Venue

The Conference will be at the Sala del Portego of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti facing the Grand Canal.

(Click on the map to see a larger version of the location of the Conference venue)

Arriving in Venice

1. Arriving by Plane

From the Airport you can reach Venice in several possible ways:

• By Bus: just from the exit area direct buses reach non-stop the Venice car terminal "Piazzale Roma" (20 min, cost 3,50 Euro)

• By Taxi: just from the exit area to the Venice car terminal "Piazzale Roma" (15 min, cost around 25,00 Euro).
  
  Arriving either by Bus or Taxi, proceed to the pier, line 1 or line 2, direction "Rialto/Lido", and follow instructions as for those arriving by car.

• By Waterbus: from the airport pier (on the left of the exit, cost around 13 Euro).

  Check schedules, itineraries and fares on Alilaguna.

  • Blue line: Airport - S. Marco.
    Leaves every hour from 08:40 to 23:40 (it takes approx 70 minutes).

  • Red Line: Airport - S.Marco.
    Leaves every hour from 08:10 to 24:10 (it takes approx 80 minutes).

  • Orange line: Airport - Sant' Angelo.
    Leaves every hour from 09:00 to 23:40 (it takes approx 60 minutes).

• By Watertaxi: from the airport pier directly to the pier nearest to your hotel. Cost (up to 8 passengers) around 90,00 Euro.

2. Arriving by Car

Just at the end of the trans-lagunar bridge, turn right and reach the Tronchetto car parking (cost around 21 Euro/day). Then proceed to the vaporetto pier, line 1 or line 2, direction "Rialto/Lido".
Recommended stop depending on your destination:

• Fondazione Levi: descend at "Accademia" stop, and cross the bridge

• Istituto Ciliota: descend at "S. Samuele" stop (line 2 only)

• Istituto Artigianelli: descend either at "Accademia" stop

Check schedules, itineraries and fares of water buses on ACTV.

3. Arriving by Train

You will arrive at the "Venezia S. Lucia" railway station. Then take the vaporetto (line 1 or line 2), direction "Rialto/Lido", and follow the instructions for recommended stops as for people arriving by car.

Leaving Venice

The Railway station, "Piazzale Roma", and the car park can be reached by public transportation in about 30 minutes from the Conference Venue. Additional information on departures will be given during the meeting.

Facilities available during the Conference

• Oral Presentations: Standard overhead projector and video-beamer will be available. Please bring your power-point (or other) presentation on a memory stick, or CD-ROM. Your presentation will be loaded on our laptop, tested in advance, and you will operate it directly. Both Windows and Linux will be available. The beamer has a 1024x768 resolution.
  
  A recent on-line document by Dr. Paul Edwards (University of Michigan) provides excellent suggestions for "How to Give an Academic Talk." Following these guidelines will enliven our meeting and make our presentations so much more enjoyable. http://www.si.umich.edu/~pne/PDF/howtotalk.pdf
  Before reading a paper at INSAP or any conference, please consider the following suggestions: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/03/2008032101c.htm

• Posters: Posters will be displayed in spaces comfortably on the floor above the Auditorium, to allow their viewing during coffee and lunch breaks. A 58 cm (width) x 118 cm (height) maximum area will be available for each poster. Means to attach posters will be provided.
  
  Poster Sessions offer excellent opportunities for extended informal discussions. When well designed, posters are not simply journal papers pasted onto boards, but are a unique type of expression. A poster should be a clear, simple presentation that will be read and remembered, and can be just as effective as a spoken presentation. Here are two web sites that will help you prepare an effective poster. They give somewhat different advice and approaches.
  http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/bio/posters.html
  http://writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html

• Internet/e-mail access: a few terminals will be available. The Conference venue will have wireless access to Internet. To use this opportunity you need to ask the Reception Desk for the special "enabling card" whose cost is covered by the Conference Fee. Please ask for the card only if you plan to use it.

• Exhibitions: Concerning the arrangement for exhibitions the Organizing Committee has appointed the following agent:

  
  

  Destination Venice
  by Venice Receptive Service Srl
  Campo San Luca, San Marco 4590
  30124 Venezia (Italy)
  Tel:+39-041-5283547
  Fax: +39-041-5203236
  E-mail: roberto.boem@destination-venice.com
  Web site: http://www.destination-venice.com/
  

  Please contact the agent and mention that you are going to attend the conference to be held in October at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.