We have made arrangements with a local tour operator to offer special prices to Conference attendees wishing to take advantage of the spectacular locations close to Catania.
On July 23 a meeting took place in the Palace of Tourism in Acireale, a beautiful city close to Catania, where the next PASCAL conference will be held in October. The meeting was arranged to promote the city of Acireale joining PASCAL's Learning Cities Networks (LCN) programme.
In case those who have submitted abstracts have not seen these, you will find guidelines for full papers for 12th PASCAL Conference in Catania are available at this link.
For colleagues in Italy in particular here is the link to the University of Catania's Bulletin announcing the 12th PASCAL International Conference from 7-9 October, 2015.
The website of the International Observatory on Smart City Learning is now open. You can find a description of the problems addressed, of the vision and of the actions the Observatory intends to carry on.