Rotor 2025

Venue information

Venue in IFPEN-Lyon


The colloqium will take place in the IFPEN-Lyon site in Solaize
15 minutes by car from Lyon
IFP Energies nouvelles - Etablissement de LYON (IFPEN-Lyon) 
Rond-point de l'échangeur de Solaize
69360 SOLAIZE


How to get there?

By plane:
Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
Take the A43 highway towards Lyon,
then the ring road towards Marseille
then the A7 highway

By train:
Get off at the SNCF Lyon-Perrache
then take the dedicated Shuttle organized by IFPEN 
(more information below)
If you get off at the SNCF Part-Dieu
then take a taxi

By road: 
From Lyon to Solaize
Take the A7 highway (towards Vienne-Marseille),
to the Solaize exit,
First right at the roundabout
Map: IFPEN Lyon (PDF - 1,3 Mo)Accommodation

Accommodation

Recommended hotels close to the event
(Lyon-Perrache - 10km from Solaize)

Mercure Lyon Centre Château Perrache Hotel ****

12 cours de Verdun Rambaud, 
Esplanade de la gare 
69002 Lyon (France)
+ 33 (0)4 72 77 15 00
Click here

PRACTICAL ISSUES

To attend the colloquium, please bring a valid ID document. 
Regarding Thursday’ visits : 
- for people of nationality outside EU, please send a copy of your passport when you register
- please wear covering clothes (long pants and closed shoes)



SHUTTLES FROM LYON PERRACHE (CHARLEMAGNE HOTEL) TO IFPEN-LYON (SOLAIZE)
  • Lyon->Solaize : on 25 Sept. in the morning at [ ] 
  • Solaize->Lyon : on 25 Sept. in the afternoon at [ ] 
  • Lyon->Solaize : on 26 Sept. in the morning at [ ] 
Please kindly note that there will be no any shuttle booked on 26 Sept.  in the afternoon
DINNER ON 24 SEPTEMBER
Restaurant in Lyon to be confirmed

DINNER ON 25 SEPTEMBER
Restaurant in Lyon to be confirmed

Discover Lyon

Cultural Scene
European capital of smart tourism 2019 2nd,  French city for Congresses (ICCA 2022). 1st Europe leading city break destination (Travel award 2016)
Numerous Museums : Confluences Museum, Fine Arts Museum, Lugdunum Gallo-Roman Museum, Museum of Cinema 

Unesco World Heritage
2,000-year-old Unesco world heritage architecture Various architectural styles from the Roman Fourvière through the “Traboules” of Vieux-Lyon and Croix-Rousse districts to the elegant Presqu'île between the rivers of Rhône and Saône 

French Capital of Gastronomy
Awarded by Times as the 1st French city for gastronomy. Worldly known thanks to Chef Paul Bocuse More than 4,000 restaurants, from the famous “bouchons” (typical bistros) to star-rated establishments 

A Green City
Freely available bicycle service (4,000 “Velo’v”), 5 km of walkways along the Rhône, 540 km of bicycle paths. New Confluence district: a reference in energy efficiency. “Parc de la Tête d’Or”: an area of 105 hectares including a 16-hectare lake 
European capital of smart tourism 2019