The participants are supposed to arrange their own hotel reservations.
You can find a list of hotels affiliated to the University of Cagliari here (the list may be outdated).
More Hotels and Bed&Breakfast in Cagliari (without agreement with university) can be found
here
In April the weather in southern Sardinia is usually warm, but there may be
brief rain showers.
The average temperature ranges between 20 degrees Celsius in the morning and 15
degrees Celsius at night (59-75 degrees Fahrenheit).
More information about the weather can be found
here
and
here.