Why choose Grenoble Alpes for your next professional event?
In Grenoble Alpes, your ideas reach new heights.
As the European Capital of Innovation 2026, Grenoble Alpes offers a distinctive setting for your conferences, conventions and seminars: a world-class scientific and technological ecosystem, a human-scale city, and the Alps all around.
To bring your project to life, our Convention Bureau supports you in selecting venues and partners, shaping your programme, and connecting you with the local ecosystem.
Welcome to Grenoble Alpes.
A unique scientific and technological ecosystem
Scientific research, micro and nanotechnologies, energy, digital technology, healthcare, environmental innovation… Grenoble Alpes brings together 30,000 jobs in research, 62,000 students and 8 national research organisations, alongside startups, major companies and internationally renowned laboratories.
This ecosystem can also add value to your event. An expert speaker, a technical visit, a meeting with key players in your sector, or connections between research and industry: the region can contribute directly to the content of your programme.
The Convention Bureau helps you make the local ecosystem a true part of your event.


The city at the foot of the Alps
A meeting in the morning. The mountains by the end of the day.
This is one of the defining features of Grenoble Alpes: a metropolitan area surrounded by three mountain ranges — Chartreuse, Vercors and Belledonne — where nature is part of everyday life.
From the city centre, the mountains are everywhere you look. With two regional nature parks, a national park nearby and around 2,000 hours of sunshine each year, Grenoble Alpes enjoys an exceptional natural environment. La Bastille is accessible from the city centre in 10 minutes by cable car, while the great outdoors provides endless opportunities for outdoor activities, incentives and pre- or post-event programmes, whatever the season.
A unique proximity to the mountains that makes Grenoble Alpes truly one of a kind.
A compact and easily accessible destination
Grenoble Alpes is an accessible and well-connected destination, just 3 hours from Paris by high-speed train, with a railway station in the heart of the city and two international airports within easy reach (Lyon and Geneva).
Once you arrive, Grenoble’s compact size makes getting around easy.
The convention centres, as well as 90% of hotels, are served by the tram network. With five tram lines, an extensive network of buses and coaches, and numerous cycling options, travelling between the railway station, accommodation, event venues and the city centre is simple and seamless.
Less time spent on logistics, more time for meaningful connections and the full event experience.


Venues for every type of event
From 20 to 3,000 delegates, Grenoble Alpes adapts to your event.
With two convention and exhibition centres, more than 200 meeting spaces and nearly 5,000 hotel rooms, Grenoble Alpes offers a diverse range of venues to host everything from international conferences to small, exclusive seminars.
Conventions, gala evenings, incentive programmes or tailor-made events: Grenoble Alpes provides the flexibility to imagine a wide variety of event formats.
And for something beyond the usual, why not take your event to new heights at La Bastille, or host it in a museum, a château, a former fortress, a stadium or a cultural venue?
To find the venues and partners best suited to your project, explore the region’s event professionals directory.
Organise a more sustainable event
A destination committed to creating more sustainable events.
A European Green Capital in 2022, Grenoble has long embraced a culture of transition and experimentation.
This ambition translates into very concrete benefits for events: convention centres accessible by public transport, the vast majority of hotels served by the tram network, a strong cycling culture and committed local stakeholders.
Here, event organisers benefit from an ecosystem that supports the design of more sustainable events.

The Convention Bureau by your side
Venue and supplier sourcing, feasibility studies, conference bids, accommodation, site visits, connections with the local ecosystem, transport and delegate services: the Convention Bureau provides free support at every stage of your event project.