The Smart Event
will take place at the "AGORA EINSTEIN"
conference centre, located on the Europe's
leading international science and technology
park of Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera.
Sophia Antipolis tech park is located between
Nice (25 km/16 miles) and Cannes (19 km/12 miles).
TRANSPORT
by Plane
Arrival at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, located 25 km from Agora Einstein.
Take the shuttle Sophia Express No. 230: "Nice Airport / Sophia Antipolis" (journey time: 30 minutes) and stop at "Place Sophie Laffitte" (in front of the conference venue).
Timetable: click
here
Nice
Côte d'Azur Airport
Information: click
here
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by Train
Arrival at the Gare d'Antibes - Take bus line ENVIBUS 1. To reach the stop, exit the station and turn left onto the footbridge that goes over the tracks.
Stop at "Place Sophie Laffitte" (journey time: 30 minutes).
Timetable: click
here
SNCF stations:
Nice & Antibes
Information: click
here
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by Bus
- from Nice Airport
Terminal 1 / Terminal 2
Bus line: n°230
Bus stop: Sophie Lafitte
Timetable: click
here
- from Antibes railway station
Bus line: n°1
Bus stop: Sophie Lafitte
(in front of the conference venue)
Timetable: click
here
More information at
Valbonne Sophia Antipolis - Railway Station
(Messugues)
+ 33 4 92 38 96 38 or + 33 4 97 21 40
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by Car
From Nice:
Motorway A8 exit "Antibes" Number 43 - Head "Cannes Vallauris", "Grasse" and then "Sophia Antipolis Valbonne".
Entering the technology park by the entrance "Lucioles I".
The Agora is 500 metres on the left.
- Parking facilities:
71 indoor car parks
57 outdoor car parks
- Car renting:
Information on the companies websites: AVIS, Europcar, Hertz, Budget, ADA
- Taxi:
Approximate price (from the airport): 50
euros (more)
Information: click
here
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HOTELS & ACCOMMODATION
To consult the hotels* list together with
the bus shuttle timetable, click
here.
(*) We recommend
to book your hotel room very early (June,
July).
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Mercure *** |
MediaGarden *** |
Sophia Country Club **** |
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Accommodation opportunities from 21 euros per night
(offer reserved to Academics, Students & Non Profit Organizations) |
The International Centre of Valbonne (CIV), an educational & study centre managed by the French Ministry of Education, is located in the Sophia Antipolis Science Park, close to tech and business Schools (Skema (formerly Ceram), Polytech, INRIA...) and surrounded by the largest national and international high tech companies.
Close to Cannes and Antibes, Nice and the airport or the Principality of Monaco and winter sports resorts (Isola 2000, Auron), VIC attracts in its schools students from over 46 nationalities. Its scenic parks in the heart of pine aleph, its sports facilities (golf, tennis, nature park Valmasque) make the VIC a wonderful venue.
www.civfrance-hebergements.com (in French)
3 formula of accommodation are proposed:
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Single
(one bed) |
Double
(2 beds) |
Triple
(3 beds) |
Bastion * (breakfast included)
Room with shower & WC
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40 €/night |
48 €/night |
55 €/night |
Agora ** (breakfast included)
Room with bathroom, WC, TV, Wi Fi, air conditioned |
55 €/night |
65 €/night |
75 €/night |
Individual Student Room (breakfast included)
Room (bathrooms & WC on each floor) |
21 €/night |
34 €/night |
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Possibility of dinner in the "Cafeteria" at 6.50 Euros/person.
Payment for these formula only by credit card.
A bus will pick up the delegates on mornings to the event venue and way back after the conferences.
You can select an accommodation formula in the "Accommodation" option during your registration to the "Academics & Non Profit Organizations" category.
Please note that the hotel bookings must be validated by the organizer due to limited availability.
For more information about these accommodation opportunities, contact lperron@strategiestm.com
► To
benefit from this opportunity with your registration, please click
here.
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TOURIST GUIDE
You can visit the website about the French Riviera www.guideriviera.com or consult the following tourist websites
of the Côte d'Azur:
Ascros - A little village of the back country.
Bandol - Everything about Bandol.
Biot - Known for its glass blowered.
Belvédère - A village in the back country of Nice.
Cannes - Cannes life is a festival.
Castellane - Touristic ressources about Castellane, the
door of the Gorges du Verdon (Grand Canyon).
Eze - The exotic garden of the French Riviera.
Grasse - All informations to know the perfume capital.
Fréjus - A great landscape, a permanent blue horizon
over the sea, this is Fréjus in Provence
this is Fréjus the Romain.
Le
Muy - In the hear of the Var discover
Le Muy.
La
Gaude - The web site of La Gaude a little
village close to Nice.
Gréolière - A balcony over the French Riviera.
Le
Cannet - Official site of the city Le
Cannet.
Monaco - The history, the actuality, shopping, hotels
of Monaco.
Monte-Carlo - All the informations to discover the principality.
Mouans-Sartoux - Between Cannes and Grasse.
Nice - Everything about the capital of the French
Riviera.
Sainte
Maxime - Official web site of the city
and the tourist office of Sainte Maxime.
Saint
Raphael - Between Cannes and Saint Tropez
in the Provence - French Riviera region. Hotels,
capmsites, golf courses, scuba diving, Casino.
Séguret - Official site of Séguret charming village
of Provence.
Valberg - A charming village of the back country and
ski resort too.
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