The aim of the Congress will be to promote the exchange of information on the application of alternatives to laboratory animal procedures, that is replacement alternatives, reduction alternatives, and refinement alternatives, the Three R's of Russell & Burch, in biomedical research, education, and testing.
The scientific program will include plenary lectures, parallel platform sessions, workshops, point/counterpoint discussions, and poster and video demonstrations.
The planning scientific program will be strongly influenced by the First World Congress (Baltimore 1993) and the Second World Congress (Utrecht 1996). Nevertheless, early suggestions for innovative changes will be welcomed.
The Third World Congress will be held in the Palazzo della Cultura e dei Congressi, which is located at the heart of one of the most important trade fair complexes in Europe, but is only a few minutes away from the historic center of the city of Bologna.
Bologna's Guglielmo Marconi Airport has direct links within Europe with Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt, Lyon, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Munich, Nice, Oporto, Paris, Vienna, and Zurich, and with the rest of the world via the intercontinental airports of Milan and Rome.
The Eurocity train service links Bologna with more than 40 other European cities.
Bologna is a major intersection for Italy's extensive motorway network. Public transport within the city is excellent and includes a direct bus service from the airport to the Congress venue.
A Congress Banquet will be held in the Palazzo Albergati, a stately home made famous by a series of dramatic frescos typical of the Emilian School of the 17th and 18th centuries. People accompanying participants will be able to take day trips to Florence and Venice.
Further information can be obtained from European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Public Relations and Publications Unit, 21020 Ispra (VA), Italy, phone: +39 332 789889, fax: +39 332 782435, e-mail: prp@jrc.it
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