WELCOME TO TUNISIA

Tunisia, a little country, more than 3 thousand years old limited mostly by the Mediterranean sea and the Sahara, has known many civilizations: Punique, Roman, Berber and Arab. Urbanism is than old and culture has been well developed in different cities as Carthage, Tunis, Kairouan, Mahdia, Sousse, Monastir and Sfax.

Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, is among the most beautiful Mediterranean area and offers a unique combination of Mediterranean nature and culture. The conference venue ETOP 2012 will be taking place in the Ramada Hotel at Gammarth, a suburb of Tunis, located 20 km away from downtown Tunis and 30 minutes from the airport Tunis Carthage. The venue can easily be reached by car or by taxi from the International Airport Tunis-Carthage. Taxis, yellow cabs operating on a mete-red fare system, relatively inexpensive (~10 $ for 20 km) are better than public transport. Gammarth is situated on the beach near nice cities: la Marsa, Sidi BouSaid and Carthage.

Ramada-Hotel (www.ramada.com/Ramada/control/advanced_search) is usually used for conferences - Rooms , Conference room + exhibition hall + meeting rooms and offers all comfort for a scientific meeting combined with the opportunity to enjoying the wonderful landscape.
Rooms at a special rate have been blocked at Ramada and Barcelo hotels located in the same area. For the booking details look at the Registration/Accomodation item.

Time schedule :

Publication of Postponement (official announcement)	10 February 2011
Publication of the second call for papers	1 June 2011
Submission deadline	15 December 2011
Papers accepted; notification to authors	1 January 2011
Program issued	1 Fabruary 2012
Publication of the final program	1 March 2012
Pre-registration deadline	15 December 2012
Manuscript due date	January 2012
Proceedings issued	Early March 2012