Flights in this direction are usually overnight. So that you fly out in the evening and arrive in the morning. Makes sense I think. Hope you will arrive in time and that you can sleep on the plane.
That way everything would work out.

I'm arriving Monday already, doing some sightseeing with a friend.
Move to the Hilton Thursday, so we will be there in time for the early morning start on Friday (Roman Holiday followed by La Dolce Vita for me).

Just know, that if you want company, there will be others around for a few days after the con as well. If not - no problem.
But I think in any case we should at least see eachother there at some point.

Seb does speak Italian fluently I think. And he is someone else from Europe. So Mark won't be the only one anymore. Which I think is nice.