The Congress will be held in Málaga, the capital of the Costa del Sol and a candidate to be European Cultural Capital 2016. The Congress venue will be the recently-constructed Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga, situated on Avenida Ortega y Gasset, 201, 29006 Málaga, beside the Ronda Oeste bypass, in a modern, expanding part of the city. Málaga possesses an excellent communications network and has many options for hotels and leisure activities. All necessary information about the Congress Hall can be found on the web page: http://www.palaciodeferiasycongresosdemalaga.com/palacio.html

Access to Málaga is excellent. It has an international airport http://www.aena.es, near the Congress venue. The city is also communicated by motorway and by rail with Madrid and with other cities in Andalusia.

Good information about Málaga can be found on the municipal web page: http://www.ayto-malaga.es/ and about local transport services at: http://www.emtsam.es/, with maps of the different lines.

The weather in April is warm and pleasant, and sunshine is virtually guaranteed. Weather information can be obtained at the web page of the Spanish National Meteorology Institute: http://www.inm.es/