The 15th workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography ECC 2011 INRIA, Nancy, France Sep 19 – 21, 2011 ECC 2011 Sep 19 – 21, 2011

Traveling

The workshop takes place at INRIA Nancy, Villers-lès-Nancy, France.
This denotes the exact same place as LORIA, Campus scientifique, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Both towns are in in the direct vicinity of Nancy.

Nancy is approximately 350km east of Paris.

Coming by plane

You may either choose to reach the local airport, or travel via Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

The local airport (Nancy-Metz, ETZ) is 30km away from Nancy, but few airlines go there. Shuttles provide transportation to and from the airport. The “ official ” shuttle service has a schedule, and even a web site. Private taxi companies also provide similar service (albeit more expensive).

If you choose to travel via Paris-Charles de Gaulle, you'll still have 350km to go once you have landed. You may either rent a car there, or take the train.

• The car ride is between 3 and 4 hours, almost entirely on highways. The highway toll is roughly 25 € one-way.
• There are two possible train rides.
  • The most usual one goes through Paris. Take the RER B suburban line to Gare du Nord (10 € and roughly 45 minutes. There are 4 to 15 of these commuter trains per hour).
    Reach then Gare de l'est, either from subway line 4, or by foot (5 min).
    From Gare de l'est, several high-speed TGV trains a day go to Nancy in 1h30 and for some 66 € one-way.
    
  • It is also possible to take a TGV train directly from Paris-Charles de Gaulle towards the Lorraine TGV station. There are not many trains a day, but the ride is fairly quick (1h20). From there, a shuttle reaches Nancy (the shuttle is the same as the Nancy-Metz airport shuttle).
    The workshop begins at 9:30am on Sep. 19th. Persons intending to catch the 7:48am train at CDG airport, arriving at Lorraine TGV at 8:58am, are kindly asked to inform the organisers of their travel plans. It is totally unrealistic to reach INRIA in time from this train. However, if the numbers of attendees in this train is appropriate, we might consider organising a direct shuttle from Lorraine TGV to INRIA, in order to arrive only a bit late.
  Note 1: you must purchase a train ticket corresponding exactly to the train you mean to take. If you change plans, your ticket will not be valid for the train before or the train after.
  Note 2: it is wise to purchase the Paris-Nancy train ticket ahead of time, either from your local travel agency, or from the SNCF site (beware, the web site is buggy). In the latter case, you have to have your ticket printed at the station before getting on the train. You need your reference number (six letters) and your credit card to match the ticket with the payment. Automatic vending machines at the station can do the printing. See this document for instructions relative to how you can have your ticket printed at the station.
  Note 3: The RER B ticket is purchased directly at the airport's train station.

It is also possible to fly to one of the airports in the region like Luxembourg, Frankfurt or Strasbourg airports. Train connections from these airports to Nancy is slightly less expensive than the TGV train. Please look up the Deutsche Bahn site, which most capable to provide reliable information on such cross-border connections. Some low-cost flights reach Basel-Mulhouse or Frankfurt-Hahn, but it can be more difficult to reach Nancy from these airports by public transportation.

Coming by train

Coming by train via Paris follows similarly as above. From some countries (e.g. Germany, Luxemburg), Nancy is reachable directly.

Reaching INRIA/LORIA from the inner city

Here are a few documents relative to reaching INRIA/LORIA from downtown.

• Bike rental.
• Google maps link.

The easiest way to reach the LORIA from the train station is to take Tram 1 (this is the only tram line in Nancy).

In the map you can see the situation of the Train Station and the nearest stop of Tram 1. Tram tickets can be purchased at the vending machine just at the tram stop, or at the ticket booth which is down the stairs (close to the train tracks).
You have to take the tram in the direction Vandoeuvre, Chu Brabois, and get off at stop « Callot ». The ride takes approximately 20 minutes.

You may want to look up the Tram line map, and Tram timetable (one way, and the other).

The following map highlights LORIA amongst the nearby buildings (Université Henri Poincaré). The walk from the tram stop to the building is approximately 5 minutes.

This is how the LORIA building looks in summer: