Photos
Banquet1, banquet2, banquet3, banquet4, banquet5.
Visas
Non EU members, please check with this link whether you are requested to ask a visa to travel to France. If you need an invitation letter to obtain your visa, please contact the ECT2008 organising committtee.
Venue
ECT2008 will take place in the center of Paris, at the "Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP)", 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris. ENSCP is situated within the Latin Quarter between the Luxembourg Garden ("Jardin du Luxembourg") and the "Pantheon".
Useful links
Paris public transportation company (RATP)
Travel by air
There are 2 international airports in Paris:
Both aiports are connected to Paris inner city by public transportations:
More info about leaving "Charles de Gaulles" can be found here and about leaving "Orly" can be found here. A subway ("Metro") map can be found here.
A taxi fare to the conference site costs ~50 eur. from "Charles de Gaulle" and ~30 eur. from "Orly".
Travel by train
All the Paris train stations are connected to the subway ("Metro") network. A map can be found here.
Travel by car
Every highways and main roads reaching Paris are connected to a a highway circling around the city, named "Boulevard périphérique". From there, several options are possible. The simplest option is to circle around on "Boulevard périphérique" in any direction and exit at "Porte d'Orléans". From there a detailed route plan can be found here. A paying parking close to the conference site (ENSCP, 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie) can be found "Rue Soufflot"; a map relative to the conference site can be found here.
City of Paris
The "most beautiful city in the world" does not need to be introduced. However, interesting details on Paris can be found on the WEB site "Les Pages de Paris": http://www.paris.org/ . You will find Subway, Buses, RER (fast local train) maps as well as Museums, Monuments, running exhibitions, hotels (if you don't like those proposed in the section "Hotel and Tourism" of this site). From the section "Monuments" at the letter L you will find "Gardens and Palace of Luxembourg" http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Luxembourg/ and even closer from ENSCP, the Pantheon http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Pantheon/ .
As Paris is an ancient city (previously called Lutèce) a few "gallo-roman" ruins subsist such the " Lutèce Arena " http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Arenes/ and the " Cluny Thermal baths" with a museum http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/ang/homes/home_id20392_u1l2.htm both at a walking distance from the confrence venue. The University of Paris is one of the oldest inFrance which became famous right from the Middle Age and it is possible to walk from ENSCP to the "Sorbonne" via the "Boulevard Saint Michel".
Paris temporary exhibitions - July 2008
Accompanying persons
Several activities will be organized for accompanying persons.
Other choices:
