Venue

Venue

The conference will be held at Centrale Nantes, a French engineering school.

• about 20 minutes by car from Nantes Atlantique Airport;

• about 30 minutes by tram from Nantes train station (about 2 hours from central Paris, with hourly departures);

• about 20 minutes by tram from the city centre (the historic district around the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany, and the city of Jules Verne);

• about a 1-minute walk from the Centrale Nantes–Audencia tram stop (Line 2).

Social Activity and Social Dinner

TBD

How to reach the venue

• Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE). Take the airport shuttle to Hôtel-Dieu, then tram line 2 towards Orvault Grand Val and get off at Centrale Nantes Audencia (about 50 minutes). Local transport: https://naolib.fr/en. Taxis are available at the airport (about 20 minutes).

• Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG). Take the TGV from Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV to Nantes (about 3 hours 30 minutes): https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en. From Nantes station, tram line 1 towards François Mitterrand to Commerce, then tram line 2 towards Orvault Grand Val to Centrale Nantes Audencia (about 20–25 minutes).

• Nantes train station (about 2 hours from Paris Montparnasse). Same tram connection as above (about 20–25 minutes).

Where to Stay

The venue is in the north of Nantes. Nathalie suggests the Mercure Passage Pommeraye in the city centre (20–30 minutes by public transport).

Otherwise Booking.com; there are options at every budget.

What to do

• Nantes city centre: https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/en/

• Les Machines de l'île: https://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/en/

• Trentemoult: https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/en/

• Clisson and the Nantes vineyards: https://www.levignobledenantes-tourisme.com/en/

• Pornic and the Atlantic coast: https://www.pornic.com/en/

Contact for Logistics

• Pierre Marty, Centrale Nantes / LHEEA — pierre.marty@ec-nantes.fr 

• Nathalie Melcion Fabre, CARGO cluster, Centrale Nantes — nathalie.melcion@ec-nantes.fr