Practical Information

Les Houches is a remote area in the French Alps. From the dining room, you will enjoy an incredible view of the massif du Mont-Blanc with snowy peaks. The venue and scenery is an ideal place for focused work while the site facilities and surrounding area provides many options to relax and connect socially. 

The meeting will be an in-person event. No remote connexion is foreseen.

Accommodations at Les Houches are very good (bedrooms with bathroom accommodated in a number of chalets cottages). Three meals in a common dining room are included in the accommodation fees each day of the workshop. The cost for meals and lodging is 600 EUR per person for the whole stay. There will be no registration fee.

Getting there:

The school is in the French Alps, Chamonix Valley. The address : Ecole de Physique des Houches, 149 Chemin de la Côte, F-74310 Les Houches, France, https://maps.app.goo.gl/D9HoezjrZVQP7ynR7

It can be reached by train or plane then by taxi or shuttle service. Participants must make their own travel arrangements. Detailed travel information to the school can be found [here].

Information on the site itself:

Les Houches is a village located in Chamonix valley, in the French Alps. Established in 1951, the Physics School is situated at 1150 m above sea level in natural surroundings, with breathtaking views on the Mont-Blanc mountain range. Les Houches Physics School is UMS 2002 run by Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA). The 5 School Partners are UGA, the Institut National Polytechnique (Grenoble-INP), the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon). More information on the school site may be found [here].

Code of Conduct:

The Workshop organisers strive to create a positive work environment where all people are treated with respect and dignity. All participants are expected to help create an environment at the meeting and all associated activities that is professional, inclusive, and in which everyone is treated with respect.

All participants are therefore requested to follow these guidelines:

1. All participants are expected to behave professionally and to be respectful - critique ideas not people.
2. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience taking into account the many different backgrounds and perspectives of the participants.
3. Participants may share the contents of talks/slides via social media unless speakers have asked that specific details/slides not be shared. If participants wish to share photos of a speaker on social media, it is strongly recommended that they first get the speaker’s permission.

 The workshop organisers do not tolerate unprofessional or inappropriate behaviour or statements. This includes but is not limited to: sustained disruption of talks, comments related to individual characteristics, background or identity, and photography or recording of an individual without consent.

Meeting organisers and chairs bear a particular responsibility in ensuring that the code of conduct is followed.

• The Organising Committee has at least two members who are designated as the contact points for all matters related to this code. Participants can report any violation of these guidelines to these designates in confidence.
• Should a participant witness behaviour they suspect may be unprofessional or inappropriate, it is recommended that they approach the affected person as soon as possible to support and help them. The witness can encourage the affected person to report the unprofessional or inappropriate behaviour but should be guided by that person on their preferred course of action.
• Anyone requested to stop inappropriate behaviour is expected to comply immediately. In serious cases, a participant may be asked to leave the event without a refund or, in the case of online participation, the removal of meeting credentials.

Acknowledgments: This code of conduct has been adapted from the London Code of Conduct (by A. Pontzen and H. Peiris), which was derived from original Creative Commons documents by PyCon and Geek Feminism. It is released under a CC-Zero licence for reuse. To help track people's improvements and best practice, please retain this acknowledgement, and log your re-use or modification of this policy at: https://github.com/apontzen/london_cc.

Carbon footprint:

It is a stated goal of the organizers and sponsors to limit the carbon footprint of this school. This school is organized roughly every 3 years so that each generation of PhD student may have the opportunity to attend. The school is conveniently located near a train station which is well connected to major cities by railroad, and encourage European participant to take steps to limit air travel to the school when possible. A shuttle service exists between the school and the city center/train station.