Conference Venue

Conference Venue

The EPE’25 conference will take place at La Villette Congress Center, which is a part of the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie. The conference venue is located about 5 km north-east of the city centre. The nearest railway stations are Gare du Nord and Paris Est, both at about 3 km from the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie. Public transportation in Paris is excellent, and there is a métro station in front of the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (Porte de la Villette, line 7 direction La Courneuve–8 mai 1945). The conference venue offers facilities and services of international quality meeting standards. Wi-Fi access will be free for attendees, everywhere in the congress centre.

La Villette Congress Centre is a part of the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie and is integrated on three open mezzanine levels. Europe’s largest scientific and technical communications centre offers:

  • The Gaston Berger Amphitheatre (900+ seats)
  • The Louis Armand Modular Room (2 x 210 seats)
  • Rooms ABCD Rooms (35 seats) or AB and CD (60 seats)
  • Rooms 1234 (70 seats) and
  • an exhibition surface of over 2 000 m²

All rooms are or will be equipped with modern AV equipment.

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The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (“City of Science and Industry”) is Europe’s largest museum devoted to Science, Technology and Industry. The building was designed by architect Adrien Fainsilber and opened in 1986. It attracts more than 5.000.000 visitors per year. The promotion of scientific and technical knowledge among the public, particularly for youth, as well as to promote public interest in science, research and industry are the goals of the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie.

Features:

  • Les Expositions Exhibitions (Levels 1, 2 and 3): The most important permanent exhibitions are devoted to mathematics, optics and light, acoustics, water and sea, biology and biotechnology, mineralogy and vulcanology, astronomy, space and climate change
  • The library of the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie
  • Cité des enfants
  • A Planetarium
  • The”Carrefour numérique²” (Digital Hub²)
  • The Cité des métiers
  • The Cité de la santé
  • An aquarium
  • And much more…
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