Venue Information

The EADTU Annual Conference 2008 will take place in the CNED-Éifad (École d’ingénierie de la formation à distance), Téléport 2 – Avenue René Cassin, 86963 Futuroscope Chasseneuil, close to Poitiers. The map of the Futuroscope area shows the location of the venue.

The Futuroscope site and accessibility 

The Futuroscope site contains the famous theme park Futuroscope, as well as several hotels in different price levels, a conference centre and numerous organisations and enterprises.
The Futuroscope site is situated at 9 kms from Poitiers, along the A10 (from Paris to Bordeaux) and accessible via the A10’s exit nr. 28.

The best way to get to Poitiers from different European cities is to fly to Paris (or Brussels) and there take the TGV in the direction of Bordeaux. The TGV stops in Poitiers and a few times per day also at the Futuroscope railway station. The trip from Paris Gare Montparnasse to Poitiers/Futuroscope takes about 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Poitiers also has an airport, but the international connections are limited to the UK(Ryanair): London Stansted  and Birmingham. National flights connect with Lyon and Ajaccio.

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