Venue
Symposium venue (http://www.monteverita.org/splash.cfm)
The meeting will take place from 2nd -7th October 2011 in Ascona, Switzerland, hosted by the congress centre of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Monte Verità. Leading organizers are the Research Station Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil (ACW) and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL).
The Centro Stefano Franscini (CSF) is the congress centre of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH Zurich) and has been situated at Monte Verità since 1989. It is an ideal meeting place for all members of the international scientific community who wish to discuss the state of the art and new challenges in any field of research. The Monte Verità Foundation offers all on-site facilities to the CSF: various conference rooms for up to 110 people, a hotel with 25 single bedrooms and 27 (usually shared) double bedrooms, a restaurant with panoramic view of the lake of Lago Maggiore and the mountains.
The CSF is situated 15 minutes walking distance from the famous tourist village of Ascona above the Lago Maggiore. The conference centre is surrounded by a splendid park. The botanical garden on the famous isles of Brissago is not far.
Why Canton Ticino in Switzerland?
Canton Ticino is Switzerland's southernmost region, contains its lowest altitudes, has a considerably warmer climate than the rest of the country and is located on one of the main transit axes across the Alps.
In addition to this, extensive traffic of goods and people, global climate change, and urban sprawl make Ticino the Swiss Region with the highest neophyte species richness, including many invasive plants.
