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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
CZECH CHEMICAL SOCIETY
21st Discussion Conference of P.M.M.
9th International Conference ERPOS
PRAGUE, 14 - 18 JULY 2002
SECOND CIRCULAR
INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
PRAGUE MEETING ON MACROMOLECULES
62nd meeting – 21st discussion conference
9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ERPOS
under the auspices of the
INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Macromolecular Division
R.F.T. Stepto
President of the Macromolecular Division
Jung-il Jin
Representative of the IUPAC
Organized by the
INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
K. Ulbrich
Director of the Institute
D. Výprachtický
P.M.M. Head
J. Kahovec
P.M.M. Editor
J. Jůza
Assistant Editor
M. Srpová
P.M.M. Secretary
E. Grisová
M. Rodová
P.M.M. Assistant Secretaries
J. Brus
P.M.M. Technical Manager
D. Kotíková
P.M.M. Social Programme Manager
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
P.M.M. Secretariat
Heyrovského nám. 2
162 06 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Phone: +420-2-96809 332
Fax: +420-2-96809 410
E-mail: erp02@imc.cas.cz
Internet: http://www.imc.cas.cz/sympo/21discon.html
International Advisory Board
W. Blau (Ireland) | A. Miniewicz (Poland) |
L. Brehmer (Germany) | M. Pope (U.S.A.) |
H. Inokuchi (Japan) | R.Y. Qian (P.R. China) |
F. Kajzar (France) | J. Sworakowski (Poland) |
C.E. Lee (Korea) | G. Wegner (Germany) |
R.A. Lessard (Canada) |
Conference Chairman
Stanislav Nešpůrek (Czech Republic)
Conference Co-chairman
Jiří Pfleger (Czech Republic)
Local Programme Committee
M. Menšík, F. Schauer, P. Toman, J. Vohlídal (Czech Republic)
The conference continues in the tradition of two series of meetings: Prague Meetings on Macromolecules, organized since 1967, and the International Conferences on Electrical and Related Properties of Organic Solids (ERPOS), held since 1974. The present meeting will provide an interdisciplinary forum for scientists working in the field of molecular and polymeric materials with emphasis on their electrical, photoelectrical and optical phenomena. The objectives are to achieve international cooperation of researchers both in academia and industry and to stimulate growth in the field of organic materials for electronics and photonics.
Molecular materials:
molecular crystals, liquid crystals, organized structures, macromolecules and supramolecules, nanostructures, organic conductors.
Properties:
Electrical properties
charge carrier generation, transport, trapping and recombination,
photoelectrical phenomena, electronic processes at interfaces,
electroluminescence, molecular electronics
Optical properties
nonlinear optical phenomena, photorefractivity, optical
switching, solid-state photoreactions, photoinduced molecular
reorientations, data recording and storage.
The opening session will be held on Sunday, 14 July 2002 at 16:00 in the historic building of the Charles University (Carolinum). It will include two opening lectures, excursion to the historic rooms of the Carolinum (about 1 hour), and welcome reception.
The conference will continue on Monday, 15 July, in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha 6, Heyrovského nám. 2 (see Schedule).
The main lectures (see ML) and special lectures (see SL) form the backbone of the programme. The presentation time for each main lecture is 40 min; an additional 10 min is reserved for discussion. The presentation time for each special lecture is 20 min; an additional 5 min is reserved for discussion.
Presentation of poster communications will be arranged in two evening sessions.
The panel discussion has been scheduled (see Panel).
English is the working language of the Conference; no translation will be provided. All materials for publication must be submitted in English.
Videoprojector (XGA) with the possibility of connecting to a notebook, to local PC (ZIP 100 MB, CD, FDD 3.5’) or to VHS, overhead projector, projector of 5 x 5 cm slides (the slide projector does not function with slides thicker than 2.5 mm), and blackboard are available for lectures and discussions.
Boards for mounting posters as well as pushpins and felt-tip pens are available in the poster area.
H. Inokuchi (Japan)
Electrical Conduction in Organic Solids – 50 Years
N. Karl (Germany)
Scientific Review on Organic Field Effect Transistor
The following distinguished scientists have agreed to present the main lectures:
H. Bässler (Germany)
Photoionization in Conjugated Polymers
C. Flytzanis (U.S.A.)
Nonlinear Optical Gyrotropy in Organic Molecular Complexes
and Polymers and the Chirality Issue
D. Haarer (Germany)
Charge Carrier Generation and Transport in Photorefractive and
Photovoltaic Applications
M. Iwamoto (Japan)
Interfacial Phenomena in Organic Polymer Films and the Generation
of Maxwell Displacement Current
Jung-il Jin (Republic of Korea)
Luminescence Properties of Carbazole and Oxadiazole Unit
Containing Low-Molecular-Mass Organic Compounds and PPV
Derivatives
J. Kalinowski (Poland)
Recombination Radiation from Organic Solids
J.M. Lehn (France)
Functional Supramolecular Devices and Materials by
Self-organization
J.M. Nunzi (France)
Optical Structuring of Plastic Materials for Electronics
N.S. Sariciftci (Austria)
Plastic Solar Cells
Z.G. Soos (U.S.A.)
Polarization Energies, Transport Gap and Charge Transfer States
of Organic Molecular Crystals
J. Zyss (France)
Advances in Polymer-Based Microcavities for Lasers and Nonlinear
Optics
Invited discussion leaders:
R.W. Munn (U.K.), J. Sworakowski (Poland)
From Molecular Crystals to Polymers and Single Molecules
The following scientists have agreed to present the special lectures:
T. Akutagawa, T. Hasegawa, T. Nakamura, J. Becher (Japan,
Denmark)
Molecular Nanowires of Charge Transfer Complex
V. Barachevskii (Russia)
Organic Media for 3-D Optical Memory: Modern Trends
L. Brehmer, P. Karageorgiev, B. Stiller (Germany)
Nano-Photo-Science: Thin Organic Films for Data Storage
A. Graja (Poland)
Electrical and Spectral Properties of the New Organic Metal
(BEDT-TTF)6Mo8O26(DMF)3
G. Juška, K. Genevičius, K. Arlauskas, R.
Österbacka, H. Stubb (Lithuania, Finland)
Features of Charge Carrier Concentration and Mobility in p -Conjugated Polymers
A. Kadashchuk, H. Bässler (Ukraine, Germany)
Comparative Thermoluminescent Study of s
- and p -Conjugated Polymers
C.E. Lee, J. W. Jang, D. K. Oh (Korea)
Physical Properties of Iodine-doped s
- and p -conjugated Polymers
F. Kajzar (France)
Photonic Engineering of Molecular Materials
R.A. Lessard, M. Diop, G. Maurin, A. Tork, I. Aboudihab
(Canada)
Fabrication of Thin Film Photonic Crystal
B. Liu, W. Huang (Singapore, P. R. China)
Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Cationic Water-Soluble
Conjugated Polymers
R.M. Metzger (U.S.A.)
Unimolecular Rectifiers
A. Miniewicz (Poland)
Optical Grating Recording in Highly Organized Thin Films of
Disperse Red 1
R.W. Munn, D.Tsiaousis (U.K.)
Charge-Transfer Exciton Trapping at Vacancies in Molecular
Crystals: Photoconductivity Quenching, Optical Damage and
Detonation
S.V. Novikov (Russia)
Rough Electrode Surface: Effect on Charge Carrier Injection and
Transport in Organic Devices
A. Painelli (Italy)
Charge-transfer Processes and Environmental Degrees of Freedom:
Cooperativity and Non-linearity
C. Rovira, O. Elsner, I. Ratera, J. Vidal-Gancedo, J.
Veciana, J. Sedó, D. Ruiz-Molina (Spain)
Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Organic Molecules. Molecular
Nanowires
U. Scherf, R. Güntner, U. Asawapirom, S. Patil, T.
Kietzke, D. Neher, K. Landfester, R. Montenegro (Germany)
Nanostructuring with Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles
J. Sworakowski, S. Nešpůrek (Poland, Czech
Republic)
Traps for Charge Carriers in Molecular Materials Formed by
Dipolar Species: Towards Light-Driven Molecular Switch
H.T. Tien (U.S.A.)
The Lipid Bilayer Principle: From Black Soap Films to Bilayer
Lipid Membranes and Their Applications in Molecular Electronics
J. Ulanski, I. Glowacki, E. Dobruchowska, B.
Luszczynska (Poland)
Thermoluminescence of Polymers for Optoelectronic Applications
J.V. Yakhmi (India)
Design of Molecular Magnets
K. Yakushi (Japan)
Spectroscopic Studies of the Charge Ordering System in Organic
Conductors
V.M. Yartsev (Venezuela)
Calculations of Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic
Structures
K. Yoshino (Japan)
Infiltrated Opals, Inverse Opals, and Replicas as Tunable
Photonic Crystals
Contributions covering unpublished results related to the programme topics may be presented as posters.
Every poster communication is to be registered for presentation on the Registration Form; the registered poster communication is automatically accepted if the author's participation fee has been remitted. Posters are to be mounted during the day preceding the corresponding poster session in order to be freely accessible to participants for preliminary inspection (see Poster).
Boards for mounting poster materials are 120 cm high and 150 cm wide.
Summaries of main and special lectures and poster communications will be published in the Programme Booklet provided that they have been registered (see General Information) and their camera-ready texts will have reached the P.M.M. Secretariat by 30 April 2002, either on diskettes or by e-mail or using upload through conference website. Files in RTF (Rich Text Format) or Microsoft Word files are most suitable, files in PDF (Portable Document Format) or as GIF pictures with resolution 600 dpi can be also accepted. It is useful to use file names derived from the name of the participant (if you register with WWW form and upload your abstract, the file is renamed automatically). You may also send a hard copy of the summary; facsimiles cannot be accepted.
The P.M.M. Secretariat will confirm the receipt of the summary of a registered poster communication. Summaries of non-registered participants will be neither confirmed nor published or returned.
Summaries, except for their headings, will be printed without editing.
Summaries should not exceed one page of the A4 size.
Please keep the following text specifications: width 180 mm, maximum length 220 mm, sufficiently big lettering (2.5 mm preferably, Times New Roman 15 points), single spacing, except where additional space is required for mathematical expressions, chemical equations, or schemes. The left margin should be 15 mm; the summary must start 40 mm from the top of the paper to leave space for the programme number.
The heading of each summary should consist of the title of the contribution (in black capital letters), author's (authors') name(s) (in capital letters), and address(es) (department or laboratory, institution, street, city, province or state, postal code, country, e-mail); the heading (all lines) should not be indented or centred. Figure captions should be positioned below the figures; the size of letters and numbers (including sub- and superscripts) should be at least 3 mm.
A sample of an abstract is enclosed at the end of the Circular to show the width and height you should strictly obey to when printing your summary. A sample is also available from the URL http://www.imc.cas.cz/sympo/ginfo/ in formats: RTF, MS Word 97 template, MS Word 95 document.
Summaries not corresponding to the sample will not be accepted.
Main lectures, special lectures and contributions presented as posters will be published in a special volume of Macromolecular Symposia. Their authors are asked to send the manuscripts to the Discussion conference Editor, Dr J. Kahovec, at the P.M.M. Secretariat, by 30 June 2002 (the receipt will be confirmed).
A maximum of 12 pages is allowed for main lecture, 10 pages for special lecture, and 6 pages for poster papers. As the papers are published in camera-ready form, the manuscripts should be printing on special laysheets sent to the authors along with instructions and sample pages by the Editorial Office of Macromolecular Symposia. A diskette with the text of the paper including figures should accompany the hard copy of the manuscript (if possible, not a Macintosh file).
13:00 - 18:00 | Registration |
Venue: Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Praha 6, Heyrovského nám. 2. | |
16:00 - 19:00 | Opening lectures of H. Inokuchi (Japan) and N. Karl (Germany) and excursion |
Venue: Historic building of
the Charles University (Carolinum). Praha 1, Ovocný trh 3. |
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19:00 - 21:00 | An informal get-together party with cold dishes |
Venue: Carolinum – the
main entrance, Praha 1, Ovocný trh 3. Complimentary for all registered participants. |
All the following sessions (Monday through Thursday) take place in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Praha 6, Heyrovského nám. 2.
08:30 - 17:00 | Registration |
09:00 - 09:30 | Opening ceremony |
09:30 - 18:00 | Lectures |
20:00 - 22:00 | Evening poster session |
08:30 - 09:45 | Panel discussion |
09:45 - 18:00 | Lectures |
20:00 - 22:00 | Evening poster session |
08:30 - 12:15 | Lectures |
14:00 – 23:00 | Excursion with informal dinner |
Visit to one of the historic
castles or towns near Prague, followed by a dinner. The
excursion will not coincide with any programme session or
any event of the Accompanying Persons Programme. Please book for the excursion using the Registration Form (admission by tickets only). Price: CHF 90 (extra fee). |
08:30 | Lectures |
around 15:30 | Closing ceremony (approx. time) |
A farewell drink - Complimentary for all participants. |
Sightseeing and visits will be guided.
Monday, 15 July
12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
14:00-17:00 | Introductory sightseeing in Prague |
Tuesday, 16 July
09:00-17:00 | Visit to a famous castle or well-known spa in Bohemia (lunch included) |
Wednesday, 17 July
09:00-12:30 | Visit to Prague Castle (Hradčany) |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
Thursday, 18 July
09:00-12:30 | Sightseeing featuring the Old Town of Prague |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
For booking and payment, see General Information.
Unregistered accompanying persons and children cannot participate in the scheduled events, nor are they provided with lunch tickets (see Lunches).
Any person wishing to attend the Conference (including invited speakers) must submit the enclosed Registration Form to the P.M.M. Secretariat by 15 April 2002.
The Registration Form (unless submitted using the WWW form) should be completed in three copies: any item not filled in means that the particular reservation is not requested. Please return the white and green copies and keep the yellow one; the receipt of your final registration will be confirmed on the green copy sent back to you. The confirmation of Registration Form means only that your registration is accepted; it is not a receipt of payment (see Remittance of fees).
Please note that the title of any contribution should be definitive and identical with the summary heading (see Preparation of summaries). The summary of a contribution does not replace the final registration. Registration Form is also available at the URL http://www.imc.cas.cz/sympo/r21dc.htm
The fees can be paid in any convertible currency but the total must be equivalent to the sum specified in Swiss francs (CHF):
Before 16 April | After 15 April | |
Full fee | CHF 650 | CHF 690 |
IUPAC Affiliate Member fee* | CHF 580 | CHF 620 |
Student fee** | CHF 300 | CHF 330 |
Accompanying person fee | CHF 300 | CHF 300 |
The registration fee for an active participant includes Conference materials, admission to all sessions, refreshments, four lunches, and participation in the welcome reception and farewell toast.
The registration fee for an accompanying person includes participation in events according to the Accompanying Persons Programme, in the welcome reception and farewell toast.
None of the registration fees includes the excursion with informal dinner on Wednesday.
* The participant is requested to give the number of his/her IUPAC Affiliate Membership card valid in 2002 in his/her Registration Form and show the card during on-site registration.
** Student-rate registration is available for those who can prove their full-time student status by enclosing a statement from their Head of Department or Institute with the Registration Form. It is also available for participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia.
Please order your bank to transfer the respective amount or enclose a cheque payable to the account "Ústav makromolekulární chemie AV ČR, Heyrovského nám. 2, 162 06 Praha 6, No. 01-478387363/0300" with the Československá obchodní banka (address: Na příkopě 14, CZ-115 20 Praha 1, Czech Republic; swift: cekoczpp) together with your Registration Form. If you use payment through bank transfer, please enclose a copy of your bank draft with your Registration Form. The P.M.M. Secretariat will acknowledge payments by mailing receipts.
The P.M.M. Secretariat is able to accept mail order payments with embossed Eurocard/Mastercard or VISA cards. Please fill in the form (available at URL http://www.imc.cas.cz/sympo/mailord.htm or sent on request), sign it and send to the address of the P.M.M. Secretariat by airmail. The receipt of payment will be confirmed.
Remittance of fees is to be made by 15 April 2002. If a cheque is delivered to the P.M.M. Secretariat or payment recorded at the bank in Prague after 30 April 2002 (late payment), the higher rate of registration fees will come into effect and possible arrears will have to be cleared at the Registration Desk. On-site cash payment of a registration fee as a late payment may be accepted only exceptionally and after preliminary agreement of the organizers; without such agreement, the applicant could not be included in the list of participants in the Programme Booklet.
In the event of cancellation of participation, a full refund of the fees paid (less an administrative bank tax) will be made if the P.M.M. Secretariat receives notification before 1 June 2002. Only 75 % of the fees paid will be refunded if cancellation is received after 31 May but before 1 July 2002. In any case, please inform the P.M.M. Secretariat where to return the payment (bank, address, and account No.). Refunds will not be issued for cancellations received after 30 June 2002.
Participants who prefer accommodation in a hotel or those who could not book the student dormitory due to their late order should make hotel reservation through travel or accommodation agencies. Owing to good experience and long-term cooperation, we recommend the Congress Agency EKU (CZ-110 00 Praha 1, Vodičkova 17, tel./fax +420-2-2494 7589, e-mail info@eku.cz, http://www.eku.cz ).
The organizers and the P.M.M. Secretariat neither make hotel reservations nor mediate contacts with travel and accommodation agencies.
Participants wishing to lodge in the Hvězda student dormitory (Praha 6, Zvoníčkova 5 - approx. 600 m from the Institute) should indicate their reservation requirement in the Registration Form. In the dormitory, two double rooms form a unit with a shower and a toilet. If you wish to share a double room with a fellow participant, please give the name of your roommate in the Registration Form. If no name is given, the P.M.M. Secretariat will feel free to make any occupation. As the number of rooms is limited, they will be allotted on a "first-come, first-served" basis.
Accommodation charges (including breakfast) are to be paid together with other Conference fees using cheques or money orders (see Remittance of fees):
No accommodation can be guaranteed for participants who have not booked it before 15 June 2002, or for participants arriving at an earlier date without preliminary notification. On the departure day, the room must be cleared at noon at the latest; after that time, a full charge for the day must be paid.
A valid passport is required for entry into the Czech Republic. The visas are valid for three months from the date of issue; please note that your visa must be valid until the end of your stay in the Czech Republic. Visas are not required if participants come from countries having a visa-free agreement with the Czech Republic.
IUPAC sponsorship implies that entry visas will be granted to all bona fide scientists provided application is made not less than three months in advance. If a visa is not granted one month before the Conference, the IUPAC Secretariat should be immediately notified by the applicant (Phone: +1-919-4858 701, Fax: +1-919-4858 706, E-mail: secretariat@iupac.org)
Participants are advised to arrange health and travel insurance and whatever insurance they consider necessary prior to departure. The registration fees do not include provision of any insurance. Neither organizing institutions nor their representatives assume responsibility or liability for personal accident and loss or damage to belongings however caused.
Registration Form/Fees | 15 April 2002 |
Reservation and payment of accommodation in the student dormitory | 15 April 2002 |
Camera-ready summaries of
main lectures, special lectures, and registered poster communications |
30 April 2002 |
Cancellation of registration (if full refund is required) | 1 June 2002 |
Camera-ready papers based on main lectures, special lectures, and registered poster communications | 30 June 2002 |
All correspondence should be addressed to the
P.M.M. Secretariat Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Heyrovského nám. 2 CZ-162 06 Praha 6 Czech Republic |
Phone: +420-2-2040 3332 Fax: +420-2-3535 7981 E-mail: erp02 @imc.cas.cz sympo @imc.cas.cz |
Please take with you to Prague the green copy of your Registration Form, which was sent back to you after its confirmation at the P.M.M. Secretariat (see Registration).
You should also take with you this Second Informative Circular. No additional information will be provided before your arrival. The Programme Booklet will be available at the Registration Desk.
Foreign currency may be brought into the Czech Republic without restrictions. The official currency in the Czech Republic is the Czech crown (Kč). It can be purchased in banks and other exchange offices.
Exchange offices are offered in the airport and hotels. You might be asked to show your passport. The exchange rate is about 21 Kč for CHF 1, 1€ (Euro) is about 32 Kč (as of February 2002).
Payment cards are accepted in hotels, first-class restaurants, specialized shops, department stores, supermarkets and banks. Please make inquiries before asking services.
The international airport Praha is situated in Ruzyně about 20 km (12 miles) from the city centre and 8 km from the Institute, and is well served by city transport. In addition, airport buses operated by CEDAZ run in about 30-min intervals from the airport to the city terminal (Praha 1, Náměstí Republiky, Metro station of the yellow line B) from 05:30 till 21:30. Airport-bus fare: 90 Kč to city centre, 60 Kč to Dejvická Metro station (as of February 2002). International trains arrive in Prague at the following railway stations: Praha - hlavní nádraží (Main Station; also a Metro station of the red line C), Praha - Holešovice (Metro station of the red line C), and Praha - Smíchov (Metro station of the yellow line B).
No special transport for the Conference participants from the airport and railway stations is organized.
In Prague, an integrated transport system (underground Metro, trams, and buses) operates without conductors. Tickets must be purchased in advance and stamped inside tram or bus, or before passing the gates of the Metro. Ticket machines are in all Metro stations.
In buses, the most common 60-min tickets can also be purchased from the driver, but with additional charge of 3 Kč and with the exact change only. Tickets for 8 Kč for a single 15-min journey by tram or bus, or four-stop journey by Metro - as well as transfer tickets for 12 Kč for a 60-min (at night, on Saturdays and Sundays 90-min) journey by all means of transport are on sale at the airport, at railway stations, newspaper stands and tobacco shops, at hotel reception desks, in restaurants, etc. The Metro runs from 05:00 till midnight. The timetables are available on Internet: http://www.idos.cz
(see also more detailed text on our web)
From the Prague Airport, bus No. 179 takes you directly to the Institute (12 stops -"Petřiny" stop).
From the Main Railway Station (Hlavní nádraží), travel by Metro red line C as far as "Vltavská" station (2 stops). From there, take tram No. 1 (direction of Petřiny) to the terminus "Petřiny" (14 stops).
From the student dormitory Hvězda, take any of buses No. 179, 184 or 191 (direction of Petřiny or Letiště Ruzyně) to the "Petřiny" stop (3 stops). You can also walk through Zeyerova Alej along the high-voltage line to the Institute (600 m).
From Carolinum, walk to the Metro station "Můstek". Take green line A for 3 stops to "Hradčanská" station (direction of Dejvická). From there, take tram No. 1 or 18 (direction of Petřiny) to the terminus "Petřiny".
For more detailed and topical description, see our WWW page ( http://www.imc.cas.cz/sympo/ginfo/ ).
(see also more detailed text in permanent info)
The student dormitory Hvězda is located at the crossing of Ankarská, Zvoníčkova, Brunclíkova and Zeyerova Alej Streets. The nearest bus stop is "Nad Markétou", which is located 50 m from the dormitory (150 m from the reception). The nearest tram stops are "Vypich" (500 m), "Větrník" (700 m), "Obchodní dům Petřiny" (500 m).
From the Prague Airport bus No. 179 takes you directly to the student dormitory (two more stops than to the Institute).
From the Main Railway Station (Hlavní nádraží), travel by Metro red line C as far as "Vltavská" station (2 stops). From there, take tram No. 1 (direction of Petřiny). Get off at the "Větrník" (12th stop) or "Obchodní dům Petřiny" (13th stop) and walk to the dormitory or take a bus No. 179, 184, 191 in the opposite direction to "Nad Markétou" stop (1 stop).
From the Institute, you can either walk through Zeyerova Alej along the high-voltage line to the student dormitory (600 m), or take any of buses No. 179, 184, 191 (direction of Nové Butovice or Na Knížecí) to the "Nad Markétou" stop (2 stops). The student dormitory is in opposite corner of crossing than the stop.
From Carolinum, you can follow the same procedure as to the Institute, but get off at "Větrník" or "Obchodní dům Petřiny" and walk left to the dormitory or take bus No. 179 or 191 in the opposite direction " to the "Nad Markétou" stop.
The Carolinum is located in the Old Town of Prague, near to the "Můstek" Metro station (line A and B). If you leave Metro station through the "Můstek" exit, you can follow the arrows "Stavovské divadlo". Leave the subway using the exit left to the Na příkopě street. After approx. 100 m, turn left into the Havířská street and go towards the theatre, which you can see at the end of the street (100 m). Walk around the theatre from the right; the building opposite to the theatre is the Carolinum.
From the Institute, take the tram No. 1 or 18 for 9 stops (13 min) to the "Hradčanská" Metro station. Take Metro (direction of Skalka) to the "Můstek" station (3 stops); then follow the instructions above.
From the Hvězda Student dormitory, take any of buses No. 179, 184 or 191 (direction of Petřiny or Letiště Ruzyně) to the "Větrník" stop (1 stop). Change for tram No. 1 or 18 as far as the "Hradčanská" Metro station. Then follow the instructions above.
Taxis can be hired at the airport or the railway stations. The fare is max. 22 Kč per kilometre and 30 Kč is the boarding fee within the city boundaries (2002 prices). A special taxi fare from the Prague Airport to the Hvězda student dormitory or the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry is 500-600 Kč, to downtown 600-700 Kč. The Airport minibus service CEDAZ provides transport to any place within the City for 360 Kč (1-4 persons).
We recommend negotiating the fare before entering a taxi.
All participants, including invited speakers, should register. Registration of participants will take place in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Praha 6, Heyrovského nám. 2) preferably on Sunday, 14 July, from 13:00 to 18:00. The registration will continue on Monday, 15 July, (from 08:30).
Coffee, tea, and soft drinks (included in the registration fee) will be available during the breaks of the programme sessions.
Lunches (included in the registration fee) will be served from Monday to Thursday from 12:30 to 13:30) for active participants and registered accompanying persons (for the latter except for Tuesday) in the refectory of the "Větrník" student dormitory, which is at a walking distance from the Institute (about 1 km, 2 stops by tram). Admission by tickets only.
Dinners will be served on Monday and Tuesday in the refectory of the student dormitory "Větrník", and are not included in the Registration fee. You can order the dinners in the Registration Form and pay the respective sum at the Registration Desk.