Registration of the participants and accompanying persons will take the place at the ZADUŽBINA ILIJE M. KOLARCA building (Studentski Trg 5), from 10 am to 8 pm on 5 September 2004, and from 9 am to 3 pm on 6 September.

Registration fee

Registration fee covers

Full (1-3): book of abstracts, program, all printed meeting documents; welcome reception, farewell dinner, break refreshments, one-day excursion.

Accompanying persons: program, welcome reception, farewell dinner, break refreshments, one-day excursion.

Students: book of abstracts, program, welcome reception, break refreshments, one-day excursion. The farewell dinner will be available for additional booking.

Regular registration rates apply to payments made prior to 31 May 2004. After that date, late registration rates will apply.

The registration fee, as well as Proceedings subscription and student's Farewell dinner (optional) should be paid in Euros to account of Natural History Museum in Belgrade.

In the reason country Serbia and Montenegro has not yet received the full position in the international money transfer, the payment will be possible on two ways:

1) to Natural History Museum account (instructions below).

As soon as the fee has been paid, please fax or send the copy of bank receipt, bearing your name and notify the Natural History Museum in Belgrade to (optional): fax 381 11 3442265; optima2004@beotel.yu (scanned); Olja Vasić, Natural History Museum, Njegoševa 51, 11000 Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro.

Paying instructions (please download, print and show to the staff in your bank):

2) by check (amount+10 euros; recipient: Natural Hustory Museum in Belgrade - XI OPTIMA Meeting)

send to the address:

      Students must, in addition, send a certificate of student status from their relevant institution of higher education in order benefit of the reduced participation fees

Cancellation of the participation before 30 June 2004 will entitle to full refund.