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Conference Program

INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS

- Invited talks have 20 minutes allocated, plus 10 minutes for questions

- Contributed talks have 15 minutes allocated, plus 5 minutes for questions

Speakers are kindly requested to hand in their presentation to the LOC the day before the talk is scheduled to be given (or before the start of their session, at the latest). The filename of your presentation MUST start with your surname.

Available presentation formats will be MS PowerPoint, which will run on PCs under Windows, and PDF. Presentations prepared on other systems (Mac, Linux,...) as well as presentations made with other software should be checked well in advance for compatibility.

POSTERS

The maximum size allowed for posters is 84 x 120 cm or 33 x 47 inches (A0 format).

Posters can be briefly presented in the scheduled poster sessions. Speakers will have 2 minutes each for their poster presentation. Those that are willing to exploit this opportunity are kindly requested to provide 1 or maximum 2 slides in pdf format to the LOC (survey2015@ira.inaf.it), who will assemble all slides in a single presentation. The filename of your presentation MUST start with your surname.

The deadline for sending your slides is Friday, OCTOBER 16th.

We won’t include any late slides in poster sessions.

Welcome Cocktail

We are pleased to announce that we will have a welcome cocktail in town on October 20th. The welcome cocktail will be held at Caffé della Corte, Corte Isolani, 5/B from 6.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.

How to reach the place:
take bus no. 87 from CNR stop (conference venue) to Autostazione (Bus station) stop: 14-min ride, then walk along Via dell'Indipendenza, then turn left on Via Rizzoli, then walk straight on and continue along Strada maggiore (leaving the Two Towers to your left) until you reach Corte Isolani (walking time 20 min)



CONFERENCE DINNER

The conference dinner will be held at the historical ’Palazzo Re Enzo’, on Thursday 22nd October at 8.00 p.m. You can pay the conference dinner at the desk, at your arrival. The dinner will cost 40 Euro for either attendees or accompanying persons.

How to reach the place:
take bus no. 87 from CNR stop (conference venue) to Autostazione (Bus station) stop: 14-min ride, then walk along Via dell'Indipendenza towards Via Ugo Bassi. After crossing Via Ugo Bassi, you will find Palazzo Re Enzo on the left, next to the Nettuno Fountain. Bus 87 departs at 25 and 55 minute every hour until 7:25pm (last ride)

DEADLINES

  • March 1st 2015: Registration opens
  • May 15th 2015: Abstract submission deadline
  • July 31st 2015: Early Registration deadline
  • August 31st 2015: Late Registration deadline

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

April 30th 2015: financial requests expired

                With the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate General for the Country Promotion.