AAVIS-ICOPF-IPFDS
Joint Scientific Meeting 2008
Westin Excelsior Hotel, Venice Lido, Italy
October 2nd-4th 2008
PreConference Workshops Sep 30 - Oct 1
University of Padua, Italy
SOCIAL PROGRAM
Welcome
Cocktail Party
Join
us at the Welcome Cocktail Party which is included in the registration fee.
Afterwards you may choose to relax in the hotel or travel into Venice for a
private dinner. A number of restaurants can be recommended in Venice Lido or the
City center. Contact the conference organizers for further information.
Gala Dinner
The
Sala Stucchi with its splendid stucco decorations, magnificent halls, ballrooms
and pinnacled windows overlooking the beach will be a memorable setting for the
Gala Dinner.
Italy
is famous for food and wine and the Gala Dinner will not disappoint you. The
social highlight of the meeting will leave a memory of Venice and its’ cuisine
that will draw you back to Italy in the years to come.
Venice Sightseeing
Cruise
The
final event of the meeting is the Sightseeing Cruise through the Grand Canal and
the famous sights of this amazing city. Departing immediately after lunch the
sight seeing cruise will last just one hour before including a transfer by boat
to the Marco Polo Airport. A fitting way to depart Venice after a wonderful
meeting in the City of Canals the sightseeing cruise removes any anxiety of
getting to the airport for your flight home.
Partners Program
Interesting
tours and activities are available for delegates, partners and their families.
Further details are available on the conference website and include the
following:
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St Marks Square, the Doges Palace
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Museums and Art Gallery Tours
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Excursion to Murano Island by
private boat including glass factory visit
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Gondola tours
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Shopping excursions
Anatomy Museum
A highlight of the visit to Padua is a tour of the famous 16th Century anatomy room. Contact the organising secretariat to ensure that you can visit the anatomy museum as part of your Italian experience.
In 1594 the Anatomical Theatre was built in the University of Padua, for use by the great anatomist Fabricius ab Acquapendente (1533-1619). This is an accurate scale model of the theatre, which still exists in the old medical buildings of the University of Padua. For much of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries this was the most famous medical school in the world. The theatre could hold as many as 300 people, none of them further than 30 feet from the dissecting table. In 1600 the Englishman William Harvey (1578-1657) went from Cambridge to Padua as a medical student. He would certainly have stood in the theatre watching the master supervise the dissections. This practical approach to anatomy was well established in the medical curriculum of the time. It was excellent preparation for Harvey’s experimental work on the circulation of the blood published in 1628.
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For further information contact the Organising Secretariat:
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