EPFL
Assistant Professor
Brain Mind Institute & Bioengineering UPRAMDYA
Firmenich Next-Gen Chair
EPFL
Professor Assistant Tenure Track
Brain Mind Institute UPGRAEFF
Chair Nestlé
Stanford
Professor - Neurobiology
Director of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
SV Hall
Stanford Professor - Neurobiology
Director of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Stanford Professor - Neurobiology
EPFL Assistant Professor
Brain Mind Institute & Bioengineering UPRAMDYA
Firmenich Next-Gen Chair
Stanford Professor - Mechanical Engineering
EPFL Full Professor Bioengineering BIOROB
Stanford Associate Professor - Neurosurgery
Associate Professor Bioengineering UPNAE
Stanford Associate Professor - Biology
EPFL Full Professor
Brain Mind Institute LGC
Firmenich Chief Research Officer
Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Stanford University
To take the course ” State-of-the-Art Topics in Neuroscience IX (2019)” BIO-696(9) worth 1 ECTS, please click here. Students interested in taking the related course BIO-693(9) for credit should sign up in their student portal only, and, if they have trouble, should contact edne@epfl.ch.
Outside students, extern auditors, should fill out a form requesting to be an auditeur and send that form to edne@epfl.ch along with their student ID card
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When will the conference take place ?
The conference will take place from January 16, 2020.
Where will the conference take place ?
The conference will take place in the SV1717 room located on the EPFL campus.
Accomodation
Recommended options for accommodation include the Starling Hotel and the Swisstech Hotel for proximity of the conference venue, the Lausanne Guesthouse for budget accommodation.
Other options include the Hotel Ibis-Centre, Hotel Elite and Hotel Alpha-Palmiers.
Please also see the Lausanne Tourist Office for a comprehensive list of hotels in Lausanne.
Other options include the Hotel Ibis-Centre, Hotel Elite and Hotel Alpha-Palmiers.
Please also see the Lausanne Tourist Office for a comprehensive list of hotels in Lausanne.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to assist attendees with the booking of their accommodation.
From Geneve airport (Cointrin) to Lausanne
The journey to Lausanne takes about 45 minutes. There are 3 departures per hour. Most connections are direct from the “Geneve aéroport” bus station to Lausanne.
You will find the timetables at this adress:
From Zurich airport (Kloten) to Lausanne
The journey to Lausanne takes about 2½ hours. There are 2 departures per hour. Some trains have a connection in Bern or Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Zürich HB). Follow the link below and type as your departure location : “Zürich Flughafen”.
From Bâle airport (EuroAirport) to Lausanne
There isn’t any train station in the airport. You’ll have to take a shuttle to the central railway station (Basel SBB) which takes about 20 minutes. The journey to Lausanne takes about 2½ hours. There are 2 departures per hour. There will be a connection weather in Berne or Bienne. Follow the link below and type as your departure location : “Basel Airport”.
All train timetables can be find through this link :
From Paris to Lausanne
4 TGV per day connect Paris-Gare de Lyon to Lausanne. The journey is direct and takes about 4 hours.
From Lyon to Lausanne
The journey from Lyon-Part-Dieu” to Lausanne takes 2½ heures. There is a train every 2 hours. Please note that there is a connection in Genève.
From Milan to Lausanne
From Milan central train station, the journey takes 4 hours (3 hours with the cisalpin). There is a departure every 2 hours. Usually there is no connection.
Getting to the conference
Due to severely restricted parking availabilities on EPFL grounds, we strongly recommend using taxi or public transportation to get there. You can reach EPFL using metro line M1 from Lausanne or Renens, bus lines 701 from Morges and 31 from Ecublens/Renens/Prilly.
If driving is the only option, you can purchase parking tickets at the meeting reception desk (CHF 10 for the day).
Public transportation
Please buy a ticket for the needed number of zones (between 3 and 4CHF)
From Lausanne, take the M2 from the CFF train station (next to the Mc Donald). Go down at the Flon stop and take the M1 in direction of Renens and go down at the EPFL stop. Then walk across the EPFL campus to the SV building.
Take the bus n°31 in direction of “Venoge Sud” go down at the stop “Paqueret”, don’t forget to press the red button in the bus to ask the bus to stop. Then walk to the SV building.
Or take the metro m1 in direction of Lausanne Flon, go down at the EPFL stop. Then walk across the EPFL to the SV building.
There are Uber drivers in Lausanne. Please download the app on your phone to book a ride.
Find below the link to the website of Lausanne taxis.
Meals
EPFL Campus offers a variety of restaurants open to the public.
The coffee breaks, lunch are included in the registration and will be served in the SV hall.
Will I be able to connect to the internet ?
Wireless internet access will be granted to the symposium participants: please ask for details at the welcome desk.