WISE Meeting 2016 CNR-ISMAR Venice, May 22-26, 2016

Since 1983, the WISE meeting as a follow-up of the WAM Meeting represents a reference for the physical oceanography scientific community to present and discuss the latest techniques in wave physics, modelling, applications and measurements.

Wind waves are the key information for navigation safety and the design of offshore and coastal structures. Wave forecasts provide some of the most appreciated information by professional and amatorial sea users. Still after 70 years of attention and dedicated work, wind waves offer new insights and generalization, both as a self-standing phenomenon, as for the interaction with the atmosphere that, for all the implied physics, we have just begun to explore and to consider in our approach to the problem. It is now fully recognized that wind waves play a key role in all the exchanges between the ocean and the atmosphere, in so doing affecting not only the short- and medium-term weather forecast, but also the long-term climate. It is often repeated that what had to be found has been found. It is our conviction that a much broader horizon is still waiting to be uncovered, the key for this being our fantasy and the capability to read what nature puts in front of us.

WISE is focused on deepening both theoretical and practical aspects of the processes involved and improving the related numerics. Without any written proceedings, but based only on direct oral presentation of the latest results, it avoids any formalism connected to the way the results are passed to the audience. Its declared purpose is to work as a community, aimed at improving the performance and the scientific background of the wave models then used throughout the world for both scientific and engineering purposes. During the last three decades the WISE community, together the with previous WAM group, has produced practically all the basic results that form the backbone of the present widely used wave models.

The 2016 meeting will be held on May 22-26, Sunday to Thursday, with the usual timetable. It will start with an ice-breaker on Sunday afternoon, followed by lectures during the four subsequent days. In addition, a field trip is planned for Tuesday afternoon. The official dinner will be held on Wednesday night. Any change of this schedule will be notified via this webpage. Both oral and poster sessions are planned.

The CNR-ISMAR premises are located in the heart of the town, inside the original shipyard of the Venetian Republic. The local environment, covering all the fields of oceanography, will give ample chance to the participants to interact with the other scientists of the local Institute.

Detailed information about the meeting and its logistical aspects will be made available on this page in due time.

The registration fee at the WISE Meeting has always been kept very low. For this year we plan to keep it between 160 and 200 Euro, according to local arrangements conditions. A fee of 110-150 Euro will be required for any accompanying non-participant person.

Participants are encouraged to freely present and discuss their latest results, with an active interaction with, and discussion of, all the ones presented at the meeting..

For any information please refer to the following local organizer e-mail address:

luigi.cavaleri@ve.ismar.cnr.it

Venue

The WISE Meeting 2016 will be held at the Institute of Marine Sciences of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-ISMAR), located in Venice, Italy.

Address:

Tesa 104 – Arsenale, Castello 2737/F, 30122 Venezia, Italy

Getting here:

By car:

Getting to Venice by car will take you through Ponte della Libertà to Piazzale Roma.

Parking places here are limited, but other car parking facilities are available outside Venice and are linked with the city through public means of transportation.

From Piazzale Roma, take the boat (line 5.2) and stop at CELESTIA or BACINI. For the water bus service timetable please refer to the following link.

Hence walk according to the paths given in the map below. Signs will be made available to help reaching the entrance of the Institute of Marine Sciences, at Tesa 104.

By train:

Take a train to the railway station of Venezia Santa Lucia.

From the railway station, take the boat (line 5.2) just in front of the railway station and stop at CELESTIA or BACINI. For the water bus service timetable please refer to the following link.

Hence walk according to the paths given in the map below. Signs will be made available to help reaching the entrance of the Institute of Marine Sciences, at Tesa 104.

By air:

If you are arriving at “Marco Polo” airport, located in Tessera (VE) take:

• the ALILAGUNA lines (public waterbus transportation) according to your destination. You can buy your tickets at the ticket office located just in front of the stop. You can buy the tickets also on board, with an additional fare of 1 euro.

• The ATVO bus to Piazzale Roma (20 minutes ride)

• The ACTV AERObus n. 5 to Piazzale Roma (20 minutes ride)

• By car taxi (approximately 20 minutes’ ride) and boat taxi (approximately 90,00-100,00 €, 30-40 minutes)

If you are arriving at “Canova” airport, near Treviso, the most convenient mean of transportation to Piazzale Roma is the ATVO bus (1 hour ride).

Tickets

An ordinary ticket for the navigation service costs 7,50 EUR and you can travel on any route (except Alilaguna lines, ACTV routes n. 16, 19, 21 and Casino) with route changes in the same direction, for 75 minutes from the moment of ticket validation.

You can buy conveniently-priced tourist tickets for trips with a minimum length of 24 hours to a maximum of 7 days. For more information on ACTV ticket prices, please refer the VeneziaUnica website.

Map

Download

- WISE Announcement

- WATER BUS service map

- WATER BUS timetable

- ALILAGUNA WATER BUS SERVICE map

- ALILAGUNA WATER BUS SERVICE timetable