LOCATION
The SMI'07 Conference will be held in Lyon, France, at the Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, la Doua campus, CNRS amphitheater.
Lyon is France's second largest city, and also one of the most important cities in Europe. Lyon is renowed for its academic life, teaching and research of international caliber. The city is classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and it is ideally situated one hour from the Alps, two hours from Paris and two hours from the Mediterranean sea.
The following websites provide basic
information on the place:
http://www.en.lyon-france.com
http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/en
For a detailed map of Lyon, you can follow this link.
Other very nice (copyrighted) photos of Lyon can be found on this webpage.