International Symposium

Plasmas in the Laboratory and in the Universe:
new insights and new challenges


Como (Italy), September 16-19, 2003

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Second Announcement

International Symposium

Plasmas in the Laboratory and in the Universe:
new insights and new challenges

Location: Como, Italy

Time: September 16-19, 2003

Organized by:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi, Milano, Italy
and
Istituto di Fisica del Plasma "Piero Caldirola", CNR, Milano, Italy

Main deadlines
Abstract submission: 30 June 2003
Final registration: 30 July 2003 *
Hotel Accommodation: 30 July 2003 *
Delivery of manuscript: 19 September 2003
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED!

International Advisory Board
H. Boehringer, S. Bulanov, B. Coppi, R. Lovelace, R. Rosner, D. Ryutov, R. Sunyaev

Scientific Organizing Committee
M. Bersanelli, G. Bertin (co-chairman), M. Bornatici, F. De Luca, D. Farina, C. Paizis, L. Pasinetti, R. Pozzoli (co-chairman)

Scientific Sessions

  1. BASIC PLASMA PROCESSES;
  2. SPACE PLASMAS, PLANETARY PLASMAS, AND THE HELIOSPHERE;
  3. SOLAR AND STELLAR PLASMAS;
  4. PLASMAS AROUND COMPACT OBJECTS;
  5. PLASMAS IN GALAXIES;
  6. PLASMAS IN CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES;
  7. COSMOLOGICAL PLASMAS;
  8. TESTING PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS IN THE LABORATORY.

The selection of the contributed papers and the division into oral and poster presentations will be made on the basis of a one-page abstract submitted by the participants. The Proceedings will be published as a volume of the American Institute of Physics Conference Series.

Abstract Submission
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is June 30, 2003. One-page abstracts should be submitted for each invited and contributed paper. Please send your abstract by e-mail to:
como03@ifp.cnr.it
We ask you to submit your abstract (please indicate your preferred Session) as either a pdf or a postscript formatted file. Plain text is also acceptable but discouraged. You will be notified of the acceptance of your contribution as poster or oral (and of the allocated number of pages) by July 15.

Book of Abstracts
Accepted Abstracts will be collected in a "book" and distributed to the participants in Como.

Registration and Accommodation
Registration and accommodation forms can be found at:
http://www.ifp.cnr.it/conference/como03/forms.html .
The Registration Fee of Euro 350 (VAT 20% included) should be paid by July 30, 2003, either by credit card or by bank transfer. The fee covers admission to the Symposium, one copy of the Proceedings, coffee breaks, and social events.
Hotel accommodation in Como can be arranged by the Conference Secretariat on a "first come, first served" basis.
The registration and the accommodation forms should be e-mailed or faxed to the Conference Secretariat in Como by July 30, 2003:
nadia.tansini@centrovolta.it
fax: +39 031 573395

Proceedings of the Symposium
The Proceedings will be published by the American Institute of Physics in the Conference Proceedings Series. Indicatively, papers will run up to: 8 pages for Long Oral Papers, 6 pages for Short Oral Papers, and 4 pages for Poster Papers.
The original camera-ready manuscript plus one copy must be handed over at the Registration Desk in Como by September 19, 2003. Each paper must be submitted together with a signed Transfer of Copyright form. The instruction booklet, the forms, as well as Microsoft Word templates and LaTeX classes are available at American Institute of Physics website at
http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/authors.jsp.
Please be sure to select all templates and instructions for the 6 x 9 inch format.

Poster presentations
Two poster sessions will be organized. The poster board size will be 95 cm width x 180 cm height.

Information can be obtained at:
web-site: http://www.ifp.cnr.it/conference/como03
e-mail: como03@ifp.cnr.it


Second announcement, pdf version: PDF


Please e-mail your one-page abstract by June 30, 2003 to como03@ifp.cnr.it
Registration form: RTF PDF
Accomodation form: RTF PDF

Please send your filled forms by July 30, 2003 to the Organizing Secretariat in Como in one of the following ways:

  1. by e-mail: nadia.tansini@centrovolta.it
  2. by fax: ++39 031 573395

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