Social Program
Registration and Get Together
On Monday, May 28
th 2012 registration will be possible in the
late afternoon
and a Get Together at the University of Stuttgart will be organized.
Conference Reception
Photo: Hendrik Zwietasch
On Tuesday, 29 May 2012, the Conference
Reception will take place at the inner courtyard of the Old Palace of
Stuttgart.
The Old Palace is located in the city center of Stuttgart and dates back
to the 10
th century. It started out as a small castle for
protecting and breeding horses from which "Stutengarten", the original
name of Stuttgart was later derived. In the 14
th century it
became the residence of the sovereign Counts of Württemberg and was
converted to a Renaissance Palace in the 16
th century with a
beautiful inner courtyard housing the monument of count Eberhard I.
Photo: Hendrik Zwietasch
Conference Dinner
Photo: Wilhelma
The Conference Dinner will be held on Thursday, May 31
st
at the Wilhelma. Wilhelma is the only
zoological botanical garden in Europe and is open every day of the year.
The Dinner will be served in the Aquarium next to the water basin,
where over 600 species of fish and invertebrates from all over the world
can be admired. Among them sea-horses, small sharks, fossil billfish
and octopus.
Photo: Wilhelma