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The conference city, Milan, is one of the most international cities in Italy, being recognised as a world cultural, scientific and commercial capital.

The University of Milan, which will host the conference, was founded in 1456 and nowadays is a public multidisciplinary teaching and research institution. The first course in Food Science and Technology in Italy began at the Faculty of Agriculture of this university in 1962 and became a reference for the development of Food Studies in this country.

The conference will take place at Great Hall of the University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono 7, which offers excellent conference facilities.

Milan, the second largest city in Italy, has a population of 1.3 million people. It is the biggest industrial city of Italy with many different industrial sectors. It is a magnetic point for designers, artists, photographers and models.

Milan is famous for its wealth of historical and modern sights – the Duomo, one of the biggest and grandest Gothic cathedrals in the world; La Scala, one of the best established opera houses in the globe; the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele; the Pirelli tower, a majestic example of 1960s modernist Italian architecture; the San Siro, a huge and famed stadium; or the Castello Sforzesco, a grand medieval castle.


Websites of Interest

www.unimi.it

www.turismo.milano.it

www.visitamilano.it/turismo