WORKSHOP ON SUPERNOVAE AND DUST
16-17 May 2003, Paris, France
Practical Informations

Location and date

The Supernovae and Dust Workshop will be held in Paris (France) at Observatoire de Paris (77, avenue Denfert-Rochereau; 75014 Paris) in Salle de l'Atelier from Friday 16 May 2003 9.00 am till Saturday 17 May 6.30 pm. These days late in the week have been chosen in order to get cheap airfares. The closest metro stations are Port-Royal and Denfert-Rochereau. Click here for a better view of the area. The metro network is on this map. Last, you will find here various information concerning transportation.

Contributions

If you want to propose an oral presentation, you have to submit a title and abstract (before 20 March 2003) in the section registration.

Restaurants

Please find here a non-exhaustive list of restaurants closed to Paris Observatory.

Hotels

Hotels in very numerous in Paris. Please find here and there a selection close to Place Denfert-Rochereau. Please note that you are responsible for your accommodation booking.

Tourism

Informations on Paris (metro, visits, events, restaurants) could be found on PARIS-Service or Office de Tourisme. All cultural events are presented in PARISCOPE. The web site of SNCF could be helpful if you plan to use trains, as well as the one of RATP (click on "international" for information in english) (Paris public transportation). Here is a website for the metro.

Miscellaneous

The temperature in Paris in May can be pleasant but can also show strong variations. Average temperatures are between 10 and 20 Celsius degrees. (Extremes temperatures can go between 0 and 30 Celsius degrees!) Informations on weather in France: METEO or more precisely Paris Forecast.


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