General Information
International School of Nuclear Physics
43rd Course
Neutrinos in Cosmology,
in Astro-, Particle- and Nuclear Physics
Erice-Sicily
September 16-22, 2022
Registration
The registration is closed (deadline: July 15, 2022).
Fee
There will be a fee, which covers the local costs in Erice, including full board and lodging. Lunch and dinner will be provided at local restaurants. Drinks, beverages, and after-dinner coffee at the restaurants, telephone calls, personal laundry, etc. are not covered by the fee. The amount of the fee will be e-mailed to the participants after registration. Please note that each accompanying person has to pay the fee as well.
The fee can be paid by bank transfer or in cash.
- Bank transfer:
The details will be e-mailed to the participants in due course. It is advisable to make the transfer at least three weeks in advance in order to be sure that the payment arrived in Erice at the start of the School. Evidence of payment (a bank confirmation) must be provided at the time of registration in Erice. Otherwise the Centre will charge you in cash.
- Payment in cash
Payment in cash (Euros only) is possible. No credit cards are accepted!
Fellowships
There is a limited number of fellowships, fellowships, which cover part of the expenses.
Deadline: May 31, 2022.
Course Structure
Lectures and seminars will be held in the morning and late afternoon so as to leave plenty of time for free discussion, which is an important part of the Erice system. The early afternoons are reserved for private activities, special seminars, working groups, workshops, etc.
Presentations
Stand-alone capabilities for projecting powerpoint or pdf talks are available at the lecture hall. The presentations should preferentially be uploaded via memory stick. It is also possible to use personal laptops.
The talks will be made available online. There are no longer printed proceedings.
Excursion
We will have an excursion to the Cloister and the Duomo in Monreale with the largest and perhaps the nicest mosaics and with the tombs of the Normanic kings Roger I and II and William I and II. In Palermo we will visit the Palazzo dei Normani with the Capella Palatina. Those who like may also visit the catacombi of the Convento dei Cappuccini with about 2000 preserved dead persons standing and sitting. It is also a must to visit the Cathedral in Palermo with the tombs of Federico secondo (Frederick II; stupor mundi), Holy Roman Emperor and king of both of Sicilies (1194 to 1250) and his father Henry VI, his mother Constance and his first wife.
Local Information
Operations in Erice are managed by the Director of the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Mrs. Fiorella Ruggiu to whom you should refer for any specific needs
Mrs. Fiorella Ruggiu
Director of the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture
Via Gian Filippo Guarnotti 26
I-91016 Erice (Trapani)
ITALY
| Telephone: | +39 0923 869107 |
| Fax: | +39 0923 869226 |
| WWW: | http://www.ccsem.infn.it |
COVID-19 protection
As in 2021, we plan to have the 2022 Erice school in presence. There still may be health measures or restrictions, which are difficult to predict at the moment. We will try to keep you informed by announcements at this place and by e-mails to the registered participants.
Accommodation:
Participants will be accommodated in rooms with one or two beds, the majority with shower or bath. Local registration and room allocation is upon your arrival on September 16th in the office at "San Rocco", Via Guarnotta 26, Erice, see Map of Erice.
Transportation:
Busses will leave Palermo airport on September 16 in the afternoon. These busses will be arranged according to your arrival information (see below). Transportation from Trapani airport will be arranged as well.
If you arrive on a day other than September 16 you must come to Erice at your own cost. A taxi from Palermo airport costs about 120 to 180 Euros. (Ask for the price!)
Transportation to the airport on September 22 will be organized during your stay in Erice. Transportation on other days is in your own responsibility.
Room Reservation, Arrival and Departure Information
In order to reserve the rooms in Erice and to arrange the transportation from the airport in Palermo or Trapani to Erice, the "Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture" needs your exact arrival and departure information (times and flight numbers, accompanying persons, etc.). To provide this information we ask you to use the following web link, which will be open until August 20, 2022 (deadline).
If you do not fill in the form by August 20, 2022, we will assume that you do not come and cancel your participation.
Please, do not try to make reservations directly at hotels in Erice.
In recent years some participants got phone calls from persons claiming that they are responsible for hotel reservations in Erice and asking them for their credit card number. Please be aware that such calls are fraud! The accommodation is entirely arranged by the local staff of the "Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture" in Erice, based on the data you specified in the arrival and departure information form. They will never approach you directly (neither by phone nor by e-mail) and they will not ask you for your credit card number.
Internet Access
Several personal computers as well as WLAN access are available at the Centro Ettore Majorana.
Food and Restaurants in Erice
Upon arrival you will receive a badge, which allows you to have lunch and dinner in about 10 restaurants in Erice. A list of these restaurants will be provided by the Centro Ettore Majorana. Drinks and beverages are not included. Lunch is typically between 1 and 3 p.m. and dinner between 8 and 10 p.m.
Breakfast for the participants staying in one of the three former monasteries (San Rocco, San Francesco and San Domenico) is between 7:30 and 9:00 a.m in San Rocco. Participants in hotels have breakfast there.
During the whole day you can find food, coffee, fruits, and mineral water in the breakfast room in San Rocco.
How to reach Erice
By car there are two possibilities:
- drive along the Autostrada del Sole from Milan-Bologna-Florence-Rome-Naples-Villa San Giovanni (Reggio Calabria). Then take the ferry-boat from Villa San Giovanni to Messina and drive on to Erice (350 km from Messina);
- take the ferry-boat either from Genova or from Naples to Palermo, and then drive on to Erice (about 120 km from Palermo). The places on the ferry-boats from Genova or Naples should be booked in advance.
By train:
From Milan-Rome via Messina you can reach Trapani directly.
By plane:
To Palermo or Trapani airports. For arrival and departure at normal times (September 16th and September 22nd) the School will make local transport arrangements, see above.
Weather
In September the weather is pleasant in Erice, but cooler than in the rest of Sicily since it lies at 750 metres above sea level.
on 28.09.2022 at 14:56