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Social Program


Tue,

July 07,

 18:00 
 19:30

Welcome mixer at Agrocampus in the conference building.
During the welcome mixer (included in your conference fees), you can start your first discussions and register for the conference.

Wed,

July 08,

 19:00

Official reception at the City Hall, the heart of Rennes (1 Place de la mairie) (n°1 on the map)
After the reception, you can keep on discussing in one of the many restaurants and pubs located downtown.

Please use public transportation to go to the City Hall. Subway, bus 16 or 53, stop Republique. Don't forget to buy a ticket the morning for the evening in order to make easier the transportation.

Thu,

July 09,

 19:00

Conference Dinner (n°2 on the map)

will take place Lycée Saint-Vicent, 57 rue de Paris.
We arranged a bus transfert from the conference site to the conference dinner place at 18h40. Please make sure to be there in time!
Bus transfer back in the city center and the conference site has been arranged as well (23:00; 00:15).

It is also possible to go back into downtown by walk (rue de Paris is in the center)

After the dinner, we suggest you to go in the beautiful park (Parc du Thabor) located in front of the dinner place for a surprinsing concert of Radio Barkas (until 1:00) the smallest mobile radio station of the Netherlands, which is one of the free concert of the event Les Tombées de la nuit. Other concerts will take place in the town. 
For more information : http://www.lestombeesdelanuit.com/sons-publics-festival-d-ete.html

At the end of the meeting on saturday a trip to St-Malo and/or Mont-St-Michel   will be proposed via the tourist home.

Book your excursion to Mont-St-Michel on line with the Rennes Tourist Office

Restaurants in Rennes:

You can find a lot of restaurants in the streets colored in the map and in particular in Rue st Georges, Rue du Chapitre, Rue de st Melaine, place des lices, Rue Nantaise... The city might be busy during the week and some restaurants are small, so it might be useful to book.

Here a list proposed by the members of the organization committee:

L'amiral Traditional French food (22-35Eur) Place de Bretagne, 1 rue de la Motte-Picquet
Le café Breton Traditional French Food (20Eur) 14 rue Nantaise
Au plaisir des sens Traditional French food (30Eur) 54 rue d'Antrain
Le bocal Traditional French food (20Eur) 6 rue d'Argentré
L'atelier des gourmets Traditional French food (24-31Eur) 12 rue nantaise
L'ouvrée Traditional French food (30Eur) 18 place des Lices
L'eau à la bouche Traditional French food (30Eur) 12 rue de l'Arsenal
La cantine délices Traditional French food (25Eur) 16 rue Nantaise
Le gouts des hôtes Traditional French food (20Eur) 8 rue Rallier du Baty
Monsieur est servi Traditional French food (25Eur) 3 rue des Dames
La taverne de la marine Traditional French food (25Eur) 2 place de Bretagne
Le Tir Bouchon Wine bar and food 2 rue du chapitre
Nabuchodonosor Wine Bar and food 12 rue Hoche
Creperie St georges Creperie: Brittany traditional food (12Eur) 11 rue du Chapitre
La bonne pâte Creperie: Brittany traditional food (12Eur) 6 rue Derval
Ar Pillig Creperie: Brittany traditional food (12Eur) 10 rue d'Argentré
Crêperie des portes mordelaises Creperie: Brittany traditional food (12Eur) 6 rue des portes mordelaises
L'abri du marché Brittany traditional food (12Eur) 12 place des lices
Le Florentin Italian (15Eur) 21 rue du chapitre
La casa pepe Pizzeria (12Eur) 29 rue St-Georges
La Janata Pizzeria (12Eur) 5 place des lices
Papamia Pizzeria (12Eur) 40 rue St-georges
Le Yamouna Indian (12Eur) 16 rue de Robien
Falafel Lebanese (15Eur) 16 rue de St-Malo
Le mandarin Asian food (30Eur) 4 place de Bretagne



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