PRESENCE 2008
The 11th Annual International Workshop on Presence

October 16 - 18
Padova, Italy

Padova

The city of Padua (Lat. Patavium, It. Padova) is the economic and communications hub of the Veneto region in northern Italy. It stands on the Bacchiglione river, 40km west of Venice and 29km southeast of Vicenza. Its agricultural setting is the Pianura Padana, the "Paduan plain," edged by the Euganaean Hills praised by Lucan and Martial, Petrarch and Ugo Foscolo. The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal piazze, and many bridges crossing the various branches of the Bacchiglione, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat. Padua was where most of the action in Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew, took place.  Padua has long been famous for its university, founded in 1222. [From Italian World Club and University of Padova]

For detailed information about Padova try these web sites:

• Tourism Padova
• PadovaNet

The University of Padova

The conference will take place at the University of Padova. The first day's activities will be held at Palazzo Bo’ (Archivio Antico, Aula Ippolito Nievo, Aula Magna), the City pedestrian center (section C3,‘University Administration,’ on this map). On the second and third days, conference activities will be held at the Aula Magna ‘Vallisneri,’ University Area, Department of Biology (section E2, ‘Research Departments,’ on this map). Close to both the "Portello" and the Padova Fair, the modern Vallisneri Center is walking distance (700 meters) from the train station, served by bus lines 5 or 18 (the ‘via Venezia’ stop after the Padova Fair) or taxi (ask for ‘Dipartimento di Biologia - via Venezia’).

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