BioVisionAlexandria is a continuation of BioVision Lyon and alternates with it every even year. This year, it was decided that for the first time in the history of the BioVisionAlexandria, the Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) will organize the interactive event TWAS/BioVisionAlexandria.NXT, to be held alongside the BioVisionAlexandria 2008 in April, under the theme “Funding Research in the Developing World”.

This event aims at bringing 100 young researchers from developing countries to share their ideas and experience, in addition to meeting mentors and eminent scientists who would enlighten their knowledge into the fields of research and development.

Representatives from international funding organizations will demonstrate and unleash funding opportunities to those young researchers and discuss with them the proper way to fund seeking.

WAYS members with the following criteria:
a. Age does not exceed 35 (by the first of January 2008)
b. Masters and Ph.D. students or Post-doctors, working in the field of life sciences
c. Having scientific results that they could present in the conference poster session
d. Native of a developing country
are encouraged to apply

For participation, please register through their webpage: http://www.bibalex.org/bva08/Home/StaticPage.aspx?page=61&m=7

National Workshop on
S&T Statistics: International Practices and Their Applications
(15th-16th April 2008)
The critical role of S&T statistics in the planning for technological development of a country is self-evident. Some countries have set up special institutions / organizations to handle this important information, for example, the Division of Science Resource Statistics (DSRS) under the National Science Foundation in USA and the National Science and Technology Management Information System (NSTMIS) under the Department of Science & Technology in India.
for more details please contact pcst.org.pk
Date

15th-16th April 2008

Venue

Hotel HOLIDAY INN, Islamabad.

Travel

Travel arrangements will be the responsibility of the participants. Local hospitality will be provided.

Closing

Date Last date for registration is 31st March, 2008

Web 2.0 technologies are more than just web-based games and social networks; these virtual environments are building communities of thought and practice which have very real implications for education and research in academia. How do educators, administrators, and librarians use or repurpose these tools to their advantage? What are the implications for teaching and research? Is the return on our investment of time and energy worth the engagement? How well do students learn through these collaborative avenues? What are the true benefits for scientific research? What are the potential conflicts or roadblocks? We will explore these questions and many more.
Details at
http://scholar2scholar.wikispaces.com/ .

XVth International Conference of Young Scientists

Aria:
physics, mathematics, computer science and ecology
Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 18-23 of April 2008

The conference is organized by the Chernivtsi National University and Youth Scientific Society (YSS) Quasar supported by the Chernivtsi City Council

The subject of the presentations can be connected with any topics of Physics, Mathematics, Computer science or Environmental sciences/Ecology. Each presentation can be made only by one secondary high school student and will be qualified by an international jury. The best presentations will be rewarded. The presentation time should not exceed 15 minutes followed by a short discussion. The conference language is English.

The participation fee is 100 € / person, which will cover the accommodation with full board and cultural program. The conference fee can be paid using a bank account transfer or the team can pay cash upon their arrival to Chernivtsi. Every prospective delegation may consist of no more than six high school students and one or two team leaders.

The information about the Regulations can be found on the central website of ICYS: http://metal.elte.hu/~icys.

LOC (Local Organizing Committee):
Paul Pshenichka, quasar@chv.ukrpack.net
Post address: YSS Quasar, Pr. Nezalezhnosti 84A/63, 58005 Chernivtsi
Phone: +380372 54-53-72
Cell: +38067-686-40-17
Phone / Fax: +380372 545-515
Web: http://icys.cv.ua

XVth International Conference of Young Scientists

Aria:
physics, mathematics, computer science and ecology
Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 18-23 of April 2008

The conference is organized by the Chernivtsi National University and Youth Scientific Society (YSS) Quasar supported by the Chernivtsi City Council

The subject of the presentations can be connected with any topics of Physics, Mathematics, Computer science or Environmental sciences/Ecology. Each presentation can be made only by one secondary high school student and will be qualified by an international jury. The best presentations will be rewarded. The presentation time should not exceed 15 minutes followed by a short discussion. The conference language is English.

The participation fee is 100 € / person, which will cover the accommodation with full board and cultural program. The conference fee can be paid using a bank account transfer or the team can pay cash upon their arrival to Chernivtsi. Every prospective delegation may consist of no more than six high school students and one or two team leaders.

The information about the Regulations can be found on the central website of ICYS: http://metal.elte.hu/~icys.

LOC (Local Organizing Committee):
Paul Pshenichka, quasar@chv.ukrpack.net
Post address: YSS Quasar, Pr. Nezalezhnosti 84A/63, 58005 Chernivtsi
Phone: +380372 54-53-72
Cell: +38067-686-40-17
Phone / Fax: +380372 545-515
Web: http://icys.cv.ua

XVth International Conference of Young Scientists

Aria:
physics, mathematics, computer science and ecology
Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 18-23 of April 2008

The conference is organized by the Chernivtsi National University and Youth Scientific Society (YSS) Quasar supported by the Chernivtsi City Council

The subject of the presentations can be connected with any topics of Physics, Mathematics, Computer science or Environmental sciences/Ecology. Each presentation can be made only by one secondary high school student and will be qualified by an international jury. The best presentations will be rewarded. The presentation time should not exceed 15 minutes followed by a short discussion. The conference language is English.

The participation fee is 100 € / person, which will cover the accommodation with full board and cultural program. The conference fee can be paid using a bank account transfer or the team can pay cash upon their arrival to Chernivtsi. Every prospective delegation may consist of no more than six high school students and one or two team leaders.

The information about the Regulations can be found on the central website of ICYS: http://metal.elte.hu/~icys.

LOC (Local Organizing Committee):
Paul Pshenichka, quasar@chv.ukrpack.net
Post address: YSS Quasar, Pr. Nezalezhnosti 84A/63, 58005 Chernivtsi
Phone: +380372 54-53-72
Cell: +38067-686-40-17
Phone / Fax: +380372 545-515
Web: http://icys.cv.ua

XVth International Conference of Young Scientists

Aria:
physics, mathematics, computer science and ecology
Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 18-23 of April 2008

The conference is organized by the Chernivtsi National University and Youth Scientific Society (YSS) Quasar supported by the Chernivtsi City Council

The subject of the presentations can be connected with any topics of Physics, Mathematics, Computer science or Environmental sciences/Ecology. Each presentation can be made only by one secondary high school student and will be qualified by an international jury. The best presentations will be rewarded. The presentation time should not exceed 15 minutes followed by a short discussion. The conference language is English.

The participation fee is 100 € / person, which will cover the accommodation with full board and cultural program. The conference fee can be paid using a bank account transfer or the team can pay cash upon their arrival to Chernivtsi. Every prospective delegation may consist of no more than six high school students and one or two team leaders.

The information about the Regulations can be found on the central website of ICYS: http://metal.elte.hu/~icys.

LOC (Local Organizing Committee):
Paul Pshenichka, quasar@chv.ukrpack.net
Post address: YSS Quasar, Pr. Nezalezhnosti 84A/63, 58005 Chernivtsi
Phone: +380372 54-53-72
Cell: +38067-686-40-17
Phone / Fax: +380372 545-515
Web: http://icys.cv.ua

Since January 2003, the MENTOR Initiative has been running regular 'Malaria Control in Emergencies Intensive Training Workshops' for both field and headquarters based staff of national and international nongovernmental organisations, faith based organisations, UN agencies, donors, National Malaria Control Programmes and recently for suppliers too.

The aim of our workshops is to build the capacity of agencies at the forefront of healthcare provision in humanitarian crises to assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate effective and coordinated malaria prevention and control strategies as part of their overall emergency health response.

We are now please to announce that the next Africa based Malaria Control in Humanitarian Crises Intensive Training Workshop will be held in Entebbe, Uganda, from 21-25 April 2008.

We are currently welcoming applications. The workshop is targeted specifically at:

1) HQ based staff of humanitarian relief organisations - providing country programme support, involved in policy development and/or advocacy functions;
2) Field-based workers, with management responsibility for an emergency public health programme;
3) Commercial partners who are involved in the support and supply and of materials to the humanitarian sector;
4) Students (MSc and above), trainers and policy makers working in operational research with a specific interest in public health in emergencies; and
5) Institutional and non-institutional agencies funding and/or providing technical support to humanitarian organisations in the emergency context.

All workshop materials have been prepared in English and the workshop will be conducted mostly in English. Participants should be able to keep up with the pace of teaching in English. The 5-day course is a fee-paying course, costing £800.00 GBP per person (£660.00 GBP for NGO's).

This fee includes training costs for 5 full days (from 08.30 until 18.00 hours daily), accommodation for the 5 nights (starting Sunday night), and all meals during the workshop.

Please complete and return the application form to Géraldine Druot at geraldine@mentor-initiative.net as soon as possible and at the latest by Monday 24th March 2008.

We do of course welcome multiple applications from each organisation (there is a maximum of 50 places available).

Contact details
Ms Géraldine Druot, training and administration Officer - The MENTOR Initiative European Office,La Prade, 11150 Villasavary France. Tel: +33 (0)4 68 78 27 96. Email: geraldine@mentor-initiative.net.
For details visit: http://www.thementorinitiative.org/internationaltraining.html

XVth International Conference of Young Scientists

Aria:
physics, mathematics, computer science and ecology
Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 18-23 of April 2008

The conference is organized by the Chernivtsi National University and Youth Scientific Society (YSS) Quasar supported by the Chernivtsi City Council

The subject of the presentations can be connected with any topics of Physics, Mathematics, Computer science or Environmental sciences/Ecology. Each presentation can be made only by one secondary high school student and will be qualified by an international jury. The best presentations will be rewarded. The presentation time should not exceed 15 minutes followed by a short discussion. The conference language is English.

The participation fee is 100 € / person, which will cover the accommodation with full board and cultural program. The conference fee can be paid using a bank account transfer or the team can pay cash upon their arrival to Chernivtsi. Every prospective delegation may consist of no more than six high school students and one or two team leaders.

The information about the Regulations can be found on the central website of ICYS: http://metal.elte.hu/~icys.

LOC (Local Organizing Committee):
Paul Pshenichka, quasar@chv.ukrpack.net
Post address: YSS Quasar, Pr. Nezalezhnosti 84A/63, 58005 Chernivtsi
Phone: +380372 54-53-72
Cell: +38067-686-40-17
Phone / Fax: +380372 545-515
Web: http://icys.cv.ua

Since January 2003, the MENTOR Initiative has been running regular 'Malaria Control in Emergencies Intensive Training Workshops' for both field and headquarters based staff of national and international nongovernmental organisations, faith based organisations, UN agencies, donors, National Malaria Control Programmes and recently for suppliers too.

The aim of our workshops is to build the capacity of agencies at the forefront of healthcare provision in humanitarian crises to assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate effective and coordinated malaria prevention and control strategies as part of their overall emergency health response.

We are now please to announce that the next Africa based Malaria Control in Humanitarian Crises Intensive Training Workshop will be held in Entebbe, Uganda, from 21-25 April 2008.

We are currently welcoming applications. The workshop is targeted specifically at:

1) HQ based staff of humanitarian relief organisations - providing country programme support, involved in policy development and/or advocacy functions;
2) Field-based workers, with management responsibility for an emergency public health programme;
3) Commercial partners who are involved in the support and supply and of materials to the humanitarian sector;
4) Students (MSc and above), trainers and policy makers working in operational research with a specific interest in public health in emergencies; and
5) Institutional and non-institutional agencies funding and/or providing technical support to humanitarian organisations in the emergency context.

All workshop materials have been prepared in English and the workshop will be conducted mostly in English. Participants should be able to keep up with the pace of teaching in English. The 5-day course is a fee-paying course, costing £800.00 GBP per person (£660.00 GBP for NGO's).

This fee includes training costs for 5 full days (from 08.30 until 18.00 hours daily), accommodation for the 5 nights (starting Sunday night), and all meals during the workshop.

Please complete and return the application form to Géraldine Druot at geraldine@mentor-initiative.net as soon as possible and at the latest by Monday 24th March 2008.

We do of course welcome multiple applications from each organisation (there is a maximum of 50 places available).

Contact details
Ms Géraldine Druot, training and administration Officer - The MENTOR Initiative European Office,La Prade, 11150 Villasavary France. Tel: +33 (0)4 68 78 27 96. Email: geraldine@mentor-initiative.net.
For details visit: http://www.thementorinitiative.org/internationaltraining.html

the First annual European Microbiology Conference organised by the European Compliance Academy (ECA). The conference is intended to provide microbiological updates and “real life” experiences to support the microbiologist in oday’s Pharmaceutical development and manufacturing activities. The Pharmaceutical microbiologist has a key role to play in all aspects of development, manufacture and control of medicinal products, and their components. This first conference will focus on microbiological aspects of: Formulation development Design and control of facilities and utilities Best laboratory practices Handling microbiological deviations and continuous improvement Biotechnology
Experts from the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory authorities and international academia will present in different
sessions covering various microbiological aspects of the above topics. It is the aim of this conference to equip the pharmaceutical microbiologist with practical knowledge and “know how” which can be applied within the work place. In
addition it will provide a forum for interesting and open discussion between presenters, regulators and your colleagues from the industry.

For more information, please follow this link http://www.microbiology-conference.org/mbconf_index.html

XVth International Conference of Young Scientists

Aria:
physics, mathematics, computer science and ecology
Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 18-23 of April 2008

The conference is organized by the Chernivtsi National University and Youth Scientific Society (YSS) Quasar supported by the Chernivtsi City Council

The subject of the presentations can be connected with any topics of Physics, Mathematics, Computer science or Environmental sciences/Ecology. Each presentation can be made only by one secondary high school student and will be qualified by an international jury. The best presentations will be rewarded. The presentation time should not exceed 15 minutes followed by a short discussion. The conference language is English.

The participation fee is 100 € / person, which will cover the accommodation with full board and cultural program. The conference fee can be paid using a bank account transfer or the team can pay cash upon their arrival to Chernivtsi. Every prospective delegation may consist of no more than six high school students and one or two team leaders.

The information about the Regulations can be found on the central website of ICYS: http://metal.elte.hu/~icys.

LOC (Local Organizing Committee):
Paul Pshenichka, quasar@chv.ukrpack.net
Post address: YSS Quasar, Pr. Nezalezhnosti 84A/63, 58005 Chernivtsi
Phone: +380372 54-53-72
Cell: +38067-686-40-17
Phone / Fax: +380372 545-515
Web: http://icys.cv.ua

Since January 2003, the MENTOR Initiative has been running regular 'Malaria Control in Emergencies Intensive Training Workshops' for both field and headquarters based staff of national and international nongovernmental organisations, faith based organisations, UN agencies, donors, National Malaria Control Programmes and recently for suppliers too.

The aim of our workshops is to build the capacity of agencies at the forefront of healthcare provision in humanitarian crises to assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate effective and coordinated malaria prevention and control strategies as part of their overall emergency health response.

We are now please to announce that the next Africa based Malaria Control in Humanitarian Crises Intensive Training Workshop will be held in Entebbe, Uganda, from 21-25 April 2008.

We are currently welcoming applications. The workshop is targeted specifically at:

1) HQ based staff of humanitarian relief organisations - providing country programme support, involved in policy development and/or advocacy functions;
2) Field-based workers, with management responsibility for an emergency public health programme;
3) Commercial partners who are involved in the support and supply and of materials to the humanitarian sector;
4) Students (MSc and above), trainers and policy makers working in operational research with a specific interest in public health in emergencies; and
5) Institutional and non-institutional agencies funding and/or providing technical support to humanitarian organisations in the emergency context.

All workshop materials have been prepared in English and the workshop will be conducted mostly in English. Participants should be able to keep up with the pace of teaching in English. The 5-day course is a fee-paying course, costing £800.00 GBP per person (£660.00 GBP for NGO's).

This fee includes training costs for 5 full days (from 08.30 until 18.00 hours daily), accommodation for the 5 nights (starting Sunday night), and all meals during the workshop.

Please complete and return the application form to Géraldine Druot at geraldine@mentor-initiative.net as soon as possible and at the latest by Monday 24th March 2008.

We do of course welcome multiple applications from each organisation (there is a maximum of 50 places available).

Contact details
Ms Géraldine Druot, training and administration Officer - The MENTOR Initiative European Office,La Prade, 11150 Villasavary France. Tel: +33 (0)4 68 78 27 96. Email: geraldine@mentor-initiative.net.
For details visit: http://www.thementorinitiative.org/internationaltraining.html

Bahria University (Karachi Campus) is organizing the ‘International Symposium on Biometrics and Security Technologies’ for the first time in Pakistan. The purpose of this symposium is to provide a scientific forum for local and International researchers to report recent results in the areas of biometrics identification, verification and security technologies. The symposium will focus on identifying and articulating research and development challenges and agendas to foster collaborations between Pakistani and international researchers in biometrics and security regime.
The symposium includes a series of Keynotes and Tutorials to be given by eminent researchers, scientists, technologists, and academicians enabling participants to learn about the latest trends of Biometrics and Security Technologies. Presenters/delegates are welcome from all around the globe to participate in this overwhelming event.

For further more information please contact on the below given website address:
http:// www.isbast2007.org

Since January 2003, the MENTOR Initiative has been running regular 'Malaria Control in Emergencies Intensive Training Workshops' for both field and headquarters based staff of national and international nongovernmental organisations, faith based organisations, UN agencies, donors, National Malaria Control Programmes and recently for suppliers too.

The aim of our workshops is to build the capacity of agencies at the forefront of healthcare provision in humanitarian crises to assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate effective and coordinated malaria prevention and control strategies as part of their overall emergency health response.

We are now please to announce that the next Africa based Malaria Control in Humanitarian Crises Intensive Training Workshop will be held in Entebbe, Uganda, from 21-25 April 2008.

We are currently welcoming applications. The workshop is targeted specifically at:

1) HQ based staff of humanitarian relief organisations - providing country programme support, involved in policy development and/or advocacy functions;
2) Field-based workers, with management responsibility for an emergency public health programme;
3) Commercial partners who are involved in the support and supply and of materials to the humanitarian sector;
4) Students (MSc and above), trainers and policy makers working in operational research with a specific interest in public health in emergencies; and
5) Institutional and non-institutional agencies funding and/or providing technical support to humanitarian organisations in the emergency context.

All workshop materials have been prepared in English and the workshop will be conducted mostly in English. Participants should be able to keep up with the pace of teaching in English. The 5-day course is a fee-paying course, costing £800.00 GBP per person (£660.00 GBP for NGO's).

This fee includes training costs for 5 full days (from 08.30 until 18.00 hours daily), accommodation for the 5 nights (starting Sunday night), and all meals during the workshop.

Please complete and return the application form to Géraldine Druot at geraldine@mentor-initiative.net as soon as possible and at the latest by Monday 24th March 2008.

We do of course welcome multiple applications from each organisation (there is a maximum of 50 places available).

Contact details
Ms Géraldine Druot, training and administration Officer - The MENTOR Initiative European Office,La Prade, 11150 Villasavary France. Tel: +33 (0)4 68 78 27 96. Email: geraldine@mentor-initiative.net.
For details visit: http://www.thementorinitiative.org/internationaltraining.html

Bahria University (Karachi Campus) is organizing the ‘International Symposium on Biometrics and Security Technologies’ for the first time in Pakistan. The purpose of this symposium is to provide a scientific forum for local and International researchers to report recent results in the areas of biometrics identification, verification and security technologies. The symposium will focus on identifying and articulating research and development challenges and agendas to foster collaborations between Pakistani and international researchers in biometrics and security regime.
The symposium includes a series of Keynotes and Tutorials to be given by eminent researchers, scientists, technologists, and academicians enabling participants to learn about the latest trends of Biometrics and Security Technologies. Presenters/delegates are welcome from all around the globe to participate in this overwhelming event.

For further more information please contact on the below given website address:
http:// www.isbast2007.org

Since January 2003, the MENTOR Initiative has been running regular 'Malaria Control in Emergencies Intensive Training Workshops' for both field and headquarters based staff of national and international nongovernmental organisations, faith based organisations, UN agencies, donors, National Malaria Control Programmes and recently for suppliers too.

The aim of our workshops is to build the capacity of agencies at the forefront of healthcare provision in humanitarian crises to assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate effective and coordinated malaria prevention and control strategies as part of their overall emergency health response.

We are now please to announce that the next Africa based Malaria Control in Humanitarian Crises Intensive Training Workshop will be held in Entebbe, Uganda, from 21-25 April 2008.

We are currently welcoming applications. The workshop is targeted specifically at:

1) HQ based staff of humanitarian relief organisations - providing country programme support, involved in policy development and/or advocacy functions;
2) Field-based workers, with management responsibility for an emergency public health programme;
3) Commercial partners who are involved in the support and supply and of materials to the humanitarian sector;
4) Students (MSc and above), trainers and policy makers working in operational research with a specific interest in public health in emergencies; and
5) Institutional and non-institutional agencies funding and/or providing technical support to humanitarian organisations in the emergency context.

All workshop materials have been prepared in English and the workshop will be conducted mostly in English. Participants should be able to keep up with the pace of teaching in English. The 5-day course is a fee-paying course, costing £800.00 GBP per person (£660.00 GBP for NGO's).

This fee includes training costs for 5 full days (from 08.30 until 18.00 hours daily), accommodation for the 5 nights (starting Sunday night), and all meals during the workshop.

Please complete and return the application form to Géraldine Druot at geraldine@mentor-initiative.net as soon as possible and at the latest by Monday 24th March 2008.

We do of course welcome multiple applications from each organisation (there is a maximum of 50 places available).

Contact details
Ms Géraldine Druot, training and administration Officer - The MENTOR Initiative European Office,La Prade, 11150 Villasavary France. Tel: +33 (0)4 68 78 27 96. Email: geraldine@mentor-initiative.net.
For details visit: http://www.thementorinitiative.org/internationaltraining.html

The 2nd International Conference ”Climate Change as a challenge for poverty reduction” will take place in Bonn, Germany from 30-31st of May, 2008.

The consequences of climate change are of ever increasing importance for development politics. Climate change poses a significant threat to the goals of the fight against poverty. The UN negotiations for a new global climate change treaty are gaining momentum; but without the consideration of the development politics' perspective an equitable climate treaty is impossible.

In the run-up to the UN Climate Conference in Bonn (2-13 June 2008) Germanwatch will hold on the 30 May (introduction and discussion, only in German language) and the 31 May (whole-day conference) an international conference on climate change and Poverty reduction.

Workshops will address specific themes in greater detail (e.g. climate change and food security, adaptation, deforestation, climate alliances). The conference will serve as a forum for opinion and information, and will send a signal to the UN Climate Negotiations: the path to a just Climate Treaty must be made clear.

Germanwatch in cooperation with the Heinrich-Böll- Fondation NRW and other partners with financial support from the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
More details present in the next URL http://www.scidev.net/en/events/2nd-international-conference-cli...

This year's annual DEISA Symposium will take place in Spring at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. Its purpose is to provide a forum where scientists from around the world can discuss HPC-eInfrastructures in general and for DEISA users to share their experiences and results.

The DEISA Symposium will take part over two days. The first day will feature talks from key players in the field of HPC e-Infrastructures including DEISA, and also from PRACE. The second day will see talks from prominent DEISA users, reporting on both their experience of the DEISA infrastructure and on their ground-breaking results.

The DEISA Symposium is traditionally held once a year during the Spring. This is the fourth Symposium, and previous Symposia were held in Paris, Bologna and Munich. As per tradition, the Symposium will start with lunch on the first day and end with lunch on the second day.

More details are indicated in the next URL http://www.deisa.eu/symposium/Edinburgh2008/

This year's annual DEISA Symposium will take place in Spring at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. Its purpose is to provide a forum where scientists from around the world can discuss HPC-eInfrastructures in general and for DEISA users to share their experiences and results.

The DEISA Symposium will take part over two days. The first day will feature talks from key players in the field of HPC e-Infrastructures including DEISA, and also from PRACE. The second day will see talks from prominent DEISA users, reporting on both their experience of the DEISA infrastructure and on their ground-breaking results.

The DEISA Symposium is traditionally held once a year during the Spring. This is the fourth Symposium, and previous Symposia were held in Paris, Bologna and Munich. As per tradition, the Symposium will start with lunch on the first day and end with lunch on the second day.

More details are indicated in the next URL http://www.deisa.eu/symposium/Edinburgh2008/

The last two years have seen a dramatic, worldwide upsurge in interest and governmental support for bioenergy. In its 30th year, the Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals is uniquely well positioned to continue to attract experts from around the world who will gather in New Orleans May 4-7, 2008, to discuss the latest research breakthroughs and results in biotechnology for fuels and chemicals.

With the two-fold increase in attendance last year, the Symposium has been encouraged to modify the meeting format to include 12 dual technical sessions to accommodate over 80 presentations, as well as a Plenary Session and two large poster sessions. In addition, a Special Topic on International Bioenergy Centers, with presentations on the plans and expectations of newly emerging bioenergy centers around the world, will be the focus of a Tuesday evening session.

NEW! SIM will feature a placement service during the 30th Symposium. Employers and prospective employees wishing to participate should contact Bob Berger, SIM Placement Chair (bbberg@worldnet.att.net). Jobs and resumes will be posted in the Registration Area.

In addition, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado will have a recruiter present. The recruiter will discuss working at NREL and currently available opportunities. Resumes will be accepted for open positions. Located in the Registration Area.

Participants will also benefit from the exciting environment New Orleans and its French Quarter continues to offer.

Please join us to celebrate the 30th annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans May 4-7, 2008

The last two years have seen a dramatic, worldwide upsurge in interest and governmental support for bioenergy. In its 30th year, the Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals is uniquely well positioned to continue to attract experts from around the world who will gather in New Orleans May 4-7, 2008, to discuss the latest research breakthroughs and results in biotechnology for fuels and chemicals.

With the two-fold increase in attendance last year, the Symposium has been encouraged to modify the meeting format to include 12 dual technical sessions to accommodate over 80 presentations, as well as a Plenary Session and two large poster sessions. In addition, a Special Topic on International Bioenergy Centers, with presentations on the plans and expectations of newly emerging bioenergy centers around the world, will be the focus of a Tuesday evening session.

NEW! SIM will feature a placement service during the 30th Symposium. Employers and prospective employees wishing to participate should contact Bob Berger, SIM Placement Chair (bbberg@worldnet.att.net). Jobs and resumes will be posted in the Registration Area.

In addition, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado will have a recruiter present. The recruiter will discuss working at NREL and currently available opportunities. Resumes will be accepted for open positions. Located in the Registration Area.

Participants will also benefit from the exciting environment New Orleans and its French Quarter continues to offer.

Please join us to celebrate the 30th annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans May 4-7, 2008

The last two years have seen a dramatic, worldwide upsurge in interest and governmental support for bioenergy. In its 30th year, the Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals is uniquely well positioned to continue to attract experts from around the world who will gather in New Orleans May 4-7, 2008, to discuss the latest research breakthroughs and results in biotechnology for fuels and chemicals.

With the two-fold increase in attendance last year, the Symposium has been encouraged to modify the meeting format to include 12 dual technical sessions to accommodate over 80 presentations, as well as a Plenary Session and two large poster sessions. In addition, a Special Topic on International Bioenergy Centers, with presentations on the plans and expectations of newly emerging bioenergy centers around the world, will be the focus of a Tuesday evening session.

NEW! SIM will feature a placement service during the 30th Symposium. Employers and prospective employees wishing to participate should contact Bob Berger, SIM Placement Chair (bbberg@worldnet.att.net). Jobs and resumes will be posted in the Registration Area.

In addition, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado will have a recruiter present. The recruiter will discuss working at NREL and currently available opportunities. Resumes will be accepted for open positions. Located in the Registration Area.

Participants will also benefit from the exciting environment New Orleans and its French Quarter continues to offer.

Please join us to celebrate the 30th annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans May 4-7, 2008

Message from the organisers

It is a great pleasure for our labs to host the fourth International Conference on Speech Prosody in Campinas, Brazil. Speech Prosody 2008 is the fourth conference of a series promoted by the Special Interest Group on Speech Prosody (SProSIG) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). The first one was held in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 2002, followed biennally by Nara, Japan (2004), and Dresden, Germany (2006). Now time has come for a change of place and hemisphere by welcoming prosody researchers in Brazil.
About Campinas

Campinas is São Paulo State's second major city with about 1 million inhabitants. It is the city of Carlos Gomes, a famous classic composer of the XIXth century and author of the Guarani opera. The name of the city, meaning "meadows", derives from its longer, older name, Campinas do Mato Grosso, a resting place settled for the Bandeirantes expeditions, going to the Caminho dos Goiases, during the XVIIIth century. The city was widely known in the XIXth century for the sugar cane and coffee plantations, which can be seen even nowadays in the outskirts of the city.
Speech Prosody

Speech prosody covers a multidisciplinary area of research involving scientists working on the suprasegmental aspects of speech, having very different backgrounds and coming from different traditions, including linguistics and phonetics, conversation analysis, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguistics, acoustics, speech synthesis and recognition, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, speech therapy and language teaching, among others.
Call for Papers

The Call for Papers will be delivered by May 2007, inviting participants to contribute in all areas of speech prosody. We particularly invite the community to renew and broaden the interest in Rhythm Analysis and Modelling, Grammar and Discourse, Pathological Speech Prosody, as well as L2 Acquisition Prosody.

Best Regards,
The Organising Committee

http://www.sp2008.org/index.php

The last two years have seen a dramatic, worldwide upsurge in interest and governmental support for bioenergy. In its 30th year, the Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals is uniquely well positioned to continue to attract experts from around the world who will gather in New Orleans May 4-7, 2008, to discuss the latest research breakthroughs and results in biotechnology for fuels and chemicals.

With the two-fold increase in attendance last year, the Symposium has been encouraged to modify the meeting format to include 12 dual technical sessions to accommodate over 80 presentations, as well as a Plenary Session and two large poster sessions. In addition, a Special Topic on International Bioenergy Centers, with presentations on the plans and expectations of newly emerging bioenergy centers around the world, will be the focus of a Tuesday evening session.

NEW! SIM will feature a placement service during the 30th Symposium. Employers and prospective employees wishing to participate should contact Bob Berger, SIM Placement Chair (bbberg@worldnet.att.net). Jobs and resumes will be posted in the Registration Area.

In addition, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado will have a recruiter present. The recruiter will discuss working at NREL and currently available opportunities. Resumes will be accepted for open positions. Located in the Registration Area.

Participants will also benefit from the exciting environment New Orleans and its French Quarter continues to offer.

Please join us to celebrate the 30th annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans May 4-7, 2008

Message from the organisers

It is a great pleasure for our labs to host the fourth International Conference on Speech Prosody in Campinas, Brazil. Speech Prosody 2008 is the fourth conference of a series promoted by the Special Interest Group on Speech Prosody (SProSIG) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). The first one was held in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 2002, followed biennally by Nara, Japan (2004), and Dresden, Germany (2006). Now time has come for a change of place and hemisphere by welcoming prosody researchers in Brazil.
About Campinas

Campinas is São Paulo State's second major city with about 1 million inhabitants. It is the city of Carlos Gomes, a famous classic composer of the XIXth century and author of the Guarani opera. The name of the city, meaning "meadows", derives from its longer, older name, Campinas do Mato Grosso, a resting place settled for the Bandeirantes expeditions, going to the Caminho dos Goiases, during the XVIIIth century. The city was widely known in the XIXth century for the sugar cane and coffee plantations, which can be seen even nowadays in the outskirts of the city.
Speech Prosody

Speech prosody covers a multidisciplinary area of research involving scientists working on the suprasegmental aspects of speech, having very different backgrounds and coming from different traditions, including linguistics and phonetics, conversation analysis, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguistics, acoustics, speech synthesis and recognition, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, speech therapy and language teaching, among others.
Call for Papers

The Call for Papers will be delivered by May 2007, inviting participants to contribute in all areas of speech prosody. We particularly invite the community to renew and broaden the interest in Rhythm Analysis and Modelling, Grammar and Discourse, Pathological Speech Prosody, as well as L2 Acquisition Prosody.

Best Regards,
The Organising Committee

http://www.sp2008.org/index.php

Message from the organisers

It is a great pleasure for our labs to host the fourth International Conference on Speech Prosody in Campinas, Brazil. Speech Prosody 2008 is the fourth conference of a series promoted by the Special Interest Group on Speech Prosody (SProSIG) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). The first one was held in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 2002, followed biennally by Nara, Japan (2004), and Dresden, Germany (2006). Now time has come for a change of place and hemisphere by welcoming prosody researchers in Brazil.
About Campinas

Campinas is São Paulo State's second major city with about 1 million inhabitants. It is the city of Carlos Gomes, a famous classic composer of the XIXth century and author of the Guarani opera. The name of the city, meaning "meadows", derives from its longer, older name, Campinas do Mato Grosso, a resting place settled for the Bandeirantes expeditions, going to the Caminho dos Goiases, during the XVIIIth century. The city was widely known in the XIXth century for the sugar cane and coffee plantations, which can be seen even nowadays in the outskirts of the city.
Speech Prosody

Speech prosody covers a multidisciplinary area of research involving scientists working on the suprasegmental aspects of speech, having very different backgrounds and coming from different traditions, including linguistics and phonetics, conversation analysis, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguistics, acoustics, speech synthesis and recognition, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, speech therapy and language teaching, among others.
Call for Papers

The Call for Papers will be delivered by May 2007, inviting participants to contribute in all areas of speech prosody. We particularly invite the community to renew and broaden the interest in Rhythm Analysis and Modelling, Grammar and Discourse, Pathological Speech Prosody, as well as L2 Acquisition Prosody.

Best Regards,
The Organising Committee

http://www.sp2008.org/index.php

Message from the organisers

It is a great pleasure for our labs to host the fourth International Conference on Speech Prosody in Campinas, Brazil. Speech Prosody 2008 is the fourth conference of a series promoted by the Special Interest Group on Speech Prosody (SProSIG) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). The first one was held in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 2002, followed biennally by Nara, Japan (2004), and Dresden, Germany (2006). Now time has come for a change of place and hemisphere by welcoming prosody researchers in Brazil.
About Campinas

Campinas is São Paulo State's second major city with about 1 million inhabitants. It is the city of Carlos Gomes, a famous classic composer of the XIXth century and author of the Guarani opera. The name of the city, meaning "meadows", derives from its longer, older name, Campinas do Mato Grosso, a resting place settled for the Bandeirantes expeditions, going to the Caminho dos Goiases, during the XVIIIth century. The city was widely known in the XIXth century for the sugar cane and coffee plantations, which can be seen even nowadays in the outskirts of the city.
Speech Prosody

Speech prosody covers a multidisciplinary area of research involving scientists working on the suprasegmental aspects of speech, having very different backgrounds and coming from different traditions, including linguistics and phonetics, conversation analysis, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguistics, acoustics, speech synthesis and recognition, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, speech therapy and language teaching, among others.
Call for Papers

The Call for Papers will be delivered by May 2007, inviting participants to contribute in all areas of speech prosody. We particularly invite the community to renew and broaden the interest in Rhythm Analysis and Modelling, Grammar and Discourse, Pathological Speech Prosody, as well as L2 Acquisition Prosody.

Best Regards,
The Organising Committee

http://www.sp2008.org/index.php

The Austrian Science Fund in cooperation with the European Science Foundation, will be holding an international conference on the impact of basic research from 10-11 May 2007 in the Alte Aula, Vienna, Austria. We cordially invite researchers, funding institutions and policy makers worldwide to participate.

The goal of the event is to explore how and when the reciprocal interactions between basic research, society and the economy take place. The conference will also examine methods for evaluating and reinforcing the impact of basic research, addressing these topics from a theoretical and historical viewpoint. In addition, the conference is aimed at stimulating public discussion and promoting awareness of the issues.

The planned programme will include presentations from representatives of major research organizations and high-level policy makers as well as from researchers engaged in the study of the impact of basic research.

Details via
http://www.science-impact.ac.at/ .

The Austrian Science Fund in cooperation with the European Science Foundation, will be holding an international conference on the impact of basic research from 10-11 May 2007 in the Alte Aula, Vienna, Austria. We cordially invite researchers, funding institutions and policy makers worldwide to participate.

The goal of the event is to explore how and when the reciprocal interactions between basic research, society and the economy take place. The conference will also examine methods for evaluating and reinforcing the impact of basic research, addressing these topics from a theoretical and historical viewpoint. In addition, the conference is aimed at stimulating public discussion and promoting awareness of the issues.

The planned programme will include presentations from representatives of major research organizations and high-level policy makers as well as from researchers engaged in the study of the impact of basic research.

Details via
http://www.science-impact.ac.at/ .

We invite young scientists from all over the world to take part in our conference.
Its aim is to develop the creative activity of students and postgraduates, to attract them to solving actual tasks of a modern science, to keep and develop the united scientific-educational space, to establish enduring contacts between future colleagues.
We are inviting to take part at the conference:
- Students, postgraduates and teachers of higher educational institutions of Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States;
- Students, postgraduates and teachers of European higher educational institutions;
- Specialists of scientific-research organizations;
- Young specialists of industrial enterprises.

We accept articles on the following scientific directions:

1. The Humanities
.
• Historical and socio-psychological aspects of development of the Upper Kama region;
• Socio-cultural problems of modern society;
• Role and place of youth in the development of international relations of the region.
2. Natural Sciences
• Urgent problems of Chemistry and Chemical Technology:
- development of chemical technologies with the utilization of raw-material base of the Upper Kama region;
- ways and methods of industrial waste disposal;
- utilization methods of mineral salts production wastes
• Ecology of the man and protecting environment:
- restoration of soils and reservoirs in the zones of industrial construction;
- conservation, restoration and utilization of cultural-natural heritage of the Upper Kama region;
- utilization of natural complexes in the development of tourism and resort industry of the Upper Kama region.

3. Economic sciences.
• Actual tendencies in the marketing activity at an enterprise;
• Problems of personnel management at an enterprise;
• Elaboration of financial policy of an enterprise;
• Increasing the efficiency of major funds and working assets utilization;
• Expenditure management at an enterprise.
4. Technical Sciences.
• Informational technologies;
• New technologies in engineering.

1. If you fit into one of these categories and would like to come to our next conference, please fill in our application form.
2. Theses of a report have to correspond with all the requirements made to their official registration.

All the mentioned materials have to be submitted by 1 April 2008 inclusive. Organizational committee reserves the right of a competition selecting the participants according to the recorded theses. The committee offers to publish theses of the reports in the collection of articles before the beginning of a conference. The participants have to submit an electronic version of a report for publication of their works. All foreign participants will be provided by breakfast, lunch, dinner, accommodation and interpreting service.
The registration fee: 15 Euro for active participants.
The address of the organizational committee:
618404, 7, Telman street, Berezniki, Perm krai, Russia
coordinator: Olga Durmanova, consultant of the Policy Department of the city administration.
E-mail: scopin2001@mail.ru
Telephone number: +7 (34242) 6-29-21, 6-45-44;
Tel/fax: +7 (34242) 6-90-32

We invite young scientists from all over the world to take part in our conference.
Its aim is to develop the creative activity of students and postgraduates, to attract them to solving actual tasks of a modern science, to keep and develop the united scientific-educational space, to establish enduring contacts between future colleagues.
We are inviting to take part at the conference:
- Students, postgraduates and teachers of higher educational institutions of Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States;
- Students, postgraduates and teachers of European higher educational institutions;
- Specialists of scientific-research organizations;
- Young specialists of industrial enterprises.

We accept articles on the following scientific directions:

1. The Humanities
.
• Historical and socio-psychological aspects of development of the Upper Kama region;
• Socio-cultural problems of modern society;
• Role and place of youth in the development of international relations of the region.
2. Natural Sciences
• Urgent problems of Chemistry and Chemical Technology:
- development of chemical technologies with the utilization of raw-material base of the Upper Kama region;
- ways and methods of industrial waste disposal;
- utilization methods of mineral salts production wastes
• Ecology of the man and protecting environment:
- restoration of soils and reservoirs in the zones of industrial construction;
- conservation, restoration and utilization of cultural-natural heritage of the Upper Kama region;
- utilization of natural complexes in the development of tourism and resort industry of the Upper Kama region.

3. Economic sciences.
• Actual tendencies in the marketing activity at an enterprise;
• Problems of personnel management at an enterprise;
• Elaboration of financial policy of an enterprise;
• Increasing the efficiency of major funds and working assets utilization;
• Expenditure management at an enterprise.
4. Technical Sciences.
• Informational technologies;
• New technologies in engineering.

1. If you fit into one of these categories and would like to come to our next conference, please fill in our application form.
2. Theses of a report have to correspond with all the requirements made to their official registration.

All the mentioned materials have to be submitted by 1 April 2008 inclusive. Organizational committee reserves the right of a competition selecting the participants according to the recorded theses. The committee offers to publish theses of the reports in the collection of articles before the beginning of a conference. The participants have to submit an electronic version of a report for publication of their works. All foreign participants will be provided by breakfast, lunch, dinner, accommodation and interpreting service.
The registration fee: 15 Euro for active participants.
The address of the organizational committee:
618404, 7, Telman street, Berezniki, Perm krai, Russia
coordinator: Olga Durmanova, consultant of the Policy Department of the city administration.
E-mail: scopin2001@mail.ru
Telephone number: +7 (34242) 6-29-21, 6-45-44;
Tel/fax: +7 (34242) 6-90-32

We invite young scientists from all over the world to take part in our conference.
Its aim is to develop the creative activity of students and postgraduates, to attract them to solving actual tasks of a modern science, to keep and develop the united scientific-educational space, to establish enduring contacts between future colleagues.
We are inviting to take part at the conference:
- Students, postgraduates and teachers of higher educational institutions of Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States;
- Students, postgraduates and teachers of European higher educational institutions;
- Specialists of scientific-research organizations;
- Young specialists of industrial enterprises.

We accept articles on the following scientific directions:

1. The Humanities
.
• Historical and socio-psychological aspects of development of the Upper Kama region;
• Socio-cultural problems of modern society;
• Role and place of youth in the development of international relations of the region.
2. Natural Sciences
• Urgent problems of Chemistry and Chemical Technology:
- development of chemical technologies with the utilization of raw-material base of the Upper Kama region;
- ways and methods of industrial waste disposal;
- utilization methods of mineral salts production wastes
• Ecology of the man and protecting environment:
- restoration of soils and reservoirs in the zones of industrial construction;
- conservation, restoration and utilization of cultural-natural heritage of the Upper Kama region;
- utilization of natural complexes in the development of tourism and resort industry of the Upper Kama region.

3. Economic sciences.
• Actual tendencies in the marketing activity at an enterprise;
• Problems of personnel management at an enterprise;
• Elaboration of financial policy of an enterprise;
• Increasing the efficiency of major funds and working assets utilization;
• Expenditure management at an enterprise.
4. Technical Sciences.
• Informational technologies;
• New technologies in engineering.

1. If you fit into one of these categories and would like to come to our next conference, please fill in our application form.
2. Theses of a report have to correspond with all the requirements made to their official registration.

All the mentioned materials have to be submitted by 1 April 2008 inclusive. Organizational committee reserves the right of a competition selecting the participants according to the recorded theses. The committee offers to publish theses of the reports in the collection of articles before the beginning of a conference. The participants have to submit an electronic version of a report for publication of their works. All foreign participants will be provided by breakfast, lunch, dinner, accommodation and interpreting service.
The registration fee: 15 Euro for active participants.
The address of the organizational committee:
618404, 7, Telman street, Berezniki, Perm krai, Russia
coordinator: Olga Durmanova, consultant of the Policy Department of the city administration.
E-mail: scopin2001@mail.ru
Telephone number: +7 (34242) 6-29-21, 6-45-44;
Tel/fax: +7 (34242) 6-90-32