Over 1,300 Candidates at the Fortezza da Basso for the Admission Test to Access Degree Courses in Medicine & Surgery, Dentistry & Dental Prosthesislorence, 3^rd September 2021. The admission test to access degree courses in Medicine & Surgery, Dentistry & Dental Prosthesis of the University of Florence took place today at the Fortezza da Basso. To restrict movements within the national and regional territory, in accordance with the ministerial guidelines, the Unifi selection saw the participation of candidates living in the provinces of Florence, Prato and Pistoia, regardless of the location of the degree course chosen. Participants were 1,329 in total, compared with 1,417 applications received.

The places available at the Florence Athenaeum are 398 for Medicine and Surgery, and 35 for Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis.

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Florence, 8^th July 2021. This morning, the 23^rd National Congress of Magistratura Democratica was presented to the press. The Congress will take place at Palazzo dei Congressi from Friday, 9^th July, to Sunday, 11^th July 2021. After a short welcoming speech by Lorenzo Becattini, President of Firenze Fiera, Mariarosaria Guglielmi, Secretary-General of MD, and Filippo Focardi from the Secretariat of the Tuscan section of MD.

The main theme of the Congress, called “Magistrati e polis – Questione democratica, questione morale” (Magistrates and the Polis – A Democratic Issue, a Moral Issue), will be the relationship between judges and the city, and between magistrates, jurisdiction and the constitution of democracy. Participants will discuss guarantees and the protection of civil liberties, rights, representation, with a look over national borders, on the future of Europe and on its inclusive perspective at a time when the effects of pandemic de-socialisation become more apparent in an increasingly dramatic way. The democratic issue is complemented by the moral issue and its declination within the relationship between institutions of the autonomous government and the formation of associations.

The various themes discussed will also include justice reforms, analysing the existing and project proposals.

During the three days and during the various working sessions, debate will be public, transparent, and participatory thanks to society actors who get to meet the real needs of people every day.

Florence, 1^st July 2021. The 16^th edition of the annual congress of the Open-Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) – a non-profit organisation supporting and promoting the collaborative development of free and open-source geographic technologies and of open geospatial data. Around one thousand people are going to participate in this international congress, taking place for the first time in Italy.

The annual FOSS4G congress deals with subjects which have recently become extremely interesting and topical, and which had been carried out by the Italian community GFOSS.it since before 2000. Next year, this international convention will finally make its debut in Italy, in Florence, thanks to a precious teamwork brought forward by Firenze Convention Bureau, Firenze Fiera, and AIM Group International, along with GFOSS.it Association, the Italian Chapter of OSGeo, and thanks to the support of the Engineering Department of the University of Florence. The procedures for carrying out the congress (totally live, in hybrid mode, or online) will be decided according to the evolution of the world health emergency and to the possible restrictive measures which might be gradually required by authorities. Bringing the annual OSGeo congress in Florence was possible thanks to a business development activity carried out by Firenze Convention Bureau, which started to work on the bid over two years ago along with Firenze Fiera and AIM Group International, and which had to present no less than three versions of the project, according to the procedures for carrying out the congress – live, hybrid or totally virtual.

“The organising committee, which I represent, is extremely satisfied with the results achieved – a payback for all the efforts we made in these last years” said Luca Delucchi, FOSS4G 2022 Chairman. “This is a present we wish to offer to all our Italian community, which has always been very active in helping spread free geographic software. We are happy that the Florence bid and the co-operation with the other actors of the city such as Firenze Convention Bureau, Firenze Fiera, AIM Group International and the University of Florence, allowed us to prepare a winning proposal and to finally be able to bring this prestigious event to Italy. Now, we have to roll up our sleeves and work hard to best organise this conference and all its related activities. We are confident that the 2022 congress experience will be surely a memorable one”.

Florence, 10^th May 2021. The 26^th CONGRESS OF FADOI (Italian Federation of Associations of Hospital Doctors on Internal Medicine) – the scientific society bringing together Italian hospital doctors on internal medicine, who have been on the front line for over one year to assist COVID-19 patients – will take place at Palazzo dei Congressi from Saturday 2^nd to Tuesday 5^th October 2021. For FADOI, one of the most important scientific societies of our country, this is a return, since its Congress had already taken place inside the Florence congress and exhibition center in 2019, when there was no medical emergency, bringing over 2,000 representatives to Florence.  In October 2021, instead, participants will be 400 and will come from all over Italy. Their number was necessarily reduced in order to respect anti-contagion security protocols.

This is an important sign of restart for the congress and exhibition sector, coming alive and ‘live’ again, and for the city of Florence, which won over other cities which applied to host the event thanks to a series of organisational advantages – first and foremost for being able to offer an attractive ad convincing proposal in just 48 hours, both for its conference spaces inside Villa Vittoria, and for hotel accommodation, thanks also to a teamwork implemented by Firenze Fiera, Firenze Convention Bureau, the agency Planning Congressi in Bologna and hoteliers in these last months.