Welcome to Moss 2008

On behalf of the organizing committee, we warmly invite all scientists to attend Moss 2008, the annual international meeting for experimental moss research, this year to be held in connection with the XVI Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB) in Tampere, Finland on 15-18 August 2008.
 
We aim to continue the tradition of Moss meetings, by not only having formal presentations and poster but also having plenty of time to interact informally with established moss researchers, with those who have taken up moss research more recently and with those who are interested in the possibility of using moss in their research.
  

 Welcome to Tampere, Finland

Tampere is a beautiful town located between two large lakes on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids. It is about 180 kilometres north of Helsinki with a population of 201,000. Tampere was founded in 1779 and is today the largest inland city of the Nordic countries.

Tampere is a significant conference destination. It is a safe and vibrant town with vivid cultural life and lively summer events. It is a city of education and research on both a national and international scale. The city attained its own university in the 1960s, and today Tampere has two universities, two polytechnics and numerous other establishments of education. Tampere is also an outstanding centre for Finnish cultural life with its theatres and events focusing on arts, music, literature, and architecture.

There are excellent flight connections to Helsinki, Finland from all parts of the world with over 130 direct flights daily from over 30 European cities. From the airport in Helsinki it is about 2 hour bus drive to Tampere. Buses leave frequently. Also FESPB 2008 charter bus will be available on Sunday – please see more detailed information on this website.

Tampere is served by several daily connecting flights from Helsinki, as well as direct flights from Copenhagen, Stockholm, Dublin, London, Bremen, Frankfurt (Hahn), Milan and Riga.