University Residence "Colegi Mayor Rector Peset" & Botanical Garden University of Valencia (Spain), September  24 - 27, 2007

Welcome

Dear friends and colleagues:

You are invited to participate in the 9th ISCW. You will be very welcome and I wish you a most interesting, useful and pleasant time during the workshop and the excursion. Here is a detailed information about the gathering.

Eduardo Vicente.

My postal address:
Department of Microbiology and Ecology. Faculty of Biology.
Edificio de Investigación, planta 4. Campus de Burjassot.
University of Valencia
46100 - Burjassot (Valencia). SPAIN.

Workshop

The 9th International Subfossil Cladocera Workshop will be an informal meeting of people who works on subfossil remains of Cladocera in lake and wetland sediments and will follow the tradition of this workshops. The workshop will maintain the original informality (family feeling) and taxonomical and methodological orientation.

The main goal will be to discuss methodology and taxonomical questions, but also short presentations by participants about their work will be programmed. Attention will be played also to teach young scientist in the field of Cladocera subfossil and paleolimnology.

The father of the idea was Atte Korhola, who organized the first two workshops in Helsinki (1999 and 2000). Since then, the workshops have been held every year. The last was organized by Zuzana Horická in Prague (Czech Republic) last September 2006.

Chairs

The workshop will be chaired by Krystyna Szeroczynska (Institute of Geological Science, Polish Academy of Scienes, Warsaw, Poland), Kaarina Sarmaja-Korjonen (Department of Geology, University of Helsinki, Finland) & Maria Rosa Miracle (Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia, Spain).

Date

September 24 - 27, 2007 (excursion on Thursday 27).

Place

Sessions Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 for oral presentations at University Residence "Colegio Mayor Rector Peset".
Plaza del Horno San Nicolas 4, 46001-Valencia. http://www.uv.es/cmrpeset
A conference room with audiovisual equipment will be available in this building.

Session Wednesday 26 for laboratory, practical sessions and poster presentations at Botanical Garden.
Calle Quart 80. 46008-Valencia. http://www.jardibotanic.org
A laboratory with microscopes, stereoscopes and digital photograph projection for observation of specimens will be available. Space for posters display will be provided.

How to get...

By airplane.
Valencia is well communicated. Airport of Valencia has scheduled direct flies from and to Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, Romania and Switzerland. And with a stop in Barcelona or Madrid, you can fly from all the world.
Also it is possible to arrive to Barcelona by flight and reach Valencia by Euromed train (prize 40 euros, 3 hours trip). It is very easy and fast to go from Barcelona airport to Barcelona - Sants railway station by the airport train (each 30 minutes, prize 4 euros).

From the airport of Valencia to the workshop site, from 06:00 to 23:00 hours, the best is the Metro (subway train). One train each 7 minutes, stop in Xativa station (2 euros ticket cost, 20 minutes trip). From Xativa station to the workshop site, are 1000 m. Go to the exit C. Ribera. Walk by Calle Ribera, Plaza Ayuntamiento, Calle Maria Cristina, Plaza Mercado and Calle En Colom (please, not confuse with Calle Colon) to Plaza Horno San Nicolas. Time walking about 12 minutes. [See route in Google Maps Please note that the route in Google Maps is for car; walking you must go by the streets listed above]. Remember some words: Street is Calle or Carrer. Square is Plaza or Plaça. If your luggage is heavy, you can take a taxi (3 minutes trip, prize 4 euros) or take the bus number 7 at the bus stop near McDonalds (ticket 1,10 euros) and leave the bus at the first stop of Calle Quart - Plaza del Tossal. The workshop site is 2 minutes walking by Calle Caballeros and Plaza Esparto to Plaza Horno San Nicolas. But always is faster to go walking than in bus. 

By train.
You will arrive to Valencia Termino (Estació del Nord - Estación del Norte). You can reach the workshop site as explained above, exiting from rail station by main gate, go right (you can see the Arena) and cross the Xativa Street to the corner of McDonalds and then walk by Calle Ribera....

By Bus

By Car

The old City Centre of Valencia has very narrow streets and few places of parking. The best is to park in a public parking (prize 2 euros/hour, 20 euros/day). If you have a GPS go to "Plaza del Horno de San Nicolas" by the fastest route, that is the best and easy route. And the nearest parking is "Parking Oeste - Parcent", only 550 m driving by Calle Danzas, turn right to Calle Ercilla, turn right to Plaza Mercado, turn left to Calle Vieja de la Paja, left to Plaza de la Ciudad de Brujas and the entance of the parking is in the corner of this Plaza with Calle Calabazas, at the left, near the entrance of the Central Market of Valencia. [See route in Google Maps]  Walking from the parking to the workshop site is only 350 m, crossing beside the Market, to Plaza del Mercado and Calle En Colom (attention, not confuse with Calle Colon) . You can see the great colorful of the market, with fruits, vegetables, fish and seafood.

Another parking is located in Plaza de la Reina. only 650 driving by Calle Danzas, turn left to Calle Purisima and right to Calle Correjeria. Now you are in Plaza de la Reina. To enter to the parking drive to the spiral ramps turnig to the center of the square. [See route in Google Maps]  Returning to the workshop site is 4 minutes walking by Plaza Reina, Calle Correjeria, Calle Calatrava, Calle Cadirers and Plaza Horno San Nicolas.