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The 22nd GEC meeting will be organised by the Department STEBICEF (Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies) of the University of Palermo, in collaboration with the CIRITA (Interdepartmental Research Center on Technology-Environment Interaction) of the same University. The lectures and poster presentations will be held in the Botanical Garden which belongs to the same University (address: via Lincoln 2, Palermo - details of how to reach the venue will be provided in the second circular).

Post-conference field trip 1
Presentations will be followed by a one day field trip with charophytes collection and identification on the next day. The excursion is planned in the Nature Reserve “Lago Preola e Gorghi Tondi” (Trapani province, W-Sicily), an interesting karst area with several small lakes not far from the coast. Charophytes determination will be arranged in one of the laboratories of our Department.
Costs of the field trip are depending on the number of participants and will be given in the next circular. Thus, your pre-registration will help us in estimating the costs, which are expected not to exceed 60 € (including lunch).

Post-conference field trip 2
A second field trip to the Nebrodi Mountains (a Regional Park in NE-Sicily) could be organized depending on the interest of the participants. In detail, we should visit a small mountain lake in the most forested area of the island, in a beech-forest at about 1400 m a.s.l. (about 150 km from Palermo). We should leave Palermo on Thursday 20 in the afternoon and spend one night in the Park. On Friday 21, after the field trip, we will drive back to Palermo (arrival to Palermo approx. 18:00). The price for this second field trip will be also given in the next circular; we will try to keep it below 120 € (incl. transports, dinner, night and packed lunch).