ESF Research Conferences

ESF-COST High-Level Research Conference

NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Chaired by

CHAIR:

ProfessorK.C.NicolaouE-Mail

University of CaliforniaScripps Research InstituteDepartment of ChemistryLa JollaUnited States

http://www.scripps.edu

VICE-CHAIR:

ProfessorDieterSchinzerE-Mail

University of MagdeburgChemical EngineeringDepartment of ChemistryMagdeburgGermany

http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/ich/

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Bruno Botta, University "La Sapienza", IT - Veronique Gouverneur, Oxford University, UK - David Tanner, Technical University, DK - Nicolas Winssinger, Université Louis Pasteur, FR

Dates

18-23 May 2008

Location

Hotel Villa del Mare, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy
The conference will be held at Hotel Villa del Mare in Acquafredda di Maratea. Acquafredda di Maratea is situated on the coast, on the Gulf of Policastro, between Sapri and Maratea, about 200 km (125 miles) south of Naples and about 400 km (250 miles) south of Rome. Group transportation will be organised on arrival and departure days from and back to Sapri train station. 

Final Programme & List of Participants

Abstracts, Posters & Short Oral Contributions

There will be no short talks other than those listed on the final programme. All other abstracts are accepted for poster presentation unless the Conference Officer informs you otherwise.

Posters can be fixed with magnets and pins onto poster panels. Recommended poster size is 100 cm high x 100 cm wide. Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance.

Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide

Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, registration & fee payments, accommodation, travel reimbursements...) is available from the Practical Information Guide (above under Location Information). Please read it fully and carefully...

GROUP TRANSPORTATION

Bus departure times – Sunday 18 May: from 15.00 to 22.45

All major trains arriving in Sapri from Rome/ Naples will be met by bus to transfer you the 8 km to the Hotel. This transfer service will operate free of charge so you are encouraged to take advantage of it. The buses will have a sign in the window indicating “ESF-COST High-Level Research Conferences” for easy recognition.

Group transportation back to Sapri train station will be arranged in a similar way for the departure day.

Bus departure times – Friday 23 May: after breakfast

ACCOMMODATION
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will have to share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee should be paid to the ESF when registering. The supplement for single should be paid to the venue directly. Should you wish to be put on the waiting list for single accommodation, please contact the Ms Zuzana Vercinska.

Registration Form

All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 20 April 2008

Conference Fees

ESF Contact

Ms.ZuzanaVercinskaE-Mail

COST OfficeBrusselsBelgium

Phone: +32 (0)2 533 3805
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 08-266 in any correspondence.

Partnership

With Support from

• Bayer AG
• Bayer HealthCare
• Bayer Schering Pharma
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Eli Lilly and Company
• F. Hoffman - La Roche Ltd.
• GlaxoSmithKline R&D
• Indena S.p.A.
• Merck Darmstadt
• MOLISA
• Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
• Sanofi-Aventis
• Schering-Plough Research Institute
• Solvay Pharmaceutical

Links of Interest

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