GENERAL INFORMATION
The
4th International Conference
on
Photonics, Devices and Systems
Prague,
Czech Republic
26-29 May 2002
The
Conference and the Exhibition will take place at the
KRYSTAL Hotel
José Martího Str.
No 2, Praha 6 - Veleslavín
from
the Airport:
-
taxi (fix price CZK 500.00 = approx. 17 Euro)
-
bus 119 to the stop DIVOKÁ ŠÁRKA,
than change to the trams 20 or 26 (60
minutes ticket - 12 CZK - is valid for whole journey and is available in the
newspaper or tobacco kiosks)
one stop to the stop NAD DŽBÁNEM
then
continue straightaway 150 m on walk - hotel is on your right
from
the city centre:
underground A (green line) to the final station DEJVICKÁ, than change to the
trams 20 or 26 and go to the stop NAD DŽBÁNEM
(60 minutes ticket - 12 CZK - is valid for whole journey and is available
in the newspaper or tobacco kiosks)
then
the same way as above.
Registration
of participants will take place at the KRYSTAL Hotel.
Registration
Desk will
be open throughout the Conference.
| Sunday, June 26, 2002: | 14.00 - 20.00 |
| other days: | 8.00 - 18.00 |
Pre-registration is
required from both all the participants and accompanying persons. Please
pre-register via the form included. To pre-register for the Conference, return
the Registration Form to Conference
Secretariat by e-mail, fax or post before April 1, 2002. Registration
form in MS WORD format is availbale here.
Participants
who want to pay by credit card must send the Registration Form by post or fax
with handle signature.
| by April 1, 2002 | afterApril 1, 2002 | |
| Regular participant1 | € 380 | € 430 |
| * Individual member of EOS, SPIE1 | € 350 | € 400 |
| * Student2 | € 100 | € 110 |
| Accompanying person3 | € 100 | € 110 |
| Additional copy of the Conference Proceedings |
USD 120 |
*Proof
of membership and/or student's status must be given.
Registration fee includes:
admissions to all sessions1,2, coffee breaks1,2, lunches1,2,3,
welcome party1,2,3, one copy of the Conference Abstracts and
Conference Proceedings1,2 and
sightseeing of Prague3.
Conditions
of Acceptance
Participants are expected to secure travel and
accommodation funding, independent of the organisers, through their
sponsoring organisations.
n
by bank transfer to
the
Ceska sporitelna
Rytirska
Str.
29,
CZ
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
SWIFT Code GIBA CZ PX
Account
No. 1922146369 / 0800
detail
of payment: PHOTONICS/YOUR
NAME
(Please, send a photocopy of the bank transfer document with
the Registration Form.)
n by
charging to your credit card - VISA,
DC, JCB, E/M
n
cash at registration
desk
Participants
who want to pay by credit card must send the Registration Form by post or fax
with handle signature.
In the case
of cancellation, the Conference Secretariat must be notified in writing. An
administrative charge of €
40.00 will be assessed on cancellations made by May 7, 2002. Refunds
will be handled after the Conference.
No refunds
will be given for cancellations made after May 7, 2002.
English will be the official
Conference Language. No translation will be provided.
Oral
presentation
Each author is generally allowed 12 minutes plus
3 minutes discussion. The following media equipment will be provided free of
charge: overhead projector, 35 mm slide projector, data projector and laser
pointer. Video and other equipment may be provided upon request no later than
one week prior to the Conference. Please, do not use for your presentation the
Internet connection to your Laboratory website.
Poster
presentation
Due to the large number of contributions,
posters are regarded to be equivalent to oral presentation in every respect -
including publication - and will be displayed for a half day.
(Posterboards will measure 100 cm high and 100
cm wide.)
The specifications of poster sessions will be
detailed on the Conference homepage end of April, 2002.
Conference
Abstracts
Each participants will receive a copy of
Conference Abstracts upon
registration.
Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
Conference
Proceedings
Authors can publish their papers in a special
issue of Proceedings of SPIE.
For the manuscript (5 - 6 pages) specifications,
please, see
http://www.spie.org/web/proceedings/authorguide.html
and all items inside. (One exception - only 6
pages, please).
Two hard copies of Camera-ready manuscript and
one diskette with each paper should be mailed to the Conference Secretariat by Thusday,
April 30, 2002.
Late manuscripts run to risk of not being
published. All manuscripts will be reviewed before and during the Conference and
a deadline to submit a revised paper is strictly June 15, 2002.
Revised papers received after this date will not be included in the Proceedings.
Important
Only
papers of the registered authors, who pays the registration fee by May
1, 2002, will be included among
the papers to be reviewed and published in the Proceedings of SPIE. If the
received paper is not presented it will not be included in the Proceedings.
n all
manuscripts must be sent to the Conference Secretariat by Thusday, April 30,
2002.
The Proceedings will be published in about 3
months after the Conference. The author which pays a regular fee (not student
fee) will receive one copy of the Proceedings volume in which his paper appears.
In the case of 2 or more authors,
only the presenting author receives this copy. In the case of 2 or more papers
of the same presenting author, only
one copy of Proceedings will be him given.
It
is possible to order additional Conference Proceedings at the Conference
Registration Desk or by the Publishing House of
SPIE.
The final programme of the Conference will be available end of April 2002. Preliminary programme of conference is available here.
Please, visit the Conference
homepage at http://www.photon-czsk.org/ph2002.html
All participants are invited
to attend the Conference Dinner on
Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at 20.00, which be held in the Krystal Hotel. Additional
guest - € 45 or CZK 1 440.
Accommodation
for the Conference participants is available at
By April 1
after April 1
1.
KRYSTAL Hotel (Conference site)
Double
room:
CZK 2.000 per night
CZK 2 300
Single
room:
CZK 1.500 per night
CZK 1 650
2. JALTA Hotel - downtown (Wenceslas Square)
Double room:
CZK 6.000 per night CZK
6 900
Single room:
CZK 6.000
per night CZK
6 900
Low priced accommodation alternative for
students or others on a tight budget is reserved at:
3.
Camping HOSTEL (walking
distances of 15 minutes)
(accommodation in 4-bed
room)
CZK 250 per person/night
if 3 or 4 persons
Double
occupancy:
CZK 360 per person/night
CZK 410
single
occupancy:
CZK 560 per person/night
CZK 650