The conference will take place from October 27th to 29th, 2016 at the premises of the Botanical Garden of the University of Padova, added by UNESCO in the World Heritage List from 1997 (http://www.ortobotanicopd.it/en/).
The conference will have a multidisciplinary format: talks on the latest studies on the Scrovegni Chapel, the Rosetta stone, Philae obelisk and temple, the ancient Egyptian culture, the explorer Giovan Battista Belzoni, comets in Shakespeare, will be presented in addition to scientific contributions on cometary science.

CISAS “G. Colombo” contribution to Osiris
Short slots are allocated to young researchers and students to present their contributions.
All speakers are invited to submit an abstract of their talk to the Chair of the LOC (Prof. Cesare Barbieri cesare.barbieri@unipd.it) by October 15th at the latest.
Registration will be open until Oct. 15th.
Patronage of: University of Padova, City of Padova, CISAS “G. Colombo”, Departments of: Industrial Engineering, Information Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Geoscience, Padova Astronomic Observatory-INAF, Galilean Academy, OSIRIS Consortium, Italian Space Agency
Patronage and Sponsorship: Thales Alenia Space-Italy, Finmeccanica Leonardo, SAET Industrial Automation Systems, Bedeschi S.p.A., Friends of the University of Padua Association, University of Padova, CISAS “G.Colombo”, “Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo”, “Regione del Veneto”