When & where
Conference Opening Times:
Wednesday 23 October 2024: 09:00 – 17:30
Thursday 24 October 2024: 09:00 – 17:00
Address:
PALEXPO
Hall 4, Rte François-Peyrot 30, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
Geneva – The European capital for NGOs and United Nations
Geneva is the second largest city in Switzerland behind Zurich, and the most international city in Europe with over 40% of its population coming from outside Switzerland.
The city was chosen for its central location and excellent flight and other transport links, helping to minimise both visitor and exhibitor budgets.
Geneva is home to the world’s highest concentration of international organisations and diplomatic missions, such as the World Health Organization, UN European Headquarters, International Red Cross, ILO, ITU, CERN among others, but also 750 non-governmental organisations as well as over 250 permanent missions and more than 900 multinational companies.
How to get to Palexpo
Travel by air
Palexpo is located at Geneva Airport. The airport has 137 scheduled destinations from Geneva to Europe, North-America, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. The airport is also a major hub for EasyJet and other low cost carriers with over 78 destinations scheduled directly to and from Geneva.
Travel by train
Geneva offers great railway connections from Continental Europe. There are frequent trains to the centre of Geneva (10-20 minutes public transportation) or at the Airport Station (10 minutes walk) to get to Palexpo. Find guidance on approximate travel time and operators from popular destinations below:
| ROUTE | FASTEST JOURNEY | TRAIN OPERATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Paris to Geneva | 3h 11m | TGV Lyria |
| Zurich to Geneva | 2h 44m | SBB |
| Milan to Geneva | 4h 01m | Eurocity |
| Lyon to Geneva | 1h 57m | SNCF, TGV Lyria |
| Lausanne to Geneva | 36m | SBB |
Travel by car
Palexpo is easily reached by car. There are 1,600 spaces available for visitors and exhibitors in the P12 car park. The car park also has reserved spaces for people with reduced mobility.
Please take a moment to review the parking rates, parking rules and location of the parking before arriving.
Travel by bus/intercity train
There are frequent bus and trains from the center of Geneva connecting Palexpo. Trains take approximately 7 min from the Genève-Cornavin Railway Station running approximately every 15 min.
IC1 – ‘Genève-Aéroport’ Stop
IC5 – ‘Genève-Aéroport’ Stop
IR15 – ‘Genève-Aéroport’ Stop
IR90 – ‘Genève-Aéroport’ Stop
In addition, there are many bus lines from Geneva and its surroundings connecting Palexpo:
Line 5 – “Palexpo” stop
Line 10 – “Airport” stop
Line 23 – “Palexpo-Halle 7” stop
Line 28 – “Palexpo-Halle 7” stop
Line 50 – “Palexpo-Halle 7” stop
Line 56 – “Airport” stop
Line 57 – “Airport” stop
Line 59 – “Palexpo” stop
Line 66 – “Palexpo-Halle 7” stop
Accommodation
Palexpo Hotel Reservation (Geneva) is the hotel reservation platform dedicated to event organizers, exhibitors and visitors who come to Palexpo.
You can book your hotel rooms via the platform.
At Palexpo, there are 3 hotels located onsite and a hotel complex comprising 227 rooms on-site (115 three-star rooms carry the IBIS Styles brand and 112 one-star rooms under the IBIS Budget banner). In addition, there is an adjacent Hilton Hotel that offers 496 four-star rooms.
Beyond the onsite hotels, Geneva and its surrounding area have a capacity of 14394 hotel rooms in international and local hotel chains, and over 4000 beds available in budget accommodation: hostels, B&Bs, Airbnb and on-campus accommodation.
To explore and book our limited preferential AidEx hotel rates and for general hotel booking assistance: