Travel to CERN:
Details of how to reach CERN can be found via http://home.web.cern.ch/directions . Please note that, if you are arriving by plane, free bus tickets can be obtained from a machine inside the bagage reclaim hall.
If you wish to use the free shuttle service from Geneva Airport to CERN you can find information about the service and the shuttle timetable via http://gs-dep.web.cern.ch/en/content/Shuttle/Circuit4 .
Finding your way around CERN:
In order to find your way around CERN you will find a map at https://maps.cern.ch/mapsearch/ or you can use the Mobile Map app http://gs-dep.web.cern.ch/en/content/gis_mobile for your smartphone or ipad.
Visas:
Due to the geographical location of CERN, astride the Franco-Swiss border, you are strongly advised to check with the relevant consulates the entry conditions applicable to you in Switzerland and France. If you require an invitation letter please contact EMIS2018@cern.ch. Please note that invitation letters will only be provided once your registration for the conference is complete, your professional status has been verified and your registration fee has been received.
Accommodation:
CERN Hostel:
A block booking has been made for the EMIS2018 conference at the CERN Hostel (http://smb-dep.web.cern.ch/en/CERN_Housing) which is situated on the CERN Meyrin site close to where the conference will take place. If you would like one of these rooms please fill in the booking form which you can find by clicking the second line next to the paperclip on the conference homepage https://indico.cern.ch/event/616127/ and send it directly to the CERN Hostel via cern.hostel@cern.ch. The rooms will be distributed on a first come first served basis up until the deadline of 3rd July 2018. After this date any unused rooms from the block booking will be released by the hostel to the general CERN user community so it may be possible that the hostel still has some rooms available if you send them the booking form directly.
Hotels in the Geneva area:
There are a large number of hotels in the Geneva area, both in Switzerland and over the border in France, and, if you prefer not to stay in the CERN hostel, you are of course free to contact any of these establishments directly or book through your preferred online booking site. However, below you will find details of a number of hotels that have blocked the price of a number of rooms for EMIS2018 participants.
France:
Hotel IBIS Saint-Genis-Pouilly : Conference participants can reserve rooms at 80 Euros a night by sending an email directly to H7377-RD@accor.com before 2nd July 2018 and mentioning "Conference participant EMIS/CERN". This hotel has a shuttle service to CERN and to Geneva airport.
Switzerland:
IBIS Budget Geneve : Conference participants can reserve rooms at CHF 134,50 per night (breakfast included) by filling in the reservation form found at https://isolde.web.cern.ch/emis-2018-ibis-budget-booking-form and sending it directly to h5653-am@accor.com before 2nd July 2018.
Hotel Auteuil : Conference participants can reserve rooms at CHF 270.- per night during the week and CHF 150.- at the weekend (breakfast included) by filling in the reservation form found at https://isolde.web.cern.ch/emis-2018-booking-form-hotel-auteuil and sending it directly to auteuil@manotel.com before 2nd July 2018.
