34th European Dendroecological Fieldweek
Start date and time:
End:
30 August 2024, 10:00
Location:
Bardonecchia, Italy
Organised by:
Dendrolabs of the WSL and the University of Torino, Italy
Languages:
English
Type of event:
Courses
Audience:
People interested in tree-rings from all over the world. Beginners, Master and PhD students are particularly encouraged to apply.
We have the pleasure to announce the 34th European Dendroecological Fieldweek (EDF), August 23-30. It will take place in the scenic mountain village of Bardonecchia, in the south-western Italian Alps.
This year the EDF will be organised in close collaboration between the Dendrolabs of the WSL and the University of Torino, Italy. The Association for Tree-Ring Research ATR, will support the event with some travel grants.
EDF is a course affiliated to the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), University of Bern. Therefore, successful participants can be provided with 2.5 ECTS points.
Details see registration below.
Organizers
Kerstin Treydte, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Alan Crivellaro, University of Torino, Italy
Alma Piermattei, University of Torino, Italy
Ryszard Kaczka, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Elisabet Martínez-Sancho, University of Barcelona, Spain
Stefan Klesse, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Bernhard Muigg, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Summary Information
Who
People interested in tree-rings from all over the world.
Beginners, Master and PhD students are particularly encouraged to apply.
When
23-30 August 2024
Where
EDF 2024 will take place in the scenic mountain village of Bardonecchia, in the south-western Italian Alps.
Registration
Deadline for registration and payment: 30 June 2024
First come first served.
Successful applicants will be notified in July.
The registration fee is 550 € including fieldweek material, accommodation and all meals.
To be paid by credit card or bank transfer.
Travel information
EDF 2024 will take place in the Casa San Francesco, which is in Viale della Vittoria 63 in Bardonecchia. The venue is 1 km from the train station of Bardonecchia and can be easily reached by foot, taking the road just in front of the station to the left.
When arriving by plane
From Torino International Airport, use the train to reach Torino Porta Susa station (34-minute train ride, a train every 30 minutes). Then use the metro to reach Torino Porta Nuova train station (10-minutes ride, a metro train every few minutes), From Torino Porta Nuova take the train to Bardonecchia (90 minute train ride, one train every hour). See Trenitalia website from more information about train connections.
The airports of Milano Malpensa, Milano Linate and Bergamo Orio al Serio are connected by bus or by train to Torino Porta Nuova.
When arriving by train
From Torino Porta Nuova, take the train to Bardonecchia (90-minute train raid, one train every hour). Then, use the Trenitalia train connection.
When arriving by bus
We strongly recommend using a train connection from Torino Porta Nuova to Bardonecchia.
When arriving by car
From Torino follow highway A32 direction Bardonecchia and Frejus.
Location
Venue
We will stay in the Casa San Francesco, a spacious accommodation with an extended garden, lecture room and lab space located close to a river at the edge of the forest.
Address
Viale della Vittoria, 63,
10052 Bardonecchia
Torino
Contact
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