General info
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CONGRESS VENUE
NH Venezia Laguna Palace
Viale Ancona, 2 • 30172 Venice Mestre • Italy
Tel. (+39) 041 829 6111
HOW TO REACH VENICE
By air
Marco Polo Venezia Airport.
The airport is located on the mainland 8 Km north of the city. Due to the importance of Venice as a leisure destination, it features flights to many European metropolitan areas as well as some partly seasonal long-haul routes to the United States, Canada, South Korea and the Middle East.
For further information please visit: www.veniceairport.it
By train
Venezia Santa Lucia or Venezia Mestre Railway Stations.
Venice is connected to the rest of Italy with Eurostar trains, Intercities and Interregional and local trains.
For further information please visit: www.trenitalia.com
By car
Motorways A4 (from Trieste and from Turin); A27 (from Belluno); A13 (from Bologna).
State roads SS.309 Romea (from the Adriatic Coast); SS.14 (from Trieste), SS.13 (from Treviso), SS.11 (from Padua).
For further information please visit: www.autostrade.it
HOW TO REACH THE CONGRESS VENUE
From the Marco Polo Venezia Airport
Public transport lines: Catch the bus line no. 15 for 16 stops, get off at Incr. Via Hermanada. You will find the hotel 450 metres away. It’s a 34 minutes trip and is € 7.50.
Taxi: It’s a 30 minutes trip and is around € 35.00.
From Venezia-Mestre train station
The NH Venezia Laguna Palace is located about 800mt from the Venezia-Mestre train station. Bus line 43 (operated by ACTV) stops in front of the hotel. Travel time is about 10 minutes.
Ticket (1 day – Bus+vaporetto): € 20.00 Ticket (2 day – Bus+vaporetto): € 30.00 Ticket (3 day – Bus+vaporetto): € 40.00 Ticket (7 day – Bus+vaporetto): € 60.00.
By car
The hotel’s GPS Coordinates are: 45.48187370000001°N 12.248873199999935°E
Click here to get directions.
BADGE
Badges denoting registration status will be given to all participants upon their check-in at the registration desk. Participants will not be admitted to any scientific session without their badge.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of the Congress is English. Simultaneous translation will not be provided.
TIMING
Oral presentations will last 15 minutes, 12 of talk plus 3 minutes of Q&A.
Keynote presentations will last 20 minutes, 17 of talk plus 3 minutes of Q&A.
Plenary presentations will last 30 minutes.
Posters will be exposed for the whole duration of the conference and they will be open for discussion during coffee breaks and lunch time.
PASSPORT AND VISAS
All foreign visitors must have valid passport. No visas are required for visitors from Western European countries, the United States, Japan and many Latin American and British Commonwealth countries. Citizens from other countries must have the required visas. However it is advisable to contact the Italian Consulate or Embassy in your country for information on visas and health certificates if required.
LETTERS OF INVITATION
Requests for Letters of Invitation for VISA purposes should be directed to the Organizing Secretariat.
Please note that such letter can not grant any financial support. The Letter will be sent after the payment of the registration fee.
INSURANCE
The Organizing Secretariat cannot accept responsibility for accidents or damage to participants or accompanying persons before, during or after the Congress. Participants are urged to make their own arrangements with respect to travel and health insurance.
WI-FI
Free internet wi-fi connection will be provided everywhere in the Conference venue areas.
MOBILE PHONES
Participants are kindly requested to keep their mobile phones in off position in the rooms where scientific sessions are being held.
CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE
Participants can print their own certificate of attendance at self-service kiosks in the congress center.
NOTICE OF FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
It is strictly forbidden to take pictures and/or video during the Congress Presentations. This be permitted only during the Gala Dinner, the Opening Ceremony and during the Awards Ceremony.
AUDIOVISUALS AIDS
Each room will be equipped with personal computers for the video presentation. The slides should be prepared with the program Windows PowerPoint – not Macintosh / Apple – with 800×600 or 1024×768 resolution. The presentations should be delivered on USB pendrive. It is not allowed to use your own computer.
The delivery of the slides to the Slide Center will be made in time before the corresponding session.
IMPORTANT NOTE
In order for the conference program to be respected, strict compliance with all the times indicated is essential. Speakers are therefore requested to strictly follow the assigned times. The Chairmen, in addition to the thanks for having accepted such a heavy burden, should also be prayed to be inflexible in enforcing the scheduled hours.
PRIVACY POLICY
Aristea International S.r.l. handles all personal data according to the laws of the EU-Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR) and the Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003.
For your registration to the Congress we have to collect, save and process your personal data, and we need you consent.
For our privacy policy, please consult the following link:
COVID-19 TRAVEL REGULATIONS IN ITALY
The digital Passenger Locator Form (PLF) must be completed by all passengers arriving in Italy, by any means of transport, before entering national territory. See the instructions for completing the dPLF in the dedicated section:
Digital Passenger Locator Form (dPLF)
For travel regulations, please click here
PRIVACY POLICY
Aristea International S.r.l. handles all personal data according to the laws of the EU-Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR) and the Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003.
For your registration to the Congress we have to collect, save and process your personal data, and we need you consent.
For our privacy policy, please consult the following link: