TELMED 2022 Travel & News
NEWS
IEEE PerCom 2022 and TELMED 2022 going fully virtual
January 13, 2022
Unfortunately, the persistent restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic do not allow any alternative than running PerCom 2022 as a fully virtual event, including all its co-located events.
Detailed logistics information will be provided in the coming days on the PerCom website. Stay tuned!
VENUE
The TELMED workshop will be held in conjunction with 2022 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2022) that will be a hybrid physical/virtual event. The boundary between the two modalities will be defined based on the pandemic conditions worldwide.
The workshop will be hosted in Pisa at the CNR (Council of National Research) campus, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1, Pisa.
See the CNR campus in Google Maps
TRAVEL
Pisa is a medium town (100k residents) and distances can be easily visited on foot. Moreover, there is a public bus service covering all the town. The easiest way to find bus connections is to explore Google Maps, that embeds bus stops and bus line indications.
By plane
The Galileo Galilei International Airport of Pisa has daily connections with Milan, Rome, London, Paris and many other Italian and European cities. Alitalia and many low-cost airlines have daily flights to and from Pisa Airport.
From the airport, you can reach the CNR campus by:
- Taxi (recommended): in about 20 minutes.
- Bus "LAM ROSSA" line reaches the Pisa Central Train Station in about 15 minutes (for directions from the station to CNR, see the "By Train" section).
By car
You can plan your route with Google Maps with the following address
via G. Moruzzi 1
56124 Pisa, Italy
Parking is available.
By train
Pisa's Central Train Station is connected to major cities in Italy and Europe by way of the Florence, Turin-Genoa, and Rome routes.
From the station, the CNR campus can be reached by:
- Taxi: in about 15 minutes
- Bus "LAM VERDE" line, "Pratale" direction. The stop is "Volpi-CNR". When you get off the bus, walk down towards the little roundabout, turn right for Via Moruzzi, find the CNR campus entrance at your right. You've arrived!
For more information see the following websites:
USEFUL LINKS
VISA
Participants are advised to make their own arrangements with respect to entering Italy. We strongly recommend that you consult the official website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for updated information for foreigners entrance Visas for Italy and permits of stay. Foreign participants should contact the Italian Embassy or Consulate in their home country as soon as possible to determine their particular Visa requirements. The workshop organizers cannot assist participants with their Visa application process and cannot intervene with Embassies or Consulates on behalf of any participants.
A personal invitation letter for Visa can be obtained only once registration payment is received by contacting us while letters for invited presentation can be requested at any time.
In the request e-mail please provide:
- A pdf scan copy of passport identification page
- Title of the paper to be presented at TELMED 2022 (if applicable)
It should be understood that such a letter only aims to assist participants who need to obtain a Visa or permission to attend the workshop and it is not a commitment from the organizers to cover fees and other expenses or to provide any financial support. All expenses incurred in relation to the workshop remain the sole responsibility of the delegate.