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24th - 26th October 2012Yverdon-les-Bains

Switzerland

Practical guide

#OGRS2012

PRACTICAL GUIDE | | 3 CONTENTS

Organizers & Partners

Welcome

Welcome to SwitzerlandYverdon-les-Bains at a glance

Program

Access plans

Social events

«Bath time» at Yverdon Thermal SpaDining at the Grand Hôtel des Bains

Help informations

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| PRACTICAL GUIDE4 | ORGANIZERS & PARTNERS

With its 2000 students, the HEIG-VD is the largest school partner of the HES-SO (University of Ap-plied Sciences, Western Switzerland). The campus of the HEIG-VD is based in Yverdon-les-Bains and is perfectly integrated into the economic environment.

Scientific studies with practical applicationsAt the HEIG-VD, theoretical knowledge is continuously linked with its implementation. The tea-ching provided by professors mainly from the economic sector and industry, encourages students to adopt a practical approach. They progress gradually to engineer or economist status, ready to create, conceive, innovate, control, frame or even to found their own company.

A recognized proximity with the economic environmentIn the spirit of University of Applied Sciences policy, the HEIG-VD considers the transfer of knowledge to the economic environment as particularly important. The HEIG-VD Institutes are actively involved in the economy and industry through new product development, innovative solutions and management practices. The students are associated in this research through their practical diploma projects, whose topics are mostly proposed by companies. Once this training is acquired, it is possible to approach professional life with solid arguments.

School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD)

www.heig-vd.ch www.hes-so.ch

Organizers

Partners

FNS / SNF - Swiss National Science Foundationwww.snf.ch

SPECo - the Office for Economic Affairs www.vaud.ch

City of Yverdon-les-Bainswww.yverdon-les-bains.ch

PRACTICAL GUIDE | | 5CO-ORGANIZERS

Co-organizers

UNIL - University of Lausanne

www.unil.ch

EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

www.epfl.ch

Institut de recherche en sciences et techniques de la ville - FR CNRS 2488

University of Geneva

www.unige.ch

IRSTV - Institute for Research on Urban Sciences and Techniques

www.irstv.fr

| PRACTICAL GUIDEWELCOME TO SWITZERLAND

Territory and populationWith an area of 41’258km2, Switzeland is a relatively small country. The Jura mountains, the Swiss Plateau and the Alps are the three basic topographical areas. With its 7.4 millions of inhabitants and an average density of 183 people per km2, Switzerland has an important density. The popu-lation is however unequally distributed on the territory: only 10% of its popultation lives in the alpine area.

History and constructionSwitzerland is a federation of relatively autonomous cantons, some of wich have history of confe-deracy that goes back more than 700 years. Switzerland’s 1848 Constitution made it into a federal state, giving it a central authority that counterbalanced the power of the individual cantons. Some issues, such as foreign policy, are now solely in the hands of the central governement.

For historical reasons, Switzerland’s official name is still the «Helvetic Confederation» (in Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica) from which the country’s international abbreviation, CH, is derived. However, a confederation is an alliance of autonomous entities. Since 1848 Switzerland has been a federation: a grouping of entities with a central authority.

The word Helvetic refers to the Helvetians, one of the many Celtic tribes living at the time of the Roman conquest in what has now become Switzerland.

Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons. There are German-speaking and French-speaking cantons, one Italian-speaking canton and cantons in which both German and French are spoken. One canton (Graubünden) has three official languages: German, Italian and Rumantsch. Their population and size vary greatly. The canton of Geneva is virtually made up of only one city. Some other cantons, like Uri, consist almost entirely of mountains and valleys.

Each canton has its own constitution, its government, its parliament, its courts and its laws, though they must, of course, be compatible with those of the Confederation. The cantons enjoy a great deal of administrative autonomy and freedom of decision-making. They have independant control over their education system and social services, and each has its own police force. Each canton also sets its own level of taxation.

www.myswitzerland.com

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PRACTICAL GUIDE | YVERDON-LES-BAINS AT A GLANCE

Wellness in the Yverdon Thermal SpaThe spa in Yverdon-les-Bains perpetuates an ancient tradition of care and wellbeing. Located on Upper Lake Neuchâtel, the town has a varied historical heritage evidenced by its old town and its museums. The quality of the waters in Yverdon-les-Bains has been reputed for 1,500 years: the sulphur spring water gushes forth at 29°. The spa and its care centre offer stay fit or get back into shape programmes as well as personalised programmes for elite sportspeople. It has three pools, two of which are outside, whirlpools and massage jets providing wellness and serenity to its visitors.

Activities to do and places to visitBearing witness to its long history on the shore of Lake Neuchâtel, Yverdon-les-Bains has a unique site consisting of 45 Neolithic menhirs, Celtic vestiges probably dating back to 5,000 B.C. Its castrum, a medieval castle built by the House of Savoy, and a town centre full of medieval and neoclassical buildings also testify to its long history. The History Museum in the castle illustrates this past. Whereas the Swiss Fashion Museum, Maison d’Ailleurs – a science fiction museum – and Espace Jules Verne transport visitors to creations of the 21st century. In addition to its building heritage, Yverdon-les-Bains has preserved an exceptional na-tural reserve: La Grande Cariçaie, the largest lakeside marshlands in Switzerland revealing their flora and fau-na at the foot of Champ-Pittet castle. 40 km of shores alternating with parks line the lake between Yverdon-les-Bains and Morat.

www.yverdonlesbainsregion.ch

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WORKSHOPS - Wednesday 24th October 2012 at St-Roch building

Workshop S2 | 14h - 17h30 | S157

Workshop S1 | 9h - 12h30 | S157

Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis with PySAL

- Sergio J. Rey, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation. School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, USA

Dynamic space-time visualisation: an introduction to i2maps

- Christian Kaiser, Institute of Geography, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Reception desk at St-Roch building (no on-site registration)

Workshop S1S157

Workshop S3S151

Workshop S5S155

Workshop S7S153

Lunch

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Workshop S4S151

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Workshop S3 | 9h - 12h30 | S151

Workshop S4 | 14h - 17h30 | S151

Workshop S5 | 9h - 12h30 | S155

Workshop S6 | 14h - 17h30 | S155

Workshop S7 | 9h - 12h30 | S153

Workshop S8 | 14h - 17h30 | S153

TinyOWS, the high performance WFS-T server

- Olivier Courtin, Oslandia, France- Vincent Picavet, Oslandia, France

Exploit Pleiades PHR data with the ORFEO ToolBox library

- Manuel Grizonnet, CNES, France- Julien Michel, CNES, France

Introduction to PostGis : data management and geoprocessing

- Andrea De Bono, UNEP GRID-Geneva, Switzerland

OrbisGIS : From GIS to connected geoservices

- Adam Gouge, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488, France- Alexis Guéganno, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488, France- Gwendall Petit, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488, France- Erwan Bocher, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488, France- Olivier Ertz, HEIG-VD, Switzerland- Julien Le Glaunec, HEIG-VD, Switzerland

Introduction to QGIS and GRASS

- Gregory Giuliani, University of Geneva - enviroSPACE laboratory, Switzerland- Yaniss Guigoz, University of Geneva - enviroSPACE laboratory, Switzerland

Quantum GIS as a platform

- Vincent Picavet, Oslandia, France

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Reception desk at Cheseaux building (no on-site registration)

Opening plenary Aula

Keynote 1Aula

Coffee break

EducationF01

Earth Science & LandscapeE03

Lunch

Keynote 2Aula

Poster sessionAula

Coffee break

Discussion groupsG01, G02, G03, G04, H01

What about the future of OGRS symposiumG01

Social event: «Bath time» at Yverdon Thermal Spa !(free entrance included with the social event option)

Social event: fine dining at the Grand Hôtel des Bains(share a unique moment with your colleagues)

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SYMPOSIUM - Thursday 25th October at Cheseaux building


Keynote 1 | 9h30 - 10h15 | Aula

Opening plenary | 9h - 9h30 | Aula

Education | 10h45 - 12h30 | F01

Building open source geospatial education at research universities: where we are and what is holding us back

- Helena Mitasova, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

- Martin Landa, Department of Mapping and Cartography, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

- Makiko Shukunobe, Center for Earth Observation, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Introduction and presentation - Welcome message from Yverdon-les-Bains city council | Chair: Pr. Olivier Ertz - HEIG-VD, Switzerland

- Pierre Dessemontet, President of the city council

| Chair: Pr. Robert Weibel - UZH, Switzerland

A Field report on the role of Free and Open Source Geospatial Software at University of Applied Sciences - Hans-Jörg Stark, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland School of Architecture,

Civil Engineering and Geomatics Institute of Geomatics Engineering, Switzerland

Hydroweb: an Open Source educational WebGIS platform for the understanding of spatio-temporal variations of meteorological parameters at the watershed scale- Stéphane Joost, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and

Environmental Engineering (ENAC), GIS Research Laboratory (LASIG), Switzerland- Jens Ingensand, INSER SA, Switzerland- Michael Kalbermatten, Système d’Information du Territoire of the canton of Neuchâtel (SITN),

Switzerland- Rolf Peter Tanner, Pädagogische Hochschule PHBern, Institut Sekundarstufe I, Switzerland- Vincent Luyet, Laboratory of Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology (EFLUM), School

of Architecture, Civil and environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Establishing a US National FOSS4G Academy- Phillip Davis, US National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence (GeoTech Center), USA

Design and implementation of a distance education course on open source web mapping- Barend Köbben, ITC - University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth

Observation, Netherlands- Ivana Ivanova, ITC - University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth

Observation, Netherlands

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Keynote 2 | 14h - 14h45 | Aula

The open source GIS, an ideal framework for the development of an integrated modelling platform devoted to sustainable urban planning: first steps with OrbisGIS and CartoPolis | Chair: Pr. Daniel Rappo - HEIG-VD, Switzerland

- Gérard Hégron, IFSTTAR/IRSTV, France- Erwan Bocher, CNRS /IRSTV, France- Gwendall Petit, CNRS/IRSTV, France

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Earth Science & Landscape | 10h45 - 12h30 | E03

| Chair: Pr. Elizabeth Wentz - ASU, United-States

r.rotstab: a GRASS-based deterministic model for deep-seated landslide susceptibility analysis over large areas- Martin Mergili, Institute of Applied Geology, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life

Sciences Vienna, Austria- Ivan Marchesini, CNR IRPI, Perugia, Italy- Mauro Rossi, CNR IRPI, Perugia and Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di

Perugia, Italy- Fausto Guzzetti, CNR IRPI, Perugia, Italy- Wolfgang Fellin, Division of Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Cluster analysis of geological point processes with R free software- Marj Tonini, University of Lausanne, Switzerland- Antonio Abellán, University of Lausanne, Switzerland- Andrea Pedrazzini, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Geographical analysis and numerical quantification of visual impact for aerogenerators and photovoltaic panels using Open Source GIS- Annalisa Minelli, GFOSSERVICES S.A. (www.gfosservices.it); Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e

Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy- Ivan Marchesini, GfosServices S.A. (www.gfosservices.it); CNR IRPI, Perugia, Geomorphology

Research Group, Italy; T4E S.r.l. (www.t4e.it), Italy- Pierluigi De Rosa, GfosServices S.A. (www.gfosservices.it); Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e

Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy- Luca Casagrande, GfosServices S.A. (www.gfosservices.it);T4E S.r.l. (www.t4e.it), Italy- Michele Cenci, Regione Umbria, sezione «Cave, miniere, rischio di incidente rilevante», Italy

Relatedness and scale dependency in very high resolution digital elevation models derivatives- Kevin Leempoel, EPFL, Switzerland- Stéphane Joost, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and

Environmental Engineering (ENAC), GIS Research Laboratory (LASIG), Switzerland

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Poster session | 14h45 - 15h30 | Aula

Free Software and Open Source in Education: Geoinformatics at the CTU in Prague- Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Spatial patterns analysis of environmental data using R- Carmen Vega, University of Lausanne, Switzerland- Jean Golay, University of Lausanne, Switzerland- Marj Tonini, University of Lausanne, Switzerland- Mikhaïl Kanevski, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Design and Creating a Two-way Public Participation Geographical Information System Platform: An Open Source Architecture- Antonio Jose Fernandes Da Silva, Nova School of Statistic and Information Management (Instituto

Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação - Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Portugal- Jorge Gustavo Rocha, University of MinhoDepartment of Informatics, Portugal

OSM indoor: moving forward- Jorge Rocha, University of Minho, Portugal- Nair Alves, University of Minho, Portugal

Multimodal Planner: From Prototype to Production- Francisco José Peñarrubia, SCOLAB Software Colaborativo, Spain

The ESA BEAM Toolbox and Development Platform- Norman Fomferra, Brockmann Consult GmbH, Germany- Daniel Odermatt, Brockmann Consult GmbH, Switzerland- Carsten Brockmann, Brockmann Consult, Germany- Peter Regner, ESA ESRIN, Germany

WPS tools to support geological and geomorphological mapping- Ivan Marchesini, Mauro Rossi, Massimiliano Alvioli, Michele Santangelo, Mauro Cardinali,

Paola Reichenbach, Francesca Ardizzone, Federica Fiorucci, Vinicio Balducci, Alessandro Cesare Mondini, Fausto Guzzetti, CNR IRPI, Perugia, Italy

The Challenge of Geospatial Big Data Analysis- Teerayut Horanont, University of Tokyo, Japan- Apichon Witayangkurn, University of Tokyo, Japan- Shibasaki Ryosuke, University of Tokyo, Japan

Collaborative authoring and polypublication of cartographic content- Olivier Ertz, HEIG-VD, University of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland- Julien Le Glaunec, University of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland- Erwan Bocher, IRSTV FR CNRS-2488, France

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Discussion groups | 16h - 17h | G01, G02, G03, G04, H01

Urban remote sensing and environmental indicators Chair: Pr. Elizabeth Wentz H01

Academic reseach and open source software to serve open standards developementChair: Pr. Olivier Ertz G02

What licence should be used to release software or data produced in an academic context ?

Chair: Eric Grosso

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Spatial Data Infrastructures in developing countries: Is Open Source a solution?

Chair: Dr. Gregory Giuliani

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PGIS, from crowdsourcing to decision-making : research challenges, perspectives and emergences

Chair: Pr. Stéphane Roche

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What about the future of OGRS symposium | 17h - 17h40 | G01

Chair: Dr. Erwan Bocher

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What about the future of OGRS symposium | 17h - 17h40 | G01

PRACTICAL GUIDE | PROGRAM

SYMPOSIUM - Friday 26th October at Cheseaux building

Reception desk at Cheseaux building (no on-site registration)

Keynote 3 Aula

DataF01

Remote Sensing & Spatial AnalysisE03

Coffee break

DataF01

Remote Sensing & Spatial AnalysisE03

Lunch

Keynote 4Aula

Urban SimulationAula

ToolsF01

Coffee break

Closing plenary Aula

One last drink together with an extraordinary visit at Maison d’Ailleurs(all attendees are invited)

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Data | 9h50 - 12h30 | F01

Open source spatial analysis: lessons for research and education from PySAL | Chair: Dr. Stéphane Joost - EPFL, Switzerland

- Sergio J. Rey, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation. School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, USA

| Chair: Dr. Hy Dao - UNIGE, Switzerland

Open source software for Big Data : Experiences in indexing and browsing geo-archival records- Jefferson Robert Heard, RENCI, UNC Chapel Hill, United States- Richard Marciano, UNC Chapel Hill, United States

Physical Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland: technical development- Claudio Piccinini, Kingston University, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston

Upon Thames, Surrey, London, KT1 2EE, United Kingdom- Mike Smith, Kingston University, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston Upon

Thames, Surrey, London, KT1 2EE, United Kingdom- Janet Hooke, University of Liverpool, Roxby Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom- Katherine Hesketh, University of Liverpool, Roxby Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom

Using GRASS and PostgreSQL/PostGIS for the development of the automatic preprocessing for a distributed vector-based hydrological model- Sonja Jankowfsky, IRSTEA, UR HHLY, 69336 Lyon, LUNAM Université, IFSTTAR, GER, 44341,

Bouguenais, France- Pedro Sanzana, University of Chile, FCFM, Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, Santiago, Chile- Flora Branger, IRSTEA, UR HHLY, 69336 Lyon, France- Isabelle Braud, IRSTEA, UR HHLY, 69336 Lyon, France- Yvan Paillé, IRSTEA, UR HHLY, 69336 Lyon, France- Florent Brossard, IRSTEA, UR HHLY, 69336 Lyon, France- Fabrice Rodriguez, LUNAM Université, IFSTTAR, GER, 44341, Bouguenais, France

An open and powerful GIS data discovery engine- Martin Ouellet, Library, Université Laval Québec, QC Canada, Canada- Stéfano Biondo, Library, Université Laval Québec, QC Canada, Canada

Ontology Based Domain Specific Search of Crowdsourced OpenStreetMap Dataset and Wiki- Stefan Keller, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR), Switzerland- Michel Ott, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR), Switzerland

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How open source can help achieving sustainability of e-learning content: The GITTA experience | Chair: Pr. François Golay - EPFL, Switzerland- Robert Weibel, University of Zurich, Department of Geography, Switzerland- Susanne Bleisch, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Department of

Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia- Joël Fisler, University of Zurich, Computing Services, Switzerland

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Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis | 9h50 - 12h30 | E03

| Chair: Dr. Marj Tonini - UNIL, Switzerland

An open tool to register landscape oblique images and generate their synthetic model- Timothee Produit, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland- Devis Tuia, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Open tools and methods for large scale segmentation of Very High Resolution satellite images- Julien Michel, CNES (DCT/SI/AP), France- Manuel Grizonnet, CNES (DCT/SI/AP), France- Arnaud Jaen, CS, France- Sébastien Harasse, CS, France- Luc Hermitte, CS, France- Jonathan Guinet, CS, France- Julien Malik, CS, France- Mickaël Savinaud, CS, France

Utilization of the Scythe C++ open source library for statistical geocomputation in livestock landscape genomics- Sylvie Stucki, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland- Saif Agha, Ain Sham University, Egypt- Menghua Li, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Finland- Stéphane Joost, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

MCDA-GIS integration: an application in GRASS GIS 6.4- Gianluca Massei, University of Perugia, Italy- Lucia Rocchi, University of Perugia, Italy- Luisa Paolotti, University of Perugia, Italy- Salvatore Greco, University of Catania, Italy- Antonio Boggia, University of Perugia, Italy

How to make R, PostGIS and QGis cooperate for statistical modelling duties: a case study on hedonic regressions- Olivier Bonin, Université Paris Est - IFSTTAR - LVMT, France

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Urban Simulation | 14h45 - 15h35 | Aula

Tools | 14h45 - 15h35 | F01

Closing plenary | 16h - 16h45 | Aula

| Chair: Pr. François Golay - EPFL, Switzerland

Toward a coupling between GIS and agent simulation. USM : an OrbisGIS extension to model urban evolution at a large scale- Frederic Rousseaux, UMR LIENSS - ULR/CNRS, France- Erwan Bocher, IRSTV, France- Antoine Gourlay, IRSTV, France- Gwendall Petit, IRSTV, France

Using open-source tools for the simulation of urban transportation systems- Quoc Tuan Nguyen, L3I laboratory - university of La Rochelle, France- Alain Bouju, L3I laboratory - university of La Rochelle, France- Pascal Estraillier, L3I laboratory - university of La Rochelle, France

| Chair: Dr. Gregory Giuliani - UNIGE, Switzerland

GeoPeuple project: using RESTful Web API to diffuse geohistorical database as open data- Eric Grosso, IGN - French Mapping Agency, France- Christine Plumejeaud, IGN - French Mapping Agency, France- Benjamin Parent, IGN - French Mapping Agency, France

An opensource tool to build urban noise maps in a GIS- Nicolas Fortin, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488 Atelier SIG, France- Erwan Bocher, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488 Atelier SIG, France- Judicaël Picaut, IFSTTAR, France- Gwendall Petit, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488 Atelier SIG, France- Guillaume Dutilleux, CETE Est/LRPC de Strasbourg/6 Acoustique, France

Chair: Dr. Stéphane Joost - EPFL, Switzerland

Feedbacks from discussion groups- Joerin Florent, HEIG-VD, Switzerland

Q/A, conclusions and further informations

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Map of the sites

ACFF train stationTrain and bus stations

| PRACTICAL GUIDEACCESS PLAN

604 Maison BlancheBus

Grand Hôtel des BainsSocial event : "bath time" and fine dining

10 minutes by walk

Maison d’AilleursOne last drink together !

Stop Les Bains

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601 Gymnase

603 BellevueBus

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HEIG-VD (Cheseaux)OGRS2012, the place to beCheseaux building (Aula + F01 rooms)Route de Cheseaux 1CH-1401 Yverdon-les-BainsTel. +41 24 557 63 30

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HEIG-VD (St-Roch)Centre St-Roch buildingAvenue des Sports 20CH-1401 Yverdon-les-BainsTel. +41 24 557 76 00

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| PRACTICAL GUIDESOCIAL EVENTS

«Bath time» at Yverdon Thermal Spa

Centre Thermal d'Yverdon-les-Bains

Avenue des Bains 221400 Yverdon-les-Bains

+41 (0) 24 423 02 32

[email protected]

25th October 17h10 - 20h

>From the station

Bus 604 Maison Blanche

Departure : GareStop : Les Bains or Centre Thermal

How to go there ?

>From Cheseaux

Bus 603 Bellevue

Departure : HEIG-VDStop : Les Bains

Thermal Spa Pools In this magnificent setting between the Lake Neuchâtel and the Jura Mountain range the Ther-mal Spa Centre in Yverdon-les-Bains offers peace and tranquillity. A mild climate, the benefits of the sulphur rich waters and quality facilities are our greatest assets. Relish moments of well-being and relaxation in our three thermal spa pools (one of which is indoors) comprising Jacuzzis, bubbles and massage jets,... There are three thermal spa pools with temperatures ranging from 28°C to 34°C. One interior and two exterior pools with waterfall, aquadrome, relaxation beds, shoulder massage jets etc...

Relaxation Suite

Relax in this exceptional, luminous setting while delighting in a magnificent view of the Jura mountain range. Japanese bath 38°C, two saunas 70°C and 90°C, three hammams (one of which is reserved exclusively for women), a tropical shower and a spacious terrace Jacuzzi. A space devoted to rest and relaxation where nudity is recommended in the sauna and hammam area.

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Dining at the Grand Hôtel des Bains

Grand Hôtel des Bains

Avenue des Bains 221400 Yverdon-les-Bains

+41 (0) 24 424 64 64

[email protected]

25th October 20h

>From the station

Bus 604 Maison Blanche

Departure : GareStop : Les Bains or Centre Thermal

How to go there ?

>From Cheseaux

Bus 603 Bellevue

Departure : HEIG-VDStop : Les Bains

A beautiful place You will be delighted by the hotel’s historic charm which offers comfortable elegance and refi-nement. Steeped in history and restored to luxury, the hotel is a perfect setting for fine dining, comfortable lodging, wellness and business conferences. The hotel is directly connected to the public Centre Thermal, an oasis of wellbeing. The immediate vicinity of Lake Neuchâtel and the Jura mountains with their beautiful natural scenery, offer many possibilities for sporting and leisure activities.

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| PRACTICAL GUIDEHELP INFORMATIONS

Emergency

Internet connection

117 118 144Police Fire brigade Ambulances, emergency calls

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Phone numbers

Séverine BiseSecretary

Desk : R108

St-RochAvenue des Sports 20 1401 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0) 79 255 18 36

[email protected]

network name: public-heig-vd

username: OGRS2012

password: XxSsaMSi

Use the hashtag :

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#OGRS2012 to tweet !

PRACTICAL GUIDE | ADRESSES IN YVERDON

Where to eat ?

Appunto

Rue du Lac 401400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 424 06 99

Restaurant du Centre Thermal

Av. des Bains 221400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 425 89 60

[email protected] | www.cty.ch

Resto-Lounge du Château

Place Pestalozzi 131400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 425 49 62

[email protected] | www.resto-lounge.ch

La Grange

Rue du Casino 91400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 425 18 14

Restaurant Saint Roch

Rue des Pêcheurs 81400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 425 30 87

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| PRACTICAL GUIDEADRESSES IN YVERDON

Le Dôme

Rue du Milieu 391400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 425 29 94

Restaurant-Pizzeria Don Camillo

Rue du Pré 101400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 425 89 60

[email protected] | www.don-camillo.ch

La Pinte

Rue du Collège 81400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 445 44 44

Restaurant-Pizzeria Ciao Ciao

Rue des Pêcheurs 41400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 534 69 88

La Fourchette

Rue du Casino 81400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 425 73 65

[email protected] | www.la-fourchette.ch

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PRACTICAL GUIDE | ADRESSES IN YVERDON

Le Double R Café

Rue du Collège 41400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)79 464 77 95

Les Citrons Masqués

Rue des Pêcheurs 4 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 426 56 98

La Brass'rY

Rue de la Plaine 8 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 435 16 20

L'Intemporel Café

Rue du Lac 81400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Tel. +41 (0)24 425 50 90

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