Thursday, July 17, 2008

The magic atmosphere of Taormina

So, the final destination of our journey just arrived. It's July 18th and the one-day-worskhop is going to start. Attendants, panelists, and session chairs have arrived or are going to arrive to Taormina. Beautiful location, magic atmosphere and great wheather conditions. All the Four Co-Organizers (Arturo Capasso, Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Rosario Faraci and Mario Sorrentino) and Giorgia D'Allura are in Taormina since the day before the workshop. Most of the Session Chairs have arrived yesterday to Taormina: Anna Gervasoni, Stefania Peveraro and Stefano Balsamo, while Senia Rapisarda is going to arrive from Bratislava. The US Ambassador to Italy Ronald Spogli arrived to Taormina, accompanied by Patrick Thrun, the Counsel General in Naples and Paul Corson, from the US Department of Commerce. Coming directly from the United States, Laura Resnikoff (Columbia University) and Donna DeCarolis (Drexel University) are enjoying Taormina while preparing to give their speech to the audience. Allan May (Angel Capital Association) approached Taormina coming from Palermo. Last but not least, most of the panelists are in Taormina, enjoying the warm and romantic atmosphere of this beautiful location.

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