Venue

ICDE 2018 will take at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), located in the historic district “Le Marais”, one of the most lively and scenic area of Paris center, with countless shops, café, beautiful mansions and world-famous museums (including the Picasso museum in Hôtel Sablé, and the Beaubourg Modern Art museum, all at walking distance). The CNAM itself is both a museum dedicated to technological innovation and an academic institution. Founded in 1794 by Henri Grégoire, the Musée des Arts et Métiers was refurbished in 2000, and now exhibits over 2,400 inventions. They are split into seven collections Scientific instruments, Materials, Energy, Mechanics, Construction, Communication and Transport.

CNAM is a higher education institution specialized in continuing education. With nearly 400 teaching researchers, the institution nurtures major research initiatives with an emphasis on interdisciplinarity. The teaching staff brings together university professors and industry professionals, and most programs are available through evening and/or Saturday courses. CNAM is located in a former monastery, and offers an attractive mix of modern equipment and ancient rooms and building.

Transportation

Paris enjoys an excellent urban transport network. The parisian Metro consists of 300 stations on 16 lines covering the 10x10km area of central Paris. These are complemented by 5 express train lines (RER) connecting Paris city centre to surrounding suburbs, in particular to the airports; these can also be used to shorten a trip from one end of the city to another. A few dozen bus lines complete the urban transportation system; in recent years, bus corridors have been created across most of the town, making buses (much) faster.

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How to reach the CNAM from Paris

From GARE DE L’EST or GARE DU NORD:

Take metro line 4 direction “Montrouge” and get off at “Réaumur Sébastopol” Station and take the exit “Rue Papin” (3 stations from Gare de l’est, 4 stations from Gare du Nord ≈ 5 mns).

From GARE MONTPARNASSE :

Take metro line 4 direction “Porte de Clignancourt” and get off at “Réaumur Sébastopol” Station and take the exit “Rue Papin”.

From GARE DE LYON :

  1. Take metro line 1 direction “La Défense” and get off at “Hôtel de Ville” Station.
  2. Take a correspondence to metro line 11 direction “Mairie des Lilas” and get off at “Arts et Métiers” Station and take the exit “Rue Conté”.

Orly Airport (ORY) is about 20 minutes south of Paris and Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is about 40 minutes northeast. To get from these airports to the CNAM you may proceed as follows:

From Charles de Gaulle Airport:

  1. Depending on your Terminal of arrival (1 or 2),you may walk to the RER (train) station or you may need to take a free bus shuttle.
  2. Buy an RER ticket to Paris-section-urbaine (metro ticket included).
  3. Take the RER B and get off at “CHATELET-LES HALLES ” station.
  4. Take a correspondence to metro line 4 direction “Porte de Clignancourt” and get off at “Réaumur Sébastopol” Station and take the exit “Rue Papin”.

From ORLY Airport:

  1. Take Orlyval until Antony.
  2. Buy an RER ticket to Paris-section-urbaine (metro ticket included).
  3. Take the RER B and get off at “Chatelet-les Halles” station.
  4. Take a correspondence to metro line 4 direction “Porte de Clignancourt” and get off at “Réaumur Sébastopol” Station and take the exit “Rue Papin”.