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RDP'03
Federated Conference on Rewriting, Deduction and Programming
Valencia, Spain, June 8-14, 2003


PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
09:00 - 11:00 WRS S1 RTA S1 RTA S5 RTA S9 TLCA S7 FTP S4 FTP S8
RULE S1 TLCA S1 TLCA S5 FTP S1 WFLP S6&S7 WST S6
WFLP S1&S2 WST S1
WG1.6 S1
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 UNIF S1 RTA S2 RTA S6 RTA S10 TLCA S8 FTP S5 FTP S9
WRS S2 UNIF S4 TLCA S2 TLCA S6 FTP S2 WFLP S8 WST S7
RULE S2 WFLP S3 WST S2
WG1.6 S2
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
15:00 - 16:30 UNIF S2 RTA S3 RTA S7 FTP S3 FTP S6 WST S8
WRS S3 UNIF S5 TLCA S3 WFLP S4 WFLP S9
RULE S3 WG1.6 S3 WST S3
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Excursion Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
17:00 - 18:30 UNIF S3 RTA S4 RTA S8 Excursion WFLP S5 FTP S7 WST S9
WRS S4 UNIF S6 TLCA S4 WG1.6 S4 WFLP S10
WST S0 WST S4
18:30 - 19:00 WRS'03 meeting RTA'03 meeting TLCA'03 meeting Excursion WST S0 WST'03 meeting
WG1.6 meeting
19:00 - 21:00 City Center Visit Excursion City Center Visit
21:00 - 24:00 Conference Dinner

Please, check the exact starting time for that session.


LUNCH

The registration fees of all RDP 2003 events include lunches during the days which correspond to the fees. Lunches will be served from 13h00´ to 15h00´ in the

    Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia
    Restaurante Sexto Piso
    Plaza del Ayuntamiento 18, 6th floor
    (five minutes walk from the conference site)

SOCIAL PROGRAM
The RDP'03 social events will take place on Wednesday, June 11 afternoon/evening.
Social events include:
  1. (16:30) Visit to L'OCEANOGRÀFIC in the Ciutat de les Arts i de les Ciències.
    The visit will take about 4 hours.

    A newly opened City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, features a planetarium, a science museum, and an oceanographic park that make extensive use of laminated glass to achieve a challenging and audacious architectural assembly, in the words of architect Santiago Calatrava, also of Valencia. The planetarium globe, which houses a viewing theatre, is roofed over by an elliptical shell structure of laminated glass and aluminum with longitudinal sections that can open to the sky. The globe is cradled like the pupil of an eye in a concrete socket, which is sheltered by the laminated glass pod.

    The city of the arts and sciences is certainly unique in the world, comprising a palace of the arts, a domed theater called L'Hemisfèric, a science museum and an oceanographic park. Designed by Spain's top architect Santiago Calatrava, the buildings mentioned radiate lively freshness and bold elegance. As soon as L'Hemisfèric was finished, Valencians nicknamed it the giant eye. The projection machine is an UNIVERSARIUM Model VIII TD, which turns the dome into a nightly sky with extremely bright and brilliant stars. Also installed are an Omnimax wide-angle movie projector, an Omniscan laser projector, and an excellent audiovisual system. It which also incorporates L'Oceanogràfic, an underwater city designed by the late Felix Candela. Set in the old dried-up river bed of the Turia, midway between the old city of Valencia and the coastal district of Nazaret, the City of Arts and Sciences covers an area of 350,000 square meters.


  2. (21:00) Reception and Conference Dinner at Huerto de Santa María

    Address:  Camino de Cebolla s/n
    46540 El Puig
    Valencia
    Phone number: 96 3 47 22 26
          
    Almudín Hall


OLD CITY CENTER VISIT
Two guided walks to the old city center of Valencia will take place on Tuesday, June 10 and on Friday, June 13. Walks will start near the conference venue (in Plaza Virgen de la Paz, do not mistake with 'Plaza de la Virgen') and will last between 90 and 120 minutes. The price of the visit to the old city center is 5 euros. Space is limited and a first come first served basis will be used.

Valencia is an old city with a rich history, our ancestors have been a mixture of Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Jews and Christians. Such a mix has been the cause of the well-known open character of its people, that together with the many traditions, including the famous Las Fallas, the Wonderful Mediterranean weather, the tasty typical food dishes and the beauty of the land itself makes it a very attractive place.

The historic center of the city lies around the Cathedral. Splendid symbols of the cultures gone by are: The Metropolitan Cathedral which was begun in 1262, preserves Gothic structures in La Puerta de los Apostoles (Entrance Gate of the A.), in the Chapter House of the Holy Chalice and in the Lanter, and Romanesque ones in La Puerta del Palau, while the main entrance and the presbytery are Baroque. The octagonal Gothic belfry of the cathedral is affectionately known as El Micalet (little Michael). It dates from the 14th and 15th century and is the landmark of the city. The Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Los Desamparados, the 15th century Gothic image of the patron saint of Valencia and its people. Vault painting in fresco by Palomino. The regional government palace (Palau de la Generalitat) combines several styles. Renaissance coffering with Arab traces. Assembly Hall (Salon de Cortes) with paintings by Zariñena. La Bayla Palace, 16th century Gothic, seat of the provincial government, and La Scala Palace in the same style, but with Renaissance additions, are being refurbished. Both are apart of the building complex on Manises Square.

The best preserved remains of Islamic Valencia are "Abd-al-Malik´s Baths", more widely known as Baños del Almirante (Admiral´s Baths). There are also some houses in Salinas St where traces of the Arab presence can still be found. In this area, fragments of the former wall can also be seen. In the course of this itinerary, one should stop at El Portal de Valldigna, visit the 14 century Serranos Towers, the former entrance gates to the city and protected today as a historic site, the 15th century Les Roques House, where the triumphal carriages of the Valencia Corpus processions are kept today, the 15th century Royal Monastery of La Trinidad at the beginning of Alboraya St as well as the Bridges and Parapets along the old bed of Turia, which were built between the 16th and 18th century and some of which are of undeniable artistic value.

Other interesting examples of Gothic religious buildings are the 14th century Church of San Juan del Hospital, which was built by the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem; Santo Domingo Convent founded as a result of the Reconquest, where San Vicente Ferrer used to live, today a military church, splendid Chapter House and Cloister; San Nicolas Parish Church with an art treasure well worth a visit; San Agustin P. Ch., where the bronze group above the lintel of the portal stands out, and Santa Catalina P. Ch. with an octagonal Baroque belfry held to be one of the most beautiful in Spain. Civil Gothic is especially well represented by the 15th century Lonja de Mercaders, an auction hall, built by Pere Compte and perhaps one of the best buildings in Europe. The hall with helicoidal columns and the rib vaulting will come as a pleasant surprise to the visitor. The Quart Towers of the middle of the 15th century used to be the entrance gate to the city for those who came from the lands of Castile.

Baroque are the Church of Los Santos Juanes (Sant Joan del Mercat), which faces La Lonja, San Juan de la Cruz with skirtings of glazed tiles from Manises and San Esteban where (according to the legend) El Cid´s daughters married and where San Vicente Ferrers font is kept. In the vicinity there are also the Palace of the Marquises of Dos Aguas, an old mansion (refurbished in the 18th century) with a Churrigueresque portal, the 16th century Graeco-Roaman Royal College of El Corpus Christi, more widely known as El Patriarca in reference to San Juan de Ribera, its founder, the University, where Juan Luis Vives, the universally famous native of Valencia, was a student, the 18th century Palace-cum-Monastery of El Temple, which is the seat of central government representation today. El Palacio de Justicia (the Law Courts), which is also of the 18th century and was originally meant to house the Customs, and the City Hall, which is a building of the beginning of the century with an important collection of incunables and illuminated books, such as the Consolat del Mar, the Llivre del Furs and the one of the Mustaçaf, La Senyera, the Peño de la Conquesta and the sword of Don Jaime el Conquistador. The Taula de Canvis and the paintings by Zariñena, Vergara, Vicente López, Sorolla, etc., deserve special mention.

Since there is not enough room to list all that remains to be described of this city of light, which so often has been called the "cradle of art", special attention should be given at least to the House where San Vicente Ferrer was born, which is almost a place of pilgrimage for the people of Valencia, and the Cruces de Termino, crosses indicating the boundaries of municipal. Of Modernist architecture are the Bullring, El Norte Station, Colon Market and the Central Market, one of the best in Europe.



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