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Visit E-MRS 2008 Fall
Meeting
European Materials Research Society organises
every year the Spring Meeting in Strasburg, and Fall Meeting in
September in Warsaw. The 2007 E-MRS Fall Meeting registration will
begin on Sunday, September 16th followed by the Welcome Reception in
the evening. The Conference will begin on Monday, September 17th with
the Opening Ceremony.
Meeting will include from 10 symposia, 2 plenary sessions,
training activities for young researchers or scientists wishing to
extend their expertise to new fields as well as an exhibition of
products and services of interest to those participating in the
event.
The E-MRS Fall Meeting will be held in Warsaw University of Technology (Central Campus), the biggest technical university in Poland.
The E-MRS 2007 Fall Meeting consists of 2 Plenary Sessions, 10 Symposia, Satellite events, and Poster Session.
Satellite event:
The responsibilities of Symposia Chairpersons:
PDF or DOC.
The European Materials Research Society ( E-MRS) a non profit scientific association founded in 1983 focuses on creating the synergy between interdisciplinary, innovative technologies, spreading and exchanging information and promoting technology transfer from public institutions to industry. The primary objective of E-MRS is to promote and enhance the efficiency of research in Europe in the field of Advanced Materials. E-MRS seeks to quickly inform researchers of the scientific and technological developments in their field of interest from the rest of the world through the society's links with other MRS societies belonging to the International Union (IUMRS). In 2002 E-MRS decided to launch in parallel to the well established spring meetings in Strasburg also the fall meetings in Warsaw. Already 5 fall meetings have taken place, in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 with a steadily increasing number of symposia and participants.
In order to contact organisers please follow this link.
The Polish Materials Science Society
The Polish Materials Science Society (PMSS) was founded in December 2004. PMSS promotes interdisciplinary cooperation between scientists working in different scientific areas - materials science and engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, medicine etc.
PMSS works in close collaboration with E-MRS.
The main aims of the PMSS are:
- provide a platform facilitating interdisciplinary cooperation
between materials scientists from different fields
- strengthening the interdisciplinary meetings, conferences,
workshops and schools important for the PMSS members
- distribution of information among scientists working in the
field of materials research
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Postal address:
Polish Materials Science Society
141 Woloska Street
02-507 Warsaw
Poland
Contact to PMSS Secretary:
Tel.: 0048 22 6608441
Fax.: 0048 22 6608794
[email protected]
Professor Jan Czochralski
is one of the most famous Polish scientists. He was born in
Kcynia in Western Poland, which was then under the Prussian rule, on
23 October 1885 and was the eighth child of Franciszek and Marta
Czochralski.
His initial interests were in Chemistry. One of his most
important discoveries was the technology for growing single crystals,
now known as the Czochraski Method. It was discovered in 1916 when he
found that after dipping a pen into a small crucible of molten
aluminium and withdrawing it, a thread of aluminium hangs from the
nib. Careful investigations had shown that this was a single crystal
and so the Czochralski Method for single crystal growth was born. The
method is used for example for the growth of the single crystals of
Germanium and Silicon which are the basis of a vast range of modern
electronic equipment and devices.
Czochralski spent the early years of the 20
th century in Germany. Although he had reached an eminent
position in German industry, he was invited to return to Poland by
the President, Ignacy Moscicki. In 1929 Czochralski accepted a
professorship in the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of
Technology, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate. He organised
his scientific work through the: Department of Metallurgy and Metals
Science in the Warsaw University of Technology and the Institute of
Metallurgy and Metal Science.
Much of the later work of Professor Czochralski was related to
the properties of metals. He studied the anisotropy of the elastic
and plastic properties of metals, their corrosion resistance as well
as thermal effects related to the annealing of heavily deformed
metals. Professor Czochralski was a leading pioneer of X-ray
diffraction in studies of the processes taking place in metals and in
what is now described as technology transfer.
Taking into account the mertits of Czochralski for materials science, technology transfer to industry, and international colaboration, E-MRS established an award in the name of Jan Czochralski. The Society formally legalised the Czochralski Award for Achievements in Materials Science. In 2006 the Polish Materials Science Society, the Polish Society for Crystal Growth and the Polish Academy of Sciences joined with the European Materials Research Society to establish the International Chapter of the Jan Czochralski Award. For many years of communist rule, the achievements of Prof. Czochralski could not be adequately acknowledged in Poland. It is important to make the wide public aware of his tremendous contributions to Materials Science and to European collaboration in this field. It is therefore most appropriate that E-MRS decided to present the award in Warsaw University of Technology, where Professor Czochralski held a professorial position.
To date three recipients have been honoured: Professor Dr Walter Heywang, formerly Director of Research of Siemens, Professor Dr Boris Paton, the long term President of the Ukraine National Academy of Science, and Prof. Thaddeus B. Massalski from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. The year 2007 receipient will be Prof. Shuji Nakamura . Nakamura has had great influence on Materials Science by his inventions and concepts. Without doubt his valuable contribution will have great influence on the future science and may bring visible changes in the everyday life of the emerging information society.
Professor Shuji Nakamura was born on May 22nd 1954 in Ikata, Shikoku Island, Japan. In 1977 he graduated in electronic engineering from University of Tokushima and was awarded his Masters degree at the University’s Graduate School of Technology in 1979.
He joined Nichia Chemical Co. Research
Laboratories in Tokoshuma, working on the development of infrared
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). In the period 1988-89 he was a Visiting
Research Fellow at the University of Florida in Gainesville, USA and
worked on the MOVPE growth of GaAs based structures on Si substrates.
He returned to Japan and spent 1989-1999 at Nichia Chemical Co. His
main research field was developing nitride based optoelectronic
devices. He made many discoveries related to the design and
technology of the nitride based Light Emitting Diodes and Laser
Diodes. Perhaps most influential was his invention of the thermal
activation process of Mg acceptors needed for any p-n junction
nitride based optoelectronic device. Another was a new design for a
low-temperature nitride buffer layer on sapphire substrates, a
crucial step for the industrial fabrication of superbright blue and
green LEDs. In basic research he contributed his new model explaining
the role of indium in high efficiency of radiative recombination of
nitride based quantum well based semiconductor LED and LD devices.
Shiju Nakamura investigated various aspects of nitride laser
diodes and developed dislocation-reduction techniques for laser
design. His research resulted in the creation of the first blue laser
diode by Nichia in 1996 and his many inventions have been applied in
the Nichia technology of blue and violet nitride based LDs. The
Nichia Chemical Co commercialized a wide range of highly effective
semiconductor light sources based on his inventions including white
light semiconductor sources to replace the universally used
incandescent light bulbs, Other applications are related to the blue
laser such as dense optical data storage, or medical and
spectroscopic applications.
In 1994 he was awarded a PhD at the University of Tokushima and in 2000 was granted the Professorial Chair at the Department of Materials at University of California in Santa Barbara, where he now works. He has received numerous prestigious awards. Most noteworthy are two by the Japan Society for Applied Physics, the Nikkei Best Product and Excellent Products Awards, a Society of Information Display Special Recognition Award, the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society Engineering Awards and the Honda Foundation’s 2000 Honda Prize. He has received the MRS Medal and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Engineering in recognition of his achievements. In 2006 he was awarded the independent Finnish Millennium Prize Foundation Technology Prize.
Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Herbert Gleiter
Born 13 October 1938 at Stuttgart (Germany)
Education and Professional Carrier
1966/70 Ph.D/Sc.D
. in Physics/Materials Science
1966 -1972 Assistant Prof. Harvard University and MIT
1973 -1994 Director of the Institute of Material Science,
University of the Saarland, Saarbruecken
1987 - 1994 Founding Director of the Institute of New
Materials, Saarbruecken
1994 - 2004 Member of the Executive Board and Director of the
Institute of
Nanotechnology, Research Center Karlsruhe
Since 2004
K. P. Chao Endowed Professor, Zhejjiang University, China
and
Senior Member of the Institute of Nanotechnology
Awards (Selection)
1972 Masing Prize, German Society for Metals
Memberships in Academies
2007 Indian National Academy of
Engineering
1998 Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher –
Leopoldina
2004 US National Academy of Engineering
2004 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Achievements
During the 1960s Prof. Gleiter’s research focused on
precipitation hardening. The discovery of dislocation pairs by
means of transmission electron microscopy opened the way to
understand the strength and deformation behavior of superalloys,
the most important class of metallic high temperature materials
today. During his cooperation with Profs. Ashby, Chalmers and
Turnbull at Harvard University he pioneered the application of
molecular dynamics and transmission electron microscopy to study
the atomic structure of inter-crystalline interfaces. The proposal
of the structural unit model of grain boundaries as well the
discovery of the existence of dislocations in inter-crystalline
interfaces turned out to be instrumental for the subsequent
development of this field. In fact, today’s model of the atomic
structure of grain boundaries is the structural unit model
developed during his time at Harvard. In the late 1970s his
research group opened the way to a new area of Material Science by
proposing the idea to synthesize a new class of crystalline
materials in which the volume fraction of the cores of the
interfaces is comparable to the volume fraction of the crystallites
forming these interfaces. Materials of this kind were first
produced by the consolidation of nanometer-sized crystallites and
were thus called nano-crystalline or nano-structured materials. In
the subsequent years this field expanded at a remarkable rate:
today more than 500 papers are published every year and about five
international conferences are organized annually.
The best Ph.D. student's poster from each Symposium is selected by Symposia Chairpersons and honoured with an award for the best poster.
The first authors (presenting persons) of 10 posters of E-MRS 2007 Fall Meeting will receive:
The Poster Award Ceremony is on Wednesday, 19th September at Poster Session 2.
To see the list of E-MRS 2006 Fall Meeting winners, please consult PDF.
ABSTRACT PREPARATION
Abstract should clearly describe the most important results and conclusions of the problems being solved. Contributions will be accepted for presentations based on quality of the submitted abstracts.
The following instructions of the abstract preparation apply:
Please, consult abstract composition manual for more details. You can correct your abstract on-line at any time. Please consult abstract composition manual for more details.
Duration of oral presentation, including discussion, is planned to be: 45 minutes for plenary talks, 30 minutes for invited talks, 15 minutes for contributed talks.
For the oral presentations - the following equipment will be present:
The maximum size for a poster is: vertical 2.4 m and horizontal 1.0 m. The poster board will be full white board.
It is mandatory that one of the authors is present at the both poster sessions (Monday & Wednesday), to ensure that discussions about the presentation can be held with other participants.
The posters should be removed by Friday morning, 21 st September, 2007.
The decision of the deadline and procedure of delivering full papers is made by the organisers of each symposium.
The submitted papers will be subjected to a peer review procedure. Instructions to Authors will be dispatched together with the notification of acceptance of the abstract.
The decision of which journals shall publish the symposia proceedings will be made by the organizers of each symposium.
The exhibition will be located close to the technical session rooms and scheduled to coincide with the technical program. For exhibitors that will mean an excellent opportunity to meet just the right customers and disseminate information effectively. For meeting attendees, it will offer the convenience of visiting with multiple vendors all under one roof. So, plan to pick up some literature, enjoy a hands-on product demonstration, or meet face to face with company representatives.
For more details please visit exhibition site: http://www.e-mrs.org/meetings/fall2007/X.html
We cordially invite you and your company to take part in this event.
We also invite you and your company to advertise. For more detailed information please consult PDF or DOC forms.
RECEPTION: "
ACTA RECEPTION" Monday (Sept.17) 17:00 - Elsevier booth
Acta Materialia Inc. and Elsevier will be holding the
Acta Reception for delegates at the 2007 E-MRS Fall Meeting.
Drinks and food will be available at the Elsevier booth from 5pm in
the Main Hall of the Warsaw University of Technology. Please contact
[email protected] for
more information.
WORKSHOP: " modeFRONTIER for material design optimization" Thursday (Sept.20) 17:00 - Esteco booth
The 2007 E-MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibition is supported by:
MEDIA PARTNERS
Early registration fees (before July 30):
Late registration fees (after July 30):
The registration fee for Regular Participant includes:
(Each additional copy of the proceedings (and of the other symposia) can be ordered at a price of 50 Euro)
The registration fee for a Student includes the items listed above, except the proceedings
* - Students have to present evidence of their status
PLEASE FILL IN THE fEE AND SERVICES FORM BEFORE MAKING A PAYMENT.
Foreign particpants: Payments must be made in Euro.
Partipants form Poland: Payments must be made in Polish Złotys (PLN) - the equivalent in at the day of payment according to the NBP mid- rate of exchange)
Payments of
pay to the bank account of :
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering,
Warsaw University of Technology
Woloska 141
02-507 Warsaw, Poland
When paying please indicate:your name and address
Payments must be made to:
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Account name: |
WUT - EMRS Conference |
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Bank name: |
PEKAO S.A. |
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Branch name: |
IV O/Warszawa |
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Account no: |
PL 79124020929522109001000000 |
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SWIFT: PKOPPLPW |
- ensure that the bank charges are borne by the participant
- make sure that your name appears on the payment
- send the copy of bank transfer receipt to "Scientific Secretariat" either by fax or regular mail (fax no. +48 22 234 87 94)
Payments of
pay to the bank account of:
"CONGRESS-OR"
Congress & Tourism Bureau
47 Żurawia Street Apt. 304
00-680 Warsaw, Poland
VAT number: PL 534-124-73-07
Phone/Fax: (+48 22 ) 621 31 16 ; (+48 22) 628 45 48
E-mail:
p.ornatkiewicz
@congressor.com.pl
When paying by bank transfer please indicate:
CONGRESS-OR Conference code:
88-602/EMRS
and your
name and address
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Account name: |
"CONGRESS-OR" Congress & Tourism Bureau (88-602/EMRS) |
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Bank name: |
Bank Przemysłowo-Handlowy BPH S.A. |
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Branch name: |
IX O/Warszawa |
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Account no: |
PL14106000760000401040242223 |
| VAT number | PL 534-124-73-07 |
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SWIFT: BPHKPLPK |
- ensure that the bank charges are borne by the participant
- make sure that your name appears on the payment
- send the copy of bank transfer receipt to "CONGRESS-OR"
either by fax or regular mail
The Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport is approximately 11 km from the City centre (15-20 minutes by car, but during the rush hours it can take up to an hour). Bus No.175 runs from the airport to the City centre convenient for the hotels Jan III Sobieski, Marriott, Novotel Centrum, Grand, Sofitel Victoria, and Europejski.
Taxi service is also available. Avoid accepting a taxi offered in the arrival area of the airport or you are likely to be seriously overcharged! Follow TAXI signs outside the building.or call for a taxi by dialing e.g: (+48 22) 9622 (Super Taxi), (+48 22) 9191 (MPT Taxi), (+48 22) 644 4444 (Sawa Taxi) or (+48 22) 677 7777 (Taxi Merc).
Use (+48 22) when calling from your mobile.
From a Warsaw local stationary phone - use (0 22) before the
remaining part of the number.
All international trains to Warsaw arrive at the Central Railway Station - Warszawa Centralna (in front of Marriott Hotel and Palace of Culture and Science). Taxi services are available outside the station or telephone as indicated above.
Those participants who are planning to drive should take note that there is not a comprehensive freeway system in Poland so journeys may take longer than one might anticipate. The Fall Meeting venue is located in the very heart of the City and there is no free parking in the area.
All foreign visitors must have passports valid for at least 6 months. Some participants may require visas in order to enter Poland. Please check with your local Polish Consulate or Embassy for details regarding visa and entry requirements.
Upon request, the Scientific Secretariat will send a personal invitation to participate. This invitation is meant only to help visitors raise funds or to obtain a visa, and is not a commitment on the part of the organizers to provide any financial support.
The Conference will be held at the Central Campus of the Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, 1 Politechnika Place - the very center of Warsaw, in the main building. Many places of interest are within an easy walking distance from there. Good public transport connections are available to and from anywhere in the city.
Many hotels are located within walking distance of the Conference venue, which is also very close to "Metro Politechnika" underground station (one stop from "Centrum" station). You can also take buses No.117, 131, 515, 522, 524, 525 or trams No. 2, 15, 19, 36.
Delegates are kindly requested to register at the Central Reception located in the Conference venue (main building of the Warsaw University of Technology), at the beginning of the Conference. Participants will be able to collect their badge and Conference documentation.
Central Reception will be open on the following times:
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Sunday, September 16th |
12:00 - 19:00 |
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Monday, September 17th |
08:00 - 18:30 |
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Tuesday, September 18th |
08:00 - 18:30 |
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Wednesday, September196th |
08:00 - 18:30 |
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Thursday, September 20th |
08:00 - 18:30 |
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Friday, September 21st |
08:00 - 17:30 |
WUT Reception will be open on the following times:
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Sunday, September 16th |
12:00 - 19:00 |
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Monday, September 17th |
08:00 - 18:00 |
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Tuesday, September 18th |
08:00 - 18:00 |
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Wednesday, September 19th |
08:00 - 18:00 |
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Thursday, September 20th |
08:00 - 18:00 |
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Friday, September 21st |
08:00 - 17:00 |
The conference language is English.
Every participant is kindly requested to wear the official Conference badge due to security and organizational regulations.
All best endeavours will be made to present the programme as printed. However, the Organisers reserve the right to alter or cancel, without prior notice, any of the arrangements, timetables, plans or other items relating directly or indirectly to Conference, for any reasons beyond their reasonable control.
The Local Arrangement and Organisers cannot accept liability for personal accidents, loss of belongings or damage to the private property of participants, either during, or directly arising from, the E-MRS 2007 Fall Meeting. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements with respect to health, travel and property insurance before leaving for the conference.Participants who are citizens of an European Union member state may obtain an European Health Insurance Card which gives some entitlement to medical treatment whilst in Poland.
Hotel reservation and participation in tourist programme can be arranged through this web site.
"CONGRESS-OR" Congress & Tourism Bureau would like to offer
you accommodation in Warsaw hotels in various categories.
There will be NO shuttle bus services provided by the
Organisers between the Conference hotels and Conference venue.
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Hotel |
Single room |
Double room |
Walking/Travel distance from the Conference Venue |
Location |
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Hilton Warsaw Hotel ***** 63 Grzybowska Street |
162 Euro |
174 Euro |
25 min – by tram |
City center; 11 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Polonia
Palace
****
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157 Euro |
168 Euro |
5 min - by underground or
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City center; 10 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Holiday Inn**** 48/54 Zlota Street |
117 Euro |
128 Euro |
10 min – by tram |
City center; 8 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Novotel Centrum****
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115 Euro |
133 Euro |
5 min - by underground or 15 min - walking |
City center; 10 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Grand*** / ****
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132 Euro |
148 Euro |
10 min - by tram or 15 min - walking |
City center; 11 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Gromada Centrum*** Powstancow Warszawy Place 2 |
108 Euro |
116 Euro |
10 min – by tram |
City center; 9 km from the Chopin Airport |
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MDM***
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95 Euro |
106 Euro |
5 min - walking |
City center; 8.5 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Metropol*** 99a Marszalkowska Street |
77 Euro |
90 Euro |
5 min - by underground or 15 min - walking |
City center; 10 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Kyriad Prestige Hotel*** 2 Towarowa Street |
98 Euro |
108 Euro |
10 min – by tram or 15 min - walking |
City center; 7 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Campanile** 2 Towarowa Street |
64 Euro |
72 Euro |
10 min – by tram or 15 min - walking |
City center; 7 km from the Chopin Airport |
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Student Dormitory Riwiera
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33 Euro |
38 Euro |
10 min - walking |
7 km from the Chopin Airport |
The above rates include one overnight stay and breakfast. The number of rooms in each hotel is limited. Please indicate your choice in the on-line Registration & Acommodation Form.
A deposit is required for each hotel booking. The deposit is the cost of the first night. The sum will be subtracted from the total amount at the final settlement of account. In the event of non-arrival, the hotel will automatically release the reservation and the payment will be non-refundable. Official check-in time for the hotels is 14:00 hours and check-out is noon.
"CONGRESS-OR" Congress & Toursim Bureau, upon receipt of the Registration and Accommodation Form we will issue a booking Confirmation, with the name and address of your hotel.
*If you couldn't find any room in the hotel, you would like to accomodate in, please contact Paweł Ornatkiewicz ( [email protected] ).
Accommodation deadline and hotel deposit payment: July 30, 2007.
Attention: Lack of the hotel deposit payment will be taken as resignation of hotel reservation.
Attention: As every year, the payment for accommodation (besides the deposit for one night) has to been made during registration at the conference venue, not at the hotel.
Notification of cancellation must be made in writing to the "CONGRESS-OR" Congress & Toursim Bureau. Cancellation before July 30, 2007- a refund of 70% will be made. Cancellation after July 30, 2007 - no refund. The refund will be made after the Conference.
What to see when in Warsaw:
For further information please see:
Monday, September 17 th, 2007; Departure from Conference site at 6:00 p.m.
The sightseeing tour with an English speaking guide will introduce you to the most interesting attractions of Warsaw. You will hear about its history and see a lot of monuments especially these in the Old Town.
Price: 33 Euro per person (including: bus transportation, English speaking guide assistance)
Wednesday, September 19 th, 2007; Departure from Conference site at 6:30 p.m.
We introduce you to the beautiful Myslewicki Palace in Lazienki Park where you will listen Frederic Chopin piano recital. Following a concert you will be able to see beautiful Royal Park which is one of the Europe's finest such complex established the 17 th century by Agricola and Schultz. Its most valuable buildings incl. Palace on the Water or on the Island, built in the 17 th century as bathing pavilion, then remodeled in Baroque style 1775-93 into King Stanislaw August's summer residence. Also: Myslewicki Palace, summer residence of royal court, Theatre on the Island, Old Orangery with its sculpture gallery, New Orangery, White Cottage, Egyptian Temple, Temple of Diana and others.
Price: 68 Euro per person (including: bus transportation, entrance fee, English speaking guide assistance, a glass of white wine)
Thursday, September 20 th, 2007; Departure from Conference site at 6:00 p.m.
The Warsaw Rising Museum, which opened on August 1, 2004 to mark the 60 th anniversary of the outbreak of the fight for Warsaw, is a tribute paid by residents of the city to those who fought and died to bring freedom to Poland and its capital. The exhibition displays all aspects of the battle as well as everyday life in Warsaw against the background of the German Nazi occupation. It also explains the complicated international situation of that time, including the communist terror after the end of World War II and the persecution of insurgents in communist Poland. More than 500 exhibit items, plus about 1,000 photographs, films and sound recordings, depict the days leading up to the outbreak of the rising, its day-by-day development, the forced evacuation of the fighters from Warsaw, and their ordeal after their heroic fight was over.
Price: 19 Euro per person (including: bus transportation, entrance fee, English speaking guide assistance)
Monday, September 17 th, 2007; Departure from Conference site at 10:00 a.m.
Visit to the Wilanow Palace- Baroque residence of Polish King John
III Sobieski. King John III Sobieski built it in the late 17
th century as a present for his French wife Marysienka.
The palace houses magnificent collection of old paintings. It is
surrounded by a beautiful park with Romantic buildings and trees
regarded as monuments of nature.
Visit to the Royal Lazienki Park one of Europe's finest such
complex established 17
th century by Agricola and Schultz. Its most valuable
buildings incl. Palace on the Water or on the Island, built in 17
th century as bathing pavilion, then remodeled in Baroque
style 1775-93 into King Stanislaw August's summer residence. Also:
Myslewicki Palace, summer residence of royal court, Theatre on the
Island, Old Orangery with its sculpture gallery, New Orangery, White
Cottage, Egyptian Temple, Temple of Diana and others.
Price: 45 Euro per person (including: bus transportation, entrance fee, English speaking guide assistance, coffee in a cafe)
Tuesday, September 18 th, 2007; Departure from Conference site at 10:00 a.m.
The sightseeing tour with an English speaking guide will introduce you to the most interesting attractions of Warsaw. You will visit The Warsaw Royal Castle and Historical Museum of the city of Warsaw where the museum cinema shows a moving film about the destruction and reconstruction of the city.Moreover you will see The Old Town Market Square, St. Anna's Church, a lot of monuments, Presidential Palace, The Church of the Holy Cross, Unknown Soldier Tomb and more interesting places.
Price: 46 Euro per person (including: bus transportation, entrance fee, English speaking guide assistance, coffee in a cafe)
Post-conference tour: Cracow - Wieliczka (2 days)
Coach will depart on September 22 at 7:00 a.m. and return on
September 23 in the evening.
On September 22, participants will be picked up from their
hotels in the morning.
Maximum journey duration from Warsaw to Cracow - 5 hours
(including breaks).
Total cost per person in a double room:
299 EuroExtra charge for a single room:
32 Euro
Saturday, September 22
07:00 a.m. Departure for Cracow.
Arrival in Cracow - Poland's medieval capital. Cracow has a unique atmosphere. Artists have flocked here for centuries, and today it has become one of Poland's most popular tourist destination.
Lunch at the restaurant in the Old Town, where you will have a
great opportunity of tasting some of the most delicious dishes of
traditional Polish cuisine. Visit the Royal Castle located atop Wawel
Hill which commands a view of the whole town. The origins of this
magnificent structure date back to the year 1000. Wawel Royal
Cathedral is a most unique place rich with the memory of Polish
history. It is here that Polish Kings were crowned and buried.
Beneath the hill is the Dragon's cave, home of the legendary -
Wawel Dragon.
Later walk to the heart of Cracow - the Main Market Square
which is the largest medieval urban centre in Europe and is alive
with visitors from around the world. The centrally positioned Cloth
Hall (Sukiennice) is a large trading centre for craft and souvenirs.
Overlooking the square from the east is St. Mary's Church with its
magnificent high altar, carved by Wit Stwosz and acclaimed as the
greatest masterpiece of Gothic art in Poland. Every hour, the hejnał
(bugle - call) is played from the church tower to commemorate the
destruction of the city during the 13
th century Tatar raids.
Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner - In the afternoon you will discover Cracow Jews' wonderful world - Kazimierz district. It is a historical center of their religious and social life. It includes many historic examples of Jewish culture and architecture as well as galleries and restaurants. In one of those restaurants you will taste a delicious dishes.
Overnight at the hotel in Cracow (breakfast included).
Sunday, September 23
Departure for the Salt Mine in Wieliczka. Tour of the Salt Mine with a local English speaking guide. The Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the most ancient mines in the world. The tourist route open for visitors connects three levels, and reaches 135 meters under the surface. Besides the Tourists Route, the underground passages and chamber house the Cracow Salt - Works Museum. Like the Old Town of Cracow, Wieliczka has been honored by being included on UNESCO'S World Heritage List.
Lunch in an underground restaurant will be an additional attraction. Here you can find the world's only restaurant situated 125 meters under the ground.
Travel to Warsaw.
Dinner in Warsaw.
Overnight at the hotel in Warsaw (breakfast next day included).
Tour will end on Monday, September 24.
Price includes:
- accommodation (breakfast included)
- entrance fees
- full-board
- bus transportation (modern deluxe coach)
- English-speaking guide assistance
The excursions will take place depending on the number of applicants.
For hotel accomodation and tourist programme issues please contact:
"CONGRESS-OR"
Congress & Tourism Bureau
47 Żurawia Street Apt. 304
00-680 Warsaw, Poland
Phone/Fax: (+48 22) 621 31 16; (+48 22) 628 45 48
Contact person: Paweł Ornatkiewicz
Contact e-mail address:
[email protected]
When paying by bank transfer please indicate:
CONGRESS-OR Conference code:
88-602/EMRS
and your
name and address
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Account name: |
"CONGRESS-OR" Congress & Tourism Bureau (88-602/EMRS) |
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Bank name: |
Bank Przemysłowo-Handlowy BPH S.A. |
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Branch name: |
IX O/Warszawa |
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Account no: |
PL14106000760000401040242223 |
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SWIFT: BPHKPLPK |
Please
- ensure that the bank charges are borne by the participant
- make sure that your name appears on the payment
- send the copy of bank transfer receipt to "CONGRESS-OR"
either by fax or regular mail
Payment may be made by using one of the following credit cards: American Express, Master Card, Visa, Diners Club, Euro Card, and JCB
The time in Poland is the same as in Germany and Spain, but 1 hour ahead of Portugal and UK.
You can use public telephones with phone cards which can be obtained at the post offices, airport, railway stations, kiosks and in some hotels.
All polish GSM operators use GSM 900/1800 network type. When calling from your mobile to a stationary phone in Warsaw use the prefix "+4822".
There are several access numbers you can use, for instance 0202122, 0202422 (Telekomunikacja Polska) 0209568 (Aster City Cable). The login name is ppp and the password is ppp. The cost is the same as that of a local phone call.
The currency unit in Poland is the Polish złoty (zł) which is subdivided into 100 grosze (gr). The current exchange rate to Euro and US dollar can be checked at http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic (choose PLN as the Polish currency code). In November 2006 it is about 3,83 PLN for Euro and 2,99 PLN for USD. Participants may change foreign currency and travellers cheques at several banks located in the centre of the city as well as in many exchange bureaus, known as Kantors, located at the at the railway station, at the airport or in many others places.Frequently the rates at the airport and the station are lower than those obtainable elsewhere in the city. International credit cards are accepted in many hotels, restaurants, and cash machines.
Electricity supply is 230V.
The weather in September in Warsaw is usually warm and pleasant, however the evenings might be sometimes quite cold. The daytime temperature varies from 15 degrees to 18 degress of Celsius. There is the possibility of rain, so an umbrella and light coat are advisable. The weather forecast can be checked at http://weather.icm.edu.pl/knowmaps/wwweng/mgram1208.html.
Most shops (except for food stores) are open from 11:00 until 19:00. Some department stores may open earlier or close later on weekdays as well as on Saturdays and Sundays.
Shops with regional souvenirs, local handicrafts, contemporary and antique art are found especially in the Old Town. Polish craftwork is fascinating: wood craving and hand-woven rugs come mostly from the Zakopane region. Other souvenirs include glass, hand-woven baskets, paper cut-outs, articles made of natural color leather, crystal and graphic art. One of the most popular souvenirs is amber from the Baltic Sea. Most highly prized is amber with a prehistoric insect preserved inside, though it is a rare find. Poland is also known for its silver jewellery, which is sometimes combined with amber to create uniquely Polish pieces.
Poles are known for their hospitality and love of food. Polish meals offer a wide selection ranging from fresh game in season to Baltic herring. Red beet soup or borsch, is well-known, as are Polish sausage (kiełbasa) and stuffed cabbage (gołąbki). Dumplings (pierogi) come stuffed with meat, potatoes, blueberries, or sauerkraut and mushrooms. Bigos is a stew of meat and sauerkraut, while roast duck comes stuffed with apples. For dessert, try pastries with poppy seeds, or perhaps a Polish donut filled with preserved fruit (pączek).
The conference website is http://www.e-mrs.org/meetings/fall2007.
Conference Secretariat
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
141 Wołoska Street
02-507 Warsaw, Poland
Phone / Fax: (+48 22) 234 87 94
Conference Secretary: Agnieszka Rytel
Contact e-mail address:
[email protected]
"CONGRESS-OR"
Congress & Tourism Bureau
47 Żurawia Street Apt. 304
00-680 Warsaw, Poland
Phone/Fax: (+48 22) 621 31 16; (+48 22) 628 45 48
Contact person: Paweł Ornatkiewicz
Contact e-mail address:
[email protected]
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