XII OPTIMA Meeting
Pisa, 10-16 September 2007
Location
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Pisa is located in north-central Italy, close to the Tyrrhenian coast and to the famous city of Florence. It is well served by an international airport, a railway station, bus lines, highways, and the sea port of Leghorn (Livorno; about 20 km S from Pisa). It is a well known city of art and culture, with famous monuments of the medieval period and an University dating from 1343, which established the first academic botanic garden in the world, in 1543-44, thanks to the grand duke Cosimo I de' Medici and Luca Ghini.The climate is usually mild to warm in the first half of September. For further information, please see www.pisaonline.it, with multilingual access, or http://www.pisaturismo.it/prima_en.asp.
Accommodation
The Touristic Consortium of Pisa (Consorzio Turistico Area Pisana) has agreed to provide a hotel reservation service free of charge to Meeting participants. Please see the reservation form enclosed to the subscription form (see the download section) for hotels, terms, deadlines, cancellation policy, addresses and other information.Meeting venues
The main venue of the Meeting is the "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center, at the junction between via Pietrasantina and via Leonardo da Vinci, about 200 m from the Leaning Tower Square and 200 m from the Pietrasantina Park and Bus Terminal, a large parking area. It offers comfortable halls equipped with audiovisual facilities (overhead projectors, slide projectors, video projectors and computers) and a large area for the poster session.Secondary venues are:
- Botanic Garden, via L. Ghini 5, a tranquil spot for the Commissions meetings and a luxuriant setting for the farewell dinner.
- "La Sapienza" Palace, via Curtatone e Montanara 15, the historic seat of Pisa University, where the Tribute to Linnaeus - including the presentation of a book, a cocktail and a concert - will take place.
- Pietrasantina Park and Bus Terminal, via Pietrasantina: all excursions scheduled on Thursday 13-9 will depart from - and return - here. Besides, it is a convenient parking area for people wishing to attend the Meeting Symposia in the "Porta Nuova" Didactic Unit, only 200 m away.
Lunches will be served at the "Ristorante Universitario" (University Restaurant), via C.S. Cammeo, about 100 m from the Didactic Center.
As Pisa is a small city (approximately of a hundred thousand inhabitants), the Meeting venues are within walking distance from any attraction and accommodation in its historical center (see map below).
Visit to Tuscan Herbaria
Researchers wishing to visit the Herbarium in Florence, Pisa or Siena are kindly requested to contact the curators in order to make proper arrangements as to the specimens to be checked and the date of the visit.- Florence: contact Dr. Chiara Nepi, Herbarium Centrale Italicum, via La Pira, 4 - 50121 Firenze, e-mail chiara.nepi@unifi.it.
- Pisa: contact Dr. Lucia Amadei, Herbarium Horti Pisani, via L. Ghini, 5 - 56126 Pisa, email lamadei@biologia.unipi.it.
- Siena: contact Dr. Ilaria Bonini, Herbarium Universitatis Senensis, via P.A. Mattioli, 4 - 53100 Siena, e-mail bonini@unisi.it
City map
