General information
Venue
The meeting will be held in Montpellier, in Southern
France. The venue of the meeting is the Golf
de Massane. This venue accomodates comfortably 200 people in its conference
facilities, and offers lodging to the majority of the participants.The
others will be lodged at the Hotel
Mercure Antigone, and a shuttle bus service will be available in the
morning and in the evening between Hotel and the conference venue.
Enjoy artistic works of Sarah Inglesent during the meeting:
Montpellier
Montpellier is the capital and largest city in the region of Languedoc Roussillon. Montpellier is both a historic and modern city. Its University of Medicine dates back to 1220 and is one of the oldest in the world. Today it is a major university city with around 60,000 students spread over 11 disciplines. Research institutes, multinationals and start-up businesses are present in 3 key sectors: biomedicine, ICT and agronomy.
Visiting the region
The Languedoc Roussillon region is a highly diverse region made up of some
beautiful countryside, mountains - the Pyrenees to the southwest and the
Cevennes to the northwest - and of course its famous vineyards. If you are
interested in spending some extra time in the region to visit, and want
to know more about activities, natural landmarks, food and wine, take a
look at the following websites:
Languedoc
Roussillon Septimanie
Enjoy
Montpellier
The weather and clothing
September in this region is usually an Indian summer period and the weather is very pleasant, sunny and warm, with occasional thunderstorms. September average temperatures ranged between 16-25°C (60-76°F). You should bring a warm sweater or jacket for the evening.
View the local weathercast for today:
CNN
Southern
France