Proposal to host

ICSB 2019
20-24 October
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
A word from the mayor of Lyon
WHY LYON?
• 2nd economic region in France
• 6th economic region in Europe

• 530 public and private research laboratories

• “Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region”: France second
largest region in terms of health sector
• “Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region”: world number
one producer of vaccines

• 1st French city in number of created companies

• Leader in 5 industries: biotechnologies,
chemistry/environment, digital entertainment,
textiles and flexible materials, transport & mobility
systems

• 1st city to be granted the “Smart City” label

LYON GREEN CITY

• A Convention Centre in harmony with sustainable

development

• The banks of the river Rhone, 5-kilometer stretch of

modern and delightful walkways

• The “Parc de la Tête d’Or”: an area of 105 hectares

including a 16-hectare lake

• The new district of Lyon Confluence, Europe's

largest renovation project for an urban centre
totally energy compliant

• Extensively used river ways for transport and

tourism
 CONTENTS
1. ICSB 2019

2. ONLY BUSINESS

3. ONLY TOURISM

The Confluence district : ultra-contemporary buildings with the work of the firm
Jakob+MacFarlane for the « orange cube », Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Christian de Portzamparc.
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ICSB 2019
• Endorsement from the local organizing
committee
• Local organizing committee
• Scientific support
• Destination support
• International support
• Outline budget
• Outline schedule
Endorsement from the local
organizing committee
Local organizing committee
Chair: Dr Jan Traas
Jan Traas is group leader and research director at the National
Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA). He has been working in the
field of Plant Systems Biology for the last 15 years. He has organised
several small national and international workshops on this topic in
France and has been on the scientific board of several large meetings
(e.g. the Arabidopsis meeting in Paris in 2015).

Chair: Dr Olivier Gandrillon

Dr. Olivier Gandrillon, born in France in 1962, is a biologist by training.
He received a PhD degree in biology in 1989. He started his own team
as an independent group leader in 1999 at the University Claude
Bernard. He was awarded DR2 (research director) at CNRS (Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique) in 2009. He now has moved
back to the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), where he is heading a
group entitled «Systems Biology of Decision Making». He was elected
director of the BioSyL research federation since 2011 when the
federation was founded. He is the founder of the modeling seminar
“Semovi” and of the international conference series “Integrative Post
Genomics” (2001-2010) and LyonSysBio (since 2014), through which
he has acquired a strong expertise in meeting organization.
Local organizing committee
Members:

• Dr Gaël Yvert: Gaël Yvert is a Research Director of CNRS, a member

of the executive board of BioSyL and of the scientific committee of
the annual international conference LyonSysBio. His research uses
yeast experimental genetics and statistical genomics to develop
novel methods and concepts in quantitative system genetics. He is
a member of the BioSyL board since its creation in 2011.

• Dr Fabien Crauste: Fabien Crauste is a biomathematician with more

than 10 years of experience of interdisciplinary research, Chargé de
Recherches 1st class CNRS, member of the Math Department of
University Lyon 1, and of the interdisciplinary Inria Team Dracula
which deals with multiscale modeling of biological processes. He
has been supervising 3 PhD thesis and 3 postdocs since 2009 and
has been involved in the organisation of 15 international
conferences over the last 10 years. He particularly co-organized the
international thematic program on 'Mathematical Biology' in Lyon
in 2013, consisting in 4 international conferences and one summer
school over a 5-month period.
Local organizing committee
• Dr Hubert Charles: Hubert Charles is professor at INSA-Lyon and at
the head of the Biosciences department. He is researcher in the field
of genomic evolution in insect symbiosis in the UMR INRA INSA BF2I.
He has organised several small national and international workshops
in France and has been on the scientific board of several large
meetings (LyonSysBio since 2013, Non-Clinical Statistics Conference
2010, JOBIM 2012). He is a member of the BioSyL board since its
creation in 2011.

• Dr Daniel Kahn: Daniel Kahn is senior scientist at the Institut

National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA). As a biochemist,
microbiologist and modeler, his current research bears on the
evolution of metabolism. He has experience in organizing
international events such as RECOMB’99, ECNF 2004, SMBE 2010 or
CompSysBio 2015. He is a member of the BioSyL board since its
creation in 2011.

• Dr Maria Manuela Nogueira: Maria Manuela Nogueira holds a PhD

in Molecular and Cell Biology (Oncogenesis option) from the
University Paris XI. She has been Scientific Officer since July 2015 at
the European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine (EISBM) in
Lyon, founded and led by Dr Charles Auffray. She is a member of the
scientific committee of the first conference of the newly founded
European Association of Systems Medicine, EASyM, to be held in
Berlin in October 2016.
Local organizing committee
• Dr Benjamin Audit: Benjamin Audit is Research Director at the
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), member of
Laboratoire de Physique of ENS de Lyon. He has been working for
more than 15 years at the interface between physics and biology,
developing expertise in signal processing and modeling for
applications in computational biology and bioinformatics. He has
been involved in the scientific committees of 9 international
conferences. He has also organized 5 international conferences
including the International Conference on Complexity in Physics
(Lyon, France, 1-5 Juin 2009) and JOBIM (Lyon, France, 28-30 June
2016).

• François Briat: François Briat is a CNRS engineer, member of the

local organizing committee of the annual international conference
LyonSysBio. He is in charge of the logistic aspects of the conferences
organized by BioSyL.

• Sophie Azzaro: Sophie Azzaro is events manager at Inria Grenoble

Rhône-Alpes, in the communication department since October
2008. She is in charge of the organization of conferences, symposia,
schools. She takes in charge the event coordination, the
administrative aspects, the contracts with the different suppliers
and budget management.
National scientific support
The proposal to host ICSB 2019 in Lyon has been supported by
the following French scientists: Charles Auffray; Emmanuel
Barillot; Gregory Batt; Christine Brun; Gilles Charvin; Jean
Clairambault; Pascale Crépieux; François Fages;; Jérôme Garin;
Pascal Hersen; Hidde de Jong; François Képès; Marc Lefranc;
Olivier Martin; Jean-Pierre Mazat; Antoine Perasso; Benoit
Perthame; Ovidiu Radulescu; Jacques-Alexandre Sepulchre;
Anne Siegel; Angelique Stephanou; Rodolphe Thiébaut; Denis
Thieffry; Julie Thompson; Gilles Truan; Bernard Vandenbunder;
Jean-Philippe Vert.
International scientific support*
Ruedi Aebersold (Switzerland); Grégoire Altan-Bonnet (USA);
Becca Asquith (UK); Nathalie Balaban (Israël); Jürgen Borlak
(Germany); Frank Bruggeman (Netherlands); Atul Butte (USA);
David Fell (UK); Nir Friedman (Israël); Eileen Furlong (Germany);
Julien Gagneur (Germany); Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo (Spain); Anne-
Claude Gavin (Germany); Ron Germain (USA); Rudiyanto
Gunawan (Switzerland); Angela Hay (Germany); Winston Hide
(UK); Thomas Höfer (Germany); Leroy Hood (USA); Terry Hwa
(USA); Dan Jarosz (USA); Suckjoon Jun (USA); Douglas Kell (UK);
Boris Kholodenko (Ireland); Chris Knight (UK); Galit Lahav (USA);
Christian Landry (Canada); Dan Larson (USA); Ben Lehner
(Spain); Pietro Lio (UK); Nuria Lopez-Bigas (Spain); Matthieu
Louis (Spain); John Marioni (UK); Alfonso Martinez Arias (UK),
Ron Milo (Israel); Yves Moreau (Belgium), Denis Noble (UK); Bela
Novak (UK); Yoshi Ohya (Japan); Balazs Papp (Hungary); Serge
Pelet (Switzerland); Norbert Perrimon (USA); John Quackenbush
(USA); Vito Quaranta (USA); John Reinitz (USA); Peter N Robinson
(Germany); Uwe Sauer (Switzerland); Stefan Schuster (Germany);
Matthias Schwab (Germany); Luis Serrano (Spain); Mark Siegal
(USA); Lars Steinmetz (Germany), David Suter (Switzerland);
Peter Swain (UK); Bas Teusink (Netherlands); Andreas Wagner
(Switzerland); Leor Weinberger (USA); Trisha Wittkopp (USA);
Jianzhi Zhang (USA).

*names in bold are potential members of the scientific committee

A few comments on Lyon Bid for
ICSB 2019…

Grégoire Altan-Bonnet, March 17, 2016, 1:43 p.m. : «The strength of

the organizing team in the field of Systems Biology, the central
position of Lyon, as well as the potential interactions with the
biopharmaceutical industry make for ideal conditions to make the
ICSB a very succesful conference. »

Vito Quaranta, March 18, 2016, 7:06 p.m. : «The strong

mathematical biology community in Lyon and France will be a
reliable backbone for this conference. The city is also an ideal location
for his position and hospitality (not to mention the andouillette...).»

David Suter, March 17, 2016, 4:13 p.m. : «I am very enthusiastic about
having a major systems biology conference in Lyon, which is a fantastic
place - both scientifically and non-scientifically.»

Thomas Höfer, March 17, 2016, 1:48 p.m. : «Both the city and the
lively bioscience scene in Lyon are excellent choices for hosting this
major meeting.»

Christian Landry, March 16, 2016, 2:05 p.m. : «Lyon is a great city for
meetings. It is easy to get to, a beautiful venue such that people will
want to come.»

David Fell, March 22, 2016, 12:31 a.m. : «Lyon is an attractive city,
with excellent food and wine and a good public transport system. It's
a good conference venue.»
Destination support
The Lyon application has been prepared thanks to the
invaluable help of: Sébastien Bret (OnlyLyon Tourism &
Conventions), Edoardo Guglielmino (GL Events) and Sophie
Lacassagne (OnlyLyon Tourism & Conventions).
Proposal for ICSB 2019 scientific
themes*

*Specific sessions will be defined by the scientific committee

• Systems Biomechanics
Plant and animal cellular and tissue-level development and
differentiation – Biofluid mechanics – Biotribology –
Comparative biomechanics and more.

• Evolutionary Systems Biology

Systems approach to evolution – Networks evolution –
Integrative approaches of omics data – Comparative genomics
and more.

• Multiscale Systems Biology

Coupling large-scale networks (regulatory, metabolic and
signalling networks) – Single cell decisions in-response-to and
with-consequences-at the multicellular level - Cellular
populations to ecological interactions – From microbiome to
host physiology – Systems analysis for environment
management and more.
Proposal for ICSB 2019 scientific
themes

Systems Biology for Synthetic Biology

Biotechnology and new energy - Modelling networks and circuits -
Artificial cells – Cell optimisation and more.

Systems Medicine
Systems approaches to healthcare and drug discovery - Systems and
personalised medicine – Big data for systems medicine - Systems
biology for cancer, immunology, stem cells, aging and more.

Systems Neurosciences
Network-based approaches to brain function – Neural networks –
Molecular and cellular approaches for modelling brain structure and
functions – Electrophysiology, in vivo imaging and more.

Human Sciences for Systems Biology

Epistemiology of systems biology - Ethical questions raised by
systems biology and more.

And also workshops and satellites about:

Education for Systems Biologists
Innovation and business from Systems Biology
 ICSB 2019: outline budget

Estimated number of participants: 1,000

Estimated expenditure
Items Amounts (€)
Rental costs 110,000
Staff 10,000
Service provision (media, cleaning, security) 30,000
PCO costs 50,000
Amphi Pasteur for parallel sessions Catering 150,000
Gala reception 30,000
Travel & housing costs (guests) 50,000
Total 430,000
Income
Items Details Amounts (€)
Conference registration (full price) 450€/person for 600 participants 270,000
Conference registration (students) 200€/person for 400 participants 80,000
Private sponsorship 5000€ for each 20,000
Institutional sponsorship 30,000
Conference dinner 50€/person for 500 participants 30,000
Total 430,000
 ICSB 2019: outline schedule

Time Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6

0830-0900 Welcome - Coffee break Welcome - Coffee break Welcome - Coffee break Welcome - Coffee break Welcome - Coffee break Welcome - Coffee break

0900-0930 Opening ceremony

Three plenary lectures Three plenary lectures Three plenary lectures Three plenary lectures Workshop/satellite
0930-1000
Keynote lecture
1000-1030
1030-1100 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
1100-1130
1130-1200 Three parallel sessions Three parallel sessions Three parallel sessions Three parallel sessions Three parallel sessions Workshop/satellite
1200-1230
1230-1300
1300-1330 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500 Poster session Poster session Poster session Tutorial programme Tutorial programme Workshop/satellite
1500-1530
1530-1600 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
1600-1630
Three parallel sessions
1630-1700
Tutorial programme Tutorial programme Tutorial programme Social programme Workshop/satellite
1700-1730
Closing ceremony
1730-1800
1800-1830
1830-1900 Welcome reception
1900-1930
1930-2000
2000-2030
2030-2100
2100-2130
Gala reception
2130-2200
2200-2230
2230-2300
ONLY BUSINESS

Location and proposed dates

Congress facilities
General conference outline
PCO (Professional Congress Organizer)
Lyon Convention Bureau
Social programme
Accommodation
Accessibility
Free circulation of scientists
Location and proposed dates
Lyon Convention Centre – www.ccc-lyon.com
A centrally located complex, between the wonderful Parc de
la Tête d’Or and the Rhône River.
The complex includes 1,000 rooms at walking distance, many
restaurants and bars and is easily accessible by car, rental
bikes (6 Vélo’V stations are available at the Cité
Internationale), several bus and street-car or tram lines. There
is also a port of embarkation suitable for mooring all types of
boats right in front of the Convention Centre.

Proposed dates: 20-24 October 2019

City Center: Place Bellecour
Public Transportation Taxi or shuttle
13 minutes 13 minutes
Distances / Bus C5 4,5 kms
Minutes of St Exupéry Airport
travel from Public Transportation Taxi or shuttle
the Lyon 45 minutes 25 minutes
Convention Bus C1 + Rhônexpress 25 kms
Centre to La Part Dieu Train Station
Public Transportation Taxi or shuttle
12 minutes 10 minutes
Bus C1 3,5 kms
Congress facilities

3 auditoriums for plenary session:

• Auditorium «Pasteur»: 300 seats

• Auditorium «Lumière»: 900 seats
• The Amphithéâtre: 3200 seats

• 26 rooms from 50 to 450 seats for

meetings

• 8,400 m2 pillarless for lunch and

exhibition
An environmentally responsive Centre,
from its conception to its operation
The Cité Internationale district is part of a sustainable
development programme:

• Use of rainwater with implementation of a centralized watering

system.
• Environmental management scheme of the city’s green spaces:
the first French green spaces service to obtain the ISO 14001
(2005) certification.
• Latest generation bus lines, silent and clean, 6 bike-sharing
stations.

The Lyon Convention Centre: facilities and operations are focused

on sustainable development.

The facilities:

• Rainwater recovery by the 2,000 m2 of non-watered vegetal

gardens, thanks to a centralized watering system.
• Use of underground seepage water for building heating and
cooling.
• 96m² of solar panels generating 15,000 kWh, with a
environmental gain of 1,4T / year of CO2.
An environmentally responsive Centre,
from its conception to its operation
daily approach:
• Staff awareness of eco-attitude.
• Preferred utilisation of eco-products (biodegradable or
recyclable products, vegetable-based inks).
• Waste recycling with a managements based on selective
sorting.

Certification:
• Environmentally aware, the GL events group is engaged in a
group-wide sustainable development initiative through the
program Think Green and launched, some years ago, an ISO
14 001 certification process for all its venues in France. The
Lyon Convention Centre obtains the certification in 2013.

Concrete results:
• 25% of energy saving by year thanks to the bioclimatic
control system of the building fronts.
• 70% of the heating and cooling use renewable and clean
energy, thanks to the groundwater located under the
building.
• 46% of waste are recycled.
ICSB – International Conference on Systems Biology
Space possibilities
YOUR PROJECT
LAYOUT

ICSB 2019
General Layout
Roseraie

St Clair
Pasteur Lounge Pasteur Auditoria
Parallel Session, 300 p. Parallel Sessions, 300 p.

Rhône
Rhône Room 3
Parallel Session, 230 p.

Cordeliers

VIP Terreaux Lounge

Terreaux
Speaker’s Corner Terreaux Hall
Reception Desk

Forums 1+2+3 & Foyer

Lumière Auditoria 2190 sqm Exhibition/Poster Area
Plenary Session 900 p. 650 sqm Lunch & Cocktail Area
Upper Square Sponsor’s Booths
YOUR PROJECT
LAYOUT

Roseraie

ICSB 2019
Day 1 St Clair

Rhône

Cordeliers

VIP Terreaux Lounge

Terreaux
Speaker’s Corner Terreaux Hall
Reception Desk

Lumière Auditoria Forums 1+2+3 & Foyer

Plenary Session 900 p. 2190 sqm Exhibition/Poster Area
650 sqm Lunch & Cocktail Area
YOUR PROJECT
LAYOUT

ICSB 2019 Roseraie

Days 2 to 4
St Clair
Pasteur Lounge Pasteur Auditoria
Parallel Session, 300 p. Parallel Sessions, 300 p.

Rhône
Rhône Room 3
Parallel Session, 230 p.

Cordeliers

VIP Terreaux Lounge

Terreaux
Speaker’s Corner Terreaux Hall
Reception Desk

Forums 1+2+3 & Foyer

Lumière Auditoria 2190 sqm Exhibition/Poster Area
Plenary Session 900 p. 650 sqm Lunch & Cocktail Area
Upper Square Sponsor’s Booths
YOUR PROJECT
LAYOUT

Roseraie

ICSB 2019
Day 5 St Clair

Rhône

Cordeliers

VIP Terreaux Lounge

Terreaux
Speaker’s Corner Terreaux Hall
Reception Desk

Lumière Auditoria
Plenary Session 900 p.
PCO: Professional Congress Organizer
Among our Professional Convention organizers, long-standing
Convention bureau members are the following:

HOPSCOTCH CONGRES http://www.hopscotchcongres.com/#

www.insight-outside.fr
INSIGHT OUTSIDE

KUONI DESTINATION www.kuoni-dmc.com

MANAGEMENT / GTS

www.livebyglevents.com
LIVE! BY GL EVENTS

www.mci-group.com
MCI FRANCE

All member agencies hold Travel Agency licences thus assuring a

guarantee of their professionalism.
The following international medical and
scientific conferences have taken place in
Lyon in 2015

EVENT ATTENDANTS
ISAKOS CONGRESS 2015 - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF
ARTHROSCOPY, KNEE SURGERY 4,500
WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR
PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS - ISPO 4,000
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM - SSIEM ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 2,428
CIRED CONGRESS - THE 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND
EXHIBITION ON ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION 1,400
ISHNE 2015 - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HOLTER AND NON
INVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOLOGY 1,200
KIDNEY CANCER INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - 2015 1,100
EUCAS 2015 - EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON APPLIED
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 1,000
INTERNATIONAL GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MACHINE
COMPETITION - IGEM 2015 650
EFEE 2015 - 8TH WORLD CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN FEDERATION
OF EXPLOSIVE ENGINEERS 600
Social Programme
Cirque Imagine - http://cirqueimagine.com/
Three big tops on the same site! A magical, unusual and unique
setting in the heart of the greater Lyon area. Enjoy all the
atmosphere of the great Parisian cabarets.
1,300 m2 of reception and event
Access: public transportation (15 min from Train Station)

Espace Tête d’Or - http://www.espacetetedor.com/

A pleasant environment: in the city, next to the Tête d’Or Park.
An easy access: 5 minutes for the Part-Dieu TGV Station, linked to
the motorway and to the Saint Exupéry Airport.
Free of charge car park.
Dinner up to 720 persons
Access : public transportation (10 min from Train station)

Abbaye de Collonges - http://www.bocuse.fr/abbaye-collonges.aspx

Paul Bocuse's famous restaurant where the sound of lovingly
restored barrel and fairground organs creates a festive atmosphere
for prestige dining.
Seated capacity: 650 persons
Access: 30 min from City Centre
Accommodation

Hotel Capacity of Greater Lyon in 2016

More than 18 000 rooms :

Hotels 5* : 343 rooms Average price : 250 €/night
Hotels 4* : 4 319 rooms Average price : 175 €/night
Hotels 3* : 4 308 rooms Average price : 125 €/night
Hotels 2* : 3 507 rooms
Hotels 1* : 969 rooms
Hotels NC : 898 rooms

Apartment hotels (all categories) : 3 467 apartments

More than 2 000 rooms in student residences

Near the Convention Center :

Marriott Lyon Cité Internationale**** 204 rooms

Hotel des Congrès*** 134 rooms
Temporim Cité Internationale *** 104 rooms
Warwick Reine Astrid**** 88 rooms
Ibis Lyon Caluire Palais des Congrès*** 114 rooms
Crown Plaza**** 154 rooms
Park & Suites Élégance**** 158 rooms
Accommodation
New Hotels and Projects

THE HOTEL-DIEU ***** renovation scheme (2018) – 138 rooms

The Hôtel-Dieu hospital, right in the centre of Lyon, will be

converted into a luxury hotel (5-star luxury Intercontinental
hotel):
• 13,500 sq. m of floor space
• 28 duplex rooms with a view over the river Rhône and two
suites

TWO LYON **** (2021)- 460 rooms

• 2 hotels - four-star
• Part-Dieu business district

THE RADISSON BLU **** (2016) - 245 rooms

Total renovation of the hotel :
• Rooms, lobby, restaurant, seminar rooms
• Part-Dieu business district
• OPENING OCTOBER 2016
Accessibility
ACCESS BY PLANE : Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport

115 direct connections │91 international destinations | regular

flights to 49 international destinations │ 5 low-cost airline
companies connected to 11 European cities (London, Madrid,
Rome, Dublin, Lisbon, Berlin, Barcelona, Porto, Venice,
Manchester and Prague).
For participants arriving at PARIS CDG AIRPORT from ASIA and
USA, direct connection to Lyon by TGV, 26 round trips per day
in just 1h50, no need to change airport upon arrival at CDG, the
station is located directly beneath the airport.

FROM AIRPORT TO CITY CENTRE

Express tramway RHONEXPRESS (25 minutes)

Taxis available 24/7

ACCESS BY TRAIN : 3 high-speed train stations

Lyon-Paris : 1h55 (23 round trips on week days)

Lyon-Geneva : 1h50
Lyon-Brussels : 3h37
Lyon-London : 4h40 (New since May 2015)
Lyon-Torino : 3h45
Lyon-Milano : 5h15
 International direct flights
Other Major Destinations
Flight
Country Major Cities Air fares (round trip) Airline Company
Duration
Country Major Cities Air fares (round trip) Connections
Austria Vienna 220 - 300€ Arlines 1h40
Algeria Alger 170 - 350 € Aigle Azur/Air Algerie 1h40 United States New York 600 - 1000 € 1
Belgium Brussels 85 - 200€ Brussels Airlines/Hop ! 1h20
Canada Montréal 460 - 750 € Air Transat, Air Canada 8h15 Brazil Sao Paolo 550 - 950 € 1
Czech Republic Prague 160 - 300 € Hop ! 1h45
Emirates Dubaï 400 - 750 € Emirates 6h20 Japan Tokyo 575 - 1000 € 1
Berlin 150 - 250 € EasyJet 1h55
Cologne 100 - 350 € Chalair 2h05 United States Los Angeles 850 - 1500 € 1
Düsseldorf 100 - 300 € Germanwings 1h25
Germany India Bangalore 600 - 1600 € 1
Francfort 150 - 260 € Lufthansa 1h25
Munich 150 - 300 € Lufthansa 1h20 China Beijing 550 - 100 € 1
Stuttgart 130 - 300€ TwinJet 1h05
London (Heathrow) 90 - 250 € British Airways 1h40 Australia Sydney 1000 - 1700 € 2
London (Stansted) 90 - 250 € EasyJet 1h40
Great Britain
London (Gatwick) 90 - 250 € EasyJet 1h35
Birmingham 160 - 250 € Flybe 1h40
Athens 150 - 300 € Aegean/Transavia 2h40
Greece
Rhodes 370 - 550 € Aegean 3h05
Israel Tel Aviv 260 - 700 € Transavia 4h05 Opening up of new DIRECT air routes in 2016 :
Iceland Reykjavik 400 - 500 € Wow Air 3h50
Ireland Dublin 130 - 250 € Art Lingus 2h00
Bologna 147-158€ Hop ! / Air France/Alitalia 1h30
Firenze 165-170€ Alitalia/Air France 1h35 Luxembourg - Luxembourg
Italy Milan 148-154€ Hop ! /Air France/Alitalia 1h15
Roma 199 – 335€ EasyJet / Vueling 1h40
Venice 156-207€ Hop ! / EasyJet /Air France 1h25 Bucarest - Romania
Netherlands Amsterdam 98-116€ Air France / KLM 1h40
Agadir 410€ Royal Air Maroc 5h05
Marocco Casablanca 258-344€ Air Arabia / Royal Air Maroc 2h45 Valencia - Spain
Marrakech 228-357€ Iberia/Royal Air Maroc 5h55
Poland Cracovie 168-187€ Air France/KLM/Lufthansa 5h50
Faro - Portugal
Lisbon 130-196€ TAP /Transavia /EasyJet 2h15
Portugal
Porto 119-181€ EasyJet/Transavia/Aigle Azur 2h00

Spain
Madrid 124-342€ Iberia / EasyJet 1h45 Copenhaguen – Denmark
Barcelona 103-309€ Vueling / EasyJet 1h15
Sweden Göteborg 406€ Air France 2h20
Budapest – Hungary
Switzerland Zurich 116-322€ SWISS 1h05 Catania – Italy
Tunisia Tunis 162-205€ Tunisair / Transavia / Nouvelair 1h50
Turkey Istanbul 182-199€ Turkish Air 3h10
Mykonos – Greece
Scotland Edinburgh 184-397€
KLM/Luftthansa/Air France/Aer
4h00 Moscow - Russia
Lingus/British Airways

And also, Lyon- Bangkok Via Dubaï with Emirates

Free circulation of scientists
European and Schengen area citizen: current valid identity card or passport needed.

Outside Schengen area citizen: a passport is obligatory, with a visa for some countries. The fee for short-stay visa is called
"visa C" and it stands for less than 90 days. Price : 60 €.

More information on www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/coming-to-france/getting-a-visa/

ONLY TOURISM
Daily expenses
Weather conditions
Transportation
Gastronomy
Cultural heritage
Events in Octobre 2019
Excursions
Lyon on video
Daily expenses
Cost of living in Lyon: one of the most affordable in Europe.

Weather conditions in October

Average temperature: 13.35°C

Average sunny hours : 129,6h

Sunrise around 5:00 a.m. / sunset around 5:30 p.m.

Transportation

Public transportation network

The extensive network of buses, metro and tramway of

the T.C.L. (Transports en Commun Lyonnais – Lyon
Public Transportation) enables rapid and easy
transport from one place to another in the city and its
suburbs.

• 4 metro lines
• 2 funicular railways
• 5 tramway lines
• 140 bus routes

www.tcl.fr
Transportation
Velov’: Freely available bicycle service

• 4000 bicycles available throughout the city.

• 340 conveniently located bike stations, 6 of which are
located in the Cité Internationale (Convention Centre).
• Bicycle path development along the new tramway line
routes.

http://www.velov.grandlyon.com/

Cyclopolitain: Eco-friendly taxi service

The Cyclopolitain use a unique electric tricycle taxi cab with a
see-through roof which is ideal for short trips along the city
centre’s cycle paths or through the many pedestrian areas.
Eco friendly and wallet-friendly at just one euro per person
and per kilometer, Cyclopolitain is an original and enjoyable
way of getting from A to B in Lyon.
http://www.cyclopolitain.com/
Gastronomy
• Among the best places in the world to wine and dine

• 15 starred chefs in the Greater Lyon area (Michelin

guide 2015) including the famous Paul Bocuse -
http://www.bocuse.fr/flash-fr.aspx

• Over 4,000 restaurants and “bouchons” (typical

regional Lyon cuisine) -http://www.lesbouchonslyonnais.org/

• Bocuse d’Or : the prestigious gastronomy award

ceremony - http://www.bocusedor.com/

• Les Halles de Lyon, covered market, to discover all

the products that make the gastronomy of the city
so famous - http://www.halles-de-lyon-paulbocuse.com/
Cultural heritage

• 2,000 year old Unesco world Heritage

architecture

• One of the largest Renaissance quarters in

Europe after Venice

• Birthplace of cinema with Lumière brothers

• 4 million visitors yearly for the Lyon’s Light

Festival

• A true, authentic French city experience

Cultural heritage

Lyon Renaissance District

This Renaissance district, listed by UNESCO, is the largest area of its
kind in France. It consists of 3 separate villages: St Georges to the
South, St Paul to the North-East, and St Jean in the middle. The area
mainly became a town in itself during the 15th and 16th centuries. A
tour enables you to see Saint Jean Cathedral, and then the district
itself with its narrow streets, inner courtyards and "Traboules”.

Enter the world of Silk through “Traboules” passageways

Lyon is the capital of silk weaving in France. You will discover the
“Traboules” (passageways) winding down the hill of the Croix-Rousse
where 30.000 silk weavers used to live in the 19th century. At the silk
printing workshop, printers will demonstrate Lyon’s traditional know
how.

Fourvière’s church: a major building of Lyon heritage

Built between 1872 and 1896, by the architects Pierre Bossan and
Sainte-Marie Perrin. Its style is eclectic: austere outside and richly
ornamented inside.
Discover the mosaics, stained glass windows and marbles. Visit to
the crypt Saint Joseph.

Fine Arts Museum

Located in the middle of the historic city centre in the building of a
former Royal Abbey dating from the 17th century, the Lyon’s Fine Arts
Museum has one of the largest art collections in Europe.
http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/
Cultural heritage

Museum of Confluences The must-see national Science and Society

Museum in Europe ! Discover its stunning architecture !
The new confluence museum opened in December 2014, is a superb
combined museum site focusing on science, art and societies.
Located at the confluence of the two rivers Rhône and Saône, it
presents the story of the earth itself from its earliest days and
humanity through history and geography with 4 permanent
exhibition areas and special areas devoted to temporary exhibitions
and workshops. http://www.museedesconfluences.fr/

Fine Arts Museum Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon

The Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière and the archaeological
site are situated on the slopes of the Fourvière hill, formerly in the
centre of the Roman City of Lugdunum, founded in 43 B.C. A superb
collection of mosaics, sarcophagi, statues and artefacst, are
preserved in this museum.
http://www.musees-gallo romains.com/lyon_fourviere/musee

Institut Lumière / Museum of cinema

In 1895, the City of Lyon became the birthplace of the 7th art,
when Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the "Cinématographe".
The Lumière museum, where you can discover the Lumière
brothers' fabulous inventions is housed in the family villa. The
Hangar of the first film, all that remains of the Lumière factories
and first “Cinématographe” scene, has been renovated and turned
into a large cinema. Film buffs will love it!
http://www.institut-lumiere.org/
 Events in Octobre 2019
International Lumière Festival
Once a year the birthplace of the Lumière
Cinematograph will invite the world of cinema to a
festival in honor of its vitality and its memory.
This festival is dedicated to the Cinema‘s history,
for the general public.

http://www.festival-lumiere.org/

Martin Scorsese : Prix Lumière 2015

Biennal festival of contemporary arts

The Lyon Biennial has emerged as a "must see"
event on the contemporary art scene.
Each biennial is completely new and different,
with a new theme and a new organizer,
presenting sculptures, paintings, videos, photos
or visual displays from some 70 international
artists.
http://www.labiennaledelyon.com/fr/bac/
Excursions

Beaujolais wine Country: 30 minutes from

Lyon, discover and visit the wine villages.

The Alps: One-day excursion to Chamonix at

the foot of the Mont Blanc, to admire the
highest Alpine summits.

Provence: Between the olive groves and fields

of lavender, it would be difficult not to be
swayed by the charms of Provence.

Paris: the beautiful and romantic capital of

France is less than 2 hours from Lyon by high-
speed train.
 Lyon on video

2 DAYS IN LYON ONLY LYON 2009

http://www.lyon-france.com/2-days-in-Lyon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o233BLKNmec

LYON IN THE AIR

http://www.lyon-france.com/Lyon-in-the-air
 WE LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU IN LYON