Programme

Day 1: 11 May 2012

Main event at the Villa Mondragone in the Sala degli Svizzeri. Doors open for registration of guests around 08:30. There will be a series of presentations related to the Voynich MS, divided into two morning sessions and two afternoon sessions.

Morning Session 1 (09:15 - 10:50)

• 09:15 - 09:20 Dott. Luciano Gori, Welcome to Monteporzio Catone
• 09:20 - 09:25 Prof. Rino Caputo, Welcome to Conference
• 09:25 - 09:45 Prof. Franco Giannini, Welcome to Villa Mondragone; presentation of Prof. Rodolfo Strollo's work on father Joseph Strickland (abstract).
• 09:45 - 09:50 René Zandbergen, Introduction to the programme (abstract).
• 09:50 - 10:20 Claudio Foti, Introduction to the Voynich MS (abstract).
• 10:20 - 10:50 Rafal Prinke, History of the MS from Rudolf to Voynich (abstract).

Coffee break (20 min)

Morning Session 2 (11:10 - 12:40)

• 11:10 - 11:40 René Zandbergen, Pre-Rudolfine history of the MS (abstract).
• 11:40 - 12:10 Greg Hodgins, Forensic investigations of the Voynich MS (abstract).
• 12:10 - 12:40 Nick Pelling, Between Vellum and Prague (abstract).

Lunch break (1 hour 20 min)

Afternoon Session 1 (14:00 - 15:30)

• 14:00 - 14:30 Jorge Stolfi, Voynichese word structure and statistics (abstract).
• 14:30 - 15:00 Gordon Rugg (*), Making the Manuscript: some practical points (abstract).
• 15:00 - 15:30 Klaus Schmeh, Statistical Properties of the Voynich Manuscript Text - How Can we Make Sense of Contradicting Results? (abstract).

Coffee/tea break (20 min)

Afternoon Session 2 (15:50 - 17:00 followed by open discussion)

• 15:50 - 16:10 Johannes Albus, The manuscript's last page - a recipe (abstract).
• 16:10 - 16:35 Rich SantaColoma, Optics in the Voynich MS? (abstract).
• 16:35 - 17:00 Wolfgang Lechner, A contribution to the interpretation of the drawings (abstract).
• Opportunity for open discussions

For the evening, suggestions for places to go out will be provided during the day.

(*) as Gordon Rugg is unfortunately not able to attend, his presentation will be given by Rich SantaColoma.

Day 2: 12 May 2012

Opportunity to meet and discuss with conference attendants, in the prestigious "Scuderie Aldobrandini".
It is open from 10:00 to 13:00. The address is:
Scuderie Aldobrandini
Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 6,
00044 Frascati