The Conference will be held in Bergamo at the Congress Center Giovanni XXIII, viale Papa Giovanni XXIII, 106 (http://www.congresscenter.bg.it). >> ACCOMODATION Bergamo Bergamo greets visitors with its Venetian Walls. Surrounded by rivers and lush, verdant valleys, crossed by paths that widen to Parco dei Colli, the area's largest park, the city looks like a lounge filed with art, culture and nature, with a fascinating and complex history just waiting to be shared with others. The "upper and lower" city reveals a mixture of pleasant surprises and unexpected encounters, such as those with Gaetano Donizetti, the great composer of international renown, Bartolomeo Colleoni, the Bergamo leader who served under the Republic of Venice and Lorenzo Lotto, among the most famous Italian Renaissance artists who lived and worked in Bergamo for over a decade.