Program of the event
The ICSEM 10 took place in four days (from 25-28 february, 2019). There were activities every day. Besides oral sessions and poster presentation times, this event had three main lectures from recognized researchers in the Neotropics, Dr. Steven L. Stephenson, Dr. Fred Spiegel and Dr. Arturo Estrada-Torres.
The ICSEM 10 Venue
This campus of the University of Costa Rica system is located about 1.5 km east of downtown Turrialba (see map below). Its history is an example of the role of local leaders on the establishment of education in rural Costa Rica (Castro et al. 2012) and it started operations in 1971 with only 125 students and four professors (History, Spanish, Philosophy and Biology).
It is currently located in the former Finca La Hulera (a rubber farm) established by the USDA as the Cooperative Rubber Plant Field Station in the 1940s. This station was intended to do research on genetic improvement of rubber to meet the increasing demand for car tires after the United States lost access to plantations in Southeast Asia during the World War II (Hilje 2012). Some of the former research buildings still exist on campus.
Currently, this campus serves the Cartago and Limon areas (Caribbean) and offers programs such as Agronomy, Graphic Design, Human Movement Sciences, Business Computing, Linguistics and Sustainable Development Engineering. Associated to this campus, there is an experimental station called FEIMA, where climate change, forestry and myxomycete research takes place. Both the UCR campus in Turrialba and FEIMA are accessible from downtown Turrialba by public bus (6-7 mins and 20 mins approximately) and car (1-2 mins and 10 mins). This campus can also be reached by walking 15 mins (mile-long walk) from town.
It is currently located in the former Finca La Hulera (a rubber farm) established by the USDA as the Cooperative Rubber Plant Field Station in the 1940s. This station was intended to do research on genetic improvement of rubber to meet the increasing demand for car tires after the United States lost access to plantations in Southeast Asia during the World War II (Hilje 2012). Some of the former research buildings still exist on campus.
Currently, this campus serves the Cartago and Limon areas (Caribbean) and offers programs such as Agronomy, Graphic Design, Human Movement Sciences, Business Computing, Linguistics and Sustainable Development Engineering. Associated to this campus, there is an experimental station called FEIMA, where climate change, forestry and myxomycete research takes place. Both the UCR campus in Turrialba and FEIMA are accessible from downtown Turrialba by public bus (6-7 mins and 20 mins approximately) and car (1-2 mins and 10 mins). This campus can also be reached by walking 15 mins (mile-long walk) from town.
References
Castro R, Torres Monge L, Rodriguez Vargas R, Angulo R. 2012. La educacion. In: Rodriguez R, Gil Salas E, Solano W (eds.). Turrialba: mucho más que cien años. EUNED, Costa Rica.
Hilje L. 2012. Por que el IICA y el CATIE en Turrialba? In: Rodriguez R, Gil Salas E, Solano W (eds.). Turrialba: mucho más que cien años. EUNED, Costa Rica.
Castro R, Torres Monge L, Rodriguez Vargas R, Angulo R. 2012. La educacion. In: Rodriguez R, Gil Salas E, Solano W (eds.). Turrialba: mucho más que cien años. EUNED, Costa Rica.
Hilje L. 2012. Por que el IICA y el CATIE en Turrialba? In: Rodriguez R, Gil Salas E, Solano W (eds.). Turrialba: mucho más que cien años. EUNED, Costa Rica.