AIVELA

CONFERENCE AND COURSE VENUE

The Conference and the Short Course will be held in the Tower of the Faculty of Engineering, Polytecnic University of Marches (former University of Ancona), in a modern complex of buildings situated on a hill facing Ancona’s beautiful harbor.
The Conference will take place in Aula Magna while the Short Course will be held in Room 160/3.
In order to facilitate orientation in the Faculty, each floor is identified by its altitude above sea level.
The main entrance to the Tower is at level 160, floor #1, Aula Magna is at level 150, floor # -1, Room 160/3 is at level 160, floor #1, the same floor as the entrance to the Tower.
The Exhibition area and the Conference Registration desk are on the same floor as Aula Magna .

HOW TO REACH THE FACULTY
The venue can be reached by

• # 46 bus from Piazza Cavour - in the town centre (the bus runs every 10 mins and the journey takes about 15 mins) - click here to see map
• For participants lodging at Grand Hotel Palace and NH Jolly Hoteles: # 1/4 bus from Piazza Kennedy - near the Muse theatre, to the Faculty terminal in Tavernelle. From the Faculty terminal take bus # 46 to the Faculty main entrance gate. Bus # 1/4 runs every 7 mins and the journey takes about 20 mins - click here to see map

LUNCHES / COFFEE BREAKS
Lunches will be served in ‘Salone Polifunzionale’ at level 160, floor #1. Since lunch breaks last only approximately 1 hour and a half, participants are kindly asked to reach the luch area as soon as the last morning session ends.
Coffee breaks will take place in front of the Aula Magna.
Lunches and coffee breaks are included in the Conference Registration fee.
Lunches for accompanying persons must be booked and paid for directly at the Conference Registration Desk at least one day in advance.

ANCONA
Ancona is situated in the centre of Italy, in the Marches Region, on a beautiful harbor on the Adriatic Sea, 210 km northeast of Rome and 200 km southeast of Bologna.
It’s Greek name, Angon, means elbow. The promontory where Ancona was built, in fact, has the shape of an elbow.

TRAVELLING TO ANCONA
Ancona can be easily reached
by plane: "Raffaello Sanzio" airport in Falconara (10 Km from Ancona)
by train: Milano - Bologna - Lecce and Roma - Falconara railways
by car: Motorway A14 Bologna - Taranto: Ancona Nord and Ancona Sud exits
by ship: shipping lines from/ to Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Ciprus, Albania and Crete