The symposium will be held at Le Corum, the beautiful convention center of Montpellier, which is a central location, close to the Place de la Comédie, the beating heart of the historic and pedestrian city center, at walking distance of many hotels and restaurants, with a broad range of prices. It is close to Montpellier train and TGV station, Montpellier airport, and via the tram, to the nearby Mediterranean coast. Montpellier is a beautiful, Mediterranean city and its immediate surroundings provide lots of opportunities to visit the vineyards, the coast, the mountains and numerous World heritage sites of the Languedoc-Roussillon region (e.g. Roman remains such as Le Pont du Gard or the Nîmes arenas, the medieval city of Carcassonne, etc.)