ISCOM Belgrade 2007 (Second announcement)

[International School of Optics and Optic Materials]

International School and Conference on Optics and Optical Materials 
(ISCOM)
Belgrade, September 3-7, 2007.

Second announcement 
(http://iscom.phy.bg.ac.yu/UserFiles/File/Second%20annoucement.pdf)


General information on the ISCOM

ISCOM is organized by the following members of Belgrade University: 
Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Institute of Nuclear Sciences 
"Vinca" and Faculty of Electrical Engineering.   
The meeting will be held in the Kolarac building, in downtown Belgrade.

Aim of the ISCOM

The "school" portion of ISCOM is primarily aimed to young researchers and 
PhD students as a way to introduce the participants to modern research, 
starting from a basic level and concluding with the most recent results. 
The conference portion of ISCOM aims to help researchers listen and 
discuss the state of the art in several topics of the meeting.     
The purpose of the meeting is to disseminate knowledge and information 
concerning optics, optical materials, lasers, and telecommunications in 
various fields of quantum optics, solid state physics, bio and medical 
physics. Through Plenary sessions ISCOM provides students with an 
opportunity to increase and deepen their insights into these fields. At 
the Invited Lecture sessions, young researchers will be presented with the 
latest results and will be able to discuss the state of the art.

Registration, abstract and manuscript submission

Participants who do not require financial support can pay early 
registration fee before June 10. Instructions for payment for the 
conference fee are on the web. Those who register can submit a one page 
abstract using either the LATEX or MS Word template provided on the page 
Registration/Abstract submission on the web. The deadline for abstract 
submission is 10 June 2007. Authors will be notified about the acceptance 
of their contribution no later then 31 June 2007. Authors of accepted 
contribution papers will be asked to submit a manuscript of up to 6 pages, 
written using the Acta Physica Polonica A template. The deadline for 
submission of the manuscript is 10 August 2007. Selected papers will be 
published in the November 07 issue of APP A (Acta Physica Polonica A). 

Schedule

Participants arriving in Belgrade on Sunday, September 2 will be able to 
register and obtain conference materials from 3-9 pm in Kolarac. For 
participants arriving later in the week, the Conference secretariat will 
be open every morning from 8-12 am, also in Kolarac.
The opening of the ISCOM will be take place on Monday, September 3 at 8:45 
am. Two Plenary sessions, two 90 min lectures, will be held every morning 
between 9 am-12:40 pm. Invited lectures are every afternoon, except on 
Wednesday, between 3-6:30 pm. Poster sessions are in the evening from 
6:30-8:30 pm. Welcoming cocktails are on Monday, at 8:30 pm. The 
Conference excursion is planed for Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday 
evening a social dinner for the ISCOM participants will be organized. 

Financial support for participants

As an EPS sponsored meeting there will be limited number of students 
grants through Young Physicists Fund 
(http://www.eps.org/conferences/grants).

Accommodation 

We list a number of hotels in down town Belgrade, each within walking 
distance from Kolarac 
(http://iscom.phy.bg.ac.yu/sekcije.php?r=sbr-9/Accommodation.html). We 
also indicate discount for ISCOM participants offered by some hotels. 
Student accommodation is limited to fewer then 20 rooms and is on a first 
come first serve bases. Please note that you need approximately 20 min bus 
ride to Kolarac from Student hotels. 

Further announcement 

A third announcement will follow, probably in June. News and updates are 
available on the web site: www.iscom.phy.bg.ac.yu 


Deadlines
Abstract submission & early registration 10 June 2007 


Web Site: http://iscom.phy.bg.ac.yu
Email: iscom at phy.bg.ac.yu
Phone: +381 11 3160531
Fax: +381 11 3162190 
 
Kind regards,
Organizing Committee