Venue & Logistics

Conference Venue

CASCADE 2025 will take place at Telecom Saint-Etienne: 25 Rue Dr Remy Annino, 42000 Saint-Etienne, France.

Travel & Access

By train

The main train station in Saint-Étienne is "Chateaucreux".

The closest to the Hubert Curien Laboratory is "Carnot station" (but Chateaucreux station is nearly as reachable by tram). See https://www.sncf-connect.com/

By plane

To Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport (25 km East of Lyon or 70 km North-East of Saint-Étienne).

The Rhônexpress Express Tram is the fastest and most reliable link between Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Airport and Lyon City Centre (Lyon Part-Dieu Train Station), with a journey of less than 30 minutes with no risk of traffic congestion.

When arriving by train from Lyon Part-Dieu Station to Saint-Étienne, stop at "Gare de Saint-Etienne Chateaucreux". You can then take a city Tram - Line number 2 (direction "Terrasse" or "Hôpital Nord"); the Hubert Curien Lab is located near the "Chaléassière" stop.

Precise directions can be found here.

Hotels

Saint-Etienne with various hotel, here we list a few of them

• Hotel Cheval noir (near city center) https://hotel-chevalnoir.fr/
• Le Terminus (near central station) https://www.hotel-terminusforez.com/
• Novotel (near central station) https://all.accor.com/

VISA

Information on Visa for France can be found france-visas.gouv.fr.

Tourism information

All tourism information can be found at https://www.saint-etienne-hors-cadre.fr/en/