Practical Information

Arrival and departure times

The site entrance of the ILL is open for registered participants during the workshop. Please show your passport or your identity card to the security staff.

The scientific programme will start on Monday the 28th of September and it will end on Wednesday the 30th of September. The registration desk will be located in the entrance hall of the ILL main building. Registration will start on Monday morning at 08.00 am. The workshop secretaries will be present to help you during the workshop. All talks will be held in the Chadwick Amphitheatre in the ILL main building next to the registration desk. Accommodation

All attendees are responsible for making their own hotel arrangements. A list of hotel in Grenoble is available on the following link.

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If you arrive at Lyon airport "Lyon-St. Exupéry" you can take the shuttle bus to Grenoble. It leaves the airport once every hour. The timetable of the bus can be found here. You can get off either directly at the Polygone Scientifique (stop "Place de la Resistance"), roughly 300m from the ILL entrance (please tell the driver at the airport that you intend to do so) or at the Grenoble main train station.

From Geneva airport, you can either take the train to Grenoble (www.ter-sncf.com), or a coach (http://www.aerocar.fr/en/timetables/) Please check the connections in advance. If needed, you can ask the workshop secretaries to check train or coach connections.

The ILL site is easily accessible by public transport. The new Tram B is running between Grenoble town centre, the main railway station, and its terminus at the Résistance roundabout. The terminus is called 'Grenoble Presqu'île' and is only 350 m from the new site entrance. Trams run 7 days a week, from approx. 05.00 to 01.00.(timetables available here) Passport and visa

Non EU participants should check with their travel agents, local French ambassy or consulate to see whether they require a visa to enter France. If you need a written invitation from the ILL for a visa, please contact the workshop secretaries at nds2015(at)ill.fr Meals

Lunches and the workshop dinner are free for registered participants. Lunches will be taken in the ILL/ESRF joint restaurant. Please show your workshop badge at the cash register.

Refreshments and coffee will be available in the ILL entrance hall during the breaks.

The workshop dinner will take place in Grenoble on Monday night.

No dinner is organised on Tuesday evening, but a large variety of restaurants is available in Grenoble city centre.