Accommodation

Swiss Tech Hotel:

In front of metro station. 5 minutes walking (through EPFL campus) to the conference venue.
30 rooms available 120CHF (single). Breakfast (+11CHF) + 3.1CHF city tax per person per night​.
Reservation via email (sth@epfl.ch), phone (+41-21 694 06 10) or in the provided link.

Ibis Hotel Lausanne:

Located in Lausanne centre. 15 minutes by metro to EPFL plus 5 minutes walking to the conference venue.
30 rooms available at 120CHF (single) or 130CHF (double). Breakfast included +3.1CHF city tax per person per night.
Reservation via email (H6772@ACCOR.COM), phone (+41-21 340 07 07) or in the provided link.

For reservations in these hotels, please use the code SSRR2016 at booking time. Credit card is required for reservation. All the pre-booking offers expire 4 weeks before the conference.

Other convenient options: Starling Hotel:

Located in EPFL campus, next to the conference venue. 5 minutes walking to the metro station.
20 rooms available at 185CHF (single). Breakfast included +3.1CHF city tax per person per night.
Reservation via email (contact@shlausanne.ch), phone (+41-21 694 85 85) or in the provided link.

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Hotel links

Swiss Tech Hotel
Ibis Lausanne
Starling Hotel

Directions to SSRR

How to get to EPFL and Forum Rolex

Location of EPFL


By plane and train

Location of EPFL


Genève-Cointrin is the nearest airport (40-60 minutes). The train from Zürich airport takes approximately 2h30 min to Lausanne.
From these airports, you can take a train to Lausanne and then take the Lausanne metro to EPFL (two steps):

  • 'Gare CFF' to 'Gare du Flon' with Line M2, direction Croisettes
  • 'Gare du Flon' to 'EPFL' with Line M1, direction Renens

By public transportation (metro, M1)

Line M1 of the TL (Transports lausannois) takes you from the centre of Lausanne (Flon) or from Renens station to the EPFL.
Bus lines TL (Public Transports of Lausanne area) and MBC (Transport Region Morges) run in western Lausanne:

  • MBC bus 701 (Echichens, Morges, Préverenges, EPFL, Bourdonnette-Lausanne)
  • MBC bus 705 (Lonay , Prévrenges, Denges, Echandens, Ecublens, EPFL)
  • TL bus 31 (Renens-Gare, EPFL-UNIL, Saint-Sulpice, Venoges)

For more information to get to EPFL, please click here.

Vehicular access to Forum Rolex

Location of Rolex


Metro access to Forum Rolex

Location of Rolex


For more information to get to Forum Rolex, please click here.

Useful links

Geneve Airport

geneve aeroport

Trains in Switzerland

swiss train

Metro in Lausanne

metro lausanne