International Scientific Events
International Scientific Events
Sunny Beach Resort, Bulgaria
www.ScienceBg.net
14th International Symposium
Materials, Methods & Technologies (MMT Symposium)
11 – 15 June, 2012, Sunny Beach Resort, Bulgaria
Organized by
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
Science & Education Foundation
Scientific Information System Ltd
The symposium is part of the scientific events organised annually by Info Invest,
the Science and Education Foundation and its partners.
www.science-edu.eu
SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to invite you to take part in the MMT Symposium,
which will be held on 11 – 15 June 2012 in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria.
DATES AND VENUE
11 - 15 June 2012, the Imperial Hotel, Sunny Beach
TOPICS:
Materials
ü Nanomaterials and nanocomposites.
ü Energy & nuclear sciences.
ü Macromolecular science and engineering.
ü Advanced materials processing.
ü Metallurgy and material science.
ü Glass, ceramics and adhesives.
ü Rubber, plastics, textiles and leather.
ü Cellulose, paper and packaging.
ü Optical electronics and laser equipment.
ü Membranes and membrane science.
ü Ionic liquids/electrolyte solutions.
ü Medicine, pharmacy and biotechnologies.
ü Biochemistry and molecular biology.
ü Computer systems and management. Mobile computing.
ü Telecommunication systems and networks.
ü Linking transformational materials and processing for an energy efficient and low-carbon economy.
ü Alternative energy sources for reducing the dependence on fossil fuels. Biofuels.
Methods and Tools for Innovation
ü Instruments to support added value production (Science/technology parks, technology/innovation centres, business incubators, technology oriented business support programmes, science communication, financing innovation, etc.)
ü The role of cooperation (associations, networks, clusters, etc.) in the development of innovation systems
ü Organisational creativity & idea generation
ü Technology transfer and intellectual property management
ü Public sector innovation and policy
ü Venture capital & financing innovation
ü Innovation and technology transfer
ü Natural and alternative energy sources
ü Culture and team management in innovation
ü Innovation in SMEs
ü Innovation training & education
Methods & Technologies
ü Nanotechnology
ü Nanobiotechnology
ü Nano-bio-computing
ü Nano-scale automation
ü Biomaterial technology
ü Biosensors, bioelectronics and diagnostics
ü Biorobotics and bionics
ü Biomedical image analysis
ü Neural networks and artificial intelligence
ü Data mining in pattern recognitions
ü Automation science and engineering
ü Mathematical modelling in chemical engineering
ü Industrial design and modelling
ü Crystallization
ü Distillation, absorption and extraction
ü Automatics, mechanical engineering
ü Electrochemical and anti-corrosion technologies
ü Corrosion control and sustainability
ü Applied mathematics and information technologies
ü Power engineering, electricity supply and equipment
ü Technological standards, certification, analysis and control
ü Processing and product manufacturing
ü Construction, architecture and geodesy
ü Land, air and water transport
ü Hoisting technology and equipment
ü Electrical and electronic engineering
ü Sustainable Energy
ü Problems of the preparation of oil and gas condensates
ü Problems of the preparation and processing of natural bitumen and high-viscous oils
Note:Papers on other relevant topics are welcome too.
Note:Only those who have submitted their registration form fulfilled all the requirements in the present Call for Papers and present at the symposium are regarded as symposium participants.
PARTICIPATION
Registration number: registered participants receive a registration number, which is the same as the number of their pro forma invoice. You are required to use your registration number in all payment documents and correspondence with the organisers.
oral presentations (talks): 10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion;
poster presentations: poster 90 cm high x 80 cm wide printed on paper not heavier than 150 g/m2. A poster session lasts one hour. Please note that PhD students are allowed to present posters only;
online presentations: for people who can not attend in person. Online participants receive their certificates of publication and symposium / conference programme by email. All their contributions are also included in International Scientific Publications. The journal volumes where the papers are published can be read and downloaded freely thirty days after the closing of the symposium / conference from the journal web site: www.science-journals.eu.
video conferencing: provided that there is suitable equipment and connection between the symposium / conference site and one or more other points, the organisers can offer you to take part in a video conference. In this case, you will be sent an invitation by email. Video conferences are possible, not core events.
SYMPOSIUM LANGUAGES - English
SUBMISSIONS - There is a limit of two contributed submissions per registered author. They may be presented as a talk or as a poster. Oral presentations are 10 minutes long and a poster session lasts one hour.
PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT - Participants can use a PC and a multimedia projector. Presentations have to be prepared using PowerPoint and stored on a USB flash drive. Presentations are emailed to the organisers prior to the conference with the file name displaying the participant's name and surname.
PUBLICATION
Submissions, no matter whether presented as talks or posters, will be published in the International Scientific Publications: Materials, Methods & Technologies Journal, Volume 6 in cooperation with the Science and Education Foundation. You can get more information about the journal at
http://www.science-journals.eu/mmt/index.html
Journal description: CD-ROM in a box; papers are in PDF format allowing for full-colour printouts; each journal volume is in the form of a book with cover, a page with the names of the editorial board, each paper starting on a new page and a table of contents at the end. To see what a published paper looks like, please go to www.science-journals.eu
Protection and identification: The journal is reliably protected using special technologies. It is identified with an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).
Editing and reviewing: Every paper is reviewed by two independent, anonymous reviewers.
Editor in ChiefLev Ruzer, USA
Co-Editor in Chief
Tatiana Tolstikova, Russia
Editorial Board
Alla Frolkova, Russia
Aurora Alexandrescu, Romania
Azat Vildanov, Russia
Antonios Papadopoulos, Greece
Branko Marinković, Serbia
Cenko Cenkov, Bulgaria / Guobin Liu, China
Hamid Abbasdokht, Iran
Ijaz Noorka, Pakistan
Jovan Crnobarac, Serbia
Meenu Vikram, USA
Muhammad Afzal, Pakistan
Shanaz Wahid, Trinidad and Tobago (W.I.)
Tatjana Barashkova, Estonia
Flaviu Figura, Romania
Vladimir Solodukhin, Kazakhstan
Journal languages: English
Copyright: Authors retain copyright of the published papers and have full responsibility for their contents. The publisher has the unlimited right to offer and distribute the edition with the papers published in it. The publisher assumes no responsibility whatsoever if the authors have inflicted harm or damage to any third parties.
DISCLAIMER - As an organiser of the symposium, Info Invest Ltd assumes no responsibility whatsoever, direct or implied, for the contents of the papers as well as for the consequences arising from misinterpretation or unawareness of the requirements for participation. The fact that you have submitted a registration form for the symposium means that you have read and agreed with the present conditions.
REGISTRATION FEES
Before 28.02.2012:
Standard registration fee for members of educational and research institutions: 210 Euros;
Special registration fee for members of educational and research institutions who were registered participants at the 2011 MMT Symposium: 180 Euros
Special reduced registration fee for full-time PhD student (Note: only about post-graduate students who do not work at universities and other establishments; students taking distance learning, correspondence or other similar courses are not eligible): 150 Euros;
Additional fee: 90 Euros for a second paper presented.
After 28.02.2012: registration fee is 240 Euros for all participants.
Accompanying persons do not pay registration fees. Each participant, except PhD students, can take only one accompanying person to the symposium.
THE REGISTRATION FEES INCLUDE
ü ScienceBg Certificate for the publication;
ü admission to all sessions of the symposium;
ü the presentation of a paper either as a talk (10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion) or as a poster 90 cm high x 80 cm wide. A poster session lasts one hour. Please note that PhD students are allowed to present posters only;
ü publication of a paper up to 30 pages long in the International Scientific Publications: Materials, Methods & Technologies Journal, Volume 6 on CD-ROM and a copy of the journal on CD-ROM. All papers must comply with certain formatting requirements.
ü a printed copy of the Symposium Programme;
ü coffee breaks;
ü preferential accommodation prices in selected hotels offered by the organisers and free booking for symposium participants.
The presentation of other people's papers is not allowed without a good reason and the prior consent of the organising committee. If the type of presentation (talk or poster) is not specified, the organising committee has the right to decide on it as appropriate.
IMPORTANT DATES
31.01.2012: Registration form and abstract (up to 10 lines) submission deadline - . You will be notified about acceptance/rejection with an email from the organising committee within five working days of receiving the submission. If you should receive no reply, please contact the organisers by email or telephone;
28.02.2012: Deadline for transferring the registration fees to the account given in the email sent to the participant by the organising committee. All bank charges and commissions are paid by the participants. Please inform your bank about this when ordering the transfer. Payment on site is not allowed;
28.02.2012: Final paper submission deadline. Please send your paper written according to the formatting requirements to the organisers for publication at . You will be notified whether the paper is accepted for publication with an email from the organising committee within five working days of receiving the paper. If you should receive no reply, please contact the organisers by email or telephone;
Deadline for booking accommodation for participants and their accompanying persons: see hotel offers. If participants arrange their travel and accommodation themselves or using a travel agency of their choice, they have to inform the organisers not later than 30.05.2012.
If you have failed to receive any accommodation offers from the organisers, you can ask for some by sending an email to ;
30.05.2012: Deadline for sending the PPT presentation of your talk to ; please do not send any materials for the poster sessions;
30.05.2012: Participants (except online ones) confirm in writing to the organisers the form of their presentation (talk or poster) and that they will take part in the symposium in person. In case the organisers do not receive this information before the deadline, they have the right to assume that the participant will not attend in person. They also have the right to change such a person’s presentation to online or poster, which will be reflected in the conference programme.
BANK ACCOUNT AND INVOICES
Payment Method: Bank Transfer; PayPal; Western Union. Mark a way payment in the registration form of the participant.
Payment: Registration fees are transferred to the account given in the notification email sent to the participant by the organising committee. All bank charges and commissions are paid by the participants. Please inform your bank about this when ordering the transfer. Payment on site is not allowed.
Invoices and Registration number: Registered participants are sent a pro forma invoice with the amount of registration fee to be paid. After receiving the correct registration fee, the organisers issue and send the original invoice. All documents are sent in PDF format by email.
Registered participants receive a registration number, which is the same as the number of their pro forma invoice. You are required to use your registration number in all payment documents and correspondence with the organisers.
Invoices: to receive an invoice you need to provide the following information:
If the bank transfer is ordered by a natural person: the person's full name, and full address.
If the bank transfer is ordered by a company or organisation: legal name of the organisation, address, VAT number /for example: BG107346798/, name of recipient of the invoice and full address.
Invoices will be sent in PDF format by email. As they have a signature and a stamp in full colour, you need a high-quality printer to print out the original.
Note: If the bank transfer is ordered by a natural person, it is not possible to issue an invoice to a company or organisation.
PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION
Participation: Only fully registered participants, their accompanying persons and special guests of the Organising Committee can take part in the symposium. Unregistered attendance is not allowed.
Registration: 5 pm – 6 pm on 11 June and 9 am – 10 am on 12 June. Please tell your country, name and surname at the registration desk. Accompanying persons do not have to register, but they receive a badge saying VISITOR.
Name Badges: The badge with your name that you get together with the symposium materials at registration is personal. It is the only document giving free access to the symposium hall and should be clearly visible at all times. You may be denied access to the symposium if you cannot show it. The organisers have the right to demand a proof of your right to attend the symposium.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
The Organising Committee can book accommodation for symposium participants at their prior request without extra charges. The organisers assume no responsibility for any subsequent changes in the accommodation prices shown in it. Participants can also arrange their travel and accommodation themselves using a travel agency of their choice. Please inform the organisers if this is case.
VISAS
All participants and their accompanying persons will be emailed official letters of invitation for the symposium in Bulgarian in PDF format. The invitations have a colour signature and stamp. You can print out the original using a high-quality colour printer. Those who need a visa have to personally apply for it at a Bulgarian consulate, showing the letter. If you will be accompanied by your underage children, please give us their names so that we can include them in the invitation. Letters of invitation will be sent only after the correct registration fees are received.
TRAVEL AND JOINING INSTRUCTIONS
There are three main international airports in Bulgaria: in Sofia (430 km from Sunny Beach), Varna (90 km from Sunny Beach) and Burgas (35 km from Sunny Beach).
There are several different ways to get from Sofia, Varna or Burgas to Sunny Beach.
by bus: Please note that you can take a bus from Sofia or Varna to Sunny Beach, but there is no public bus service from Burgas Airport to Sunny Beach. To go to the bus station in Sofia or Varna, take a taxi from the airport. It is advisable to ask the taxi driver approximately how much the trip will cost before getting into the car as he may overcharge you later.