Addresses :

Faculté de Droit (Faculty of Law): 13 Place Carnot 54000 Nancy. Download the map of the Faculty of Law (in .pdf)
Hotel de ville (Ice Breaker): 1 Place Stanislas, 54000 Nancy
Click here to dowload a general map of Nancy (in pdf) with buses and tramway lines

Important Dates

July 10–13, 2009: Pre-conference field trip to Rochechouart Crater and Bordeaux wineries
July 11–13, 2009: Pre-conference workshop on "Experimentation and Modeling in Cosmochemistry"
July 13–18, 2009: 72nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society

Obtaining a Visa

Foreign participants may require a visa to enter the European Community. France belongs to the Schengen space, which means that any visa issued by countries such as Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands etc. will automatically be valid for France. For more information, contact a French embassy or visit the Web site of the French Foreign Relations site:
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/entering-france_2045/index.html.

Upon request, the meeting coordinators will send official letters to foreign participants, to be filed with visa applications. These letters may be requested at least four months in advance to metsoc09@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr, including your full name, date of birth, country and passport number.

Weather

In July, the weather is on average sunny and dry. High temperatures are approximately 30–35 °C (86–95 °F) and lows are around 20 °C (68 °F).