The Hostel
CERN Hostel is located inside CERN site.Booking
The rooms have been pre-booked for the days of the meeting:- Room type: 20 Single Shower;
- Room rate: 58 CHF per night.
The venue
The courses will be held partially at Technoparc in Saint-Genis Pouilly (3km from CERN Meyrin site) and partially in Lab27 at CERN.How to get to the venue:
- coming from Geneva, Tram 18 reaches CERN every 10 minutes during the day (check the timetable here);
- coming from the Airport, Bus Y reaches directly CERN (check the timetable here); there's also a shuttle service from the Airport to CERN, Circuit 4, available from Monday to Friday (check the info here)
The tickets are sold at automatic machines at every tram stop and cannot be bought in advance. The price is 3,50 CHF (ticket "Tout Genève" [check here all the kinds of tickets]); it's possible to pay in swiss francs, euros or by credit card (with the pin code) [check here all the ways of payment].
After having reached CERN, participants to the training should look for Entrance B, tell the security guard their name, show their ID card and tell the name of the training (see below) and finally reach Building 27 (check the map here) 20 minutes before the beginning of the course and they will be brought to the appropriate venue by car-sharing.
How to access CERN:
To access CERN it is enough to tell the security guards at the entrances your name, show an ID card and tell that you're going to attend the PicoSEC training. The guards already have the list of the participants to the training.Meals
Lunches will be held in Restaurant BALLADINE at Technoparc, and will be paid by the project.The social dinner will take place at Restaurant "La Buvette des Bains" near the Lake of Geneva and the participants will have to pay for that.
Split into two groups on Tuesday
For organizational reasons, the group of participants will be splitted into two groups on Tuesday 23rd:Group #1: | Group #2: |
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Visit to CERN labs
A guided tour of CERN labs is scheduled during the training: please remember that in order to be allowed to join it you must- show a valid ID card;
- not wear heels or open shoes.