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CALL FOR PAPERS
HOT POSTER SUBMISSION
PRE-REGISTRATION
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GENERAL INFORMATION
LOCATION AND DATES The 3rd International Conference “Smart Materials, Structures and Systems” will be held from Sunday June 8 to Friday June 13, 2008 at the: English will be the official language for the Conference. Acireale is located in Eastern Sicily in-between Messina and Catania. It can be reached by: A complimentary shuttle bus service will be available on June 8 from 2.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. from and to the Congress Hotels and the Congress Centre for participants registration. All those planning to attend must register and receive badges. Advanced and late registrations fees are offered as well as special student registration fees. All Registration Fees include 20% government taxes.
*Registration rates are in Euro but payments also may be effected in US$ at the exchange rate of the day in which the payment is made ** Authors of Lectures (L), Posters (P), other Participants *** Evidence of student status and xerocopy of passport or other document showing the student age must accompany the registration **** On site registration for the Post-conference Tour is subject to availability of places The fees include:
Every attendee is requested to fill in and return the Registration Form. All registrations received by May 10 will be acknowledged. Registration received after May 10 will not be acknowledged. Registration which are not accompanied by the appropriate fees will not be filed. All payments shall be made in Euro or US$, net of all charges, by:
To effect on-line payment please go to: Registration desk and secretariat will be open at the Conference venue according to the following time schedule:
No credit cards are accepted at the registration desk. On site registration payments only can be made by cash or traveller cheques. ORAL PRESENTATIONS The booklet of the Final Programme including titles and detailed timetable of Lectures, Posters and “HOT POSTERS” will be given at the registration desk. The Final Programme will be hopefully available on the conference web site approx. 10 days before the beginning of the conference. A book of Abstracts of all scheduled Oral and Poster Presentations will be given to all registered members at the registration desk. It will hopefully be made available on the conference web approx. 10 days before the beginning of the conference. Only papers and posters presented at the Conference (including “HOT POSTERS”) will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Attendance of the Presenting Author is requested for publication. The Official Proceedings (DVD and on-line edition) will be produced by Trans Tech Publications Ltd. in the www.scientific.net series (Volumes 54 onwards - 5 to 8 volumes - of the Techna Group series “Advances in Science and Technology”). Submission and uploading instructions will be provided by Trans Tech Publications Ltd. to the Presenting Authors of each paper by February 2008. No printed Proceedings books will be published. Late-news papers will be accepted for poster presentation, provided the following mandatory conditions be verified:
To submit go to: HOT POSTERS SUBMISSION The Conference Secretariat will confirm receipt of the Hot Poster and will supply the Presenting Author with proper information about Poster Presentation. Submission and uploading instructions for the preparation of the text for the Proceedings Volumes will be supplied by Trans Tech Publications Ltd. to the Presenting Author.
Get-Together
Tour to Syracuse A one day post conference tour to Agrigento (Valle dei Templi) will be organized on Saturday, June 14. Details can be seen in Conference Tours.
Accompanying persons may register to the Companions Programme which includes:
Appropriate booking space may be found in the Conference Registration Form. Registration Fee: 210 Euro, after April 20: 230 Euro On site registration is subjected to availability of places. Prepaid registration fees (conference, companions programme, post-conference tour) are refundable, minus a 20% administration fee, if written notification of the cancellation is received before May 15, 2008. No refund can be made for cancellations received after May 15, 2008. However delegate substitution can be accepted. All refunds will be made after the conference. All travel, lodging and registration expenses will be responsibility of the individual participants. Special letters of invitation to be used for visa application will be provided upon written request by the participant to the conference organizers. The weather in Sicily at the beginning of June is usually fine with temperatures ranging from 22 to 29 °C during the day and 15 to 18 °C during the night. Clothing suitable for (early) summer, including a bathing suit, is recommended.
Rooms have been reserved in a number of hotels located near the Congress Centre (max 20 min bus transfer). Banks are generally open Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. All banks are closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Major credit cards are accepted in most hotels, and in some restaurants and shops.
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