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All
attendees will be provided
with a name badge. Badges
must be worn at any time during
the Congress. The badge is
strictly personal and cannot
be transferred. It must be
shown at the congress staff's
request.
Lunches and Coffee Breaks
Lunches
will take place in the Botanical
Gardens (entrance opposite
to Lecture Hall).
All registered attendees and
accompanying persons will
have free admittance to the
lunches and coffee breaks
of the Congress. Everybody
must wear a badge to enter
the coffee break and lunch
area.
Social Dinner
Only
those attendees that have
pre-booked and received confirmation
will be provided with a dinner
ticket and can be admitted
to the restaurant.
For information about the
Social Dinner please contact
the congress secretariat desk.
IGIS
Participants
to IGIS 1 will depart by jeep
and bus from the congress
venue on 25th an 26th June
at 8.00 a. m. and will return
to Cagliari around 19.00 p.
m.
The bus
for IGIS 2 will depart from
the congress venue on 27th
June at 7.00 a. m. and will
return to Cagliari on 29th
June around 17.00 p. m. Accommodation
will be provided in two, three
and four-bed rooms in the
village of Fonni.
Punctuality
is highly recommended as the
jeeps and buses will depart
according to the schedule
and will not wait for latecomers.
Participation to IGIS 1 and
2 is not refundable in any
case.
For
information about the IGIS,
please contact the congress
secretariat desk.
Only those attendees that
have pre-booked and received
confirmation will be admitted
in the bus.
How
to get there
Cagliari
airport handles domestic and
international flights and
is served by both low cost
and full-service airline companies.
It currently operates direct
non-stop flights to and from
Barcelona, Brussels, Cologne,
Düsseldorf, Edinburgh,
Geneva, Karlsruhe Baden, London,
Madrid, Manchester, Marseille,
Munich, Oslo, Paris, Seville
and Stuttgart. International
connecting flights from other
airports operate via Rome,
Milan and Florence.
Airport
tranfer
Cagliari
airport is served by the local
public taxi service. A taxi
ride from Cagliari airport
to the town centre takes approximately
10-15 minutes depending on
traffic conditions, and costs
approximately 20 Euros to
25 Euros one way. Night or
extra luggage charges apply.
Public bus transportation
is also available from Cagliari
airport to the Piazza Matteotti,
located in the port area at
the town entrance. Both the
train station and the bus
station, providing urban and
interurban bus services, are
located in Piazza Matteotti.
Please find below the bus
lines and stops serving the
Congress Venues:
Botanical Gardens:
Lines 1 and 10: Corso Vittorio
Emanuele bus stop
Line 5: Viale Merello bus
stop
Line 8: Viale Buon Cammino
bus stop
Faculty
of Economics and Commerce
and Department of Botanical
Sciences:
Line 8: Viale Buoncammino
bus stop
Line 5: Viale Merello bus
stop
Please
visit the public transport
website at www.ctmcagliari.it
for timetables and information.
Accomodation
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CONGRESS
VENUES .....................Map
The
congress and the poster sessions
will take place in the Aula
Magna of the Faculty of Economics
and in the Department of Botanical
Sciences. Both venues are
situated in Viale Sant'Ignazio
da Laconi. Audiovisual facilities
will be available in the Congress
halls, such as overhead projectors,
slide projectors, video projectors
and computers. The lunches,
the Social Assembly of SISV
and the Executive Council
of FIP will take place in
the Botanical Gardens.
CAGLIARI,
THE HOST CITY
Sardinia
is the second-largest island
in Italy and in the Mediterranean
sea, after Sicily. Cagliari,
the capital city of Sardinia,
is located in the south of
the island. Often referred
to as "the city of the
sun", Cagliari has some
interesting medieval architecture
and archaeological wonders
left behind by different cultures.
Under the name of Karalis,
it was founded by the Phoenicians
around the 7th century BC
as a port and a trading colony.
Since then, many different
civilizations have dominated
and influenced its culture.
Besides its crystal-clear
sea and the "Poetto",
one of the most beautiful
and longest beaches in the
Mediterranean, Cagliari offers
an unspoiled natural environment
which is unique in Europe,
consisting of lagoons, bird
sanctuaries, and wildlife
reserves.
The old city centre, called
"Castello" ("Castle")
lies on the top of a hill
and boasts a stunning view
on the Gulf of Cagliari. It
hosts many craftsmen workshops
in its charming narrow lanes.
Most of the Castello's city
walls are intact, and feature
the two 13th century white
limestone towers, St. Pancras
Tower and the Elephant Tower.
The Archaeological Museum
has an extensive collection
of Sardinian artifacts from
the Nuragic era to the Bizantine,
ornaments from the Punic Phoenician
Age, and impressive Roman
glass works and mosaics. The
Citadel of Museums also hosts
the Pinacoteca Nazionale,
an art gallery which displays
medieval and Baroque religious
paintings. The Duomo (Santa
Maria's Cathedral) was constructed
by the Pisans during the second
half of the 13th century.
This Gothic-Romanesque cathedral
was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary and St. Cecilia and contains
artpieces by Pisan masters.
The pulpits on either side
of the main door were carved
by Guglielmo in 1162, and
the four wrestling lions at
the base of the altarpiece
were sculpted by Pisano.
CLIMATE
The
bioclimate of Cagliari is
Mediterranean pluviseasonal
oceanic (upper thermomediterranean
thermotype and upper dry ombrotype).
In summer the average temperature
is 23-24 °C (74 F), but
it can reach over 35 °C
(95 F) during the hottest
hours of the day. High relative
humidity is one of the most
notable characteristics of
the local weather. Fortunately,
the stifling summer heat is
countered by an almost constant
breeze, that can become quite
a strong wind.
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