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PRACTICAL INFORMATION SHEET

EuroBiO 2009
September 23-25, 2009 Lille, France
www.eurobio-event.com

Pre reception on September, 22

5 pm: pre reception. Please do not forget your ID, it will be asked at the entrance to remove your badge.

Location

Conference Venue

Lille Grand Palais
1, Boulevard des Citées-Unies, F-59777 Lille, France
Tel.: +33 (0)3.20.14.15.16 – Fax: +33 (0)3.20.14.14.14

www.lillegp.com - E-mail: grand-palais@lillegp.com

Event Program

You can download the event’s program at www.eurobio-event.com

Catering

Included in the registration fees (excluding the visitors of the exhibition).
Daily catering on site.

Travelling to Lille

By air

Lille Lesquin International Airport :
Tel: +33 (0)3.20.49.68.68

www.lille.aeroport.fr

To have 30% off of your return ticket Air France, please ask us for the agreement.
www.airfrance.fr

By train

Information concerning the SNCF (French railways): contact your travel agency or call 08 36 35 35 35 from France. TGV high speed trains (TGV Northern Europe, Thalys and Eurostar) stop at "Lille Europe" station, just 10 minutes walk from Lille Grand Palais. Other trains stop at "Lille Flandres" station, also 10 minutes walk from Lille Grand Palais.

Please contact us if you are interested in SNCF discount vouchers (only valid for train journeys within France).

www.sncf.fr

By car

• If you are coming from Paris (on the A1 motorway), Tournai, Mons, Brussels (on the A27 motorway), Valenciennes (on the A23 motorway): Leave the motorway by taking the 2nd exit, then follow the lane marked 2a which leads to Lille Grand Palais.

• If you are coming from Dunkerque, Bailleul, Calais, Boulogne (on the A25 motorway): Leave the motorway by taking the 1st exit – be careful, the exit is on your left – and then follow the lane marked 2a, which leads to Lille Grand Palais.

Transport within Lille During The Event

Lille Lesquin airport	A 10 minutes taxi ride away from Lille city centre Lille train station – Airport Shuttle. 18 return trips daily on week days. Shuttle hotline: 03.20.90.79.79 Single fare: 4.60 euro The Shuttle brings you in the city centre, in front of Lille Europe train station.
A shuttle bus service	Will run between the official hotels situated outside the city centre and Lille Grand Palais, morning and evening, on both days of the event. Shuttle times will be displayed at your hotel. Delegates staying in the city centre should make their own way to the event location or use Lille's public transport.
Public transport	A tramway links Lille to Roubaix and Tourcoing. Lille Grand Palais subway station is close to the event location. For further information, please contact: Transpole (03 20 40 40 40: www.transpole.fr).
Taxis	Several taxi companies operate in Lille. Receipts are issued on demand. Taxi Union: 03.20.06.06.06 Taxi Gare Lille: 03.20.06.64.00 Taxi Rihour: 03.20.55.20.56
Parking at Lille Grand Palais	1200 public car parks.