Location

The conference will be held in Trinity College,Dublin, Ireland.

Dublin, Ireland

The island of Ireland is situated off the northwest coast of Europe. The Irish Sea to the east separates it from Britain. Ireland is strategically located on major air and sea routes between North America and northern Europe. The island's total area is 84,421 square kilometers, with the Republic of Ireland occupying 70,282 sq. km. and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, occupying 14,139 sq. km. Dublin, the capital, is located on the east coast of the Republic. It is an hour away by air from London, 90 minutes from Paris, and 2 hours from Frankfurt.

Dublin has a rich history and a lot of monuments to show for itself.

The city occupies a generally flat site, which is bisected in an eastern and western direction by the Liffey. The river is spanned by ten bridges, notably O'Connell's Bridge, which links the main thoroughfares of the city. Except in its southwestern portion, where the streets are narrow and crooked, Dublin is well laid out, with broad avenues and spacious squares. These are especially numerous in the southeastern and northeastern quarters, which also contain many stately old mansions. Circular Drive, a boulevard about 14 km (about 9 mi) long, extends along what was the periphery of the city at the end of the 19th century. Since then, the city limits have been considerably extended. The port area, confined to the lower reaches of the Liffey, has quays and basins open to larger vessels. Two canals, the Royal (154 km/96 mi) and the Grand (335 km/208 mi), provide connections between the port area and the northern and southern branches of the Shannon River.

Points of Interest

Many of Dublin's historic edifices are in the old section of the city, south of the Liffey.

Dublin Castle  , the nucleus around which the modern town developed, formerly housed the offices of the British viceroy of Ireland. Most of this structure, which occupies a ridge overlooking the river, was completed in the 16th century and later, but parts of it date from early in the 13th century. In the vicinity of the castle is the Protestant cathedral of Christ Church, founded in 1038 and rebuilt from 1870 to 1877 according to the original design.

Saint Patrick's Cathedral, a Gothic structure not far from Christ Church, is the largest of the many churches in Dublin and the center of the Protestant faith in the country. Sometimes called the Westminster of Ireland, the cathedral was founded in 1190 and rebuilt between 1220 and 1260. The remains of Jonathan Swift, once dean of St. Patrick's, are interred in the cathedral.

The University of Dublin and the Bank of Ireland building are in the old section of Dublin. Among other public buildings of the city are the Customs House, an 18th-century structure; the Four Courts, seat of the high courts of Ireland; and Leinster House, the lower house of the bicameral national Parliament. Dublin also has a number of notable statues commemorating such famous Irish citizens as Daniel O'Connell, the statesman and orator Edmund Burke, and the writer Oliver Goldsmith

Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College, Trinity is a famous seat of learning and one of the great universities of Europe. The long list of famous ex-students includes Samuel Beckett, Edmund Burke and Oscar Wilde. Trinity was founded by Elizabeth I in order to save the Irish from 'popery' and for centuries remained a bastion of British culture in Ireland. As a result, until the 1970s Catholics could only attend the college with a special dispensation from the Archbishop of Dublin; today, however, they form 70% of the student population. The College unfolds from Front Gate in a series of elegant quadrangles, which in turn give way to College Park, home to cricket matches on langorous summer afternoons. You should make a point of visiting the Berkeley Library in Fellows Square, which is the best example of modernist architecture in the city and the College Chapel in Front Square. Trinity's greatest treasure, however, is the beautiful illuminated medieval manuscript called the Book of Kells,
housed in the great vaulted Long Room - perhaps the finest interior in Dublin.    Since 1801 the college has been entitled by law to receive a copy of every book published in Great Britain and Ireland. Among former students of the university were the Irish philosopher George Berkeley, the English satirist Jonathan Swift, the British statesman Edmund Burke, and the Anglo-Irish playwright Oliver Goldsmith.

Guinness StoreHouse

The top visitor attraction in Dublin is the Guinness Storehouse in St James's Gate. You can find out about the history of Guinness and see how it is made. You finish at the Gravity Bar, where you can have a free pint of Guinness and enjoy the views over the city. Guinness has been brewed in Dublin since 1759.

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