SISSA – Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati – was founded in 1978 and is a scientific center of excellence within the national and international academic scene.
The SISSA campus is located in Opicina (Trieste), in Via Bonomea 265. It can easily be reached via public transportation, which connects the campus to downtown Trieste (at 4 km only), or via highway. Main options are taking the bus line 38 or tram 2.
Tickets must be purchased beforehand at newsstands or tobacconists or tickets machines on Trieste streets and must be validated using the machines on the buses. There are single-run tickets, 10-run tickets or transit pass (biweekly, monthly, for the whole buses transport system). It's not possible to buy tickets on board.
For more information on how to reach SISSA, please visit https://www.sissa.it/about/how-reach-us.
SISSA building may be entered through two entrances: main entrance on level 0 and a back entrance on level 2 (note that the back entrance requires badge access). From the main entrance, the venue (Room 005) is easily reached on the ground floor by walking straight forward past the reception desk. It may be found next to Room 004, visible as one enters through the main entrance. From the back entrance on the second floor, it’s necessary to take the staircase or elevator to the ground floor, which may be accessed to either the left or right as one enters through the back entrance. Reaching the ground floor, one may find Room 005 in the area straight below the back entrance, next to the reception desk.
Opera Figli del Popolo
Easily accessible from the city center and the Trieste train station, Opera Figli del Popolo is located at Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII, 7, Salita dei Montanelli, 1/1.
To reach the conference from the hotel, you will need to tranfser to bus line 38 (through which passes by SISSA.
Le Terrazze
Located right at the city center, Le Terrazze is located at Via Fabio Filzi, 21.
To reach the conference from the hotel, you will need to take the bus 38 which reaches SISSA in 15 minutes.