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17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy

ICCGE-17

August 11-16, 2013

Warsaw, Poland

The 17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-17) will be held in Warsaw, Poland on August 11-16, 2013. The venue will be the main campus of the University of Warsaw established in 1816, which is Poland's largest and finest university. The main campus of the University consists of palatial-style buildings as well as a very modern glass-steel library, with a roof garden. This unique atmosphere will help to make the participation in the conference both comfortable and fruitful. ICCGE-17 will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent research and development activities in all aspects of bulk crystal growth and epitaxial thin film growth, with sessions including fundamentals, experimental and industrial growth processes, characterization and applications. The technical programme will include both oral and poster sessions, as well as plenary and invited talks to provide a complete picture of the latest developments in the field. The official language of the conference will be English.

Organisers

Polish Society for Crystal Growth (PTWK),
German Association for Crystal Growth (DGKK),
University of Warsaw (UW)


ICCGE-17 Chairmen
Stanislaw Krukowski (Poland), Roberto Fornari (Germany)


Program Chairmen
Zbigniew R. Zytkiewicz (Poland), Jochen Friedrich (Germany)


Publication of Proceedings
Keshra Sangwal, Ewa Talik (Poland),
Peter Gille, Wolfram Miller(Germany)


Secretary
Dorota A. Pawlak (Poland)


International Advisory Committee
Horia Alexandru (Romania) horia@infim.ro
Wolfgang Assmus (Germany) assmus@physik.uni-frankfurt.de
Chuangtian Chen (China) cct@mail.ipc.ac.cn
Alex A. Chernov (USA) chernov2@llnl.gov
Mitch M. C. Chou (Taiwan) mitch@faculty.nsysu.edu.tw
Florinda M. Costa (Portugal) flor@ua.pt
Hanna Dabkowska (Canada) dabkoh@mcmaster.ca
Jim De Yoreo (USA) jjDeYoreo@lbl.gov
Jeffrey Derby (USA) derby@umn.edu
Thierry Duffar (France) thierry.duffar@grenoble-inp.fr
Roberto Fornari (Germany) fornari@ikz-berlin.de
Charles Thomas Bayley Foxon (GB) c.thomas.foxon@nottingham.ac.uk
Hiroshi Fujioka (Japan) hfujioka@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Juan M. Garcia-Ruiz (Spain) jmgruiz@ugr.es
Brian Glennon (Ireland) brian.glennon@ucd.ie
Nicolas Grandjean (Switzerland) nicolas.grandjean@epfl.ch
Michael Heuken (Germany) M.Heuken@aixtron.com
Alain Ibanez (France) alain.ibanez@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Koichi Kakimoto (Japan) kakimoto@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Zdenek Kozisek (Czech Rep.) kozisek@fzu.cz
Stanislaw Krukowski (Poland) stach@unipress.waw.pl
Thomas Kuech (USA) kuech@engr.wisc.edu
Janaki Kumar (India) marsjk@annauniv.edu
Chung-Wen Lan (Taiwan) cwlan@ntu.edu.tw
Abel Moreno (Mexico) carcamo@unam.mx
Yusuke Mori (Japan) mori.yusuke@eei.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Wang Mu (China) muwang@nju.edu.cn
Manfred Muehlberg (Germany) manfred.muehlberg@uni-koeln.de
Tadashi Ohachi (Japan) tohachi@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Vyacheslav V. Osiko (Russia) osiko@lst.gpi.ru
Gordon M. Parkinson (Australia) G.Parkinson@info.curtin.edu.au
Katalin Polgar Lassanyi (Hungary) polgar@szfki.hu
Vyacheslav Puzikov (Ukraine) puzikov@isc.kharkov.ua
Kevin Roberts (GB) K.J.Roberts@leeds.ac.uk
Michael L. Roth (Israel) mroth@vms.huji.ac.il
Marco Rubbo (Italy) marco.rubbo@unito.it
Peter Rudolph (Germany) rudolph@ikz-berlin.de
Wojciech Sadowski (Poland) wosa@mif.pg.gda.pl
Stefano Sanguinetti (Italy) stefano.sanguinetti@mater.unimib.it
Keshra Sangwal (Poland) k.sangwal@pollub.pl
James Speck (USA) speck@mrl.ucsb.edu
G.B. Stringfellow (USA) stringfellow@coe.utah.edu
Olavo Ferreira Sukarno (Brazil) sukarno@ufv.br
Yoshikazu Takeda (Japan) takeda@numse.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Ewa Talik (Poland) Ewa.Talik@us.edu.pl
Katsuo Tsukamoto (Japan) ktsuka@m.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
Elias Vlieg (Netherlands) e.vlieg@science.ru.nl
Alexey Voloshin (Russia) voloshin@ns.crys.ras.ru
Jiyang Wang (China) jywang@sdu.edu.cn
Rositza Yakimova (Sweden) roy@ifm.liu.se
Kader Zaidat (France) kader.zaidat@phelma.grenoble-inp.fr

Programme Committee
Jacek Baranowski (Poland)
Torsten Boeck (Germany)
Kullaiah Byrappa (India) IUCr representative
Helmut Coelfen (Germany)
Arne Cröll (Germany)
Hanna Dabkowska (Canada)
Andreas Danilewsky (Germany)
Bruno Daudin (France)
Govindhan Dhanaraj (USA)
Michael Dudley (USA)
Thierry Duffar (France) IUCr representative
Partha Dutta (USA)
Michael Fiederle (Germany)
Jochen Friedrich (Germany)
Marek Godlewski (Poland)
Izabella Grzegory (Poland)
Jeffrey J. Derby (USA)
Dariusz Kaczorowski (Poland)
Koichi Kakimoto (Japan)
Maria Kaminska (Poland)
Michal Leszczynski (Poland)
Jacek Majewski  (Poland)
Fumihiro Matsukura (Japan)
Thomas Michely (Germany)
Abel Moreno (Mexico) IUCr representative
Yoshichika Ōnuki (Japan)
Alexandar Ostrogrosky (USA)
Jolanta Prywer (Poland)
Vyacheslav Puzikov (Ukraine)
Joan Redwing (USA)
Kevin Roberts (UK)
Maciej Sawicki (Poland)
Ferdinand Scholz (Germany)
Albrecht Seidl (Germany)
Marek Skowronski (USA)
Gunther Springholz (Austria)
Sudhir B. Trivedi (USA)
Shiro Tsukamoto (Japan)
Elias Vlieg (The Netherlands)
Deren Yang (China)
Thomas Zettler (Germany)
Zbigniew Zytkiewicz (Poland)


Local Committee

Chairman:
R. Stępniewski

Tenders:
B. Brejniak
K. Kurdybacha

Exhibition:
M. Sarzynski   (Poland)

Sponsorship:
M. Leszczynski   (Poland)


Website
Pawel Kempisty, Konrad Sakowski, Pawel Strak

IOCG Prizes

IOCG Prizes - Nominations

Nominations have to be send to the Selection Comitee chairmen before 31 Jan 2013.

Venue

The conference venue is located in the capital city of Poland – Warsaw. This is Poland’s largest city, which nurtures over 400 years of pride as a capital, and moreover as an economic, political, and cultural centre. The symbol of the city is the Mermaid, featured on the city seal. Warsaw is a bustling metropolis and features an unforgettable history. One fourth of the city is covered by parkland. Above all, it is a city of culture, easily reachable in the centre of Europe. The conference venue is the University of Warsaw located close to the City Old Town, and the city centre. A wide range of hotels nearby will provide accommodation to suit every pocket. Very convenient and cheap accommodation will be offered to students and other needy participants in the University’s dormitories. Warsaw is located not far from UNESCO heritage sites as Zelazowa Wola – Chopin’s birthplace; Cracow; and Wieliczka – an exciting and unique salt mine. You can enjoy summer evening life at the Warsaw Old Town, restful atmosphere of the Royal Baths Park – Lazienki; and try a special hot chocolate at Wedel.