When 

The school begins on the morning of Monday, October 23, and ends on Friday, October 27 at noon. 

Accommodation will be available from Sunday, October 22 to Saturday, October 28.

 Where

The conference will be held at the Paris-Saclay University, the largest research campus in France, located 20 km south of Paris. This location is an ideal mix of city and country, with Paris easy to get to for cultural or scientific tours, and the woods just next door, easily available for an autumn walk.

The lectures and seminars will take place at the Solid State Physics Laboratory (LPS, with the offical adress: 1 rue Nicolas Appert, Building 510, 91405 Orsay Cedex - France).

Public transportation to the hotel:

Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Massy-Palaiseau:

Take the RER B train towards Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse and get off at Massy-Palaiseau .

Orly Airport (ORY) to Massy-Palaiseau:

Take the Orlyval shuttle train to Antony station. From Antony, take the RER B train towards Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse and get off at Massy-Palaiseau.

Massy-Palaiseau to the hotel:

Once you arrive at the Massy-Palaiseau station, exit the station and head to the bus station located just outside. Look for the bus number 91.06 (Christ / N306, Saclay / GARE DE MASSY PALAISEAU, Massy) direction "Palaiseau - EDF Lab" and board the bus.

Stay on the bus for approximately 20 minutes and get off at the "Fresnel Vauve / Polytechnique Vauve" bus stop.

The hotel is within walking distance (about 2 min) from the bus stop. Use a map/navigation app to locate the hotel.

For more information on public transportation see: https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en

Directions for how to get to the location of the school (LPS lab) directly from Paris airports can be found:

https://www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/how-to-reach-the-lps/

How to get from the hotel to LPS:

You can first take bus nr. 91-06, which departs from the "Place Marguerite Perey" bus stop, conveniently located nearby the hotel (just a 1-minute walk) and get off at "Université Paris Saclay". From there you have two options: a 12-minute walk covering a distance of 1 km or taking a second bus, nr. 7, to the "Bois des Rames" stop.

Accommodation

Lecturers and participants will be accommodated at the Aparthotel Adagio Access Palaiseau,  about 3 km from the conference location (6 Boulevard Gaspard Monge, 91120 Palaiseau). A number of rooms will be booked by the ISL (Institute for the Sciences of Light): please state if you require accomodation when you apply.

Double rooms (with separate single beds) may be shared by 2 attendees. There is a possibility of choosing a single room, however, an extra fee of 300 € will be charged. Rooms are booked from Sunday afternoon to Saturday morning (6 nights). We will confirm if your choice of accommodation is availble when we accept your application. 

Registration fees

You can register only if your application has been accepted during the submission process.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included from Monday to Friday afternoon (lunch), except for dinner on Tuesday evening (free afternoon in Paris).

The registration fees are:

• 350€ without accommodation,
• 500€ with accommodation in a shared double room, 
• 800€ with accommodation in a single room.

Do not pay the fees if your application has not yet been accepted.