ISPC Summer Symposium 2006
   

International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry
Tenth Summer Symposium

August 6 - 10, 2006
Split, Croatia

Organizers:

Hrvoj Vancik, Professor of Chemistry (Zagreb)

Ante Graovac, Professor of Chemistry (Split)

Department of Chemistry

Faculty of Science

University of Zagreb

Horvatovac 102 A

10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Phone +385 1 4819 280

Fax +385 1 4819 288

vancik@irb.hr

The Departments of Chemistry at University of Zagreb, and University of Split invite you kindly to participate the ISPC 10 Symposium that will be organized in Split, Croatia, from 6 till 10 August 2006.

Tentative schedule

Sunday afternoon:              Registration and opening reception

Monday:                         Opening plenary session, contributed papers

Tuesday:                        Plenary session, contributed papers

Wednesday:                   Plenary session, contributed papers, Banquet

Thursday:                      Closing session, Executive Committee meeting,

                                          Departure

Sightseeing and social events include tours of the museums and galleries (Archaeological Museum, Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Ivan Mestrovic Gallery, etc.) visits to the Old City with its Diocletian’s Palace, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and a boat excursion on the Adriatic.

Facilities

The Symposium will be held at the Student center Spinut of the University of Split, Sinjska 6, where the University dormitories are also located. Lecture hall contains auditorium with seating capacity ranging from 100 to 150. All conventional audiovisual equipment including computer projection is available. Coffee bar for refreshments and restaurant are a few meters from the Lecture hall.

Housing will be arranged in the University dormitories at Spinut campus (street Sinjska 6) and at local hotels, which are within walking distance of campus.

              Campus prices for               single room is 150 HRK (25 USD) per person

                                                        double room 1s 130 HRK (22 USD) per person

                                                        (Note that 1 USD = 6 HRK, or 1EURO = 7.35 HRK)

IMPORTANT: For the housing reservation in Campus you are pleased to send the personal check payable by HRVOJ VANCIK, Slavenska 17, 42000 Varazdin.

Inexpensive meals are available in on-campus dining facilities.

There is also a broad range of restaurants within walking distance because the Campus is very close to the center of Split.

Location and Transportation

After Zagreb, Split is the second largest city in Croatia. It is located in the most attractive region of Croatia, in central Dalmatia on the Adriatic coast. Transportation to Split is simple because there is international airport. There are also a few fast inter-city train connections with Zagreb, and people coming by car can use the highway A-1, E-71 (nearly 400 km from Zagreb). Croatia Airlines flights many times daily on the line Zagreb - Split. Due to expected high touristic pressure, you are urged to make your flight reservations as soon as possible.

Registration fee

Following the tradition of the ISPC Symposia, on the Conference is only the voluntary registration fee of 20 USD.

Publication of Symposium Papers

Several recent symposia have resulted in published volumes. Every effort

will be made to provide an appropriate venue for publication of the papers

presented at this symposium.  A special issue of Foundations of Chemistry is

an excellent option, but others may appear as the time approaches.

Registration

The enclosed registration form and abstract (one typewritten page) should be received by the organizer (Prof. H. Vancik) till June 1, 2006. Abstract should be sent either in the form of MS Word Document as an E-mail attachment or as a hard copy. The margins of 2.5 cm and Times New Roman font (1.5 line spacing; size 12) are recommended.


REGISTRATION FORM

The 2006 Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of

Chemistry (ISPC 10)

Split, Croatia, August 6 - 10, 2006

Name & Family Name:__________________________________________________

Accompanying Person(s): _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Address:

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Phone:________________________Fax:_____________________

E-mail: _______________________________________________________

 ( ) I plan to attend the ISPC 10 with presentation(s)

entitled:

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

( ) I enclose the abstract of my oral ( ) and/or  poster  ( ) presentation as a Word document.

I wish to reserve room in the Campus Spinut

                            (  ) single room

                            (  ) double room

Please send this Form to Prof. Hrvoj Vancik, Fax:  +385 1 4606 401, or as an attachment to

 E-mail address: vancik@chem.pmf.hr

Tentative schedule

Sunday afternoon:        Registration and opening reception

Monday:                        Opening plenary session, contributed papers

Tuesday:                        Plenary session, contributed papers

Wednesday:                   Plenary session, contributed papers, conference banquet

Thursday:                      Closing session, executive committee meeting, departure

 

Sightseeing and social events include tours of the museums and galleries (Archeology museum, Museum of old Croatian monuments, etc.) in Split, visits to the old Roman center as well as boat excursion on the Adriatic.

 

Facilities

Symposium sessions will be held in the Student Center - Spinut - of the University of Split. On the same place are also dormitories. Photographs of this place are attached to this Invitation. Lecturing hall contains auditorium with seating capacity ranging from 100 to 150. All the conventional audiovisual equipment including computer projection is available. There is also coffee bar and restaurant for refreshments.

Housing will be arranged in the University dormitories at Spinut campus (street Sinjska 6) and at local hotels, which are within walking distance of campus.

 

Campus prices for single room is 150 Kn per person, double room 1s 130 Kn per person.

(Note that 1 USD =  6 Kn, or 1EURO = 7.35 Kn)

Inexpensive meals are available in on-campus dining facilities.

There is also a broad range of restaurants within walking distance because Campus is very close to the center of Split.

Location and Transportation

After Zagreb, Split is the largest city in Croatia. It is located in the most attractive region of Croatia, in central Dalmatia on the Adriatic coast. Transportation to Split is simple because there is international airport. There are also many fast inter-city train connections with Zagreb, and people coming by car can use the highway A-1, E-71 (nearly 400 km from Zagreb). Croatia Airlines flights daily on the line Zagreb - Split. Another possibility is to use Dubrovnik international airport, which is 200 kilometers away from Split.

Registration fee

Following the tradition of the ISPC symposia, on the Conference is only the voluntary registration fee of $20.

Publication of Symposium Papers

Several recent symposia have resulted in published volumes. Every effort

will be made to provide an appropriate venue for publication of the papers

presented at this symposium.  A special issue of Foundations of Chemistry is

an excellent option, but others may appear as the time approaches.


 

 


 
 


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