Venue
EPD symposium will be held at
Starling Hotel Lausanne,
conveniently located near the EPFL and easly reachable by public and
private transports.
Here is
a map that shows the path from EPFL metro station to the Conference
venue
Address:
Arriving by air
The International airport of Geneva is conveniently located 45 min. from Lausanne. It is connected with all major european cities as well as North America and Middle East major hubs. The most convenient way of traveling to and from the airport is by train. The train station, located under the main terminal, is connected with Geneva and Lausanne with direct trains.
Alternatively, guests can flight to Zurich international airport. Although being well connected with the swiss rail network (direct trains to and from Lausanne each hour), the journey is much longher, taking almost 3 hours to reach the conference venue.
Arriving by train
Two train stations can be used to reach the conference venue: Lausanne or Renens.
Arriving in Lausanne: take metro M2 at the train station, direction Croisettes; stop at Lausanne - Flon; take metro M1 direction Renens and stop at EPFL. The conference venue is at walking distance from the metro station.
Arriving in Renens: take the metro M1 direction Lausanne; stop at EPFL. The conference venue is at walking distance from the metro station.
You can find a map of Lausanne public transport here and a map of EPFL here.
Arriving by car
Guest planning to arrive at the conference venue by car can use the highway E23, exit Lausanne-Malley (direction EPFL). The Starling Hotel is less than 1 km away from there. Guest parking spaces are available at the Rolex Learning Center.
Hotels
Rooms have been pre-booked with the Hotels listed below special rates have been negociated with some of them. For the Starling Hotel, to claim the special rates make the researvation via e-mail of phone indicating the promotional code posted below. Please pay also attention to the deadlines until which the pre-reservations will be upheld.
| Hotel |
Room rate (CHF) No. of rooms Promotional code |
Deadline | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Starling Hotel +41 (0)21 694 85 85 meetings@shlausanne.ch |
160 CHF 10-20 EPD2909 |
15 August |
Conference Venue Breakfast and day travel card included |
|
Swiss Tech Hotel +41 (0)21 694 06 10 sth@epfl.ch |
120 CHF 30 EPD30 |
17 August |
Walking distance from CV |
|
Hotel des Inventions +41 (0)21 694 39 39 info@hotelinventions.ch |
135 CHF 15 |
27 August |
Breakfast and day travel card included |
|
Jeunotel Lausanne +41 (0)21 626 02 22 lausanne@youthhostel.ch |
55-92 CHF 30 EPD30 |
15 August |
Breakfast and day travel card included |
An extra city tax of CHF 3.00 per person and per night will be charged according to Swiss law.
More hotels and info on Lausanne can be found here