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111th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the PacificToronto (Canada)contact Laurie Keechler, Astronomical Society of the Pacific,390 Ashton Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112, USAtel +1 415 337 11 00 ext. 109 fax +1 415 337 52 05lkeechler@aspsky.orgWebsite asp.unm.edu1 to 7 July 1999Nonlinearity, Integrability and All That: Twenty Years after Needs'79Gallipoli (Italy)contact Maria Concetta Gerardi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Lecce, I-73100 Lecce, Italy tel +390 832 32 04 67 fax +390 832 32 05 05 gerardi@le.infn.itWebsite www.fisica.unile.it/nonlinearity1 to 10 July 1999The Future of the Universe and the Future of Our CivilizationBudapest (Hungary)contact Livia Jenik, Eotvos Physical Society, Foutca 68, H- 1027 Budapest, Hungary tel +36 1 201 86 82 mail.elft@mtesz.hu Website www.uniciv-future.ru2 to 7 July 19994th Liquid Matter ConferenceGranada (Spain)contact 4th Liquid Matter Conference, c/o Roque Hidalgo-Alvarez, Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Facultad deCiencias, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Fuentenueva,E-18071 Granada, Spaintel +34 958 24 32 13 fax +34 958 24 32 14liquid99@ugr.esWetaiiewww.ugr.es/~liquid993 to 7 July 1999International Solar Energy Society Solar World CongressJerusalem (Israel)contact Secretariat, ISES Solar World Congress, PO Box 50006, IL-Tel Aviv 61500, Israel tel +972 3 51 40 000 fax +972 3 51 75 674 ises99@kenes.com4 to 9 July 1999Amateur-Professional Partnership in Astronomical Research and EducationToronto (Canada)contact J.R. Percy, Erindale Campus, University of Toronto,Mississauga ON L5L 1C6, Canadatel +1 905 828 53 51 fax +.1 905 828 54 25jpercy@erin.utoronto.caWebsite www.aspsky.org/u99/sched.html5 to 7 July 199935th Liège International Astrophysics ColloquiumLiège (Belgium)contact Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, 5 avenue de Coirne, B-4000 Liège, Belgium tel +32 4 254 75 16 fax +32 4 254 75 11 astrocol@astro.ulg.ac.beWebsite www.astro.ulg.ac.be/colloques/1999/colloque35.html 5 to 8 July 19993rd HypothesisSt. Petersburg (Russia)contact Nikolai V. Egorov, Faculty for Applied Mathematics,St. Petersburg State University, Bibliotechnaya pl.2, RU-198904 St. Petersburg, Russiatel +7 812 4284250 fax +7 812 4287189hypothes@apmath.spbu.ruWebsite www.apmath.spbu.ru/hypothesis5 to 8 July 19999th Latin American Congress on Surface Science and its Applications (CLACSA 9)Havana (Cuba)contact Osvaldo de Melo, Facultad de Física, Universidad de La Habana, Colina Universitaria, CU-10400 La Habana,Cuba tel +53 7 783471 fax +53 7 333758 clacsa9@ff.0c.uh.cuWebsite www.fis.cinvestav.mx/~slacs/Clacsa9Av1.html 5 to 9 July 199931 st European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy Conference (EGAS 31)Marseille (France)contact Fernande Vedel, Physiques des Interactions Ioniques et Moléculaires, Université de Provence PIIM, UMR 6633 CNRS-UAM1, Centre de St. Jérôme/Case C21, F-13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France tel +33 491 28 81 45 fax +33 491 28 87 45

egas99@newsup.univ-mrs.fr Website www.up.univ-mrs.fr/~wegas99 6 to 9 July 1999Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures (5th ACSIN)Aix-en-Provence (France)contact Claudine Fradin, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Bât. 510, Université de Paris-Sud/Orsay, F-91405 Orsay, France tel +33 169 08 31 62 fax +33 169 08 35 92 acsin-5@lps.u-psud.fr 6 to 9 July 1999Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms for Emission from Astrophysical PlasmasInternational Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium N° 195 Bozeman (USA)contact Sachiko Tsuruta, IAU 195, Physics Department, Montana State University, Bozeman MT 59717, USA tel +1 406 994 67 79 fax +1 406 994 44 52 iau195@physics.montana.edu 6 to 10 July 1999International Seminar on Polarization and Space Charge Phenomena in Polymer DielectricsOdessa (Ukraine)contact Sergei Fedosov, Department of Physics, OGAPT, ul. Kanatnaya 112, UA-270039 Odessa, Ukrainia tel +380 482 29 11 80 fax +380 482 25 32 84 fedosov@eurocom.od.ua6 to 10 July 19999th National Physics ConferenceWellington (New Zealand)contact Grant Williams, Secretary, New Zealand Institute of Physics, c/o IRL, PO Box 31310, NZ-Lower Hutt, New Zealand tel +64 4 569 0511 fax +64 4 569 0117 g.williams@irl.cri.nz Website nzip.rsnz.govt.nz/confer99.htm7 to 9 July 1999Plasma 99Warsaw (Poland)contact Local Organizing Committee for Plasma 99, SpaceResearch Center, PAS, Bartycka 18A, PL-00 716 Warsaw,Poland fax +48 22 840 3131plasma99@cbk.waw.plWebsite haydn.cbk.waw.pl/plasma997 to 9 July 1999Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern PhysicsNyiregyhaza (Hungary)contact Laszlo Jenkovszky, Bogolyubov Intitute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev-143, Ukraine tel +38 044 2669123 fax +38 044 2665998 jenk@bitp.kiev.uaWebsite www.gluk.apc.org/hadrons/BGL 7 to 10 July 1999International Euroconference in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD 99)Montpellier (France)contact M. Razafindrakoto, QCD Secretariat, Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Théorique, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France tel +33 46714 35 68 fax +33 467 14 35 68 qcd@lpm.univ-m0ntp2.fr Website www.lpm.univ-montp2.fr:7o82/~qcd 7 to 13 July 199927th SLAC Summer Institute on Particle Physics: CP Violation In and Beyond the Standard ModelStanford (USA)contact Lilian De Porcel, Conference Coordinator, SLAC, PO Box 4349, MS 62, Stanford CA 94309, USA tel +1 650 926 27 10 fax +1 650 926 35 87 ssi@slac.stanford.eduWebsite www.slac.stanford.edu/gen/meeting/ssi/next7 to 16 July 1999Galaxy Dynamics: From the Early Universe to the PresentParis (France)contact Françoise Combes, DEMIRM, Observatoire de Paris, 61 avenue de l’Observatoire, F-75014 Paris, France tel +33 1 40 51 20 77 fax +33 1 40 51 20 02 francoise.combes@obspm.fr Website www.iap.fr/iapmtg998 to 13 July 1999NMR in Molecular Biology: Structure, Binding and Molecular RecognitionGranada (Spain)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, Quotation 99-014,1 Quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France

tel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco10 to 15 July 1999Unsolved Problems of Noise (UPoN 99)Adelaide (Australia)contact D. Abbott, UPoN 99 Secretariat, EEE Department, University of Adelaide, AUS-Adelaide SA 5005, Australia tel +618 8303 5748 fax +618 8303 4360 dabbott@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au Website www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/

UPoN/uponhome.html11 to 15 July 199924th International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (24 ICPG)Warsaw (Poland)contact Tadeusz Pisarczyk, Institute of Plasma Physics andLaser Microfusion, 23 Hery St., PO Box 49, PL-00 908Warsaw 49, Poland tel +48 22 6857096 fax +48 22 6668372icpig99@ifpilm.waw.plWebsite www.icpig99.ifpilm.waw.pl11 to 16 July 199962nd Annual Meeting Meteoritical SocietyJohannesburg (South Africa)contact Wolf Uwe Reimold, Department of Geology, Wits University, Private Bag 3, PO Wits 2050, ZA-Johannesburg, South Africa tel +27 11 716 29 46 fax +27 11 339 16 97 065msoc@cosmos.wits.ac.za Website www.wits.ac.za/metsoc99 11 to 16 July 1999Ultrafast Optics 99Ascona (Switzerland)contact Ursula Keller, IQE/Ultrafast Laser Physics, PhysicsDepartment, ETH Honggerberg, HPT E 16.3, CH-8093Zurich, Switzerland tel +411 633 21 46 fax +411 633 10 59keller@iqe.phys.ethz.chWebsite www.iqe.ethz.ch/ultrafast/UO9911 to 16 July 1999International Conference on Achievements and Perspectives in Nuclear StructureAgia Pelagia (Greece)contact C.A. Kalfas, Institute of Nuclear Physics, N.C.S.R.Demokritos, GR-15310 Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greecetel +301 65 03 528 fax +301 65 11 215kalfas@mail.demokritos.grWebsite www.physics.ntua.gr/conference.html11 to 17 July11th Quadrennial Congress of the International Association for Radiation ResearchDublin (Ireland)contact E. M. Fielden, MRC Radiobiology Unit, Chilton,Oxon OXu oRD, United Kingdomtel +44 12 35 83 43 93 fax +44 12 35 83 47 7$11 to 19 July 1999Ageing Studies and Lifetime Extension of MaterialsOxford (United Kingdom)contact Les Mallinson, International Conference on Ageing Studies and Lifetime Extension of Materials, AWE Aldermaston, Reading RG7 4PR, United Kingdom tel +44 118 982 7993 fax +44 118 982 4739 lmallinson@awe.co.uk12 to 14 July 19999th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS 9)Fukuoka (Japan)contact H. Akiyama, Secretary of MSS9, Institute for SolidState Physics (ISSP), University of Tokyo, 7 22 1 Roppongi,Minato-ku, J-106 8666 Tokyo, Japantel +813 3478 6811 fax +813 3478 8001golgo@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jpWebsite www.1ssp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/mss912 to 16 July 1999Conference on Black Hole PhysicsTrieste (Italy)contact Patrizia Passarella, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11,I-34014 Trieste, Italy tel +390 40 22 40 231 fax +390 40 22 40 3°4 passarel@ictp.trieste.itWebsite www.ictp.trieste.it/~highener/EW99.html 12 to 16 July 1999Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference (CEC-ICMC)Montreal (Canada)contact Paula Pair, Centennial Conferences, 4800 Baseline Road, Ste A-112, Boulder CO 80303, USA

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tel +i 303 499 2299 fax +1 303 499 2599 centennial@orci.com Website www.cec-icmc.org 12 to 16 July 1999Preserving the Astronomical SkyInternational Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium N° 196 Vienna (Austria)contact W. T. Sullivan III, IAU 196, Department of Astronomy, Box 351580, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA tel +1 206 543 77 73 fax +1 206 685 04 03 woody@astro.washington.edu Website www.darksky.org/ida/iau196 12 to 16 July 19993rd International Conference on Symmetry in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics (SNMP 99)Kiev (Ukrainia)contact Anatoly Nikitin, Institute of Mathematics, NationalAcademy of Sciences of Ukrainia, 3 Tereshchenkivska Street,UA-252601 Kyiv 4, Ukrainiatel +380 442 24 63 22 fax +380 442 25 20 10appmath@imath.kiev.uaWebsite www.berner.imath.kiev.ua/~appmath/first_in.html 12 to 18 July 1999Quantum Computation & Quantum Information TheoryTorino (Italy)contact M. Palma, Fondazione I. S. I., Viale Settimio Severo65,1-10133 Torino, Italytel +390 11 660 30 90 fax +390 11 660 00 49isi@isi36a.isi.itWebsite www.isi.it/activities1999/tmr_school_on.html12 to 23 July 19991 st International Conference on Nonlinear SciencesHong Kong (China)contact DDAP Secretary, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, CN-Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China tel +86 852 2339 7029 fax +86 852 2304 6558 ddap@hkbu.edu.hk Website www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ddap13 to 16 July 19994th International Symposium on Biophysical Aspects of Auger ProcessesLund (Sweden)contact Gustav Grafström, Department of Radiation Physics,Lund University, S-22185 Lund, Swedentel +46 46 17 31 27 fax +46 46 12 72 49gustav.grafstrom@radfys.lu.seWebsite www.fysik.lu.se15 to 16 July 1999Applications of Physics in Financial AnalysisDublin (Ireland)contact Christine Bastian, EPS Conferences, European Physical Society, BP 2136, F-68060 Mulhouse Cedex, France tel + 33 389 32 94 40 fax + 33 389 32 94 49 eps.conf@univ-mulhouse.fr Website www.nbi.dk/APFA 15 to 17 July 1999International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics 99 (HEP 99)Tampere (Finland)contact M. Roos, HEP99, Department of Physics, BOX 9, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland tel +358 9 19 18 440 fax +358 9 19 18 366 hep99@helsinki.fiWebsite www.physics.helsinki.fi/~hep99 15 to 21 July 19995th International Conference on MarsPasadena (USA)contact Arden Albee, Graduate Office, Mail Stop 02-31,California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA 91125, USAtel +1 626 395 63 67 fax +1 626 577 92 465thmars99@caltech.eduWebsite cass.jsc.nasa.gov/meetings/5thMars9918 to 23 July 1999Radiation Effects in Insulators 10 (REI 10)Jena (Germany)contact Uta Bornkessel, Institut für Festkörperphysik,Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-°7743 Jena, Germanytel +49 3641 947315 fax +49 3641 947302bornkessel@pinet.uni-jena.deWebsite www.physik.uni-jena.de/~exphys/reiio/ifkio.html 18 to 23 July 199922nd General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG 99)Birmingham (United Kingdom) contact IUGG 99, School of Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom tel +44 121 414 61 65 fax +44 121 414 49 42

iugg99@bham.ac.ukWebsite www.bham.ac.uk/iugg9918 to 30 July 199919th Discussion Conference: Rheology of Polymer SystemsPrague (Czech Republic)contact Milena Srpova, P.M.M. Secretariat, o/o Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Heyrovského nám. 2, CZ-162 06 Praha 6, Czech Republic tel +420 2 36 03 17 fax +420 2 36 79 81 sympo@imc.cas.czWebsite www.imc.cas.cz/~sympo/19discon.html19 to 22 July 199911th International Conference on Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors (HCIS 11)Kyoto (Japan)contact Nobuhiko Sawaki, Department of Electronics, Nagoya University, Chikku, JP-464 8603 Nagoya, Japan tel +81 52 789 3321 fax +81 52 789 3157 sawaki@nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp Website www.echo.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~hcis-11 19 to 23 July 19995th International Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA 99)Gottingen (Germany)contact Michael Stuke, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, PO Box 2841, D-37018 Gottingen, Germany tel +49 551 20113 14 fax +49 551 20113 30 mstuke@gwdg.de 19 to 23 July 199911th International Congress of Radiation ResearchDublin (Ireland)contact C. Mothersill, Radiation Science Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology, 40/41 Lr Kevin St., IRL-Dublin 8, Ireland tel +353 1 402 46 65 fax +353 1 475 67 93 cmothersill@dit.ie 19 to 24 July 1999Strings 99Potsdam (Germany)contact STRINGS ‘99, Albert-Einstein Instituí, Max-Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Schlaatzweg 1, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany tel +49 331 275370 fax +49 331 27537 98 strings99@aei-potsdam.mpg.de Website strings99.aei-potsdam.mpg.de 19 to 25 July 19993rd United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III) and Sate/lite MeetingsVienna (Austria)contact Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna InternationalCentre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austriatel +43 1 26 060 49 50 fax +43 1 26 060 58 30oosa@unov.un.or.atWebsite www.un.or.at/OOSA19 to 30 July 1999Symposia on Solar Wind and Interplanetary Field, and Long and Short Term Variability in the Sun's History and Global Change (IAGA/IUGG 1999)Birmingham (United Kingdom)contact IUGG99 Secretariat School of Earth Sciences,University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B152TT, United Kingdomtel +44 121 414 61 65 fax +44 121 414 49 42IUGG99@bham.ac.ukWebsite www.ngdc.noaa.gov/IAGA/symposia19 to 30 July 1999International Conference on Conduction and Breakdown in Dielectric Liquids 99Nara (Japan)contact Hisanao Yamashita, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3 14 1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, J-Yokohama 223, Japan tel +81 45 563 1151 fax +81 45 563 2773 nao@dei.elec.kei.ac.jp Website www.dei.elec.keio.ac.jp20 to 25 July 1999International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC 21)Sendai (Japan)contact James H. McGuire, Department of Physics, TulaneUniversity, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698, USAtel +1 504 862 3182 fax +1 504 862 8702mcguire@mcguire.phy.tulane.eduWebsite www.phy.tulane.edu/~mcguire/icpeac.html22 to 27 July 199921th Meeting of the International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC 21)Sendai (Japan)contact Michio Matzuzawa, Applied Physics & Chemistry, University of Electro-Communications, J-182-8585 Tokyo,

Japan fax +81 424 43 55 05 michio@pc.uec.ac.jp Website powen.pc.uec.ac.jp/Sendai 22 to 27 July 199941st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in MedicineNashville (USA)contact Projects Manager, AAPM, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, Nashville MD 20740 3846, USA tel +1301 209 3387 fax +1301 209 0862 25 to 29 July 19998th International Symposium on Heavy Flavour PhysicsSouthampton (United Kingdom) contact Jonathan Flynn tel +44 171359 2081 j.flynn@hep.phys.soton.ac.uk Website www.hep.phys.soton.ac.uk/hf8 25 to 29 July 199917th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive SystemsHeidelberg (Germany)contact Uwe Riedel, IWR, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany tel +49 6221 548249 fax +49 6221 548884 icders99@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de Website reaflow.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/icders99.html 25 to 30 July 1999Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future GoalsBoston (USA)contact Tereasa Brainerd, Department of Astronomy, Boston University, 715 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215, USA tel +1 617 353 66 46 fax +1 617 353 57 04 brainerd@bu.eduWebsite bu-ast.bu.edu/~brainerd/lensconf25 to 30 July 19991st Stig Lundqvist Research Conference on the Advancing Frontiers in Condensed Matter Physics: Quantum Phases in Electron Systems of Low DimensionsTrieste (Italy)contact Stig Lundqwist Research Conferenceon Quantum Phases in Electron Systems of Low Dimensions, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, PO Box 586, Strada Costiera 11,1-34100 Trieste, Italy tel +390 40 22 40 111 fax +390 40 22 41 63 smr1164@ictp.trieste.it (use subject: get index)Website www.ictp.trieste.it/cgi-bin/ICTPsmr26 to 30 July 199920th International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors (ICDS 20)Berkeley (USA)contact Eugene Haller, Berkeley Lab, M/S 2-200,1 CyclotronRoad, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAicds-20@lbl.govWebsite www.lbl.gov/msd/ICDS-20 26 to 30 July 19996th International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces (ICSOS 6)Vancouver (Canada)contact ICSOS 6 Secretariat, UBC Conference Centre, 5961Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver BC V6T 2C9, Canadatel + 1 604 822 1050 fax +1 604 822 1069registration@housing.ubc.caWebsite www.conferences.ubc.ca/icsos.Htm26 to 30 July 1999Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1999Ithaca (USA)contact Beth E. Clark, ACM Conference, Space Sciences Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 6801, USA tel +1 607 254 8895 fax +1 607 255 9002 acm@scorpio.tn.cornell.edu Website scorpio.tn.cornell.edu/ACM 26 to 30 July 1999International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis (IBA 14) and European Conference on Accelerators in Applied Research and Technology (ECAART 6)Dresden (Germany)contact IBA-14/ECAART-6, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf,Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, POBox 51 0119, D-01314 Dresden, Germanyfax +49 351 260 32 85iba-14@fz-rossendorf.deWebsite www.fz-rossendorf.de/iba1426 to 30 July 199918th International Union of Crystallography Congress and General AssemblyGlasgow (United Kingdom)contact G. Houston, Northern Networking, Cong. Central Office, Bellway House, 813 South St., Glasgow G14 oBX, United Kingdom

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crystal@glascong.demon.co.uk 26 to 31 July 1999Recent Developments in Particle Physics and CosmologyChalkidiki (Greece)contact N. Ganoulis, University of Thessaloniki, GR-Thessaloniki, Greecenato99@bartol.udel.eduWebsite www.bartol.udel.edu/nato9928 to 29 JulyInternational Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Molecular and Oxide Superconductors (MOS 99)Stockholm (Sweden)contact Magnus Andersson, Congrex Sweden AB, MOS 99,Po Box 5619, S-114 86 Stockholm, Swedentel +46 8 459 66 00 fax +46 8 661 91 25mos99@physics.kth.seWebsite www.mos99.kth.se28 July to 2 August 1999Localization 1999: Disorder and Interaction in Transport PhenomenaHamburg (Germany)contact Bernhard Kramer, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 9, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany tel +49 40 4123 4997 fax +49 40 4123 6798 isa@physnet.uni-hamburg.de Website www.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/home/vms/

group_meso/l99.html30 July to 3 August 1999Short Course on Crystal GrowthTucson (USA)contact Tony Gentile, ACCGE-11 Secretariat, PO Box 3233, Thousand Oaks CA 91359-0233, USA fax +1 805 492 40 62 aacg@lafn.org31 July to 1 August 19991999 Pacific Rim Conference on Sfe/lar AstrophysicsHong-Kong (China)contact Kwong-Sang Cheng, Department of Physics, Hong- Kong University, Pokfulam Road, CN-Hong-Kong, China tel +852 28 59 23 68 fax +852 25 59 91 52 astrophy@hkucc.hku.hk 1 to 4 August 19999th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems-Water ReactorsNewport Beach (USA)contact TMS Customer Service Department, 184 Thorn HillRoad, Warrendale PA 15086, USAtel +1 724 776 90 00 ext. 270 fax +1 724 773 67 70csc@tms.orgWebsite www.tms.org/Meetings/speciality/Nuclear-

IX/Nuclear-IX.html 1 to 5 August 199913th International Conference on the Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional SystemsOttawa (Canada)contact Doris Ruest, Conference Services Office, NationalResearch Council Canada, Montreal Road, Bldg. M-19,Ottawa ON KiA 0R6, Canadatel +1 613 993 0414 fax +1 613 993 7250ep2ds@nrc.caWebsite www.nrc.ca/c0nfserv/ep2ds 1 to 6 August 199914th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPS 99)San Francisco (USA)contact 14th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, University of California, Department of Linguistics, 1203 Dwindle Hall, Berkeley CA 94720-2650, USA icphs99@trill.berkeley.edu Website Trill.Linguistics.Berkeley.EDU/icphs1 to 7 August 199919th International Conference on Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods (Max Ent 99)Boise State (USA)contact Gary Ericksontel +1 208 426 44 01 fax +1 208 426 48 00gerickso@coe-ux2.1dbsu.eduWebsite www.maxent99.idbsu.edu2 to 6 August 1999A New Era in the Search for Life in the Universe Bioastronomy 99Hapuna Beach (USA)contact Karen Meech, Inst, for Astronomy, 2680 WoodlawnDrive, Honolulu HI 96822, USAtel +1 808 956 68 28 fax +1 808 956 68 28bioast99@nihoa.ifa.hawaii.eduWebsite www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~meech/bioast2 to 6 August 1999

Optics for the Next MillenniumSan Francisco (USA)contact ICO 18 Conference Manager, SPIE,1000-20th Street, PO Box 10, Bellingham WA 98225, USA tel +1 360 676 32 90 fax +1 360 647 14 45 ico18@spie.org2 to 6 August 19992nd Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae: From Origins to MicrostructuresCambridge (USA)contact Joel Kastner, MIT Center for Space Res., NE80-6007,77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02139, USAtel +1 617 253 38 75 fax +1 808 988 27 90jhk@juggler.mit.eduWebsite space.mit.edu/PN_conf3 to 6 August 1999Fluctuations in Biological SystemsStockholm (Sweden)contact Hans Liljenström, Theoretical Physics, KTH, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden tel +46 8 790 9423 hali@theophys.kth.se Website www.theophys.kth.se/~hali 3 to 7 August 1999Atomic Collisions in Solids (ICACS 18)Odense (Denmark)contact P. Sigmund, Physics Department, Odense University,DK-5230 Odense M, Denmarktel +45 65 57 35 20 fax +45 66 15 87 60icacs@fysik.ou.dkWebsite www.fys.ou.dk/icacs3 to 8 August 199922nd International Conference on Low Temperature PhysicsEspoo 8c Helsinki (Finland)contact Tomi Ruokola, Low Temperature Laboratory,Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02150 Espoo,Finland tel +358 9 628 044 fax +358 9 680 2204info@lt22.hut.fiWebsite lt22.hut.fi4 to 11 August 1999Microscopy & Microanalysis 99Portland (USA)contact Microscopy 8c Microanalysis ‘99, c/o MSA Meeting Managers, 7000 West Southwest Highway, Chicago Ridge msameetingmanager@msa.microscopy Website WWW.MSA.Microscopy.com 1 to 5 August 1999Solar Eclipse August 1999 Symposium: Research Amateur Astronomy in the VLT EraGarching bei München (Germany) contact Klaus Reinsch, Univ. Observatory Göttingen, Geismarlandstr. 11, D-37083 Göttingen, Germany tel +49 551 39 40 37 fax +49 551 39 50 43 reinsch@uni-sw.gwdg.de Website neptun.uni-sw.gwdg.de/sonne/

eclipse99_conference.html7 to 13 August 1999The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star ResearchInternational Astronomical Union (IAU) Colloquium N° 176 Budapest (Hungary)contact Geza Kovacs, IAU 176, Konkoly Observatory, H-1525Budapest 12, Box 67, Hungarytel +36 1175 41 22 fax +36 1 275 46 68kovacs@buda.konkoly.huWebsite www.konkoly.hu/iau1768 to 12 August 1999Interrelation between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and SpaceKreuth (Germany) hae@mpe.mpg.de Website www.mpe.mpg.de/IPELS999 to 13 August 1999QCD & Multiparticle Prduction: 29th International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD99)Providence (USA)contact Mary Ann Rotondo, Conference Secretariat, Department of Physics, Brown University, PO Box 1843, Providence RI 02912, USA maryann@het.brown.eduWebsite www.het.brown.edu/people/maryann/ISMD99.html 9 to 13 August 199919th International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High EnergiesStanford (USA)contact Maura Chatwell, Conference Coordinator, SLAC, MS96, PO Box 4349, Stanford CA 94309-4349, USA tel +1 650 926 49 31

lp99@slac.stanford.eduWebsite www.lps99.slac.stanford.edu/lp99.slac.stanford.edu 9 to 14 August 19999th Regional Conference on Mathematical PhysicsIstanbul (Turkey)contact IX Mathematical Physics Conference Organizer regconf9@gursey.gov.tr Website www.gursey.g0v.tr/mp9.html 9 to15 August1999Last Total Eclipse of the MillenniumIstanbul (Turkey)contact Attila Ozguc, Bogazici Univ., Kandilli Observatory, Cengelkoy, TR-Istanbul 81220, Turkey tel +90 216 308 05 14 fax +90 216 332 17 11 ozguc@boun.edu.trWebsite www.boun.edu.tr/~koeri/eclipse/99 13 to 15 August 199926th General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, Sessions on Radio AstronomyToronto (Canada)contact Nicole A. Sarault, URSI GA'99 Management Office, NRC Canada, Montreal Roa1 Bldg M-19, Ottwa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada tel +1 613 993 72 71 fax +1 613 993 72 50 ursi99@nrc.caWebsite www.nrc.ca/confserv/ursi99/

sessio_e.htm#commission13 to 21 August 199914th International Conference for Physics Students (ICPS 99)Helsinki (Finland)contact Veera Vainio, ICPS 99, Organizing Committee, PO BOX 9, Siltavuorenpenger 20 D, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finlandtel +358 50 598 65 39 fax +358 9 191 86 80 icps-99@helsinki.fiWebsite www.physics.helsinki.fi/~iaps/icps9914 to 20 August 1999The Universe of Gamov: Original Ideas in Astrophysics and Cosmology (GMIC 99)Odessa (Ukrainia)contact M. Ryabov, Odessa Astronomical Observatory, Park Shevchenko, UA-270014 Odessa-14, Ukrainia tel +7 04 82 24 71 60 fax +7 04 82 22 84 42 root@astroc.odessa.uaWebsite www.rsssi.ru/gmic99/brown.nord.nw.ru/conf99.htm 16 to 21 August 19996th International Wigner SymposiumIstanbul (Turkey)contact Metin Arik, WigSym6, Bogazici University,Department of Physics, TR-Bebek 80815 Istanbul, Turkeyfax +902122872466wigsym6@boun.edu.trWebsite www.wigsym6.boun.edu.tr16 to 22 August 199926th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 26)Salt Lake City (USA)contact E. C. Lohloh@mail.physics.utah.eduWebsite krusty.physics.utah.edu/icrc199917 to 25 August 1999International Conference of Physics Teachers and EducatorsGuilin (China)contact Xingkai Luo, Institute of Physics Education, GuangxiNormal University, CN-541004 Guilin, Chinafax +86 773 58 18 071xkluo@mailbox.gxnu.edu.cnWebsite www.cpenet.org/e-hy-99icpt.html19 to 23 August 1999Scanning Microscopoy International - Cells and Materials Meeting: Bone & Soft Tissue Biomaterial InteractionsDavos (Switzerland)contact Godfried M. Roomans, Department of Medical Cell Biology, University of Uppsala, Box 571, S-75123 Uppsala, SwedenGodfried.Roomans@medcellbiol.uu.seWebsite www.ao-asif.ch/events/other/smi/index.html22 to 24 August 1999ACS Symposium on Origin of Elements in the Solar System: Implications of Post-1957 ObservationsNew Orleans (USA)contact Olivier Manuel, UMR Chemistry Department,University of Missouri, Rolla MO 65401, USAtel +1 573 341 44 20 fax +1 573 341 60 33oess@umr.eduWebsite www.umr.edu/~oess22 to 26 August 1999GMIC 99: Early Universe: Cosmological Problems and

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Instrumental TechnologiesSaint Petersburg (Russia)contact V. Khaikin, Polytechnicheskaya 21 rm 111, RU-195220St. Petersburg, Russiatel +7 812 247 22 23 fax +7 812 24 75 062vkh@ratan.sao.ru22 to 26 August 199918th International Conference on X-Ray and Inner-Shell Processes(X 99)Chicago (USA)contact Barbara Weller, X99 Conference Office, Physics Division, Building 203, Rm. G-122, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, II 60439- 4843, USA tel +1 630 252 40 44 fax +1 630 252 28 64 x99@anl.govWebsite www.phy.anl.gov/X9923 to 27 August 1999Astrochemistry: From Molecular Clouds to Planetary SystemsInternational Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium N° 197 Sogwipo (South Korea)contact Y. C. Minh, IAU 197, Korea Astronomy Observatory, Hwaam Yusong, KR-Taejeon 309-348, Republic of Korea tel +82 42 865 32 63 fax +82 42 861 56 10 iau197@hanul.issa.re.kr Website www.issa.reKkr/iaui97 23 to 27 August 1999International Conf. on Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter (ICL 99)Osaka (Japan) contact Takashi Kushida kushida@ms.aist-nara.ac.jp 23 to 27 August 1999Thermal and Ionization Aspects of Flows from Hot Stars: Observations and TheoryTartu (Estonia)contact Tiit Nugis, Tartu Observatory, EE-2244 Toravere, Estonia tel+ 3727410443 fax +372 7 410 205 nugis@aai.eeWebsite www.aai.ee/workshop/Tartu_workshop.html 23 to 27 August 199921st International Free Electron Laser Conference and 6th FEL Applications WorkshopHamburg (Germany)contact Ingrid Nikodem, FEL’99, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germanytel +49 40 89 98 28 00 fax +49 40 89 98 42 00FEL99@desy.deWebsite www.desy.de/fel9923 to 28 August 19998th International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy (Hadron 99)Beijing (CN)contact Rucheng Houtel +86 10 68235014 fax +86 10 68218317hourc@mail.ihep.ac.cnWebsite hpws3.ihep.ac.cn/~hadron9924 to 28 August 1999Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group ConferenceSheffield (United Kingdom)contact I. M. Reaney, Dept Engineering Materials, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom tel +44 114 222 54 71 fax +44 114 222 59 43i. m.reaney@sheffield.ac.uk Website www.iop.org/IOP/Confs25 to 27 August 19991 st International conference on Scanning Probe Microscopy of PolymersSanta Barbara (USA)contact E. J. Kramer or S. N. Magonovedkramer@mrl.ucsb.casergei@di.comWebsite www.di.com/poly/poly.html 27 to 29 August 19998th European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 1999)Twente (The Netherlands)contact J. A. Spierenburg, ECSBM 99 Conference Secretariat, CAT, University of Twente, PO Box 217, NL-7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands tel +31 53 48 94 444 fax +3153 48 94 442j. a.spierenburg@basics.utwente.nl Website www.tn.utwente.nl/ecsbm99 29 August to 2 September 19997th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (FLC 99)Darmstadt (Germany)contact W. Haase, Inst, of PHysical Chem., Darmstadt Univ.

of Tech., Petersenstrasse 20, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germanyflc99@tu-darmstadt.de29 August to 3 September 1999International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 99)Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)contact Klaus Achterhold, ICAME 99, Physik-DepartmentE17, Technische Universität, D-85747 München Garching,Germany tel +49 89 289 12559 fax +49 89 289 12548icame@physik.tu-muenchen.deWebsite www.physik.tu-muenchen.de/~icame29 August to 3 September 19996th International Conference on the Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems (OECS 6)Ascona (Switzerland)contact Vincenzo Savona, Institut de Physique Théorique, EPFL, PHB-Ecublens, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland tel +41-21-693 3418 fax +41-21-693 5419 0ecs6@dpmail.epfl.ch Website dpwww.epfl.ch/0ECS630 August to 2 September 199910th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related TopicsSanta Fe (USA)contact Audrey L. Archuleta, Lansce User Office, MS H 831,Los Alamos NM 87545, USAtel +1 505 665 10 10 fax +1505 667 88 30cgsio@lanl.govWebsite www.lansce.lanl.gov/conferences/cgs/index.htm 30 August to 3 September 19995th International Conference on Rare Gas GeochemistryDebrecen (Hungary)contact Istvan Csige, Institute of Nuclear Research, Bern ter18/c, H-4026 Debrecen, Hungarytel +36 52 417 266 fax +36 52 416 181csige@moon.atomki.huWebsite www.atomki.hu/atomki/Radon/icrgg30 August to 3 September 19998th International Conference on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and ResonanceLes Diablerets (Switzerland)contact G. Soit, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland tel +41 56 310 35 82 fax +41 56 310 37 17 solt@psi.ch30 August to 03 September 1999Pulsar Astronomy—2000 and BeyondInternational Astronomical Union (IAU) Colloquium N° 177 Bonn (Germany)contact R. Wielebinski, IAU 177, MPI für Radioastronomie,Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germanytel +49 228 525 300 fax +49 228 525 436rwielebinski@mpifr-bonn.mpg.deWebsite www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pulsar/IAU17730 August to 3 September 19999th International Conference on Unconventional Photoactive Systems (UPS 99)Würzbug (Germany)contact W. Richter, EP 4, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany tel +49 921 55 32 30 fax +49 92155 32 50 wolfgang.richter@uni-bayreuth.de Website www.ups99.uni-bayreuth.de31 August to 4 September 1999114th Faraday Discussion: Surface Science of Metal OxidesAmbleside (United Kingdom)contact G. Thornton, Department of Chem., Univ. ofManchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdomchris@ssci.liv.ac.uk1 to 3 September 19999th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Drives (EMD 99)Canterbury (United Kingdom)contact EMD 99 Secretariat, IEE Conference Services, SavoyPlace, London WC2R oBL, United Kingdomtel +44 171 344 54 67 fax +44 171 240 88 30emd99@iee.org.ukWebsite www.iee.org.uk/Conf1 to 3 September 1999Industrial Electronics ExhibitionOslo (Norway)contact Info-Rama Sentert, Scandinavian Electronics FairAS, N-1912 Enebakk, Norwaytel +47 64 92 71 09 fax +47 64 92 65 09tor@scanexpo.comWebsite www.scanexpo.com/sider/engi.html 1 to 3 September 19992nd European Conference on Neutron Scattering (ECNS 99)Budapest (Hungary)

contact Tamas Grosz, Conference Secretary, Neutron Physics Laboratory, Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, KFKI, Bldg.10, PO B. 49, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary tel +36 1 395 92 20 fax +36 1 395 91 65 ecns99@sunserv.kfki.hu Website www.kfki.hu/ECNS99 1 to 4 September 1999International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics (ISNA 15)Göttingen (Germany)contact ISNA-15, Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Bürgerstraße 42 - 44, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany tel +49 551 39 77 13 fax +49 551 39 77 20 isna@dpi.physik.uni-goettingen.de Website www.dpi.physik.uni-goettingen.de/isna 1 to 4 September 199926th Mazurian Lakes School of Physics: Nuclear Physics at the Turn of the Century: Problems, Ideas, TechniquesKrzyze (Poland)contact K. Delegacz, The Andrzej Soltan Institute forNuclear Studies, Hoza 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw, Polandtel +48 22 71 80 583 fax +48 22 77 93 481kasia@fuw.edu.plWebsite mazurian.ipi.gov.pl1 to 11 September 1999Fundamental Aspects of Surface ScienceCasie/vecchio (Italy)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,Quotation 99-007,1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco3 to 8 September 1999Molecular Liquids: New Trends in the Study of Structural and Dynamical PropertiesSan Feliu de Guixols (Spain)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,Quotation 99-062,1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco3 to 8 September 1999Strongly Coupled Coulomb System: Strongly Correlated Electron and Ion SystemSaint-Malo (France)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, 1Quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080 Strasbourg, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco4 to 10 September 1999International conference on Solid State Spectroscopy (ICSSS)Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany)contact ICSSS, c/o Sabine Birtel Max-Planck-Institut fürFestkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart,Germany fax +49 711 689 17 12icsss@cardix.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.deWebsite cardix.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de/icsss5 to 7 September 199915th European Conference on Thermophysical Properties (ECTP)Würzburg (Germany)contact J. Fricke, Physikalisches Inst, der Univ., Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany ectp@zae.uni-wuersburg.de 5 to 9 September 1999Global Symposium on Recycling Waste Treatment and Clean Technology (REWAS 99)San Sebastian (Spain)contact Rodolfo Solozabal, INASMET, Camino de Portuetxe,12 B° de Igara, E-20009 San Sebastian, Spaintel +34 943 31 61 44 fax +34 943 21 75 60rsoloza@inasmet.esWebsite www.inasmet.es/rewas99.html5 to 9 September 199912th International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass SpectrometryBrussels (Belgium)contact B. Bertaubertau@pcpm.ucl.ac.beWebsite www.mapr.ucl.ac.be/sims125 to 10 September 1999International Conference on Ion Sources (ICIS 99)Kyoto (Japan)contact Hiroshi Tsuji, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University Sakyo-ku, J-606-8501 Kyoto,

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Japan tel +81 75 753 53 54 fax +81 75 753 53 24 icis99@mvtpc3.kuee;kyoto-u.ac.jp Website mvtpc3.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/icis99 6 to 10 September 1999Topical Conference on NP-Hardness and Phase TransitionsTrieste (Italy) contact R. Zecchinasmr1168@ictp.trieste.it (use subject: get index)6 to 10 September 1999Trends in Physics (EPS 11)The triennial general physics conference of the EPS London (United Kingdom)contact EPS n, Conferences Department, The Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1N 3DH, United Kingdom tel +44 171 470 48 00 fax +44 171 470 49 00 epsn@iop.orgWebsite www.iop.org/IOP/Confs/EPS6 to 10 September 19998th International Conference on Hopping and Related PhenomenaMurcia (Spain)contact Miguel Ortuno, Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Murcia, E-30071 Murcia, Spain tel +34 968 36 73 81 fax +34 968 36 41 48 moo@fcu.um.es Website fermi.fcu.um.es/hrp87 to 10 September 19999th International conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 99)Edinburgh (United Kingdom)contact ICANN 99 Secretariat, IEE Conference & Exhibition Services, Savoy Place, London WC2R oBL, United Kingdom tel +44 171 344 84 25 fax +44 171 240 88 30 icann99@iee.org.uk Website www.iee.org.uk/Conf 7 to 10 September 1999Physical Problems in Material Science of Semiconductors (PPMSS 99)Chernivtsi (Ukrainia)contact Peter Gorley, Department of Physical Electronics, Chernivtsi State University, 2 Kotsybynsky St., UA-274012 Chernivtsi, Ukrainiatel +380 37 25 98 473 fax +380 37 25 51 809 horley@ite.cv.uaWebsite www.users.ite.cv.ua/~horley/ppmss99.htm 7 to 10 September 19995th International Conference on Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells (ITQW 99)Bad Ischi (Austria)contact Manfred Helm, Institut für Halbleiterphysik,University of Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austriatel +43 732 24 68 96 02 fax +43 732 24 68 650m.helm@hlphys.uni-linz.ac.atWebsite www.hlphys.uni-linz.ac.at/hl/ITQW99.htm7 to 11 September 1999Joint Meeting of the European Astronomical Society and the French Astronomical Society (JENAM 99)Toulouse (France)contact JENAM-99, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénéés, 14 avenueEdouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, Francetel + 33 561 33 29 47 fax +33 561 33 28 40JENAM99@obs-mip.frWebsite www.obs-mip.fr/omp/JENAM997 to 11 September 199914th International Conference on Soft Magnetic Materials (SMM14)Balatonfured (Hungary)contact L. K. Varga, Institute for Solid State Physics andOptics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PO B. 49, H-1525Budapest, Hungarytel +36 1 39 59 084 fax +36 1 39 59 278smm14@sunserv.kfki.huWebsite www.kfki.hu/~smm148 to 10 September 199937th European High Pressure Research Group Meeting (EHPRG 99)Montpellier (France)contact Conference Secretariat, EHPRG’99, G. E. S. - CC074,Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095Montpellier Cedex 5, Francetel +33 467 54 09 20 fax +33 467 14 37 60ehprg99@ges.univ-montp2.frWebsite bilbot.ges.univ-montp2.fr/Ehprg99/menu.html9 to 11 September 199910th International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body TheoriesSeattle (USA)contact Many-Body X, c/o Aurel Bulgac, Department of

Physics, University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 1560,USA fax +1 206 68 59 829mbx@phys.washington.eduWebsite www.phys.washington.edu/~mbx10 to 15 September 1999Volta and the History of Electricity: 4th EPS Conference on the History of Modern PhysicsComo Pavia (Italy)contact Enrico Giannetto, Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta”, Università di Pavia, via A. Bassi 6,1-27100 Pavia, Italy tel +390 38 25 07 691 fax +390 38 25 07 563 volta99@pv.infn.it Website www.cilea.it/volta9911 to 15 September 1999Bose-Einstein Condensation in Atomic VaporsSan Feliu de Guixols (Spain)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,Quotation 99-095,1 Quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco11 to 16 September 1999Solid / Fluid Interfaces: Complex Fluid InterfacesCasie/vecchio Pascoli (Italy)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,'Quotation 99-029,1 Quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco11 to 16 September 1999The Deep Earth-Theory, Experiment and Observation: Large-Scale Processes and PropertiesAcquafredda di Marateo (Italy)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, Quotation 99-125,1 Quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080 Strasbourg, France tel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87 euresco@esf.org Website www.esf.org/euresco11 to 16 September 19996th International Conference on Surface X-Ray and Neutron Scattering (SXNS 6)Noordwijkerhout (The Netherlands)contact 6 SXNS Secretariat, Philips Research Laboratories,WB33, Holstlaan 4, NL-5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlandstel +31 40 27 44 551 fax +31 40 27 45 002mfrankn@natlab.research.philips.comWebsite www.research.philips.com/sxns/firs.html12 to 17 September 19999th European Meeting on Solar Physics: Magnetic Fields and Solar ProcessesFlorence (Italy)contact P. Spadolini, Osservatorio di Arcetri, Largo Fermi 5,I-50125 Firenze, Italyspm99@arcetri.astro.it12 to 18 September 19995th International Conference: Position-Sensitive Detectors (PSD 5)London (United Kingdom)contact Duncan Bull, Centre for Advanced InstrumentationSystems, University College London, Gower Street, LondonWC1E 6BT, United Kingdomtel +44 171 380 78 38 fax +44 171 419 34 18psd5@ucl.ac.ukWebsite www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/psd513 to 17 September 1999British Association Annual Festival of ScienceSheffield (United Kingdom)contact Sandra Koura, British Association, 23 Savile Row,London W1X 2NB, United Kingdomtel +44 171 973 30 75 fax +44 171 973 30 51sandra.koura@britassoc.org.ukWebsite www.britassoc.org.uk13 to 17 September 1999A New Millennium for Galaxy MorphologyJohannesburg (South Africa)contact D. L. Block, Univ. of Witwatersrand, PO Box 60, Wits,ZA-2050 Gauteng, South Africatel +27 11 716 32 50 fax +27 11 672 37 91zwicky@gauss.cam.wits.ac.zaWebsite www.cam.wits.ac.za/origins9913 to 18 September 1999International Conference on Modern Theories of Structure FormationPorto (Portugal)contact MSTF99 - Local Organizing Committee, Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, P-

4150 Porto, Portugaltel +351 2 60 89 830 fax +351 2 60 89 831mstf99@astro.up.ptWebsite www.astro.up.pt13 to 18 September 19994th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity (EUCAS 99)Sitges, Barcelona (Spain)contact X. Obradors, Institut de Ciencia de Materials deBarcelona, ICMAB - CSIC, Campus de la UAB, E-08193Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spaintel +34 93 580 18 53 fax +34 93 580 57 29euCaS99@iCmab.eSWebsite www.icmab.es/eucas9914 to 17 September 1999International Topical Meeting on Emergency Preparedness and ResponseSanta Fe (USA)contact American Nuclear Society, Meetings Department,555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park IL 60326,USA tel +1 708 352 66 11 fax +1 708 352 64 64meetings@ans.org14 to 17 September 19993rd Meeting on Constrained Dynamics and Quantum GravitySardinia (Italy)contact Vittorio de Alfaroqg99@to.infn.it.Website www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de/mc.cgi-bin/qg99.html14 to 18 September 1999The 5th Compton SymposiumPortsmouth (USA)contact Robbin Pendexter, Univ. of New Hampshire, Space Science Center, Morse Hall, Durham NH 03824, USA tel +1 603 862 10 61 fax +1 603 862 46 85 compton5@unh.edu Website wwwgro.unh.edu/compton515 to 17 September 1999Science as Culture: 5th International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference and 8th European History and Physics Teaching ConferenceComo Pavia (Italy)contact Enrico Giannetto, Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta”,Università di Pavia, via A. Bassi 6,1-27100 Pavia, Italytel +390 382 50 74 95 fax +390 382 50 75 63volta99@pv.infn.itcongress@icil64.cilea.itWebsite www.cilea.it/volta9915 to 19 September 1999Electromagnetic Probes and the Structure of Hadrons and NucleiErice (Italy)contact A. Fässler, University of Tübingen, Institut for Theoretical Physics, Auf der Morgenstel le 14, D-72076 Tübingen, Germanytel +49 70 71 29 763 70 fax +49 70 71 29 53 88amand.faessler@uni-tuebingen.deerice1999@uni-tuebingen.de17 to 25 September 19996th International Meeting on Hole Burning and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications (HBRS 99)Hourtin (France)contact M. Orrit - HBRS99, CPMOH, Université Bordeaux 1,F-33405 Talence Cedex, Francetel +33 556 84 62 09 fax +33 556 84 69 70secr@hbrs.u-bordeaux.fr18 to 23 September 1999AMPERE 99Vilnius (Lithuania)contact L. Kimtys, Chairman of the Organizing Committee,Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, Universiteto Str. 3, LT-2734 Vilnius, Lithuaniatel +3702 76 94 60 fax +3702 76 44 55liudvikas.kimtys@ff.vu.lt18 to 23 September 1999Electronic Structure of Solids & Surfaces: Challenges in Predictive Descriptions of Reaction Dynamics & Growth Properties at SurfacesLenggries (Germany)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,Quotation 99-138,1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco18 to 23 September 1999Interfaces and Colloidal SystemsAghia Pelaghia (Greece)

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contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,Quotation 99-001, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco18 to 23 September 1999

13th International Biophysics CongressNew Delhi (India)contact IUPAB International Biophysics Congress, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi, Bhabha Rd, Colaba, IN-Mumbai-400 005, India anil@tifrvax.tifr.res.in19 to 24 September 1999

1st Euroconference on Atomic Physics at Accelerators: Laser Spectroscopy and ApplicationsBudenheim (Germany)contact Julianna Katona, APAC 99, Institut für Physik, D-55099 Mainz, Germanytel +49 6131 39 26 98 fax +49 6131 39 34 28APAC99@uni-mainz.deWebsite www.uni-mainz.de/APAC9919 to 24 September 1999

Large Scale Structure in the X-Ray UniverseSantorini (Greece)contact I. Georgantopoulos, Natl. Observatory of Athens, I.Metaxa and B. Pavlou, GR-15236 Athens, Greecetel +30 1 804 06 19 fax +30 1 404 03 55santor99@sapfo.astro.noa.grWebsite www.astro.noa.gr/~ig/conf.html20 to 22 September 1999

3rd Yugoslav Materials Research Society ConferenceHerceg Novi (Yugoslavia)contact Marina Krivokuca, Institute of Technical Sciences ofSASA, Knez Mahailova 35/IV, PO Box 745, YU-11000Belgrade, Yugoslavia tel +381 11 18 54 37 fax +381 11 18 52 63yumrs@itn.sanu.ac.yuWebsite www.yu-mrs.org.yu/yucomat.html20 to 24 September 1999

7th International Conference on QuasicrystalsStuttgart (Germany)contact ICQ7’99, Institut für Theoretische und Angewandte Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germanytel +49 711 687 52 53 fax +49 711 687 52 71 1cq7@itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de Website 1cq7.uni-stuttgart.de 20 to 24 September 1999

9th International Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH 9)San Francisco (USA)contact American Nuclear Society Meeting Department, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park IL 60326, USA tel +1 708 352 66 11 fax +1 708 352 64 64 meetings@ans.org 20 to 24 September 1999

Advanced Laser Technologies (ALT 99)Potenza abd Lecce (Italy)contact M. C. Gerardi, Department of Physics, University ofLecce, I-73100 Lecce, Italytel +39 08 32 32 04 67 fax +39 08 32 32 05 05gerardi@le.infn.itWebsite www.fisica.unife.it20 to 24 September 1999

Non-Commutative Geometry and Hopf Algebras in Field Theory and Particle PhysicsTorino (Italy)contact ISI, Villa Gualino, Viale Settimio Severo 65, I-10133 Torino, Italy tel +390 11 66 03 090 fax +390 11 66 00 249 isi@isi36a.isi.it Website www.isi.it20 to 30 September 1999

18th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 18)Vienna (Austria)contact ECOSS-18 Secretary, Institut für Allgemeine Physik, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, A-1040 Vienna, Austria tel +43 15 88 01 fax +43 11 34 99 ecoss18-secretary@iap.tuwien.ac.at Website www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/ecoss1821 to 24 September 1999

Chemistry and Physics of Multifunctional Materials: Taming Molecular ComplexitySan Feliu de Guixols (Spain)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,Quotation 99-112, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.org

Website www.esf.org/euresco21 to 26 September 1999

10th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE 10)Fokis (Greece)contact ISE10 Conference Secretariat, Aglaia Vasilikou-Dova, University of Athens, Department of Physics, GR-157 84 Zografou, Greece tel +30 1 72 84 730 fax +30 1 72 57 689 avasilik@atlas.uoa.gr Website www.physics.ntua.gr/~ISE1022 to 27 September 1999

1st International Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of the Transactinide Elements (TAN 99)Seeheim-Jugenheim (Germany)contact TAN 99, c/o S. Raiss, GSI, Planckst. 1, D-64291Darmstadt, Germanytel +49 61 59 71 24 12 fax +49 61 59 71 29 02tan99@gsi.deWebsite www.gsi.de/tan9926 to 30 September 1999

25th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 99)Nice (France)contact Gérard Marsot fax +33 1 4449 604426 to 30 September 1999

1st Regional Conference on Magnetic and Superconducting MaterialsTehran (Iran)contact Secretariat, Magnet Research Laboratory,Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, IR-11365-9161 Tehran (Iran)tel +98 21 60 19 246 fax +98 21 60 19 246msm-99@sina.sharif.ac.irWebsite web.mit.edu/physics/MSM9927 to 30 September 1999

2nd World Manufacturing CongressDurham (United Kingdom)contact Mozafar Saadat, General Chair, WMC’99, School ofEngineering and Advanced Technology, University ofSunderland, Edinburgh Building, Chester Road, SunderlandSR1 3SD, United Kingdomtel +44 191 515 28 67 fax +44 191 515 27 03mozafar.saadat@sunderland.ac.ukWebsite www.icsc.ab.ca27 to 30 September 1999

Polar Motion: Historical and Scientific ProblemsInternational Astronomical Union (IAU) Colloquium N° 178 Cagliari (Italy)contact S. Dick, IAU 178, U. S. Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington D. C. 20392 5420, USA tel +1 202 762 14 38 fax +1 202 762 15 16 dick@ariel.usno.navy.mil Website www.ca.astro.it/IAU178 27 to 30 September 1999

International Bogolyubov Conference on Problems of Theoretical and Mathematical PhysicsMoscow, Dubna and Kyiv (Russia)contact A. N. Sissakian, JINR, Joliot-Curie 6, RU-141980Dubna, Moscow Region, Russiatel +7 096 21 62 268 fax +7 096 21 65 599bog1999@thsun1.jinr.ruWebsite thsun1.jinr.ru/~bog199927 September to 6 October 1999

Hollow Atoms and Reactive IonsSan Sebastian (Spain)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, 1 Quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080 Strasbourg, France tel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87 euresco@esf.org28 September to 3 October 1999

Particle-Solid Interactions: Dynamic PhenomenaSan Sebastian (Spain)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,Quotation 99-081, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco28 September to 3 October 1999

2nd European Charge Density Meeting (ECDM 2)Sitges (Spain)contact Enrique Espinosa, Organizing Committee ECDM-2, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (CSIC), Campus de la UAB, E-08193 Cerdanyola (Barcelona), Spain fax +34 93 580 57 29 enrique@icmab.es 30 September to 2 October 1999

Molecular Orientation in Polymers: Generation,

Characterisation, ApplicationPotsdam (Germany)contact Wolfgang Künstler, Universität Potsdam, Institut für Physik, Am Neuen Palais 10, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany tel +49 33 19 77 14 56 fax +49 33 19 77 14 90 eps99@canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de Website canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~eps99 30 September to 2 October 1999

10th Quantum Optics ConferenceMallorca (Spain)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,Quotation 99-005, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080Strasbourg Cedex, Francetel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87euresco@esf.orgWebsite www.esf.org/euresco2 to 7 October 1999

7th International Conference on Physics and Technology of Thin FilmsIvano-Frankivsk (Ukrainia)contact Dmytro Freik, Departament of Solid-State Physics,Precarpathian University, Schevchenko St. 57, UA-284000Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukrainiatel +380 03 422 96 4 26 fax +380 03 422 31 5 74freik@pu.if.uaWebsite www.pu.if.ua/depart/fm/conf 4 to 8 October 1999

8th European Confernece on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis (ECASIA 99)Sevilla (Spain)contact Jose Maria Sanz, ECASIA 99, Departamento Física Aplicada, C-12, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, E-28049 Cantoblanco, Spain tel +34 91 397 44 08 fax +34 91 397 39 69 ecasia99@uam.esWebsite www.uam.es/fa/ecasia99.html 4 to 8 October 1999

Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters (IWFAC 99)Saint Petersburg (Russia)contact Sergey V. Kidalov, Organizing Committee of International Workshop “Fullerenes an Atomic Clusters”, IWFAC’99, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, 26 Polytechnicheskaya, RU-194021 Saint Petersburg, Russia tel +7 812 24 76 151 fax +7 812 24 75 894 fuller@vul.ioffe.rssi.ru Website www.ioffe.rssi.ru/IWFAC99 4 to 8 October 1999

International Conference on Accelerators and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS 99)Trieste (Italy)contact ICALEPCS 99 Conference SecretariatICALEPCS 99 Secretariat, Sincrotrone Trieste, S. S. 14 - km163.5 in Area Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza - Trieste, Italytel +390 40 375 85 34 fax +390 40 375 80 58icalepcs@elettra.trieste.itWebsite www.elettra.trieste.it/ICALEPCS994 to 8 October 1999

Electromagnetic Interactions with Nucleons and Nuclei at High EnergiesSantorini (Greece)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, 1 Quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080 Strasbourg, France tel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87 euresco@esf.org5 to 10 October 1999

Symposium on Applications of Particle Detectors in Medicine, Biology and Astrophysics (SAMBA)Siegen (Germany)contact A. Sarvestani, Universität-GH Siegen, FachbereichPhysik, D-57068 Siegen, Germanytel +49 271 74 03 563 fax +49 271 74 03 533sarvest@alwa02.physik.uni-siegen.deWebsite www.physik.uni-siegen.de/samba6 to 8 October 1999

International Symposium on Proton-Emitting NucleiOak Ridge (USA)contact Jon Batcheider, JIHIR/ORNL, PO Box 2008, Bld.6008, Oak Ridge TN 37831-6374. USAtel +1 423 576 76 56 fax +1 423 576 57 80batcheld@mail.phy.ornl.govWebsite www.orau.gov/unirib/procon99.html7 to 9 October 1999

5th International Conference on Computational Physics (ICCP 5)Kanazawa (Japan)contact Yutaka Okabe, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, J-192-0397 Tokyo, Japanokabe@phys.metro-u.ac.jp

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Medium-Energy Protons in Accelerator-Driven SystemsMoscow (Russia)contact G. V. Kiselev, SSC RF, Institute of Theoretical andExperimental Physics, 25 G. Cheremushkinskaya Street, RU-117259 Moscow, Russiatel +7 095 12 72 871 fax +7 095 12 70 543kiselev_g@vitep5.itep.ru12 to 14 October 1999

International Ultrasonics Symposium & Short CoursesLake Tahoe (USA)contact Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, rm. 11, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305-4085, USA tel +1 650 723 07 18 fax +1 650 725 75 09 khuri-yakub@ee.stanford.eduWebsite piezo.Stanford.EDU/UFFC/index_noframe.html 17 to 21 October 1999

196th Meeting of the Electochemical SocietyHonolulu (USA)contact Brian E. Rounsavill, The Electochemical Society Inc., 10 South Main Street, Pennington NJ 08534-2896, USA tel +1 609 737 19 02 fax +1 609 737 27 43 ecs@electrochem.org Website www.electrochem.org17 to 22 October 1999

Godunov Methods: Theory and ApplicationsManchester (United Kingdom)contact Eleuterio Toro, Department of Computing andMathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University, ChesterStreet, Manchester M1 5GD, United Kingdomtel +44 161 247 35 93 fax +44 161 247 14 83e.f.toro@doc.mmu.ac.ukWebsite www.numeritek.com18 to 22 October 1999

National Symposium of the American Vacuum SocietySeattle (USA)contact AVS, 32nd floor, 120 Wall Street, New York NY 10005, USA tel +1 212 248 02 00 avsnyc@vacuum.org 18 to 22 October 1999

Highly Excited Electronic States: Highly Excited States and Collisional DynamicsSan Feliu de Guixols (Spain)contact Josip Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, 1 Quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080 Strasbourg, France tel +33 388 76 71 35 fax +33 388 36 69 87 euresco@esf.org 23 to 28 October 1999

Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and OncologySan Antonio (USA)contact ASTRO, 1101 Market Street, 14th floor, Philadelphia PA 19107 2990, USA tel +1 215 574 31 80 1 to 5 November 1999

Star Formation from the Small to the Large ScaleNoordwijk (The Netherlands)contact Fabio Favatatel +31 71 565 46 65 fax +31 71 565 46 90eslab33@astro.estec.esa.nlWebsite astro.estec.esa.nl/Symposia/Eslab331 to 5 November 1999

9th International Conference: Measurement for Success and 9th International Conference on Electromagnetic MeasurementBrighton (United Kingdom)contact Jackie Gobbo, NMP Conference Secretariat, NationalPhysical Laboratory, Queens Road, Teddington, MeddlesexTW11 oLW, United Kingdomtel +44 181 943 66 02 fax +44 181 943 68 21nmp_sec@npl.co.uk2 to 4 November 1999

3rd Tohwa University International Meeting on Statistical PhysicsFukuoka City (Japan)contact Michio Tokuyama, Statistical Physics Division, Tohwa Institute for Science, Tohwa University, J-815-8510 Fukuoka, Japantel +81 92 542 08 12 fax +81 92 542 08 13 mtokuyam@tohwa-u.ac.jpWebsite www.tohwa-u.ac.jp/~otis/tohwa-statphys99.html 8 to 11 November 1999

Winter Meeting of the American Nuclear SocietyLong Beach (USA)contact Meetings Department, American Nuclear Society,555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park IL 60525,

USA tel +1 708 352 66 11 fax +1 708 352 64 64meetings@ans.orgWebsite www.ans.org/meetings14 to 18 November 1999

7th International Conference on Instrumentation for Colliding Beam PhysicsHamamatsu (Japan)contact T. Sumiyoshi, Takayuki Sumiyoshi, IPNS, KEK, 1-1 Oho, J-300 0801 Tsukuba, Japan takayuki.sumiyoshi@kek.jp Website ccwww.kek.jp/INSTR99/index.html15 to 19 November 1999

The Light Elements and their EvolutionInternational Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium N° 198 Natal (Brasil)contact Monique Spite, IAU 198, Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, F-92195 Meudon PPL Cedex, France tel +33 1 45 07 78 39 fax +33 1 45 07 78 78 monique.spite@obspm.fr Website www.dfte.ufrn.br/iau198 22 to 26 November 1999

Autumn Meeting of the Materials Research SocietyBoston (USA)contact Conference Department, Materials Research Society, 9800 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh PA 15237-6006, USA tel +1 412 367 30 03 fax +1 412 367 43 7329 November to 3 December 1999

The Universe at Low Radio FrequenciesPune (India)contact Vijay Kapahi, Natl. Center for Radio AstrophysicsPune University Campus, IN-Pune 411 007, Indiatel +91 212 35 61 05 fax +91 212 35 72 57vijay@ncra.tifr.res.inWebsite www.ncra.tifr.res.in/~iau19930 November to 4 December 1999

4th Annual Nuclear CongressLondon (United Kingdom)contact S. Benson, BNIF, 22 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E6LB, United Kingdomtel +44 171 82 80 116 fax +44 171 93 10 6461 to 2 December 1999

Tribology of Information & Storage Devices (TISD 99)Santa Clara (USA)contact J. L. Sullivan, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, United Kingdomj.l.sullivan@aston.ac.uk 6 to 8 December 1999

Cyclical Evolution of Solar Magnetic Fields: Advances in Theory and ObservationsInternational Astronomical Union (IAU) Colloquium N° 179 Kodaikanal (India)contact P. Venkatakrishnan, IAU 179, Indian Institute ofAstrophysics, IN-Bangalore 560034, Indiatel +91 80 553 06 72 fax +91 80 553 40 43pvk@iiap.ernet.inWebsite www.iiap.ernet.in/~iauc17913 to 16 December 1999

American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences MeetingSan Antonio (USA)contact AGU Meetings Department, 2000 Ocean SciencesMeeting, 2000 Florida Avenue NW, Washington DC 20009,USA tel +1 800 966 24 81 fax +1 202 328 05 66meetinginfo@kosmos.agu.orgexhibits@kosmos.agu.orgWebsite www.agu.org/meetings24 to 28 January 2000

Advanced Solid-State Lasers (ASSL 2000)Davos (Switzerland)contact OSA, 2010 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036-1023, USAUrsula Keller, Ultrafast Laser Physics, ETH Hönggerberg, HPT E 16.3, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland tel +411 633 21 46 fax +41 1 633 10 59 keller@iqe.phys.ethz.ch 13 to 16 February 2000

18th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical SocietyMontreux (Switzerland) eps-cmd18@psi.ch Website www.eps-cmd18.ch 13 to 17 March 2000

European Geophysical Society 25th General Assembly: Millennium Conference on Earth, Planetary and Solar System SciencesFlorence (Italy)contact EGS Office, Max-Planck-Str. 13, D-37191 Katlenburg-

Lindau, Germany tel +49 55 56 14 40 fax +49 55 56 47 09 egs@copernicus.orgWebsite www.copernicus.org/EGS/EGS.html 3 to 7 April 2000

Spring Meeting of the German Physical SocietyBonn (Germany)contact Conference Office, DPG-Fruhjahrstagung Bonn 2000, Wegeler Str. 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany tel +49 228 73 34 77 fax +49 228 73 34 74 sek@iap.uni-bonn.de 3 to 7 April 2000

5th International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams (RNB 5)Divonne (France)contact RNB-5 Conference Secretariat, Thea Diaz- Nootenboom, CERN/EP, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland tel +41 22 767 58 28 fax +41 22 767 89 90 rnb2000.secretary@cern.ch Website RNB2000.cern.ch5 to 8 April 2000

6th International Multidisciplinary Conference Fractal 2000: Complexity and Fractals in the SciencesSingapore (Singapore) contact M. M. Novaktel +44 181 547 74 81 fax +44 181 547 75 62 novak@kingston.ac.uk Website www.kingston.ac.uk/fractal 16 to 19 April 2000

197th Meeting of The Electrochemical SocietyToronto (Canada)contact Brian E. Rounsavill, The Electrochemical Society Inc., 10 South Main Street, Pennington NJ 08534-2896, USA tel +1 609 737 19 02 fax +1 609 737 27 43 ecs@electrochem.org Website www.electrochem.org 14 to 19 May 2000

7th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics (CIPANP 2000)Quebec (Canada)contact Anne B. Mac Innis, MIT-Bates Linear AcceleratorCenter, PO Box 846, Middleton MA 01949, USAtel +1 617 253 92 85 fax +1 617 253 95 99macinnis@mit.eduWebsite CIPANP.mit.edu/cipanp.mit.edu22 to 28 May 2000

Thermomechanical Processing of SteelsLondon (United Kingdom)contact Cathy Pearcey, Conference Department, TheInstitute of Materials, 1 Carlton House Terrace, LondonSW1Y 5DB, United Kingdomtel +44 171 451 73 40 fax +44 171 839 22 89Cathy_Pearcey@materials.org.uk24 to 26 May 2000

European Magnetic Materials and Applications Conference (EMMA 2000)Kyiv (Ukrainia)contact EMMA-2000 Conference, Institute of Magnetism, 36-b Vernadsky Blvd., UA-252142 Kyiv, Ukrainia tel +380 44 44 49 589 fax +380 44 44 41 020 emma@imag.kiev.uaWebsite www.viaduk.net/freepage.nsf/page/emma20006 to 10 June 2000

Galaxy DisksRome (Italy)contact George Coyne, Vatican Observatory, I-00120 Cittadel Vaticano, Rome, Italytel +39 06 69 88 52 66 fax +39 06 69 88 46 71gcoyne@specola.vaWebsite debora.pd.astro.it/disks16 to 20 June 2000

7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Electron Microscopy: Perspective ImagingSingapore (Singapore)contact Conference Secretariat, c/o Electron Microscopy Unit, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Cresent, SIN-Singapore 119260, Singapore tel +65 874 32 16 fax +65 776 49 71 micngml@nus.edu.sgWebsite www.med.nus.edu.sg/mics0c/7apem 26 to 30 June 2000

Western Pacific Geophysics MeetingTokyo (Japan)contact AGU Meetings Department, 2000 Western PacificGeophysics Meeting, 2000 Florida Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20009tel +1 202 462 6900 fax +1 202 328 0566meetinginfo@agu.org

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Nuclei in the Cosmos 2000Aarhus (Denmark)contact Karlheinz Langanke, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmarklanganke@dfi.aau.dk 27 June to 1 July 2000

6th World Renewable Energy ConferenceBrighton (United Kingdom)contact Ali Sayigh, 147 Himanton, Lower Earley, ReadingRG6 4HN, United Kingdomtel +44 11 89 6113 64 fax +44 11 89 61 13 65asayigh@netcomuk.co.ukWebsite wrenuk.co.uk1 to 7 July 2000

11th International Millennium Conference on Quantitative Surface Analysis (QSA-11)Guildford (United Kingdom)

contact P. Briggs p.briggs@surrey.ac.uk Website www.surrey.ac.uk/MME/QSA 4 to 7 July 2000

The 2000 Meeting of the International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies (IUMAS 2000)Kailua-Kona, (Hawaii)Website www.microanalysis.0rg/iumas2000/iumas2000.html9 to 13 July 2000

Plutonium Futures - The ScienceSanta Fe (USA)contact S. Pillay tel +1 505 667 77 53 fax +1 505 667 79 66s_pillay@lanl.govpuconf2000@lanl.g0vWebsite www.lanl.gov/Pu2000.html10 to 13 July 2000

33rd COSPAR Scientific AssemblyWarsaw (Poland)contact Cospar Secretariat, 51 bd.de Montmorency, F-75016 Paris, France tel +33 1 45 25 06 79 fax +33 1 40 50 98 27

c0spar@paris7.jussieu.frWebsite cospar.itodys.jussieu.fr/Meetings/sciass.htm16 to 23 July 2000

Polymers in MedicinePrague (Czech Republic)contact Milena Srpova, P. M. M. Secretariat, c/o Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Heyrovského nam. 2, CZ-162 06 Praha 6, Czech Republic tel +420 2 36 03 17 fax +420 2 36 79 81 sympo@imc.cas.czWebsite www.imc.cas.cz/~sympo/40micros.html17 to 20 July 2000

Aperiodic 2000Nijmegen (The Netherlands)contact T. Janssen, Aperiodic 2000, Institute for TheoreticalPhysics, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld, NL-6525 EDNijmegen, The Netherlandstel +31 24 365 29 81 fax +31 24 365 21 20www.tvs@sci.kun.nlWebsite www.sci.kun.nl/tvs/aperiodic25 to 29 July 2000

Workshops July 1999 to July 2000Extended Workshop in String TheoryIncludes a one week conference on black hole physics Trieste (Italy)contact Patrizia Passerella, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costi era 11, I-34014 Trieste, Italytel +390 40 22 40 231 fax +390 40 22 40 304 passarel@ictp.trieste.itWebsite www.ictp.trieste/~highener/EW99.htmlI June to 16 July 1999

Space Cryogenics WorkshopQuebec (Canada)contact Louis J. Salerno, Chairman, 1999 Space Cryogenics Workshop, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 231-1, Moffet Field CA 94035 1000, USA fax +1 650 604 04 87 isalerno@mail.arc.nasa.gov11 to 12 July 1999

Adaptive Optics for Industry and MedicineDurham (United Kingdom) contact Gordon Love, AO 99, Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdomtel +44 191 374 7496 fax +44 191 374 3709 ao.conference99@durham.ac.uk Website a099.dur.ac.uk 12 to 16 July 1999

Strongly Correlated Electron SystemsTrieste (Italy)contact The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, I-34014 Trieste, Italy tel +390 40 22 40 111 fax +390 40 22 41 63 smr1144@ictp.trieste.it (use subject: get index)Website www.ictp.trieste.it12 to 23 July 1999

The 6th International Workshop On Femtosecond Technology (FST 99)Chiba (Japan)contact FST 99 Secretariat, The Femtosecond Technology Research Association (FESTA), 5 5 Tokodai, J-300 2635 Tsukuba, Japantel +81 298 47 5181 fax +81 298 47 4417 fst@festa.or.jpWebsite www.festa.or.jp/meeting/fst99-e.html13 to 15 July 1999

Workshop on Cosmic FlowsVictoria BC (Canada)contact Stephane Courteau, HIA/DAO, 5071 W. Saanich Rd.,Victoria BC V8X 4M6, Canadatel +1 250 363 81 08 fax +1 250 363 00 45cflows99@hia.nrc.ca13 to 18 July 1999

Mesoscopic Physics and Transport Phenomena: Mathematical and Field Theoretical Aspects and their Connection to Experimental RealityMonte Verità (Swizterland)contact P. Froelich, Institut für Theoretische Physik,ΕΤΗ, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland tel +41 163 325 79 ascona@teorfys.uu.seWebsite www.teorfys.uu.se/PEOPLE/ascona 18 to 23 July 1999

11 th Couette-Taylor WorkshopBremen (Germany)

contact Christoph Egbers, Couette-Taylor Workshop 99, ZARM, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, D-28359 Bremen, Germanytel +49 421 218 9132 fax +49 421 218 3889 taylor99@zarm.uni-bremen.de Website www.zarm.uni-bremen.de 20 to 23 July 1999

Cemracs 99 Research CentreCentre d’Eté Mathématique de Recherche Avançée en CalculScientifiqueLuminy (France)contact Stéphane Cordier, Laboratoire d’Analyse Numérique BC 187, Université Paris 6, F-75252 Paris Cedex 5, France

cordier@ann.jussieu.fr Website www.asci.fr/cemracs 26 July to 4 September 1999

Summer Workshop on Particles, Fields and StringsVancouver (Canada)contact Gordon Semenoff, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada semenoff@alf.nbi.dk Website kepler.physics.ubc.ca/~pfs99 2 to 20 August 1999

Workshop on The First StarsGarching (Germany) stars@mpa-garching.mpg.de Website www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~stars 4 to 6 August 1999

Second Workshop on Fundamental Problems in QuantumTheoryBaltimore (USA)contact 2nd Workshop on Quantum Theory phys-deptinfo@physics.umd.edu Website www.physics.umd.edu/robot/umbc.html 9 to13 August1999

Workshop on Calculation of Material Properties using Total Energy and Force Methods and Ab-initio Molecular DynamicsTrieste (Italy)contact The Abdus Salam ICTP (SMR. 11656), PO Box 586, Strada Costiera 11, I-34100 Trieste, Italy tel +390 40 22 40 111 fax +390 40 22 41 63 smr1165@ictp.trieste.it (use subject: get index)Website www.ictp.trieste.it 9 to 18 August 1999

Workshop on Computational Solid State Physics and Materials ScienceTrieste (Italy) contact J. Kohanoffsmr1165@ictp.trieste.it (use subject: get index)9 to18 August1999

2nd International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy (IWCA II)

Cambridge (USA)contact Daniel W. G. Green, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138, USA tel +1 617 495 74 40 fax +1 617 495 70 01 icq@cfa.harvard.eduWebsite cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/1cq/IWCA2.html 14 to 16 August 1999

Workshop on Dynamics of Nonequilibrium SystemsTrieste (Italy)

contact M. Barmasmr1145@ictp.trieste.it (use subject: get index)16 to 27 August1999

International Workshop on Plasma DiagnosticsGhent (Belgium)contact Christophe Leys, Department of Applied Physics, University of Ghent, Rozier 44, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium tel +32 9 264 38 27 fax +32 9 264 41 72 Christophe.Leys@rug.ac.be Website 0upserv4.rug.ac.be/t0egepfysica/W0rksh0p/

Workshop.htm 26 to 28 August 1999

6th International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 99)Paris (France)contact Chantal Breon-Hussenot, TAUP 99 Secretariat, Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, F-75005 Paris Cedex, France tel +33 144 27 14 40 fax +33 143 54 69 89 taup@cdf.in2p3.fr Website taup99.in2p3.fr/TAUP995 to 9 September 1999

2nd International Workshop on Surface and Grain Boundary SegregationRingberg Castle (Germany)contact H. Viefhaus and C. Übing, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Postfach 140 444, D-40074 Düsseldorf, Germany tel +49 211 67 92 290 fax +49 211 67 92 268 uebing@mpie-duesseldorf.mpg.de Website pcpc49.mpie- duesseldorf.mpg.de/sgbs/workshop.htm6 to 10 September 1999

International Workshop on Hadron Physics: Effective Theories of Low Energy QCDCoimbra (Portugal)contact Centro de Física Teorica, Universidade de Coimbra,P-3004-516 Coimbra, Portugaltel +351 39 41 06 00 fax +351 39 82 91 58hadron99@teor.fis.uc.ptWebsite zeus.fis.uc.pt/cft/hadron99.htm10 to 15 September 1999

5th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments (LEB 99)Snowmass (USA)contact Aimée Lefkow, Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, 1150 University Ave. Madison WI 53706, USA tel +1 608 263 22 67 fax +1 608 263 08 00 leb99@hep.physics.wisc.edu Website hep.physics.wisc.edu/LEB9920 to 24 September 1999

International Workshop on Physical Variables in Gauge TheoriesDubna (Russia)contact Arsen Khvedelidze, Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RU-141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia tel +7 096 21 63 720 fax +7 096 21 65 084 khved@thsun1.jinr.ruWebsite thsun1.jinr.ru/meetings/99/physvar/index.html21 to 25 September 1999

5th Workshop on Non-Linear Dynamics and Earthquake PredictionTrieste (Italy)contact International Centre for Theoretical Physics, PO Box586, I-34100 Trieste, Italytel +390 40 22 40 111 fax +390 40 22 41 63

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2nd Workshop on Fusion related Physics and Engineering in small DevicesTrieste (Italy)contact Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, PO Box 586, I-34100 Trieste, Italy tel +390 40 22 40 111 fax +390 40 22 41 63 Website www.ictp.trieste.it/cgi-bin/ICTPsmr 20 to 22 October 1999

10th Workshop on Dielectrics in Microelectronics

Barcelona (Spain)contact Blas Garrido, Departament d’Electronica, Facultatde Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona, 1 Carrer Marti iFranquès, E-08028 Barcelona, Spaintel +34 93 402 90 68 fax +34 93 402 11 48workshop@el.ub.esWebsite www.dielec99.el.ub.es3 to 5 November 1999

3rd Workshop on Physics and Detectors for DafneFrascati (Italy)contact Lia Sabatini or Laura Sirugo, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Casella Postale 56, I-00044 Frascati, Italy tel +39 06 94 03 25 52 fax +39 06 94 03 22 43

dafne99@lnf.infn.itWebsite wwwsis.lnf.infn.it/dafne9916 to 19 November 1999

5th Workshop on Quantum ChromocynamicsVillefranche-sur-Mer (France) contact Mary Ann Rotondo, Conference Secretariat, Department of Physics, Brown University, PO Box 1843, Providence RI 02912, USA maryann@het.brown.edu Website www.het.brown.edu/people/maryann/

QCD2000.html 3 to 7 January 2000

Schools June 1999 to July 2000Daniel Chalonge International School of Astrophysics and International Workshop on Data Analysis in AstronomyErice (Italy)contact Ettore Majorana Centre, Via Guarnotta 26, I-91016 Erice, Italy tel +390 923 86 91 33 fax +390 923 86 92 26 hq@emcsc.ccsem.infn.it Website ccsem.infn.it 7 to 12 June 1999

Summer School in Particle PhysicsTrieste (Italy)contact Summer School in Particle Physics, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, PO Box 586, I-34100 Trieste, Italy tel +390 40 22 40 285 fax +390 40 22 40 304 varnier@ictp.trieste.it Website www.ictp.trieste.it/cgi- bin/ICTPsmr/mklinks/mklist?smr1141 7 June to 9 July 1999

Advances in Energy Transfer ProcessesErice (Italy)contact B. Di Bartolo, Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA 02167, USA tel +1 617 552 36 01 fax +1 617 552 84 78 17 June to 1 July 1999

Computing Our UniverseMassachusetts (USA)contact Eric Linder, Astrophysics Summer School, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003-4525, USA fax +1 413 545 42 23 summer@kea.phast.umass.edu Website www-astro.phast.umass.edu/summer 21 June to 14 July 1999

4th International School: Let's Face Chaos through Nonlinear DynamicsMaribor (Slovenia)contact Marko Robnik, Center for Applied Mathematics andTheoretical Physics, University of Maribor, Krekova 2, SI-2000 Maribor, Sloveniatel +386 62 21 31 51 fax +386 62 21 31 51robnik@uni-mb.si27 June to 11 July 1999

8th International Committee for Future Accelerators Instrumentation School: School on Instrumentation in Elementary Particle PhysicsIstanbul (Turkey)contact M. Nizamettin Erduran, University of Istanbul, Science Faculty, Department of Physics, TR-34459 Vezneciler-Istanbul, Turkey tel +90 212 51184 80 ext. 1277 fax +90 212 519 08 34 Website icfa99.istanbul.edu.tr28 June to 10 July 1999

Quantum Gases and Quantum LiquidsBenasque (Spain) fax +34 93 40 21 241benasque@ecm.ub.esWebsite sophia.ecm.ub.es/benasque.html4 to 24 July 1999

13th International School of Condensed Matter Physics: Physics and Chemistry of Modern MaterialsSuprasl (Poland)contact L. Dobrzynski, Institute of Physics, University of Bialystok, ul. Lipowa 41, PL-15424 Bialystok, Poland tel +48 85 74 57 216 fax +48 85 74 57 223 ludwik@alpha.uwb.edu.pl Website alpha.uwb.edu.pl/schoolxiii5 to 12 July 1999

36th Culham Plasma Physics Summer SchoolCulham Science Centre Culham (United Kingdom)contact Julie Bright, Culham Summer School, UKAEA, Culham Division, Abingdon Oxon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom tel +44 1235 463773 fax +44 1235 463288 julie.bright@ukaea.org.uk

Website www.fusion.org.uk/info/sschool99.htm 5 to 16 July 1999

Cemracs 99 Summer SchoolCentre d’Eté Mathématique de Recherche Avançée en CalculScientifiqueOrsay (France)contact Cordier Stéphane, Laboratoire d’Analyse Numérique BC 187, Université Paris 6, F-75252 Paris Cedex 5, France cordier@ann.jussieu.fr Website www.asci.fr/cemracs5 to 16 July 1999

Plasma AstrophysicsEnrico Fermi International School of PhysicsLake Como (Italy) contact Elio Sindoni, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università diMilano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italytel +390 2 2392 267 fax +390 2 2392 205sindoni@alpha.disat.unimi.itWebsite www.sif.it/sif/sif/primo-99.html6 to 16 July 1999

Soft and Fragile Matter: Nonequilibrium Dynamics, Metastability and FlowSt. Andrews (Scotland)contact Michael E. Cates, Department of Physics andAstronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ,United Kingdom tel +44 131 650 5296 fax +44 131 650 7165softasi@ph.ed.ac.ukWebsite www.ph.ed.ac.uk/softasi8 to 22 July

Fusion Summer Study: Opportunities and Directions in Fusion Energy Science for the Next DecadeSnowmass (USA) rhawryluk@pppl.gov Website www.pppl.gov/snowmass 11 to 23 July 1999

5th International Summer School and Scientific Workshop on High-Tc SuperconductorsEger (Hungary)contact Istvan Vajda, Technical University of Budapest, H-1111 Budapest, Egry József u. 18., Hungarytel +36 1 463 2961 fax +36 1 463 3600vajda@supertech.vgt.bme.huWebsite supertech.vgt.bme.hu/ISSHTS5/sch00l.htm17 to 25 July 1999

New Directions in Quantum ChaosEnrico Fermi International School of Physics Lake Como (Italy)contact Italo Guarneri, Università dell'Insubria a Como, ViaLucini 3, I-22100 Como, Italytel +390 31 326214 fax +390 31 326230guarneri@fis.unico.itWebsite www.sif.it/sif/sif/secondo-99.html20 to 30 July 1999

Coherent Atomic Matter WavesLes Houches Summer School of Theoretical Physics Les Houches (France)contact Secretary, Ecole d’Eté de Physique Théorique, Centre de Physique des Houches, Cote des Chavants, F-74310 Les Houches, France tel +33 450 54 40 69 fax +33 450 55 53 25 secretariat.houches@ujf-grenoble.fr Website w3houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/poster-summer-72.html 27 July to 27 August 1999

7th Summer School on Neutron Scattering: Neutron Scattering in the Next Millenium (Frontiers in Neutron Scattering)Zuoz (Switzerland)contact R. Bercher, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland tel +41 56 310 34 02 fax +41 56 310 31 31 bercher@psi.chWebsite www1.psi.ch/www_lns_hn/welcome.html7 to 13 August 1999

Particle Production Spanning MeV and TeV Energies

Nijmegen (The Netherlands)contact Sandra van der Kolk, Department of Physics and Astronomy VU, De Boelelaan 1081, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands tel +31 20 444 7863 fax +31 20 444 7892 nijmegen99@nat.vu.nl Website nijmegen99.hef.kun.nl 8 to 20 August 1999

The 1999 European School of High-Energy PhysicsCasta-Papiernicka (Slovak Republic) contact Tatyana Donskova, International Department, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RU-141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russiatel +7 096 21 63 448 fax +7 096 21 65 599donsdova@cv.jinr.ruWebsite www.jinr.ru/PhysicSchool22 August to 4 September 1999

School on Statisical Physics Methods in Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete MathematicsTrieste (Italy) contact R. Zecchinasmr1167@ictp.trieste.it (use subject: get index)23 August to 03 September 1999

4th Carolus Magnus Summer School on Plasma PhysicsMaastricht (The Netherlands)contact E. Westerhof, FOM-Instituut voor Plasmafysica, “Rijnhuizen”, PO Box 1207, NL-3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlandstel +31 49 2461 61 36 55 fax +31 49 24 61 61 40 38 egbert@rijnh.nlWebsite www.rijnh.nl/PHYSICSWORKSHOPS 30 August to 10 September 1999

Course on Accelerator PhysicsBénodet (France)contact CERN Accelerator School, AC Division, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland fax +41 22 767 54 60 Suzanne.von.Wartburg@cern.ch Website www.cern.ch/Schools/CAS 30 August to 10 September 1999

Structure and Dynamics of Polymer and Colloidal SystemsLes Houches (France)contact Centrede Physique des Houches, Côtes des Chavants, F-74310 Les Houches, France tel +33 1 49 40 39 00 fax +33 1 49 40 32 00 Website www.cermav.cnrs.fr/polymer_colloid_9914 to 24 September 1999

17th Autumn School: QCD, Perturbative or NonperturbativeLisbon (Portugal)contact Autumn 99, CFIF, Edificio Ciência (Fisica), Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, P-1049 001 Lisboa, Portugal tel +3511 84 19 092 fax +3511 84 19 143 autumn99@gtae3.ist.utl.pt Website cfif.ist.utl.pt/autumn99 29 September to 4 October 1999

Ibero-American School of Astrobiology: Origins from the Big-Bang to CivilisationCaracas (Venezuela)contact Abdus Salal International Centre for Theoretical Physics, PO Box 586, I-34100 Trieste, Italy tel +390 40 22 40 111 fax +390 40 22 41 63 smr1162@ictp.trieste.it (use subject: get index)Website www.ictp.trieste.it 29 November to 8 December 1999

Advanced Study Institute on Techniques and Concepts of High Energy PhysicsSt. Croix (USA, Virgin Islands)contact Connie Jones, Department of Physics &Astronomy/ASI-2000, University of Rochester, Wilson Blvd., B&L Bldg., Rochester NY 14627-0171, USA tel +1 716 275 53 06 fax +1 716 275 85 27 connie@pas.rochester.eduWebsite server-mac.pas.rochester.edu/Asiinfo.html15 to 26 June 2000

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