Workshop INFO

A number of grants will be available for successful applicants from NATO member or associated countries.
Additional help may be available for participants from Greece, Portugal and Turkey.

General Information on the structure of NATO ARW can be found at the NATO site http://www.nato.int

EARLY APPLICATION IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
Closing date for application: May 15th, 2003.

Communication (letter or email) will be sent to
successful applicants by May 30th, 2003.

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Venue

The ERICE 2003 Workshop will be held at the Center for Scientific Culture "Ettore Majorana" in Erice, a small town of Sicily in the South of Italy with a great tradition of hosting high quality scientific meetings (http://www.ccsem.infn.it/) . The meeting will be part of the annual programme of the permanent International School on Liquid Crystals, directed by Prof. C. Zannoni, established at this Center in 1998 to host national and international courses and workshops in the field of anisotropic fluids (http://www-th.bo.infn.it/islc/).

Scientific programme

The Workshop will consist of 5 working days with 13-15 lecturers and the number of participants will be limited to about 50 to allow ample chances to take part in full to the proceedings and discussions of the meeting.

Abstract submission

Deadline 15 May 2003

Dates

Arrival July 16th, 2003.
Departure July 22nd, 2003.

Registration

Young persons with only a few years of experience should enclose a letter of recommendation from their research group leader or from another senior scientist active in the field.

EARLY APPLICATION IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
Closing date for application: May 15th, 2003.

Accommodation

The lodgings will be spread in rooms of ancient monasteries and in some hotels in Erice.
Each room is with shower and WC.

The total fee, which includes full board and lodging (arranged by the School) is Euro 600.

Meals

Breakfast will be in the dining room of the Centre. Lunch and dinner will be at restaurants which work in connection with the center. Details will be given at your arrival.

Weather

Erice is a village sited at the top of a small mountain (750 meters above sea level) and there the climate is a bit different from the other parts of Sicily. Even in summer it is not really hot and in the evening it is a bit windy.

Contacts

Dr. P.Pasini INFN Sezione di Bologna Via Irnerio 46 40126 Bologna, Italy Fax: +39 051 244101	pasini@bo.infn.it
Prof. C.Zannoni Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Universita` Viale Risorgimento 4 40126 Bologna, Italy http://www.fci.unibo.it/~bebo/z/	Claudio.Zannoni@cineca.it
Prof. S.Zumer Physics Department University of Ljubljana Jadransca 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia	slobodan.zumer@fmf.uni-lj.si