Dear
Colleagues!
This
Announcement contains detailed information on organizational items, scientific and
cultural program of Odessa session GMIC-99.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday(15.08.99)
Day of arrival
8.00- 23.00 Registration of participants in the hall of Tour-complex
"Odessa"(Arcadia region, GAGARIN plateau, 5).
All day : Informal get-together at the tour-complex "Odessa" hall.
Monday(16.08.99)
8.00- 13.00 Registration of participants in the hall of Tour-complex
"Odessa".
10.00-12.00 Program Committee session and press conference dedicated to
GMIC-99 (Odessa Scientists' House).
14.00 Opening of the conference.
15.00- 17.30 Memorial plenary session.
18.00- 19.00 Concert for all participants "Universe of music"
(Laureate of international competitions Anatoly Shevchenko- guitar).
19.00- 21.00 Welcome Party.
Tuesday
(17.08.99).
9.00- 11.00 Plenary session.
11.00- 11.15 Photographing of participants.
11.15- 11.40 Coffee break.
11.40- 13.00 Plenary session.
13.00- 14.00 Lunch.
14.00- 15.30 Section sessions:
- Cosmology and Gravitation,
- Quasars and Active Nuclei of Galaxies,
- Stars.
15.30- 16.00 Coffee break.
16.00- 18.00 Section sessions:
- Cosmology and Gravitation,
- Quasars and Active Nuclei of Galaxies,
- Stars.
18.00- 23.00 Excursion to Odessa theaters (Opera and Ballet Theatre).
Wednesday(18.08.99).
9.00- 11.00 Plenary session.
11.00- 11.30 Coffee break.
11.30- 13.00 Plenary session.
13.00- 14.00 Lunch.
14.00- 15.30 Section sessions:
- Cosmology and Gravitation,
- Galactic objects and Interstellar Medium,
- Stars.
15.30- 16.00 Coffee break.
16.00- 18.00 Section sessions:
- Cosmology and Gravitation,
- Galactic objects and Interstellar Medium,
- Stars,
Poster session:
-Quasars and Active Nuclei of Galaxies.
20.00- 22.00 Excursion to Tairov Institute of Grapes and Wines.
Thursday
(19.08.99).
9.00- 11.00 Plenary session.
11.00- 11.30 Coffee break.
11.30- 13.00 Section sessions:
- Cosmology and Gravitation,
- Galactic Objects and Interstellar Medium,
- Stars
Poster session:
- Stars.
13.00- 14.00 Lunch.
15.00- 18.00 Excursions in Odessa city.
18.00- 19.00 Marine excursion.
20.00- 24.00 Banquet.
Friday
(20.08.99).
9.00- 11.00 Plenary session.
11.00- 11.30 Coffee break.
11.30- 13.00 Plenary session.
13.00- 14.00 Lunch.
14.00- 16.00 Section sessions:
- Sun, Small Bodies in Solar System, Upper Atmosphere of Earth,
- Stars,
Poster session
- Cosmology.
18.00- 22.00 Marine session.
Saturday
(21.08.99).
9.00- 11.00 Plenary session "INTAS- existing and future
projects".
11.00- 11.30 Coffee break.
11.30- 13.00 Closing of the Conference.
Concert with Instrumental Group "Harmony of the World"
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REGISTRATION
Registration of participants will take
place on Sunday August 15 from 8.00 to 23.00 and on Monday August 16
from 8.00 to 13.00 in the hall of Tour-complex "Odessa" (Arcadia region, Gagarin
plateau 5). Later participants would be registered in building of Academy, where the
conference will be held. That building is in 15 minutes of walk by foot from Tour-complex
"Odessa".
To Tour-complex "Odessa" You may get:
- from Railway Station by tram (the route =FC 5 ), by bus (the routes =FC 135, 245 ), or
by microbus (=FC 195 ).
- from Airport by bus =FC 129 or microbus =FC 129 to the stop "Square of April
10" and further by tram =FC 5 or trolley-bus =FC 5.
- from the center of Odessa (Greek Square ) by trolley-bus =FC 5.
The cost of tram and trolley-bus tickets in Odessa is 30 copecks (0.3
ghryvnja ), of bus tickets- 50 copecks,
microbus tickets- 0.8 or 1 ghryvnja.
Our representatives will meet participants of GMIC-99 in Airport and
Railway Station for the days of registration.
Please, inform us about Your time of arrival.
In the period of registration the
contact telephone will be
+38(0482 ) 22-03-96.(Odessa Astronomical Observatory), 63-94-34 ( Tour-complex
"ODESSA")
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LOCATION
The session of GMIC-99 will be held at
the Academy of Ukrainian President Administration (Odessa Branch ) near
the Square of April 10 (Genuezskaja Str., 22).
To Academy of Ukrainian President Administration You may get:
- from the center of Odessa (Greek Square ) by trolleybuses =FC 5, 9, by bus =FC179, or by
microbus =FC 9.
- from Railway Station by tram =FC 5, by bus =FC 135, 245, by trolley-bus =FC 7, or by
microbus =FC 195.
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LANGUAGE
The official language of the Conference
will be English. Simultaneous translation will not be provided.
REGISTRATION FEES
The registration fees for participants
cover admission to all scientific events, materials (abstracts, etc.), the welcome party,
all the conference refreshment breaks and lunches, excursions as well as marine session.
Accompanying guests' fees cover all complementary events beyond the scientific program.You
may pay registration fees in US dollars or in ghryvnjas.
For July 20 the current exchange rate is 1 US dollar =3D 3.8 ghryvnjas.
Lots of currency exchange offices exist in every region of Odessa.
Please, don't exchange Your money out of official places for currency
exchange because of a possible fraud.
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LECTURING EQUIPMENT
Plenary report (30-40 min), section
report (10-15 min.)
All the speakers of GMIC-99 may use the following equipment:
1)Overhead
2) Video
3) PC+Projector
4) Slide projector (5cm(5cm).
For poster report - stand .
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CONFERENCE TELEPHONE
Contact telephone numbers before the
conference:
+38 (0482 ) 22-03-96 (from 11.00 to 17.00)
+38 (0482 ) 61-65-66 (out of the time period)
PUBLICATION OF THE
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
All the accepted papers for the
Conference Proceedings will be published in "Odessa Astronomical Publication",
volume 12. For information about previous volumes of "Odessa Astronomical
Publication" please see http://oap.webjump.com.
Instructions for authors are available at homepage http://oap12.webjump.com.
We wish You a pleasant journey to Odessa, an interesting stay in our
city and do hope that Your participation in GMIC-99 will be successful.
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