Venue & Access
Most scientific sessions will be held in:
Robert Schuman Congress Center
112, rue aux Arènes
Place de l’Amphithéâtre
57000 Metz – France
About the venue
Metz Robert Schuman Congress Centre is situated close to the historic city centre, in an exceptional location on the Parvis des Droits de l’Homme, between the railway station and the Metz Pompidou Center.
Designed by Wilmotte et Associés, the architecture of the Robert Schuman Congress Centre is based on four key ideas: materials, vertical lines, light and space. Devoted to promoting economic and cultural exchanges.
Access
On foot
Between the train station and the Metz Pompidou Centre.
Just a few minutes’ walk from the historic town centre.
By road
A4 motorway (Paris / Strasbourg)
A31 motorway (Luxembourg / Lyon)
Metz/Luxembourg: 40 minutes
Metz/Brussels: 2 hrs 45 min.
By train
Gare de Metz (Metz railway station) , Place du Général de Gaulle
TGV EST (Eastern high-speed train) / Direct to Paris Gare de l’Est – Metz Robert Schuman Congress Centre in 1 hr 20 min.
With the Congress centre being so close to train station, your corporate event in Metz will never have been so easy to get to from Paris!
By air
Metz-Nancy Lorraine Airport (18 km from Metz)
Route de Vigny – 57420 Goin
T. +33 (0)3 87 78 57 57
www.metz-nancy-lorraine.aeroport.fr
Luxembourg Airport (69 km from Metz)
T. + 352 24 56 1
http://www.lux-airport.lu
Sarrebrück Airport (79 km from Metz)
T. + 49 6893 83272
http://www.flughafen-saarbruecken.de/
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (322 km from Metz)
T. + 33 (0)1 70 36 39 50
http://www.parisaeroport.fr
About the city
Metz is one of the greatest towns in the eastern France, close the main European capitals : Paris (315 km), Luxembourg (60 km), Brussels (250 km), Strasbourg (160 km).
Metz is a metropolitan area of about 300 000 residents. It became the capital of the Lorraine region, and is known as the city of communication and new technologies. The Lorraine University has over 60,000 students across two centers, one in Nancy and one in Metz.
Metz has been an important Roman centre and an independent city during Middle Ages. Cultures and civilizations left their successive imprints in the golden stone from Jaumont. Metz is also a city of water and parks set in green surroundings.
