Conference location

Ministry of Research
Address:
1 rue Descartes  - 75231 Paris cedex 05 -
Telephone: 01.55.55.90.90

Conference dinner venue

The conference dinner was held at Restaurant Chex Lena & Mimile, a 5 minute walk from the Ministry.

General Information

Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a département, called Paris département (French: département de Paris).
Paris, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the Greater Paris metropolitan area, with a population estimated at 11.5 million as of January 2004. Paris is the most populous urban area in the European Union and is the second-largest metropolitan area in Europe (Moscow and London are largest), and is ranked approximately as the 20th-most-populous metropolitan area in the world.