Dates
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
Progress in Photoacoustic &
Photothermal Phenomena
Focus on BIOMEDICAL, NANOSCALE, NDE, GAS SENSING and
THERMOPYSICAL PHENOMENA and TECHNOLOGIES
ERICE - SICILY: SEPTEMBER 24th - OCTOBER 1st, 2023
DIRECTORS OF THE COURSE: R. LI VOTI – A.
MANDELIS
DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL: A.N. CHESTER – D. WIERSMA
EMFCSC PRESIDENT: A. ZICHICHI
Sponsored by: • Italian Ministry of Education,
University and Scientific Research • Sicilian Regional
Government SIOF •
Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Scienze di Base
ed Applicate per l'Ingegneria
Location
The conference site is the Center Ettore Majorana in Erice - Sicily.
Erice is a historic town in the province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy. Erice is located on top of Mount Erice, at around 750m above sea level, overlooking the city of Trapani, the low western coast towards Marsala, the dramatic Punta del Saraceno and Capo san Vito to the north-east, and the Aegadian Islands on Sicily's north-western coast, providing spectacular views.
Map of Sicily
Panorama from Erice
Erice promenade
This Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture (EMCFSC) in Erice has a long tradition in the organization of summer Schools, Workshops and International Conferences, covering all branches of Science, as happens for example for the Gordon Research Conferences. EMCFSC headquarter is located in the old monastery S. Rocco. Lectures, seminars, poster sessions and all the workshop activities are given in the old monasteries of S. Rocco, S.Domenico and S. Francesco.
Workshop Sites
WEATHER
As Erice is situated on top of a mountain at an altitude of 750 metres, it is much cooler than at sea level. Even in Summer, the weather is rather unpredictable, temperature and weather conditions can suddenly change. A shining day can suddenly change in a cloudy day with fog (clouds being ‹‹trapped›› around the top of the mountain).
EXCURSIONS AND SOCIAL EVENTS
There is no extra charge for the social events or the
excursion of the Workshop. A keg of free Marsala wine is in
the Piano Room (the small central room under the arches at the
end of San Rocco Court) which may be used for informal meeting
after dinner. All activities at the San Rocco Institute must
stop before midnight. On the Arrivals day, there will be an
informal welcome party in the Piano Room after dinner;
Sicilian sweets and Marsala wine will be offered starting at
9:00 p.m.
For the excursion, the Bus pick up/drop off point will be the
large parking area at Viale Pepoli (Porta Trapani).
Some social events organized in 1st Workshop in Erice 2010
Poetic Touch & History
According to legend, Erice, son of Venus and Neptune, founded
a small town on top of a mountain (750 metres above sea level)
more than three thousand years ago. The founder of modern
history-i.e. the recording of events in a methodic and
chronological sequence as they really happened without
reference to mythical causes -the great Thucydides (-500
B.C.), writing about events connected with the conquest of
Troy (1183 B.C.) said: "After the fall of Troy some Trojans on
their escape from the Achaei on the sea towards the West
arrived in Sicily by boat and as they settled near the border
with the Sicanians all together they were named Elymi: their
towns were Segesta and Erice". This inspired Virgil to
describe the arrival of the Troyan royal family in Erice and
the burial of Anchise, by his son Enea, on the coast below
Erice. Homer (~1000 B.C.), Theocritus (~300 B.C.), Polybius
(~200 B.C.), Virgil (~50 B.C.), Horace (~20 B.C.), and others
have celebrated this magnificent spot in Sicily in their
poems.
During seven centuries (XIII-XIX) the town of Erice was under
the leadership of a local oligarchy, whose wisdom assured a
long period of cultural development and economic prosperity
which in turn gave rise to the many churches, monasteries and
private palaces which you see today.
In Erice you can admire the Castle of Venus, the Cyclopean
Walls (~800 B.C.) and the Gothic Cathedral (~1300 A.D.). Erice
is at present a mixture of ancient and medieval architecture.
Other masterpieces of ancient civilization are to be found in
the neighbourhood: at Motya (Phoenician), Segesta (Elymian),
and Selinunte (Greek). On the Aegadian Islands -theatre of the
decisive naval battle of the first Punic War (264-241B.C.)-
suggestive neolithic and paleolithic vestiges are still
visible: the grottoes of Favignana, the carvings and murals of
Levanzo. Splendid beaches are to be found at San Vito Lo Capo,
Scopello, and Comino, and a wild and rocky coast around Monte
Cofano: all at less than one hour's drive from Erice.
More information about the «Ettore Majorana» Foundation and
Centre for Scientific Culture can be found at the following
address: http://www.ccsem.infn.it
