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Information on the IRC Global Rice Roundtable
Le Corum conference center
Montpellier, July 3-4, 2012
The Global Rice Round table meeting will start at 9.30 hours on 3 July 2012 in Le
Corum, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, Montpellier. Registration will open at 8.30 AM.
You can see the updated agenda and documents on:
http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/core-themes/theme/treaties/irc/en/
Expenses:
Funded participants will receive their lumpsum at the registration
Dinner:
The IRC will invite you for a dinner on Tuesday July 3 rd
at the restaurant of the hotel Holiday
Inn (3 rue du Clos René – Montpellier – phone: +33 (0) 467 12 32 32).
http://www.holidayinn-montpellier.com/
Visit of Agropolis on Thursday July 5:
Those of you leaving Montpellier on Friday 6 and willing to visit Agropolis and meet scientists
of our scientific community, please inform us as soon as possible by email
to Cabantous@agropolis.fr (indicating if you have special interests in one or another
laboratory or institutions). You can find further information on Agropolis scientific community
on:
http://www.agropolis.org/
From the airport to hotels
Practical information
The easiest way is to take a taxi when you go out of the airport (cost between 20 and 40 €
depending on the day and time of arrival and the traffic). This cost is included in the lump
sum you will receive. We will organize and pay for the taxi back to the airport.
You have also the possibility to take a shuttle leaving you at the Antigone area (cost around 2
€). From here, Citadines hotel is 200 meters up the tramway line 1 (blue one); and to join
Holiday Inn, you can take the tramway line 1 direction “Mosson” until the “Gare st Roch” stop
(5 stops).
Information on the airport: http://www.montpellier.aeroport.fr/

From the hotel to the Corum conference Center
You can either:
- walk 10 minutes from your hotel
- or take the tramway line 1 and step down at
“Corum” stop (blue one – direction Mosson - 2 stops
from Holiday Inn, 5 stops from Citadines)
In both cases, the reception desks of the hotels will
be able: available to show you on a map how to
reach the Corum. Further information on the network
of buses and tramways:
http://www.montpellier-agglo.com/tam/index2.php
A hostess as well as signs will show you how to
reach the IRC conference room
Corum phone number: + 33 (0) 467 61 66 97 / + 33
(0) 467 61 66 58
Information on Montpellier
Montpellier is the capital of the region of Languedoc-Roussillon. Only seven kilometers from
the sea, the city lies midway between Spain and Italy in the heart of the Mediterranean basin.
You will find detailed information on Montpellier on the Tourist Office website and on the
Town of Montpellier's website
http://www.ot-montpellier.fr/en/
http://us.montpellier.fr/10-accueil.htm
Weather is very hot at the moment (around 36°C at day and 20°C at night).
Banking and credit cards Banks are open generally from 9:00 to 16:30 with a break at
lunch time, from Monday to Friday. Cash machines can be found almost everywhere, even in
the Corum conference center (level 0).
Shopping Most shops are open from 9 or 10 am until 7 pm. On Sunday shops are closed.
Restaurants A large variety of restaurants and cafés are scattered throughout Montpellier,
with a very large offer downtown. Some of them are opened late at night. Prices for a menu
usually start from 15€. More information on the tourist office
website:http://www.ot-montpellier.fr/en/satisfying-everyone-s-tastes
Emergency numbers: 15: Emergency ambulance service 17: Police 18: Fire Brigade
Insurance French health care does not cover visitors to France. Please ensure that you have
a suitable insurance coverage for the event of illness or accident. The organizing committee
will not accept liability for personal injuries sustained by or for loss or damage to property
belonging to the participants.