Wetice 2004: Location & Travel

13th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE-2004)


Infos About Modena
Reaching Modena and The Worskshop Venue
Accommodation in Modena Reservation form IS available!
Eating in Modena
Shopping in Modena

About Modena

Modena is a nice city in the Padana plain, where people appreciate good food, culture and entertainment.
It is in the north of Italy, in Emilia Romagna, 40 kms west from Bologna.
There are about 178000 habitants (at 31/12/2002) . The main activities are agricolture (Modena is located in the Padania land) and industry. The most famous industries are the
Ferrari, and the Tetrapak. Modena is also famous for its vinegar and foods (see here).




Artistic and historical information
The monumental complex constituted by the Cathedral of San Geminiano and the Civic Tower, known locally as the Ghirlandina, faces on to the area known as Piazza Grande and is located along the axis of the historical Via Emilia, at the centre of the medieval zone of the city.
The Cathedral of Modena is one of the most important monuments of the Romanesque in Europe, both in its architecture and in its decorations, as we can now appreciate fully thanks to the recent restoration.
More information about Artistic Historical Resources in Modena

Maps
Map of the center of Modena
Vectorial map (PS format) of Modena with the position of the new faculty.
An An interactive zoomable map of Modena.

Further information about Modena:
from the local administration;
Interesting routes for visitors;

Other interesting towns
Carpi is 20 kms north from Modena and the biggest town in the province after Modena. It has one of the largest and beautiful square in Europe.
Nonantola, 10 kms north-west from Modena, is famous for its ancient abbey.
Sassuolo, is a 20 kms far province of Modena, famous for its tiles factories. It was the summer residence of the Estense Family.

How to Reach Modena

By Plane
The nearest airport is the Airport of Bologna
Guglielmo Marconi.
Please note that in the period 3rd May 2004 - 3rd July 2004 the airport is closed due to mantainance operations. All flights will be redirected to the airports in Forli and Rimini. To learn more about redirections please visit www.airport-bologna.it.

The airport of Forli' provides a connection to Modena by train. Here there are all train in the month of June, but please see the official italian train site since timetables can change:

From Forli' to Modena From Modena to Forli'
Forli' Modena Modena Forli'
09:5711:0310:5412:00
10:4512:4712:0413:19
12:4013:5414:0415:19
13:5715:0314:5416:00
14:4015:5416:0417:19
15:5716:5916:5318:28
16:4017:5418:5120:00
17:5719:0320:0421:19
18:4019:54  
19:3220:57  
19:5721:08  
20:4021:54  
The official site of the airport in Rimini can be found here. Another importan airport is the one placed at Milano Linate, which serves a lot of international flights.


By Train
Modena has direct connection by train to/from Milan, Zurich, Frankfurt, Paris.
You can go to www.raileurope.com to discover how to reach Modena by Train.
From the railway station, you can get to the University by bus number 2, getting off at the third stop. Similarly, to get to the railway station from the University, take the bus number 2 and get off at the fourth stop

The conference venue


The conference is held at the Faculty of Engineering at Modena, located in via Vignolese, 905.
You can reach the place by bus nr. 2 from the train station or the center of Modena (Largo Garbaldi), direction Polo Universitario. The travel lasts in about 15 minutes. The stop is via Araldi or the last stop (ask the driver for the "capolinea"). Buses are every 20 minutes.
Alternatevely, you can catch the bus nr. 9 and stop in via Vignolese near the "I gelsi" shopping center (with McDonalds and COOP), cross the street and go behind the shopping center.
You can also reach the faculty by foot, with a 30 minute walk.

Address of Conference venue:
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Dept. of Engineering Science
Room FA2A (on the last floor of the Faculty building)
Postal address: via Vignolese, 905 - 41100 Modena Italy

For further information and help please contact:
Giacomo Cabri
Tel.: +39-059-2056190
Fax: +39-059-2056126
Email: giacomo.cabri@unimo.it


Further information about how to reach the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Department of Engineering Sciences home page

Map of the faculty. Also in PDF version.


Suggested Hotels


The following is a list of suggested hotels.
See the reservation form for prices.
To make a reservation, download the
reservation form, fill it with your information and the preferred hotels, and fax it to:
Alessandra Gallo
Con due effe viaggi
fax +39-059-653257
BEFORE 19/05/2004


Eating in Modena

You have the unique opportunities of tasting the typical Emilian cooking, one of the best among Italian ones, and so, among the World ones.
Local dishes include tortellini, lasagne, zampone (pork), and many other that you will discover during your staying in Modena.
Near the conference venue there are some traditional restaurants, but also a McDonald, a Chinese restaurant and pizzerias (where you can eat Italian pizza).
You can find a list of restaurants
here.


Shopping in Modena

You can find a lot of interesting shops in Modena, especially in the center of the city. Typically, shops are open from 9 to 12.30 in the morning and from 15.30 to 19.30 in the afternoon, but there could be exceptions.
You can find also big stores.

Below there is a list of other typical places where you can find and buy characteristics products:

Links

Wetice 2004 home page
Submission Form