CLUES Workshop 2012 in Lyon

Our CLUES workshop takes place at the Domaine Saint Joseph", close to Lyon, June 17 - 22, 2012.The plan is to start on June 18th, Monday morning (thus arrival on Sunday is expected) and finish on June 21st Thursday evening.

Keeping with the spirit of previous such meetings, the intention of this group meeting is to promote new collaborations among participants and to work on the existing ones.

Therefore we strongly encourage PhD students and recent postdocs to give a short review on their works.

Please send us a (preliminary) title

for your talk.

The plan is to have a couple of hours in the morning for talks, with the rest of the day devoted to discussions among participants and work on projects.

Practical Issues

Location

The meeting location is a quiet and secluded place nearby Lyon downtown, which is reachable in 20 minutes by public bus. See http://www.domaine-lyon-saint-joseph.fr/en/ for its website.

Built in 1928 by Lyon's Diocese, the Domaine Saint Joseph was a seminary used for training young priests. With its 5 ha and 8000 square meter and a beautiful view over the Mont du Lyonnais hills, it was the perfect place for philosophy and education, and will be a perfect place for astrophysical discussions. We have a seminar room all day, and a smaller meeting room every afternoon. There are plenty of other places to meet and discuss with wifi access, hopefully if the weather is nice also on the terrace in front of the park.

The catering service will make you discover French and Lyon gastronomy and wines over the week.

Getting there

To reach the "Domaine Saint Joseph":

• the nearest airport is "Lyon Saint Exupery"  (LYS), then take the shuttle "Satobus" to central railway station "Lyon-Perrache" (terminus of the shuttle) ,  one way ticket around 9 Euros (20 minutes)
• then catch the tube "Métro ligne A" towards "VAULX La Soie",  Stop at "Bellecour" station (2nd stop), one way ticket 1 Euro (5-6 minutes)
• then catch the bus N° 30 towards "Francheville", get off at "La Plaine" bus stop , validate again the same ticket as the metro one, (20 minutes)
• then walk : take the road called "Chemin des Fonts" (hairdresser at the corner), carry on 100 metres then take the "Allée Jean-Paul II" on the right #38:   you have reached your destination (6-8 minutes)

Leisure activities Lyon is part of the UNESCO world heritage. The city is also referred to as the capital of Gaul: ‘Capitale des Gaules’, Lights city: ‘Ville des Lumières’ and Culinary capital: ‘Capitale de la Gastronomie’. This gives Lyon many attractions. In addition to the city centre, the surrounding areas are wonderful to explore.

• Visit of the ‘Traboules’ (type of passageway primarily associated with the city of Lyon),
• Great step back in history with the Gallo-Roman and the Resistance museums,
• Discovering of the silk manufacturing (Silk museum) or cinema methods (Lumière’s brother museum),
• Fun at the ‘Accrobranche®’ tree climbing park,
• Panoramic view from the top of the Fouvière hill,
• Visiting the vineyards in the Beaujolais area,
• Swimming and fishing in the Dombes area in the 15th century rain-water pools,
• Walking in the medieval walled town of Pérouges,
• Walking or hiking in the ‘Monts du Lyonnais’ hills,
• Capital of the Gaul, renowned place for Christianity.

Registration

Participation is only possible on invitation. Please register until 29th February. The registration price is 475 Euros for a shared double room, 610 Euros for a single room.

This price includes all breakfast-lunch-diner from Monday morning to Friday morning. The dinner on arrival sunday, if needed, is not organized.

Those attending the PhD defense on Friday morning will also have a lunch offered on Friday.

This price also includes a guided visit of Lyon in English by a professional guide followed by a social diner in a typical restaurant downtown, probably on

Tuesday or Wednesday night.

A very limited amount of single rooms are available so give us the name of your favorite room-mate when registering/per Email.

Talks and Programme

List of participants

Some pictures of the CLUES Meeting are available here: CLUES Meeting Pictures

CLUES Meeting Pictures (Arianna) CLUES Meeting Pictures (Stefan)

This workshop is sponsored by