Important dates, fees and prices


Important dates

  • Registration opens on November 1st, 2017
  • Deadline for registration and hotel reservation: April 30th, 2018
  • Deadline for abstract submission: April 5th, 2018


Conference fee
The conference fee amounts to 370 Euros for participants and to 150 Euros for accompnying persons.
It covers:
  • the conference banquet
  • Excursion tour (Château de Chambord and Château de Beauregard)
  • a guided tour of the Blois Chateau itself
  • a copy of the conference proceedings (for participants)

Payment can be made online, by bank transfer or on site. please see this page for details.

Meals
In order to enhance the interaction and exchange between participants, all participants are requested to have lunch and dinner together. The conference has arranged with a caterer to serve lunch and dinner in the Château Royal de Blois.

For participants, the package cost for 5 days will be 300 euros and should be paid to the caterer upon arrival at the conference site; since this is a specially negotiated "package deal" for the conference, it cannot be reduced for partial attendance

For accompanying persons, there are two possibilities only (in either case, payment should be made to the caterer upon arrival at the conference site):
  • either: lunch and dinner at the castle, with the participants - the package cost for 5 days will be 300 euros
  • or: just dinner at the castle - after some negotiation, the caterer has agreed that accompanying persons (only) need not return to the castle for lunch; in this case the package cost for 4 dinners will be 150 euros (note that the conference banquet is covered by the registration fee).

Transportation
Paris -> Blois
By train: last information (31/05/2018)
There will be a strike in France on sunday June 3rd and only a reduced set of trains will be available. The confirmed trains are listed here:
  • 09:12 Paris-Montparnasse     10:09 Saint-Pierre des Corps
    change train
    11:07 Saint-Pierre des Corps     11:30 Blois Chambord
  • 12:35 Paris-Montparnasse     13:39 Saint-Pierre des Corps
    change train
    14:10 Saint-Pierre des Corps     14:40 Blois Chambord
  • 17:35 Paris-Montparnasse     18:39 Saint-Pierre des Corps
    change train
    19:10 Saint-Pierre des Corps     19:39 Blois Chambord
  • 19:28 Paris-Austerlitz     21:12 Orléans
    change train
    21:42 Orléans     22:21 Blois Chambord
  • 20:41 Paris-Montparnasse     21:45 Saint-Pierre des Corps
    change train
    22:06 Saint-Pierre des Corps     22:28 Blois Chambord

By bus
  • 16:30 Paris-Bercy     19:00 Blois
  • 15:00 Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)     19:00 Blois
All these (trains or bus) are available for reservation on the SNCF website. Make your reservations as soon as possible!

Blois -> Paris
By bus
The conference will organise a bus transportation:
  • 14:00 Blois     16:30 Paris (Place Denfert-Rochereau)

By train: last information (31/05/2018)
There will be a strike also on friday June 8th. The confirmed trains are listed here:
  • 13:32 Blois Chambord     14:15 Saint-Pierre des Corps
    change train
    15:02 Saint-Pierre des Corps     15:59 Paris-Montparnasse
  • 16:20 Blois Chambord     16:50 Saint-Pierre des Corps
    change train
    17:20 Saint-Pierre des Corps     18:26 Paris-Montparnasse
  • 17:30 Blois Chambord     17:54 Saint-Pierre des Corps
    change train
    18:20 Saint-Pierre des Corps     19:26 Paris-Montparnasse
  • 18:22 Blois Chambord     18:52 Saint-Pierre des Corps
    change train
    19:20 Saint-Pierre des Corps     20:26 Paris-Montparnasse