Location and Venue

The Conference will be held in the Congress Centre (Le Palais des Congrès) in La Grande Motte, France.

La Grande Motte is located on the Mediterranean coast, 20 km south of Montpellier, 30 km from Nimes, 120 km from Marseilles...

The Congress Centre overlooks the Grande Motte marina, and the hotels and appartments are within 5-10 minutes walk. The beach, down-town and restaurant areas are all within close walking distance.

For a map of down-town La Grande Motte showing hotel locations, click here.

By plane: Flights to Montpellier Méditerranée Airport are available from Paris via Air France (20 flights daily from Orly and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airports), as well as from Frankfurt-Hahn and London-Stansted.
Montpellier airport is located between Montpellier down-town and La Grande Motte. Taxis and shuttle services are available at the terminal exit (15 minutes drive).

By train: Montpellier can be reached by TGV high speed train from Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, London, Brussels, Amsterdam or Geneva. To reach La Grande Motte from the Train Station, take the Tramway (in front of the Train Station) direction "Odysseum" (Line #1, blue Tramways), stop at "Odysseum" station and then take the bus #106 direction "La Grande Motte" and exit at "Le port" STOP.

By car: By A9 highway (Lyons-Barcelona), take exit #29 and follow "La Grande Motte" signs by the freeway. Exit the freeway at La Grande Motte. Enter into La Grande Motte.
For L'Ensolelhade appartments, carry on the Avenue du Général Leclerc for 350m. Turn right on the Avenue de Melgueil. L'Ensolelhade appartments are at #186 at the corner of Avenue de Melgueil and Avenue Jean Bene (right side of the street).
For Le Quetzal hotel, carry on the Avenue du Général Leclerc for 350m. Turn right on the Avenue de Melgueil. Take left on Allée des Jardins in the next roundabout.
For Mercure hotel, carry on the Avenue de Montpellier for 200m and then on the Quai Georges Pompidou which turns left after 200m to become the Rue du Port. Mercure hotel is right in the curve.
For Les Rives Bleues hotel, carry on the Avenue de Montpellier for 200m and then on the Quai Georges Pompidou which turns left after 200m to become the Rue du Port. Take the first left after the curve.