Practical Information

The information given below will help you in organising your visit and stay in Grenoble during the workshop.

• Travel and site access

• Accommodation and catering and wifi access

Travel and site access information

The European Photon and Neutron (EPN) Science Campus is located in Grenoble in South East France, about 3 hours by high-speed train from Paris, 2 hours by bus from Geneva, and 1 hour by high-speed train from Lyon.

How to reach Grenoble and the EPN site

Arriving by train, by plane, by car, by local public transport: click here for complete information.

Tram line "B" :

- serves downtown Grenoble, including the bus and railway station. It allows easy access (even at night) from downtown Grenoble to the ESRF.

- its terminus - 'Oxford' - is situated just 350 metres from the site entrance.

Airports

Airports closest to Grenoble are :

• Grenoble Isere Airport
• Lyon - Saint-Exupéry Airport
• Geneva - Cointrin Airport

Site Access and Badges

Access to EPN Campus site (map)

The site is a restricted area and you will be asked to report in at the site entrance on arrival. You will need to produce proof of identification (e.g. passport, ID card but NO driving licence) to enter.

You will be given:
* a visitor badge at the site entrance which is your site access badge. You will be asked to present it at the site entrance each time you wish to enter on site during the period of the event.

Please wear your badge on site over the whole period of the event.

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Accommodation & catering information

Accommodation 

We will organise accommodation for speakers only (limited to 3 per EoI), provided that the request for accommodation arrangement is made through the registration form. The accommodation expenses for speakers will be taken in charge by the organisers.

For other participants, a list of hotels is available by clicking on this link.

Meals

The aperitif and cocktail dinner on 5 October will be held in the hall of the Central building.

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WIFI access

To connect to the ESRF WiFi (EPN Visitors) please note that:
your login is: your e-mail address (the one registered in your ESRF user account)
your password is: the one used to access your User Account in lower cases

ESRF User Portal https://wwws.esrf.fr/misapps/SMISWebClient/protected/welcome.do

or

Via Eduroam network: The ESRF, the ILL and the IBS are eduroam-compliant: users who have a valid account in another eduroam compliant institution can use this network