AIS-2008
«ATMOSPHERE, IONOSPHERE, SAFETY»
Kaliningrad, July 7-12, 2008
CONFERENCE SCOPE
Dear colleagues!
The International Conference “Atmosphere, ionosphere, safety” (AIS-2008) will be held July 7-12, 2008, in Kaliningrad, Russia. AIS-2008 will promote the analysis of the “atmosphere-ionosphere” system response on the natural and anthropogenic processes, cause and effect of different concomitant geophysical phenomena, and the estimation of its effect on mankind and technological systems. The final outlet is the possibility of monitoring and subsequent reduction of the risk level. It is supposed also to discuss physical and chemical processes accompanying the visible geophysical phenomena.
TOPICAL THEMES
· Elementary processes in the upper atmosphere and ionosphere (section E)
· Dynamics of atmosphere aerosols (section A)
· Electromagnetic and optical phenomena in the atmosphere including long-lived and plasma objects (section P)
· Ionosphere dynamics and atmosphere - ionosphere coupling (section D)
· Information systems of the environment monitoring and the accident prevention (section S)
The Conference Scientific Program will include:
· invited plenary and keynote lectures
· oral presentations
· poster sessions
We would like kindly to invite all scientists interested in understanding and exploring chemical and physical processes in atmosphere and ionosphere for an exciting 6-day scientific summer event to Kaliningrad (former Koenigsberg).
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAIRS
G.V. Golubkov Inst. Chem. Phys. (RU)
V.M. Sorokin IZMIRAN (RU)
A.E. Aloyan Inst. Num. Math. (RU)
V.L. Bychkov Moscow State Univ. (RU)
D.K. Callebaut Univ. Antwerp (BE)
Yu.N. Demkov St.-Petersburg State Univ. (RU)
G.C. Dijkhuis Eindhoven Univ. Tech. (NL)
M.B. Gohberg Inst. Phys. Earth (RU)
M. Hayakawa Univ. Electro-Commun. (JP)
A.N. Klyucharev St.-Petersburg State Univ. (RU)
A.A. Lushnikov Inst. Phys. Chem. (RU)
A.I. Nikitin IEPCP (RU)
M. Parrot LPCE/CNRS (FR)
O.A. Pohotelov Inst. Phys. Earth (RU)
P.K. Shukla Bochum Univ. (DE)
L. Stenflo Umea Univ. (SE)
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
The Conference will include morning sessions with invited plenary and keynote lectures (40 min), afternoon sessions with accepted orals (20 min) and three evening poster sessions with short oral presentations (2-3 min). All the participants, who intend to take part in poster sessions, are required to prepare posters with size no more 80cm length and 120cm height.
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Two half-day excursions will be organized along with Welcome Party and Conference Dinner.
The Conference will be opened by Monday Welcome Party and closed on Saturday at noon.
CONFERENCE VENUE
The Conference will be held at the hotel “Sambia”, which is located on the Baltic Sea amber beach in a small city Zelenogradsk (former Cranz). Zelenogradsk is situated close to Kaliningrad (40 km). The international airport Khrabrovo is between Kaliningrad and Zelenogradsk (20 km to each side). The famous national nature reserve park Curonian spit (100 km long), which is included to UNESCO World Heritage Site list. It starts from Zelenogradsk and goes on to the Lithuanian frontier.
ACCOMODATION
Three hotels will be at the disposal of conference participants. All of them are located close to each other. The middle price hotels are “Sambia” and “Baltiiskaya korona (Baltic Crown)”. The reduced rate accommodation will be organized in the “Zelenogradsk” hotel. The detailed information about hotels and hotel offers can be found at our web-site.
VISA APPLICATION
We urge our foreign guests (including accompanying persons) in due time to check if a visa is necessary to enter Russia. If so, do not hesitate to contact the organizers to receive an invitation letter and apply for visa. All the participants in this case are required to send the fax or scan copy of their passport (the main page with photo and name) to Organizing Committee.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Prospective participants are requested to submit two-page abstract. The Book of Abstracts will be published before the conference. Please, use template file for preparing your abstract.
CONFERENCE FEE
The registration fee covers editorial expenditures, Welcome Party, coffee breaks, and transfer from airport Khrabrovo and back. The conference fee for foreign participants will also cover official invitation and its express delivery costs. The information about conference fee can be found at our web-site.
To take part in AIS-2008 all the participants are needed to:
· fill the Registration Card and send it to Organizing Committee
· send the abstract of their presentation to Organizing Committee
· pay the conference fee
before February 1, 2008
KEY DATES
Deadline abstract submission and registration 01.02.2008
Tentative program 01.05.2008
Arrival of the participants, hotel check-in, Welcome Party 07.07.2008
Opening of the Conference 08.07.2008
Closing of the Conference, hotel check-out, departure 12.07.2008
CONTACT INFORMATION
WEB SITE http://www.geoscan.org/ais2008
MAIL Dr. M.G.Golubkov
Semenov Institute
of Chemical Physics, RAS
Kosygin str. 4
Moscow 119991
RUSSIA
PHONE +7-401-2215606
FAX +7-495-1376130