1. 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MPGDs (MPGD2015) @ TRIESTE Hosting Institution: INFN S. Dalla Torre RD51 Coll. M. 5/2/2014

2. TRIESTE Trieste, ~200000 inhabitans, at the East boarder of Italy, is a harbour on the Adriatic see.

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4. Venue: several options, all downtown near the see side Everything within walking distance! we host 1-2 conferences per year (100-600 participants) with similar formula

5. Hotel accommodation –As a base-line we propose “3 stars” hotels in the town center, within walking distance from the Congress Centre. The cost of a single room can be about 80-120 € per night; sharing a double room can result in about 2/3 that cost per person. –In the center of the town, also three “4 stars” hotels are avilable (120-160 € per night) –No transportation to/from hotels is needed. Lunches –Catering service at the congress centre, ~ 20 € per meal Dinners –free for dinner; in the town center, and particularly near the see, they can found several restaurants with quite diversified offers (from pizza to a full fish dinners). NOTE: all cost are 2013 evaluation

6. Conference fee –350 € (reduced to 300 € for students) –the conference fee includes: Social programme coffee breaks (twice per day) workshop registration Hosting Institution: –INFN Other financial support will be requested to the major international laboratories.

7. How to reach Trieste –By plane, via Trieste International Airport with direct flights to and from Rome, Milan, Munich, Bari, Belgrade, London. A sharing call transfer service connects the airport to the town centre –By train; the railway station is in the town center. –By car; the motorway net is quite complete with connections to Venice, Vienna, Lubijana.

8. Social program It will include: –a welcome drink on the arrival evening –a banquet –a half a day excursion to Aquileia, to visit the relevant ruins of the Roman harbour installation and the mosaics of the early Christian era Every day, within walking distance from the conference venue and the hotels: –the town centre and its monuments –the Museums –the shopping area

9. DATES We propose October, with arrival on the evening of the second Sunday of the month (10 October 2015). On that day, the well- known regatta “Barcolana’, the largest in the Mediterranean area with respect to the number of participants (more than 1500 sailing boats each year), takes place. The Colleagues interest can arrive before to enjoy the event, while the hotel prices become cheaper already on the Sunday evening, when the regatta participants and the touristic public leave Trieste. Venice can be reached from Trieste in about 2 hours by train and the participants can consider spending in Venice either the week- end before or after the Conference.