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{ The Opening Ceremony of XI OPTIMA Meeting, followed by the Welcome Reception, will take place on 5 September at 7 pm, at Zadužbina Ilije M. Kolarca (Studentski Trg 5). { The Closing Ceremony of the XI OPTIMA Meeting will occur on 11 September at 5 pm at Zadužbina Ilije M. Kolarca (Studentski Trg 5). ARRIVAL You can arrive in Belgrade by plane, train, bus or car. The air traffic connects Belgrade to most world cities. Many air traffic companies have daily flights to Surčin airport, about 20 km from Belgrade. Several international trains arrive daily at the Main Railway Station (Glavna Železnička Stanica), which is situated in the city centre, next to the Belgrade Bus Station also running national and international lines. For those travelling by car, Belgrade is accessible by highway, from the north via Subotica, from the south and east via Niš, and from the west via Ljubljana and Zagreb. Belgrade’s climate is temperate-continental, but with a significant influence of Atlantic and somewhat weaker of Mediterranean climate. September in Belgrade is generally pleasant, warm and with little rain. The days are mostly sunny, with temperatures varying between 16 and 25°C, while the evenings and nights are pleasantly cool. Visas In order to enter the country Serbia and Montenegro, participants from European countries (except Albania) as well as Israel, Tunisia and the USA do not need a visa, but they must have a passport valid for 6 more months. The participants coming from Albania, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Mauritania, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia and Iran must obtain a visa beforehand. Currency The official currency is the Dinar; at present rates one Euro is equivalent to 68 Dinars. Euros are not generally accepted. Banks for exchange are open Monday through Friday 9 am to 7 pm (Saturday to 2 pm). Exchange can also be effected at the airport, hotel counters and exchange offices. Payments are normally expected in cash. Credit cards (Visa, Diners, MasterCard) are accepted in most shops and restaurants, hotels (including those in which participants will be staying), and by car rental companies (Avis, Hertz). Local transport Public transport: buses, trolleybus, trolley car. Taxis are available all over the city. A ride within the city will cost about 150-250 dinars, one from the airport to the city centre about 700 dinars. At the airport it is recommended to make the order at the taxi service desk. The city map can be found on: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/beograd_1999.jpg SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Includes 12 Symposia with invited speakers, as well as two Poster sessions with presentations that may or not may be correlated to the Symposium topics. { Printing of abstracts for the posters as well as their presentation at the meeting in the Poster Sessions will be possible only when Registration fees have been paid. BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Abstracts of invited oral communications and poster presentations will be printed in the XI OPTIMA Meeting Abstracts Book. The book will be made available to all participants at the beginning of the meeting. { The abstracts should be sent in electronic form as an attachment to the address: optima2004@beotel.yu and received not later than 15 July 2004. Abstract:
POSTER PRESENTATION All participants except those giving a lecture have the right to present one poster. Authors of the posters are kindly requested to fill the FINAL REGISTRATION FORM (please download and print). Poster
PROCEEDINGS BOOK The papers corresponding to the lectures and poster presentations at the XI OPTIMA Meeting can be submitted for publication in BOCCONEA. Their length must not as a rule exceed 12 printed pages (lectures) or 6 printed pages (posters), including illustrations and tables. Acceptance is conditional upon positive peer reviewing. { The authors who intend to see their papers printed must bring to Belgrade a completely prepared text, both as hard copy and on electronic support, and hand it in at the Registration desk by the end of the meeting. They are urgently requested to conform with the Instructions to authors published on the cover inside of recent issues of BOCCONEA (or: http://www.unipa.it/herbmed/pubblica.htm) { The participants to the meeting can buy the proceedings volume at a special subscription rate of 75 Euros, to be paid either together with the registration fee or at the Registration desk in Belgrade (later on, the price will be at least 100 Euros). ADDITIONAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS
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Sunday, 5 September - Welcome reception POST-CONGRESS EXCURSIONS >> more...
Tara
Mountain, 12-16 Sept. 2004
Djerdapska Klisura
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