The Conference will be held at the HOTEL FIUGGI TERME**** - FIUGGI (FR)
FIUGGI is a well-known Italian Thermal Center, with about 10500 inhabitants, located 50 miles from Rome.
ROME, the Eternal City, has two airports:
"Leonardo da Vinci" in Fiumicino (20 miles from the city centre)
"G.B. Pastine” in Ciampino (10 miles from the city centre)
From/to “Leonardo da Vinci” Fiumicino Airport
NGSE shuttle bus
Special free-of-charge transfer is scheduled:
- on Friday March 13th, from Fiumicino Airport to the Fiuggi Terme Hotel at
8.30 am - 10.30 am - 12.30 am - 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm
- on Sunday March 15th, from the Fiuggi Terme Hotel to Fiumicino Airport at
2.00 pm - 5.30 pm
(Please indicate in the registration form if you will use the shuttle service. Remember to send the registration form to luisaserra@kassiopeanews.com)
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Train:
- From the "Leonardo da Vinci" Rome-Fiumicino airport take the Leonardo Express train to Rome Termini station.
From Rome Termini Station: Rome-Naples railway line via Cassino-Caserta, to the FF.SS. of Anagni-Fiuggi Terme station.
From the Anagni-Fiuggi Terme railway station, take the Contral Anagni-Fiuggi bus.
Information and timetables on www.trenitalia.com
- From "G.B. Pastine“ Rome-Ciampino Airport take the light rail to Rome Termini station.
From Rome Termini station take the Rome-Naples railway line via Cassino-Caserta, to the FF.SS. of Anagni-Fiuggi Terme.
From the Anagni-Fiuggi Terme railway station, take the Contral Anagni-Fiuggi bus.
Information and timetables on www.trenitalia.com
Bus:
COTRAL bus from Rome to Fiuggi, direct travel on the A1 motorway; departure from Termini Station, corner Via Giolitti and arrival at the Fiuggi station.
Information and timetables on www.cotralspa.it
Fiuggi, as Rome, enjoys a typical Mediterranean climate. The average annual temperature is +12.6 ° C; in the coldest month, January, it stands at + 4.5 ° C, while that of the hottest month, August, is + 21.6 ° C. In the month of MARCH the average temperature is +10.2 ° C (max 12.2 ° C, min 4.2 ° C).
The wettest month is November (127 mm), the least rainy July (36 mm). Rainfall in the month of MARCH is on average around 70 mm.
In Italy you will find lots of people who speak English and are eager to practice with you. In Fiuggi, visited all year round by tourists, there should be no communication difficulty.
The Italian currency is the Euro, the single European currency, European currency whose official abbreviation is “EUR” = “E/€”. Exchange rates of participating countries are locked into common currency fluctuating against the dollar.
ATMS (known in Italy as bancomat) are widely available and most will accept cards belonging to the Visa, Master-Card, Amex, Cirrus and Maestro system. As a precaution, check that the appropriate logo is displayed on the ATM before inserting your card. Banks’ opening hours are 08:30 to 13:30 and 14:45 to 15:45, Monday through Friday.
You can change you money in banks, at post offices or at a cambio (exchange office). There are exchange boots at Stazione Termini as well as at Fiumicino and Ciampino airport. Always make sure you have your passport, or some form of photo ID, at hand when exchanging money.
Major cards such as Visa, MasterCard, Europecard, Cirrus, Amex are widely accepted.
A value-added tax of around 22%, known as IVA (Imposta di Valore Aggiunto), is included in the price of just about everything in Italy. Non-EU residents who spend more than € 155,00 at shops with a “Tax free for tourist” sticker are entitle to a tax rebate. You’ll need to fill in a form in the shop and get it stamped by customs as you leave Italy.
In Italy service, usually ranging around 10% of the bill, depending on the restaurant, is automatically added to the check and must be visible on the menu. Therefore, there is no need to tip. Normally, however, Italians just round up the bill by a few Euros. Please do not tip the taxi driver during taxi trips in Rome. Hotel staff, such a luggage handlers, happily accepts a small tip. Generally, no other public service workers expect tips. Also remember to take your receipt, even if paying cash. It is required by law as you must be able to prove that you paid and that the owner recorded it for tax purpose.
Electrical appliances in Italy work with 220 volts, AC.50 Hz and plugs conform to the European system of round pins with two holes.
Hotel Fiuggi Terme**** - Via Capo i Prati 9 – Fiuggi (FR), Italy
Registration is mandatory. Please fill the form present in the Sign Up page and send it, together with payment receipt to luisaserra@kassiopeanews.com
Participants must send their material to the secretariat of the conference (mariagraziapittiu@gmail.com) by March 9th, 2020.
We accept files in .PPTX format (2013-2016). The .PDF format conditions the resolution of the source file, so you are asked to save the presentation at a suitable resolution for a video projection (we recommend at least a resolution of 1920x1080 (horizontal).
The secretariat checks the file within 2 days, informing the supervisor of any computer compatibility problems. A copy of the presentation must be kept on USB support by the speaker for the entire duration of the conference.
Before the start of the work session, the supervisor checks the functionality of the file with the secretary.
The authors authorize without reservation the eventual publication of the presentation on the conference site at the end of the work.
The secretariat will work at the conference venue, on Friday March 13th from 3.00 pm to 5.30 pm, on Saturday March 14th from 8.00 am to 12.00 pm and from 3.00 pm to the end of the works and on Sunday March 15th from 9.00 am to 13.00 pm.
Participants will be accommodated at the FIUGGI TERME HOTEL until the available rooms are finished, and then at the ATLANTIC HOTEL **** (a few minutes’ walk from the conference venue).