OPTIMA Meetings Every three years OPTIMA organizes an international meeting structured in multidisciplinary symposia which cover different aspects of Mediterranean botany. The X OPTIMA Meeting took place in Palermo (Italy) in September 2001. The XI OPTIMA Meeting took place in Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro Republic) in September 2004. For more information on this meeting click here. The XII OPTIMA Meeting took place in Pisa (Italia) in September 2007. For more information on this meeting click here, or see photos by Hüsnü Can Baser here. The XIII OPTIMA Meeting will take place in Antalya (Turkey)  in Easter 2010. For more information on this meeting click here. Page editors. This page last updated 23 October, 2007.