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PRESIDENT

PROF. ANDREA RISALITI

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

PROF. UMBERTO BACCARANI (Udine, IT)DR. CARLA CEDOLINI (Udine, IT)DR. DARIO LORENZIN (Udine, IT)

DR. DOMENICO MONTANARO (Udine, IT)PROF. ALBERTO PASQUALUCCI (Dubai, UAE)

DR. ROBERTO PERESSUTTI (Udine, IT)PROF. GIOVANNI TERROSU (Udine, IT)

TWINNINGCATALOGNA FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIAFOR ORGAN DONATION

PRESIDENT

PROF. ANDREA RISALITI

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

PROF. UMBERTO BACCARANI (Udine, IT)DR. CARLA CEDOLINI (Udine, IT)DR. DARIO LORENZIN (Udine, IT)

DR. DOMENICO MONTANARO (Udine, IT)PROF. ALBERTO PASQUALUCCI (Dubai, UAE)

DR. ROBERTO PERESSUTTI (Udine, IT)PROF. GIOVANNI TERROSU (Udine, IT)

WITH AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT BY:

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PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS:

Andrea Risaliti Chief of General SurgeryDirector of Liver, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation ProgramAcademic Hospital SMMUniversity of Udine

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF:

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UNIVERSITÀDEGLI STUDI DI UDINE ÕT

UTILIZZO MARCHIO(LOGO UNIVERSITÀ)

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DI UDINE

INTRODUCTIONWe have reached the third edition and for the third time Friuli hosts our meeting, no longer in the historic setting of the Castle of Udine, than his hill stands to dominate the city below, but in the fascinating Island of the Sun, Grado, which in turn dominates the canals and the sea routes of the same name lagoon.However, a thin thread links these two cities, if, as is said, the populations, fleeing from the invasion of the Huns, found their own refuge on the island of Grado, while the barbarian hordes of Attila were building the hill of Udine with the earth shown in their helmets to better assist the sack of Aquileia.It was 452 AD. Not only that, Grado boasts a consolidated medical tradition, since in 1237 a terrible pestilence was defeated and the statue of the Madonna in thanksgiving was taken to the Shrine of the small island of Barbana, in that time destinated for the quarantine of the sick.Still today, Grado excels for innovative thermal and rehabilitation treatments, which make it a center of attraction in the Central European area.We are certainly in a hospitable and culturally fertile land that cannot betray our expectations and therefore deserves a high value scientific response. It is not my intention here to dwell on a summary of the conference themes, already reported in a dense, interesting and I hope engaging program; I would instead like to focus on the men and the women they wanted to honor us with their presence, whose international value is well known.I believe that Grado will be able to reward everyone, including delegations geographically more distant, but united by the same desire of knowledge and progress.

INTRODUZIONESiamo giunti alla terza edizione e per la terza volta il Friuli ospita il nostro incontro, non più nella storica cornice del Castello di Udine, che dalla sua collina si erge a dominare la città sottostante, ma nella affascinante Isola del Sole, Grado, che a sua volta domina i canali e le vie al mare della omonima laguna. Tuttavia un sottile filo conduttore lega queste due città, se, come si narra, le popolazioni in fuga dall’invasione degli Unni trovarono rifugio proprio nell’isola di Grado, mentre le orde barbariche di Attila edificavano il colle di Udine con la terra riportata nei loro elmi per meglio assistere al sacco di Aquileia. Era il 452 D.C. Non solo, Grado vanta una consolidata tradizione medica, da quando nel 1237 fu sconfitta una terribile pestilenza e la statua della Madonna in segno di ringraziamento fu portata nel Santuario della piccola isola di Barbana, allora destinata alla quarantena degli ammalati. Ancor oggi Grado primeggia per cure termali e riabilitative innovative, che ne fanno un centro di attrazione nell’area mitteleuropea.Ci troviamo senza dubbio in una terra ospitale e culturalmente fertile che non può tradire le nostre aspettative e che merita dunque una risposta di alto valore scientifico. Non è mia intenzione qui dilungarmi in una sintesi dei temi congressuali, già riportati in un programma denso, interessante e spero coinvolgente; vorrei invece porre l’attenzione sugli uomini e donne che hanno voluto onorarci con il loro intervento, il cui valore a livello internazionale è ben conosciuto. Credo che Grado saprà ricompensare tutti, anche le delegazioni geograficamente più lontane, ma accomunate dallo stesso desiderio di conoscenza e progresso.

FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA AND CATALOGNA TWO EUROPEAN REGIONS FOR ORGAN DONATION

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 Palazzo Dei Congressi – graDo

08.30 a.m. 09.15 a.m.

OPENING AND INTRO

ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION: TWO PERSPECTIVES ON ORGAN DONATION

Chairmen: F. Samani (Udine, IT), U. Lucangelo (Trieste, IT)

J. L. Escalante (Madrid, ES)The Spanish ModelE. Oliver (Barcelona, ES)The Catalan Model M. Cardillo (Milan, IT)The Italian ModelR. Peressutti (Udine, IT)FVG regional OPO model

Coffee break

09.15 a.m.10.45 a.m.

EXPANDING DONOR POOL: THE NEW PERSPECTIVES OF ORGAN PROCUREMENT

Chairmen:T. Bove (Udine, IT), U. Livi (Udine, IT), G. Boscutti (Udine, IT)

P. Geraci (Pavia, IT) Organ Donation After “Cardiac Death” in ItalyJ. L. Escalante (Madrid, ES)Organ Donation After “Cardiac Death” in Spain E. Oliver (Barcelona, ES)Organ Donation After “Cardiac Death” In Cataluna

11.00 a.m.12.00 p.m.

IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION

Chairmen:T. Pellis (Pordenone, IT), M. Saltarini (Gorizia, IT), A. Risaliti (Udine, IT)

Education Resources and Tools to Promote Organ and Tissue DonationThe Role of Volunteer Associations in CatalunaD. Montanaro (Udine, IT)The Role of Volunteer Associations in Friuli Venezia Giulia

12.00 p.m.01.00 p.m.

Satellite symposium organized by CRT-FVG and ADO FVG

10.45 a.m.

ITALIAN SCHOOL OF BREAST SURGERY SOCIETA’ TRIVENETA DI CHIRURGIA

October 2nd, 2019 HoT CHili ToPiCs in BreasT CanCer THeraPY

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 Palazzo Dei Congressi – graDo

SESSION I - SURGICAL INNOVATIONS

Chairmen:C. Cedolini (Udine, IT), P. C. Parodi (Udine, IT)

03.00 p.m. C. Mariotti (Ancona, IT)Novel Applications of Robotic Surgery in Senology

03.15 p.m.P. Sorrentino (San Donà di Piave, IT)Treatment Advances Against Local Recurrences

03.30 p.m.P. Burelli (Treviso, IT)Breast Reconstruction Timing After Mastectomy

03.45 p.m.G. P. Pollini (Verona, IT)Decision Making Criteria for Conservative Mastectomy

Discussion on “surgical innovations”Discussant: M. Bortul (Trieste, IT)

Presentation: A. Risaliti (Udine, IT)

04.15 p.m.LECTURE: Uptodate in Oncoplastic Breast SurgeyH. Rehman (Jeddah, KSA)

04.35 p.m.LECTURE: Breast Unit Experience in the Oncological Web of Veneto RegionP. Conte (Padua, IT)

Coffee break

HOW WE PROMOTE ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION IN REGIONE FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA

Chairmen:A. De Monte (Udine, IT) F. Bassi (Udine, IT)

Educating Young People About Organ Donation, Round Table with Volunteer Associations ACTI, ANED, ADO, AIDO, AITF, ATF

Light lunch

01.00 p.m.02.00 p.m.

02.00 p.m.

04.50 p.m.

SESSION II - NEW CHALLENGES

Chairmen:P. Carcoforo (Ferrara, IT), S. Massarut (Aviano, IT)

05.00 p.m. F. Puglisi (Aviano, IT)How to Manage the Axillary Lymph Nodes in Neoadjuvant Setting

05.15 p.m.M. Trovò (Udine, IT)New Perspectives of Breast Radiation Therapy

05.30 p.m.T. Saibene (Padua, IT)Integrated Treatment in the Case of Rare Breast Cancer Hystotypes

05.45 p.m.C. Di Loreto (Udine, IT)Gene Profiling Tests and Clinical Impact

Discussant: S. Duodeci (Cittadella, IT)

Presentation: C. Cedolini (Udine, IT)

06.00 p.m.LECTURE: Novel Indications and Limits of Breast Conservative SurgeryS. Folli (Milan, IT)

07.00 p.m.Opening Authorities Welcome

HPB SURGERY: UDINE MEETS THE EXPERTS SOCIETA’ TRIVENETA DI CHIRURGIA

October 3rd, 2019 liVer TransPlanTaTion 3.0

SESSION I - LIVER ONCOLOGY

President: P. Toniutto (Udine, IT)

Chairmen:M. Rossi (Rome, IT), S. Agnes (Rome, IT)

08.30 a.m. Presentation: A. Risaliti (Udine, IT) LECTURE: Changing Scenarios in Liver SurgeryM. Abu Hilal (Southampton, UK)

08.50 a.m. L. Aldrighetti (Milan, IT)HCC & CCA: Laparoscopic Resection

09.05 a.m. G. Ettorre (Rome, IT)HCC & CCA: Open Resection

09.20 a.m. U. Cillo (Padua, IT)HCC & CCA: Resect or Transplant

09.35 a.m. M. Sponza (Udine, IT)Lights & Shadows of Radioembolization for Liver Tumors

Discussant: N. Heaton (London, UK), R. Romagnoli (Turin, IT)

09.50 a.m. Presentation: U. Baccarani (Udine, IT)

LECTURE: Liver Transplantation and HCC: Can and Should We Do More and Better? J. Lerut (Bruxelles, B)

10.10 a.m. Presentation: M. Vivarelli (Ancona, IT)

LECTURE: DCD and Machine Perfusion in UK N. Heaton (London, UK)

10.45 a.m. Coffee Break

Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 auDiTorium Biagio marin – graDo

SESSION II - TECHNICAL INNOVATION IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

President: P. Berloco (Rome, IT)

Chairmen:M. Cardillo (Milan, IT), L. Lupo (Bari, IT)

11.00 a.m. LECTURE: DCD and Machine Perfusion in ItalyL. De Carlis (Milan, IT)

11.15 a.m. C. Quintini (Cleveland, US)Confessions of a Maximally Invasive Surgeon: Laparoscopic Hepatectomies Made Easy

11.30 a.m. E. Cozzi (Padua, IT)New Insight in Xenotransplantation

11.45 a.m. U. Cillo (Padua, IT)De Novo Tumor Implication for Immunosuppression Tolerance and Long Term Survival

Discussant: J. Lerut (Bruxelles, B), W. Santaniello (Naples, IT)

12.00 p.m. Presentation: A. Risaliti (Udine, IT)

LECTURE: How to Train a HPB Surgeon M. Malagò (London, UK)

12.20 p.m.Invited Comment: What’s in ItalyM. Rossi (Rome, IT), F. Calise (Naples, IT)

12.40 p.m. Presentation: A. Risaliti (Udine, IT)

LECTURE: Living Donor Liver Transplantation: My First Quarter Century C. Miller (Cleveland, US)

LUNCH SESSION IMMUNOSUPPRESSION & TRANSPLANT: THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGIST

Chairmen: U. Baccarani (Udine, IT), P. Viale (Bologna, IT)

01.30 p.m.M. Baraldo (Udine, IT) An upgrade of the guidelines of immunosuppression therapeutic drug monitoring

01.45 p.m.P. G. Cojutti (Udine, IT) Antimycotic and immunosuppressive therapy in the transplanted patient:challenges and solutions.

02.00 p.m. Discussion on immunosuppression & transplant

SESSION III - TRANSPLANTATION IN MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES

02.30 p.m.Presentation: M. Malagò (London, UK) LECTURE: Liver Transplantation in KSA D. Broering (Ryad, KSA)

02.50 p.m.F. O. Baslaib (Dubai, UAE), Y. Kazim (Dubai, UAE), Y. M. Mansour (Dubai, UAE)Invited Comment: New Perspectives in Transplantation in UAE

SESSION IV - AWARD SOCIETÀ TRIVENETA DI CHIRURGIA UNDER40SELECTED ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY UNDER40

03.00 p.m.

Scientific Committee: A. Guglielmi (Verona, IT) G. Tirone (Trento, IT) R. Merenda (Venice, IT)

03.50 p.m. Coffee break

Cine Clinic & Case Discussion

President: F. Calise (Naples, IT)

Chairmen:S. Gruttadauria (Palermo, IT), M. Massani (Treviso, IT)

04.00 p.m.Ex situ extended left hepatectomy for cholangiocarcinomaP. Muiesan (Florence, IT)

04.10 p.m.Major hepatectomy by means of linear staplersD. Lorenzin (Udine, IT)

04.20 p.m.Totally mini-invasive ALPPS A. Avolio (Rome, IT)

04.30 p.m.True life: old and new of biliary treeG. Grazi (Rome, IT)

04.40 p.m.Robotic Liver ResectionF. Di Benedetto (Modena, IT)

04.50 p.m.Two stage hepatectomyG. Ercolani (Forlì, IT)

05.00 p.m.Laparoscopic Hepatectomy for Living Donor Liver TransplantationM. Spada (Rome, IT)

05.10 p.m.Five operations for stage V liver trauma. What is the best strategy?F. di Francesco (Palermo, IT)

05.20 p.m.Major liver blunt trauma: how and whenD. Pinelli (Bergamo, IT)

05.30 p.m.Robotic left hepatectomy for a giant liver hemangiomaA. Brolese (Trento, IT)

05.40 p.m.Donor-Recipient matching: size matterG. Zanus (Treviso, IT)

HPB SURGERY: UDINE MEETS THE EXPERTS SOCIETA’ TRIVENETA DI CHIRURGIA

October 4th, 2019 surgerY oF ColoreCTal CanCer 3.0

SESSION I - HOT TOPICS IN ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE RECTUM

President: A. Guglielmi (Verona, IT)

Chairmen:R. Petri (Udine, IT), R. Merenda (Venice, IT)

08.30 a.m. Presentation: A. Risaliti (Udine, IT) LECTURE: Urological Involvements in Rectal Surgery F. Dal Moro (Udine, IT)

08.50 a.m. S. Pucciarelli (Padua, IT)Safety of local treatment: When

09.05 a.m. A. Arezzo (Turin, IT)Safety of Local Treatment: How

09.20 a.m. V. Fiscon (Cittadella, IT)Safety of Open and Laparoscopic Anterior Resection

09.35 a.m. A. Spinelli (Milan, IT); M. Sacchi (Milan, IT)TATME

09.50 a.m. A. Infantino (San Vito al Tagliamento, IT)Is There Still Space for Miles?

10.05 a.m. P. Ubiali (Pordenone, IT)Anastomotic Fistulas: Prevention Before, During and After

Discussant: G. Anania (Ferrara, IT), P. Callegari (Oderzo, IT), F. De Marchi (Vicenza, IT), V. Durastante (Tolmezzo, IT), D. Snidero (San Daniele, IT)

10.30 a.m. Coffee Break

Friday, October 4th, 2019 auDiTorium Biagio marin – graDo

SESSION II - HOT TOPICS IN ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE COLON

President: M. Frego (Padua, IT)

Chairmen: N. De Manzini (Trieste, IT), L. Losacco (Rovigo, IT)

10.45 a.m.Presentation: G. Fasola (Udine, IT) LECTURE: Metastatic Colon Cancer. When Surgery and When Wait S. Cascinu (Modena, IT)

11.05 a.m.G. Baldazzi (Sesto San Giovanni, IT)Green Indocyanine: Prevention of Complications?

11.20 a.m.F. Tollini (Legnago, IT), E. Laterza (Legnago, IT)Surgical Complications: Treatment and Outcome

11.35 a.m.G. Tirone (Trento, IT)Emergency of Colon Cancer: When and How Surgery

11.50 a.m.A. Balani (Gorizia-Monfalcone, IT)Salvage Surgery After Complication

Discussant: M. Rigamonti (Cles), G. Sitzmann (Brunico, IT), M. Sorrentino (Latisana-Palmanova, IT), A. Turoldo (Trieste, IT)

SESSION III - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: BACTERIA

President: S. Brusaferro (Udine, IT)

Chairmen: G. Terrosu (Udine, IT), U. Baccarani (Udine, IT)

12.15 p.m.P. Viale (Bologna, IT)Antimicrobial Therapy & Colorectal Surgery

12.30 p.m.M. Tavio (Ancona, IT)Anal Dyplasia in HIV Infected Patients

12.45 p.m.F. Ficari (Florence, IT)ERAS and Immune Nutritional Support in Colorectal Surgery

01.30 p.m. Lunch

SESSION IV - COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES (CRLM)

President: J. Lerut (Bruxelles, B)

Chairmen: A. Risaliti (Udine, IT), U. Tedeschi (Verona, IT)

02.30 p.m.Presentation: D. LorenzinLECTURE: Surgical Strategy in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma M. Büchler (Heidelberg, DE)

03.00 p.m.I. Ahmed (Aberdeen, UK)How I Do It in Scotland

03.15 p.m.A. Guglielmi (Verona, IT)How I Do It: Open

03.30 p.m.A. Ferrero (Turin, IT)How I Do It: Laparoscopy

03.45 p.m.M. Vivarelli (Ancona, IT)ALPSS & CRLM

04.00 p.m.S. Nadalin (Tuebingen, DE)Liver Transplantation for CRLM in Germany

04.15 p.m.S. Dueland (Oslo, N)Liver Transplantation for CRLM in Norway

04.30 p.m.V. Mazzaferro (Milan, IT)Liver Transplantation for CRLM. COLT: the Italian Study

04.45 p.m. CME Questionnaire

05.00 p.m. Coffee break

FACULTY LIST

Abu Hilal Mohammed, Southampton,UKAgnes Salvatore, Rome, ITAhmed Irfan, Aberdeen, UKAldrighetti Luca, Milan, ITAnania Gabriele, Ferrara, ITArezzo Alberto, Turin, ITAvolio Alfonso, Rome, ITBaccarani Umberto, Udine, IT Balani Alessandro, Gorizia-Monfalcone, ITBaldazzi Gianandrea, Milan, IT Baraldo Massimo, Udine, ITBaslaib Fahad Omar, Dubai, UAEBassi Flavio, Udine, ITBerloco Pasquale, Rome, ITBortul Marina, Trieste, ITBoscutti Giuliano, Udine, ITBove Tiziana,Udine, IT

Broering Dieter, Ryad, KSABrolese Alberto, Trento, ITBrusaferro Silvio, Udine, IT Büchler Markus, Heiderberg, DEBurelli Paolo, Treviso, ITCalise Fulvio, Naples, ITCallegari Paolo, Oderzo, ITCarcoforo Paolo, Ferrara, ITCardillo Massimo, Milan, ITCascinu Stefano, Modena, ITCedolini Carla, Udine, ITCillo Umberto, Padua, ITCojutti Pier Giorgio,Udine, ITConte Pierfranco, Padua, ITCozzi Emanuele, Padua, ITDal Moro Fabrizio, Udine, ITDe Carlis Luciano, Milan, IT

FACULTY LIST

De Manzini Nicolò, Trieste, ITDe Marchi Francesco, Vicenza, ITDe Monte Amato,Udine, ITDi Benedetto Fabrizio, Modena, ITDi Francesco Fabrizio, Palermo, ITDi Loreto Carla, Udine, ITDueland Svein, Oslo, N Duodeci Stefano, Cittadella ,ITDurastante Vittorio, Tolmezzo, ITErcolani Giorgio, Forlì, ITEscalante Josè Luis, Madrid, ESEttorre Giuseppe, Rome, ITFasola Giampiero, Udine, IT Ferrero Alessandro, Turin, IT Ficari Ferdinando, Florence, ITFiscon Valentino, Cittadella, ITFolli Secondo, Milan, IT

Frego Mauro, Padua, ITGeraci PaoloPavia, ITGrazi Gianluca, Rome, ITGruttadauria Salvatore, Palermo, ITGuglielmi Alfredo Verona, IT Heaton Nigel, London, UKInfantino Aldo, San Vito al Tagliamento, ITKazim Younis, Dubai, UAELaterza Ernesto, Legnago, IT Lerut Jan, Bruxelles, B Livi Ugolino,Udine, ITLorenzin Dario, Udine, ITLosacco Luigi, Rovigo, ITLucangelo Umberto, Trieste, ITLupo Luigi, Bari, ITMalagò Massimo, London, UKMansour Yousef Mohamed, Dubai, UAE

Mariotti Carlo, Ancona, ITMassani Marco, Treviso, ITMassarut Samuele, Aviano, ITMazzaferro Vincenzo, Milan, ITMerenda Roberto, Venice, ITMiller Charles, Cleveland, USMontanaro Domenico,Udine, ITMuiesan Paolo, Florence, ITNadalin Silvio, Tuebingen, DEOliver Eva,Barcelona, ESParodi Pier Camillo, Udine, ITPasqualucci Alberto, Dubai, UAEPellis Tommaso,Pordenone, ITPeressutti Roberto,Udine, ITPetri Roberto, Udine, ITPinelli Domenico, Bergamo, ITPollini Giovanni Paolo, Verona, IT

Pucciarelli Salvatore, Padua, ITPuglisi Fabio, Aviano, ITQuintini Cristiano, Cleveland, USRehman Habib, Jeddah, KSARigamonti Marco, Cles, ITRisaliti Andrea, Udine, ITRomagnoli Renato, Turin, ITRossi Massimo, Rome, ITSacchi Matteo,Milan, ITSaibene Tania,Padua, ITSaltarini Massimiliano,Gorizia, ITSamani Fabio,Udine, ITSantaniello Walter, Naples, ITSitzmann Gunther, Brunico, IT Snidero Daniele, San Daniele, ITSorrentino Mario, Latisana-Palmanova, ITSorrentino Paolo, San Donà di Piave, IT

FACULTY LIST

Spada Marco, Rome, ITSpinelli Antonino, Milan, ITSponza Massimo, Udine, ITTavio Marcello, Ancona, ITTedeschi Umberto, Verona, IT Terrosu Giovanni, Udine, IT Tirone Giuseppe, Trento, ITTollini Filippo, Legnago, IT

Toniutto Pierluigi, Udine, ITTrovò Marco, Udine, ITTuroldo Angelo, Trieste, IT Ubiali Paolo, Pordenone, ITViale Pierluigi, Bologna, ITVivarelli Marco, Ancona, ITZanus Giacomo, Treviso, IT

FACULTY LIST

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONGRESS VENUEPalazzo dei Congressi - Viale Italia, 2 - Grado (GO)Auditorium “Biagio Marin” - Via Marchesini, 37 - Grado (GO)

SECRETARIAT DURING THE MEETINGThe Secretariat will be open at the following times:Palazzo dei congressi: Wednesday, October 2nd from 08.30 a.m. to 07.00 p.m.Auditorium “Biagio Marin”: Thursday, October 3rd from 07.30 a.m. to 05.40 p.m. Friday, October 4th from 07.30 a.m. to 05.00 p.m.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGEThe official language of the Meeting will be English.

ITALIAN CME ACCREDITATIONThe Meeting has obtained 17.5 CME Credits for Italian Physicians.The CME credits will be recognized only after full attendance of all sessions and a minimum score of 75% of correct answers in the learning questionnaires.Completion of the Registration Form, the Learning & Assessment questionnaires are compulsory.

REGISTRATIONSThe registration is free of charge.Please confirm your participation to the Organizing Secretariat:Contatto S.r.l.Phone: +39 011 715210 / 712393 - Fax: +39 011 726115E-mail: info@contatto.tv

TECHNICAL FACILITIESA Slide Center with PCs (Windows and Macintosh operating systems) will be available for Speakers to preview and finalize their presentations.Speakers are kindly requested to submit their presentations on USB flash drive, CD or DVD to the Slide Center technicians at least one hour before their talks.

LUNCHES AND COFFEE BREAKSLunches and coffee breaks will be provided within the conference premises..FONDAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE MENARINISymposium n. 432

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