Villa Battelle (Université de Genève)
Route de Drize, 7
1227 Carouge
Switzerland
The Mathematics Department of the University of Geneva and the NCCR SwissMAP organise a conference in honour of Prof. André Haefliger's 90th birthday which will take place at the Auditorium of the Haute Ecole de Gestion (Campus Battelle - Building B) in May 15-17, 2019.
If you wish to take part in this special event, please fill in the registration form.
Registration deadline: April 30, 2019 (closed)
Conference Organizer:
Andras Szenes, University of Geneva
Invited Speakers:
- Norbert A’Campo, University of Basel (CH)
- Augustin Banyaga, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
- Martin Bridson, University of Oxford (UK)
- Marius Crainic, Utrecht University (NL)
- Yakov Eliashberg, Stanford University (USA)
- Etienne Ghys, ENS Lyon (FR)
- Vaughan Jones, Berkeley University of California (USA)
- Lucy Moser-Jauslin, University of Burgundy (FR)
- Cristophe Pittet, Aix-Marseille University (FR)
- Takahashi Tsuboi, University of Tokyo (JP)
Related documents:
Conference poster
List of participants
Conference programme
Colloquium talks
Travel information:
Arrival by plane:
- Take the train from the airport station to Geneva main train station "Gare Cornavin" (duration: 7 min - schedule available here)
- Take the tram n°18 (direction: "Bachet-de-Pesay") and get off at the tram stop "Carouge-Rondeau"
- The Auditorium of the Ecole de Gestion (Building B) is at 8min. walk (up the slope)
Arrival by train (from Geneva main train station "Gare Cornavin"):
- Take the tram n°18 (direction: "Bachet-de-Pesay") and get off at the tram stop "Carouge-Rondeau"
- The Auditorium of the Ecole de Gestion (Building B) is at 8min. walk (up the slope)
Arrival by car:
Adress and GPS coordinates:
Auditorium (Aula) of the Ecole de Gestion (Campus Battelle)
Rue de la Tambourine, 17
1227 Carouge (GE)
Latitude : 46.175920
Longitude : 6.139078
Geneva Public Transportation (company "TPG"):
Free Transport Pass
When you stay in a hotel, a youth hostel or a campsite in the canton, you will receive a "Geneva Transport Card" free of charge. This includes buses, trams, trains, and yellow taxi-boats (called "Mouettes").
With this card, public transport in Geneva (TPG) is free for the full duration of your stay. Just ask for it upon arrival on the reception.
![Haefliger_Map.PNG](https://www.unige.ch/nccr-swissmap/download_file/view_inline/1446)
Accomodation Options in Geneva (in the near area of the conference venue):
- Hotel IBIS Styles Carouge (nearest hotel from the conference venue)
- Auberge Communale de Carouge
- Ramada Encore Geneva
- Starling Residence Geneva
- Hotel Le Prince
- AirBnB platform