Venue & Accommodation

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E-Vote-ID 2025 will take place in Nancy, a university town in the North-East of France with about 50,000 students for about 300,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area. The conference is organized by Inria, the French research institute for computer science and applied mathematics. Inria has nine research centers in France, including the Inria research center at University of Lorraine which hosts LORIA, the research laboratory for computer science in Nancy, whose other parent organizations are the University of Lorraine and CNRS.

Conference Location

E-Vote-ID 2025 will take place in the main building of Inria/Loria on the University campus (see Google Maps). Take the main entry on the south side of the bulding. It will be organized as an in-person conference.

Wi-Fi connection: Eduroam is available throughout the building. Please check/configure Eduroam in your lab/site before the conference. If you are unable to use Eduroam, we can provide a Wi-Fi guest access, upon request.

PRM Accessibility & Parenting

All the conference sites are PRM accessible. We encourage you to contact the local chairs so that we can help: local-chairs-evoteid-2025@inria.fr

We understand that caregiving responsibilities — in particular parenting — can make it difficult to travel and attend the conference. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if this applies to you. We'll do our best to help you in planning your stay.

Hotels in Nancy

Traveling to Nancy

Nancy is located roughly 300km east of Paris, 130km west of Strasbourg, and 100km south of Luxembourg. The closest international airports are located in Paris (Charles de Gaulle and Orly) and in Luxembourg.

Nancy is reached in 1.5 hours by high-speed train TGV from Paris (Gare de l’Est). There are also direct train connections to Strasbourg, Luxembourg, and Dijon. Besides the Nancy train station, the TGV Lorraine train station is connected to Nancy by a shuttle service. It has direct TGV service to Charles de Gaulle airport, Strasbourg, Lille, Rennes, and Bordeaux.

Reaching the conference location

E-Vote-ID will take place at Loria/Inria building (Google Maps) on the University campus. Take the main entry on the south side of the bulding.

The campus is about a 30min walk from the city center, or 15min by bike. Nancy proposes a system of short-term bike rentals called Velostan. Otherwise, the campus is well served by public transportation; please consult Reseau Stan. If you arrive on the train station, you can take the red T1 in the direction of Vandoeuvre Brabois until the stop Vélodrome. Tickets are available at vending machines, from the bus driver (single tickets only) or the app NéMO.

Things to do in Nancy

For those who want to / have to stay in Nancy after the conference, here is a list of things to do on Friday afternoon and / or over the week-end:

Jardin Botanique Jean-Marie Pelt: Very close to the conference place, and therefore a good option for Friday afternoon, after lunch. Entrance to the park is free; greenhouses are not (but they are indeed very interesting).

Place Stanislas and the UNESCO world heritage site: In the center of Nancy, the Place Stanislas connects Nancy's old and new town. The square, and the other buildings and squares around it, are an UNESCO world heritage site.

Jardin Éphémère and Parc de la Pépinière: The Place Stanislas will be converted into a temporary garden, the Jardin Éphémère, for a few weeks, starting the Friday when the conference ends. A nice place to have a walk, and this can continue in the close-by park, the Parc de la Pépinière.

Nancy Thermal: Situated between the conference place and the center, the thermal spa opened just recently. The "Espace Santé" is equipped with various warm (and cold) pools, including an outside pool and saunas. There is a separate area "Aquasport" (with a separate entry to the south) to do sports, which also includes a thermal pool to relax afterwards. For both areas, you will need tight swimming gear to enter (no loose trunks).

Musée de l'École de Nancy: Located right next to Nancy Thermal, it is dedicated to the artistic movement "Art Nouveau". This includes the famous Villa Majorelle.

Octobre Rose: On Sunday morning after the conference. This is a charity / sport event, part of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a non competetitive walk/run, organized in the city center, and expected are thousands of attendees. Don't count on running fast!