Venue

SwissTech Convention Center
Route Louis-Favre 2
1024 Ecublens
Switzerland

The SwissTech Convention Center is one of the most modern and best equipped conference centers in the world. With this new tool that makes it possible to organize the most ambitious meetings, EPFL reaffirms its strong position at the heart of Europe’s scientific community.

Travel Information

The SwissTech Convention Center is ideally located on the EPFL Campus, the “MIT of Europe”. The access is very easy since they are many ways to get there. It is accessible by train, by car or by plane. Wherever you are, you will find an easy way to access the meeting center.

By train

By car

By plane

Convenient, quick and reliable, public transportation is probably the best way to get around in Lausanne and in Switzerland. The metro M1 can bring you to the SwissTech Convention Center (stop "EPFL") from the Renens train station or the city center of Lausanne. It comes every 5 minutes and it will only take you 10 minutes to get here.

Train schedule

Use public transportation
for free!

By staying in a hotel in Lausanne and paying the city tax, you gain free and unrestricted access to all of the city's public transportation (bus, train, metro).
The Lausanne Transport Card, the key to mobility is distributed in every accommodation in Lausanne.

The SwissTech Convention Center is 2 minutes away from the highway exit “Lausanne Sud, UNIL-EPFL”. There are 400 public parking spaces 5 minutes away walking from the STCC.

The SwissTech Convention Center is a
2 minute walk away.

Parking details

Parking Les Arcades
80 places
CHF 30.- per day
Unlimited duration

Parking location:
Rue Louis-Favre
Ecublens

Parking EPFL Campus
car park
150 places
CHF 30.- per day
Unlimited duration

Parking location:
Route Cantonale - Avenue Forel
Lausanne

Parking P+R Bourbonnette
250 places
CHF 15.- per day
1 day duration

Parking location:
Route de Chavannes 17
Lausanne

The metro station is on the other side of the road. Take the subway M1 direction to Renens-Gare and get off at « EPFL » stop.

Lausanne is very close to Geneva airport or to Zurich airport that are connected to 196 destinations worldwide.

Geneva airport is only 45 minutes away from Lausanne using a car or public transportation. Trains depart from Geneva Airport every 15 minutes. The train station is located in the airport.

Zurich airport is 2.5 hours away by car and by train. There is also a station in the airport and trains to Lausanne leave every 15 minutes.

 Train schedule from the airport

Train schedule