Proposed dates

17-20 September, 2028

Location

Facilities

Travel

Lyon is a very accessible city.

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport

Located in the heart of Europe and with over 120 non-stop flight routes, Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport boasts one of the most comprehensive international route networks. It offers 102 international destinations and is connected to 71 European cities. Lyon is also directly connected to Dubai (stretching from the Indian subcontinent all the way to Australia and New Zealand, Emirates flies to destinations across Asia and the Pacific), Montreal and Doha.

RHONEXPRESS

Located just 25 minutes from Lyon city center, the airport is connected by an Express tramway (every 15 minutes).

Paris Charles-de-Gaulle

Main airport of France, with direct connections to Lyon by air or by TGV (high-speed train).

Lyon Part-Dieu train station

As Europe's leading railway interchange station, it is the only station in France to serve all European border countries and all regional capitals in France. Paris in 1h55 (23 round trips on weekdays), Geneva in 1h57, Brussels in 3h40, Barcelona in 4h57 etc. In full renovation for several years, the Part-Dieu multimodal hub will be brand new at the time of the congress.

Accomodations

Lyon is France’s 2nd largest hotel offer with more than 18,500 rooms, from the dependable comfort of big brand names to charming boutique hotels:

• 5-star Hotels (657 rooms),
• 4-star Hotels (3,985 rooms),
• 3-star Hotels (5,696 rooms),
• 2-star Hotels (2,870 rooms),
• 1-star Hotels and NC Hotels (1,133 rooms),
• Apartment hotels (3,709 apartments),
• Student residences (8,778 rooms).

Amongst them, 1,000 rooms are available in hotels on-site and near the Convention Center (1km).