IFSA2025 will be held in Tours, at the heart of the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ideally located in front of the Tours railway station (1 minute walk across a square), the conference venue – the Tours Congress Center (26, boulevard Heurteloup) – is a glass vessel of over 20 000 m2 designed by the internationally renowned architect Jean Nouvel. It welcomes events gathering from 30 to 3000 participants thanks to a number of interconnected rooms (auditoriums, committee rooms, exhibition and catering areas).
More than 1400 hotel rooms are available at walking distance from the Convention Center.
Tours is easily accessible from Paris, and thus from abroad.
By car, it’s a 230km trip (less than 2h 20min without traffic) from Paris Porte d’Orléans, via the A10 toll highway ( a car park is available just in front of the venue – it is highly recommended to pre-register at https://www.indigoneo.fr/fr/parkings/773/parking-gare-palais-des-congres)
By train, frequent TGV trains are serving Tours in roughly 2h, with – possibly – a brief connection at the Tours Saint Pierre des Corps railway station. Arriving at Paris CDG airport, you can take a TGV train at the airport railway station (terminal 2) to Tours. From dowtown Paris, the appropriate TGV station is Paris Montparnasse.
Tourist information
Beautiful, vibrant and lively, Tours is a pretty stopping point in the middle of the Loire Valley Chateaux.
To oganize your exploration of its historic quarters with their half-timbered houses, of the bustling Place Plumereau or of the Saint-Gatien Cathedral, please visit the following links.