The registration fee includes:
- Symposium ID.
- Scientific sessions
- Scientific programme and abstracts
- Acta Horticulturae
- Coffee breaks, lunches, welcome reception and social event- Professional tour

* Student status must be endorsed by the supervising professor.
The registration fee includes:
- Symposium ID.
- Scientific sessions
- Scientific programme and abstracts
- Coffee breaks, lunches, welcome reception and social event
- Professional tour

The registration fee includes for the choosen day (September 21 or 23):
- Symposium ID.
- Scientific sessions
- Coffee breaks and lunch

The registration fee includes:
- Symposium ID
- Welcome reception and social event
- Bologna tour (September 23)

Social Program

Methods of payment

• Bank wire transfer
From Italy: Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Agenzia 7,
current account made out to Avenue media s.r.l
IBAN Code: IT 15 V 05387 02406 000000437531
Outside Italy: IBAN Code: IT 15 V 05387 02406 000000437531
BIC Code: BPMOIT22XXX
SWIFT Code: BPMOIT22XXX - current account no. 437531

Cancellation policy

For written cancellations received by the Organizing Secretariat no later than June 30, 2009 a penalty of 50% off entire fee will be applied; no refund will be given for cancellations received after this date or for no-shows.

Tour

Professional tour (Tuesday September 22 – Afternoon)
The professional tour will include visits to the fruit nurseries and orchards of the main fruit species as apple, pear, peach and kiwifruit present in Ferrara area. The visit will also include packing houses and vineries and historical places There will be also a visit to the Faculty of Agriculture and the Department of Fruit Tree and Woody Plant Science Laboratories and facilities of the University of Bologna and to the experimental orchard of Cadriano.

The tour will include Trento, Verona and the Valle di Non where there will be visits to the apple fields.
The tour also includes touristic visits to historical places and tasting of italian typical food

Accompanying persons program

A program for accompanying persons is under organization. It will include sightseeing tours to Florence
(September 21, full day), Ravenna (September 22, full day), Bologna (September 23, half a day).

Hotel

The organizing committee has obtained special hotel rates for participants. The selected hotels are located in the city centre, walking distance from the Symposium venue.
The Hotel reservation is available on the page >[ Accomodation ]
The deadline for Hotels availability has expired, but our reservation service is still available. 
The Hotels will check for your requests from time to time and will send to your e-mail
address a confirmation of your reservation.

Symposium venue

UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA - FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
Viale G. Fanin, 50 – 40127 Bologna (Italy)

Travel information: how to get there
By train:
Italian railways call center: 892021
website: www.trenitalia.it
From Bologna railway station take the bus n. 35 to CAAB – Viale Fanin (about 20 minutes by bus)
(ticket price € 1,00) or take the taxi and in about 10 minutes you will arrive to the University in Viale Fanin
(Symposium site) (price about € 15,00).

By plane:
Closer Airports:
Bologna Airport "Marconi"
Information desk phone number: +39 051 6479615
website : www.bologna-airport.it
From Bologna Airport you can take the shuttle bus “Airbus Blq” (ticket price € 5,00), stop at Bologna railway station and take the bus n. 35 to CAAB – Viale Fanin (about 20 minutes by bus) (ticket price € 1,00) or take the taxi and in about 20 minutes you will arrive to the University in Viale Fanin (Symposium site) (price about € 15,00).
Forlì Airport "L. Ridolfi"
Information desk phone number: +39 0543 474990
Ticket desk phone number: +39 0543 474921
web site: www.forliairport.com
From Forlì Airport (placed at 77 km from the center of Bologna) you can take the shuttle bus “E-Bus”
(ticket price € 10,00), stop at Bologna railway station and take the bus n. 35 to CAB – Viale Fanin
(about 20 minutes by bus) (ticket price € 1,00) or take the taxi and in about 20 minutes you will arrive to the University in Viale Fanin (Symposium site) (price about € 15,00).
By car:
From the motorway take the “Tangenziale” towards Fiera, then take the Exit 9 S. Donato towards Minerbio/Granarolo, continue
for 1 km, at the 1st roundabout turn right and continue along viale T. Carnacini (directions CAAB/Facoltà di Agraria), at the 2nd roundabout turn right and continue along viale Giuseppe Fanin.
Car park:
a large car park is available within the Faculty of Agriculture.
Bologna bus:
Call Center: +39 051 290290
web site: www.atc.bo.it
Taxi Bologna:
Taxi phone numbers: 0039 051 534141 – 0039 051 372727

The venue and climate

Bologna, from Latin Bononia, is the capital city of Emilia Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana,
and a prestigeous city of art, culture and commerce.

The medieval town centre is amongst the best-preserved in Europe and boasts a number of towers scattered among the rows of porticoes and luxurious historical homes. These include the Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio, seat of the historic university. Bologna and its metropolitan area has important industries (mechanics, foods, electronics), has very important retail and wholesale trade and has the first Italian vegetable and fruit market.
Bologna is the first railway and motorway hub in Italy; the trade fair, which is important in Europe for the number of exhibitions held each year, confirms Bologna’s important economic role.
The weather in Bologna in September is generally warm with occasional showers.
The average temperature is 20-25 °C during the day and 15-18 °C in the evening.

VISA/Passport

Please contact the Italian Embassy or Consulate in your country or region for visa and entry requirements, or visit the web-site www.esteri.it/visti/index.asp

Letter of Invitation

Currency Exchange

The national currency is the Euro (€). Participants are advised to change foreign currency and traveller’s cheques at the airport upon arrival, in banks or several exchange bureau located in Bologna. International credit cards are accepted for payments in hotels, most restaurants and shops.

Insurance

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