AidEx 2024
Venue
PALEXPO
Hall 4,
Rte François-Peyrot 30,
1218 Le Grand-Saconnex,
Switzerland
Conference Opening Times
Wednesday 23 October 2024: 09:00 - 17:30
Thursday 24 October 2024: 09:00 - 17:00
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 from Continental Europe 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 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
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 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.
