Sunday 22 June
19:00-20:30
Howard International House Taipei (HIHT)
2F Yueshing Restaurant
Take the opportunity to relax with new and old friends at the Symposium’s official Welcome Reception. Attendance is included for all registrants. Additional tickets may be purchased for 200NTD per person.
Student Reception
Monday 23 June
18:30-21:00
Howard International House Taipei (HIHT)
Convention Hall
Students are invited to attend a student reception.
FHS Member Reception and
FHS Eight Triennial General Meeting (TGM-8)
Tuesday 24 June
19:00-20:30
Howard International House Taipei (HIHT)
Convention Hall
Attendance is included for all FHS member.
Symposium Banquet
Thursday 26 June
19:00-Late
NTUH International Convention Center
The International Banquet Hall,
Hall 201
The dinner will be one of the Symposium highlights. In addition to a delicious Chinese dinner, the student awards will be announced and these will be a discussion of future FHS events. Attendance is included for all registrants. Additional tickets may be purchased for 500NTD per person.
Geographically, Taiwan is a sub-tropical island south of Japan and east of China. Just 13,900 square miles in size, it has more than 250 mountains, some of which are over 10,000 feet high. As a result, Taiwan boasts a wide variety of natural landscapes from sea shore to mountain, from tropical to alpine, as well as a correspondingly diverse fauna and flora, many of which are endemic to the region. Ethnically, most of Taiwan’s 23 million people are descended from immigrants who arrived from different parts of China at least half of a century ago, but there are also flourishing aboriginal cultures, which make for a diversity of life styles. To encourage conference participants to better enjoy the many natural wonders, ancient artifacts, cultural legacies, and the wide variety of traditional cuisine, three alternative conference tours have been organized for Wednesday afternoon 25 June, 2008 (1) the National Palace Museum, (2) Yangmingshan National Park, or (3) The Marine Research Station (ICOB, Academia Sinica). These events are sponsored by FHS. Participants only need to pay partially.
Optional Tours
Wednesday 25 June, 13:30-Late
These events are sponsored by FHS. Participants only need to pay partially.
The National Palace Museum is a Treasure House of Chinese culture with more than 650,000 precious works of art, and the world’s largest collection of Chinese historical artifacts exhibits include items from the imperial collections of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Located in the foothills of Shilin, Taipei, a. bus will take participants to the museum. A goaded tour is included, and refreshments will be provided.
Yangmingshan National Park is a very popular destination located to the northeast of Taipei. The park’s conic or bell-shaped mountains are volcanic, and visitors can see craters and volcanic lakes, hot springs and waterfalls. Meanwhile, in the tropical rainforest that covers much of the park’s 11,455 hectares, there are many species of deciduous trees, butterflies and birds. A bus will take participants to the park and refreshments will be provided.
(3) The Marine Research Station (ICOB, Academia Sinica) - limit 50 persons
Cost: 300 NTD per person
The Marine Research Station (MRS) was established at Jiaosi, Yilan County (northeastern part of Taiwan) in 1997 to provide a most advanced field facility for both basic and applied research in aquatic biology and biotechnology. The Station offers opportunities for research collaboration with national and international scientists. A round-trip bus tour from Taipei to MRS will take route through the Hsuehshan (Snow-Mountain) Tunnel (12.942 km), the second longest road tunnel in East Asia and the fifth in the world.
