Venue > Welcome to Valpré

The Symposium will be held from Monday September 2^nd to Wednesday September 4^th, 2026, in the peaceful and beautiful setting of Valpré, a 3-star hotel located in Ecully, next to Lyon, France.

On site accomodation is proposed to attendees, by selecting the bed & breakfast option during conference registration on this website. These bedrooms in Valpré will be attributed on a "first come, first served" basis, the date of the payment of the registration being taken into account. It won't be possible to book rooms directly at Valpré, all rooms being reserved for the conference.

If you register with the bed & breakfast option, please don't book a room by yourself on the hotels' websites!

Accommodations included in the bed & breakfast option will start on Tuesday, September 1^st, 2026 in the afternoon.

ACCESS (see map below)

• By car: Valpré is located at 3 minutes from the highway intersection Valvert (A6 to Paris/Marseille, Peripherique TEO to Geneva/Grenoble).
• By taxi from St Exupery Airport: This should take about 40 minutes and cost approximately 70 euros (95 euros after 19:00).
• By taxi from Part Dieu Train Station: This should take about 30 minutes and cost approximately 50 euros.
• By public transportation: Bus/Metro/Rhônexpress
  • From the Part Dieu Train station (45 minutes):
    • Take Metro B - Direction Gare d'Oullins, stop at Saxe Gambetta
    • Take Metro D - Direction Gare de Vaise, stop at Gorge de Loup
    • Take the bus n°19 (see access map below) direction Ecully - Le Perollier, stop at Valpré
  • From the St Exupery Airport:
    • Take the Rhonexpress to Part Dieu train station
    • Then follow the same instructions as from Part Dieu train station (1 hour and 15 minutes)

Useful websites for public transportation

• Bus, Tramway & Subway: TCL
• Train shuttle from/to Aitrport: Rhônexpress

Access map (Click on the image for a higher resolution version)