Important dates

• Registration opens on January 1st, 2026
• Deadline for registration : April 26th, 2026
• Deadline for cancellation : May 1st, 2026
• Deadline for abstract submission: March 31st, 2026

The conference fee amounts to 390 Euros for participants and to 160 Euros for accompanying persons.
It covers:

• Excursion tour (Chateau de Chenonceau or Clos Lucé - the last residence of Leonardo da Vinci - TBD)
• 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.

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 350 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 350 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 5 dinners will be 150 euros

Payment can be made either by cash in euros or by personal cheque in euros drawn on a French Bank only . Please note that no credit card is accepted

Paris -> Blois
By train:

• 12:24 Paris-Montparnasse     13:35 Saint-Pierre des Corps
  change train
  14:04 Saint-Pierre des Corps     14:37 Blois Chambord
• 14:08 Paris-Montparnasse     15:12 Saint-Pierre des Corps
  change train
  15:19 Saint-Pierre des Corps     15:52 Blois Chambord
• 16:36 Paris-Austerlitz     18:00 Blois Chambord
• 17:36 Paris-Austerlitz     19:03 Blois Chambord
• 18:12 Paris-Austerlitz     19:52 Blois Chambord
• 18:22 Paris-Austerlitz     19:28 Orléans
  change train
  19:41 Orléans     20:17 Blois Chambord
• 19:19 Paris-Montparnasse     20:19 Saint-Pierre des Corps
  change train
  20:31 Saint-Pierre des Corps     20:59 Blois Chambord
• 19:22 Paris-Austerlitz     20:28 Orléans
  change train
  20:42 Orléans     21:17 Blois Chambord
• 20:22 Paris-Austerlitz     21:28 Orléans
  change train
  21:38 Orléans     22:14 Blois Chambord
• 23:06 Paris-Austerlitz     00:57 Blois Chambord

All these trains are available for reservation on the SNCF website. Make your reservations as soon as possible!

Blois -> Paris

By train:

• 15:19 Blois Chambord     15:52 Saint-Pierre des Corps
  change train
  16:29 Saint-Pierre des Corps     17:48 Paris-Montparnasse
• 15:53 Blois Chambord     17:23 Paris-Austerlitz
• 17:47 Blois Chambord     18:20 Saint-Pierre des Corps
  change train
  18:47 Saint-Pierre des Corps     19:49 Paris-Montparnasse
• 18:00 Blois Chambord     20:30 Paris-Austerlitz-Routière (by Bus)