr)