2020 Paris GOC Meeting Logistics

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GOC Meeting, Paris , May 12th - 14th, 2020

THIS DOCUMENT IS A DRAFT - FINAL VERSION WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON

Location

Registration

  • Fee: TBD with dinner, or TBD for the meeting only
  • Deadline: Friday March 6th, or until full (max 50 people)

GO Users Meeting

  • There will be a GO Users meeting Monday May 11. The aim of the meeting is to present GO and discuss with local groups.


Consortium dinner

  • May 13


Hotels

Hotel Aberotel (recommended by Pasteur, 8mn walk)

24 rue Blomet, 75015 Paris

Email: aberotel@wanadoo.fr

Phone: +33 1 40 61 70 50

website


Hotel Eiffel Blomet (more modern, 12mn walk)

78 Rue Blomet, 75015 Paris, France

Email: info@hoteleiffelblomet.com

Phone: +33 1 53 68 70 00

website


Hotel Concorde Montparnasse (13mn walk)

40 rue du Commandant René Mouchotte, 75014 Paris

Email: reception@hotel-montparnasse.com

Phone: +33 1 56 54 84 00

website


Hotel Louison (13mn walk)

105 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

Phone: +33 1 53 63 25 50

Email: welcome@louisonhotel.com

website


Hotel L'aiglon (24mn walk)

232 bd Raspail, 75014 Paris

Email: aiglon@espritdefrance.com

Phone: +33 1 43 20 82 42

website


Notes on Hotels

There are a number of pretty nice apartments in Paris, so if you have time, checking AirBnb could find you a gem for the same price.

If you don't mind taking the metro (2 stations on line 6 from Edgard Quinet to Pasteur), Hotel Sainte-Beuve is also very nice and closer to the center of Paris and Jardin du Luxembourg

Getting around

Airports

From Charles de Gaulles Airport, you can go to Paris through:

Public transport

Public transport (RATP) is usually very good in Paris and can get you pretty much everywhere: Downloadable Map. Metro are mostly to travel within Paris and RER, faster trains can get you to the suburban, including Versailles (~ 1h).

The station to get to the meeting is "Pasteur" (south west) and is deserved by both line 6 and 12.

If you want more precise / up-to-date itineraries than google map, you can use the [RATP site https://www.ratp.fr/en/itineraires].

Taxi

Official Paris Taxi are easily recognizable thanks to their sign, a green light indicating they are available and will stop if you call them.

Shared ride

Uber is available in Paris but not Lyft.

Bicycle

Paris also has a number of biking stations called velib'.

Local activities

The Institut Pasteur is very close to the "Quartier Latin", a very lively part of Paris which concentrate most universities and engineering schools. The rue Mouffetard and the Place de la Contrescarpe are typical of a Paris student life and hold many restaurants.

This article gives some ideas of what can be seen in the area. In 25mn walk you can get to the Gardens of Luxembourg, 35mn will get you to the medieval museum of Cluny, 45mn to the island of the city with Notre Dame cathedral and the Sainte Chapelle (many classical concerts are usually available). If you prefer to use public transportation, taking the line 12 from Pasteur and line 4 from Montparnasse will get you to Saint Michel Notre Dame in 20mn.

Walking along the Seine river around that area and by a sunny day is always enjoyable. Along the way, it's easy to find the Louvres, the City town hall (Hotel de Ville), the Orsay museum and the Pont des arts which leads to the Institut de France where the French Academy of Science is.

A one hour tour of Paris by boat is also possible on the bateaux mouches for 14 euros and can be boarded at Pont de l'Alma.


Attendees

Please add yourself to the table if you plan to attend! (If you don't have edit permission, we will soon provide a form to fill out) Don't forget to register and pay via Eventbrite / TBD.

Name Organization? GOC meeting (May 12-14) GOC dinner (May 13) Users Meeting (May 11) Hotel Paid via Eventbrite
Chris Mungall LBL
Seth Carbon LBL
Eric Douglass LBL
Ben Good LBL
Jim Balhoff RENCI
Deepak Unni LBL
Paul Thomas USC
Huaiyu Mi USC
Laurent-Philippe Albou USC, LBNL yes yes yes N/A N/A
Dustin Ebert USC
Tremayne Mushayahama USC
Anushya Muruganujan USC
Pascale Gaudet SIB/GOC yes yes possibly
Alan Bridge SIB/Swiss-Prot/UniProt
Petra Fey dictyBase yes yes
Suzi Aleksander SGD yes yes likely
Alexander Diehl University at Buffalo yes yes
Penelope Garmiri EMBL-EBI, GOA yes yes
Alex Ignatchenko EMBL-EBI, GOA yes yes
Maria Martin EMBL-EBI, UniProt yes yes
Rizwan Ishtiaq EMBL-EBI, GOA yes yes
David Hill MGI/GOC yes yes yes
Anne Morgat SIB yes yes
Marc Feuermann SIB yes yes
Patrick Masson SIB yes yes
Helen Attrill FlyBase yes yes

NOT attending (please indicate if you will attend remotely):


Remote attendees can join us via Zoom (Zoom link will be sent out before the meeting)