General Informations

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JIM 97 will take place in the conference room of the

Special places will be available for poster and sofware presentation, and for video broadcasting.

Access

• The Lyon Satolas airport is 18 km far from Lyon. A shuttle service is available to go downtown. The shuttle ticket is about $10.

• They are two rail station in Lyon: Perrache and Part-Dieu. The closest rail station to the Bibliothèque de la Part-Dieu is the Part-Dieu station which is only 3 minutes by feet.

Access to the bibliothèque de la Part-Dieu

The Bibliothèque de la Part-Dieu is located just outside from the Part-Dieu commercial center. One access is through commercial center, "Porte de la Bibliothèque" on second floor and the second one is the the boulevard Marius Vivier Merle.

Access to downtown

By bus:

• Departure in front of the commertial center (between the commercial center and the rail station, at Part-Dieu - Vivier Merle).
  • Ligne 99: direction Cordeliers St Bonaventure, stop at Place de la République
    
  • Ligne 28: direction Vieux-Lyon, stop at Cordeliers

• Departure in the Lafayette street (Cours Lafayette), on the left when going out from the commercial center.
  
  • Ligne 1: direction St Paul, stop at Cordeliers

By underground:

• Take the B line to Charpennes, change line at Charpennes, take the A line to Perrache, stop at Hotel de Ville, Cordeliers ou Bellecour.

Accommodation

The following hotels will have lower prices for JIM 97 participants. Don't forget to register as a JIM participant to get lower prices.

Hotels near Part-Dieu:

• Hotel ATHENA Part-Dieu **
  45, Bd M.Vivier Merle 69003 LYON
  Tel: 04 72 68 88 44 Fax: 04 72 68 88 45

  Room Price : 290 F (58 $) with breakfast
  Parking

• Hotel Restaurant IBIS **
  Gare de la Part Dieu Place Renaudel 69003 LYON
  Tel: 04 78 95 42 11 Fax: 04 78 60 42 85

  Room Price: 340 F (68$) with breakfast
  Parking

  Accès
  By car: follow "Lyon Rive Gauche" or "Centre Ville", then "Gare de la Part dieu", then "Part-Dieu Sud" exit "Rue Paul Bert"
  By feet from the rail station: take the Vivier-Merle exit, on the place, turn left, the hotel is 4 min far.

Hotels downtown:

• Hotel de Paris **
  16, Rue Platière 69001 LYON
  Tel: 04 78 28 00 95 Fax: 04 78 39 57 64

  Room Price: 250 F (50$) with breakfast

You can also find rooms in the following hotels, but they do not have special prices for JIM 97 participants.

• Campanile Hotel Gril
  Forum Part-Dieu 29, Rue Maurice Flandin 69003 LYON
  Tel: 04 72 36 31 00

  Room Price: : 345 F (70$), breakfast 34 F (7$)

• Hotel Crequi
  158, Rue Crequi 69006 LYON
  Tel: 04 78 60 20 47

  Room Price: 360 F (72$) with breakfast

Aditionnal informations on LYON

You may find some usefull informations on LYON on the following sites:

• Lyon Official Site
• Lyon: map and hotels
• Lyon: general informations