BPU-4 Fourth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union, Veliko Turnovo, 22-27 August 2000

 

 

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

Sir Arnold Wolfendale (UK) – President EPS

Christos Zerefos (Greece) – President BPU

Metin Arik (Turkey)

Eva Zsolnay (Hungary)

Simeon Anguelov (UNESCO)

Henry Ruhadze (Russia)

Alvaro De Rujula (CERN)

Ivan Todorov (Bulgaria)

Viktor Urumov (FYR of Macedonia)

Giorgio Bek-Uzarov (Yougoslavia)

Vladimir Kadyshevsky (JINR)

Ventzeslav Andreichev (Bulgaria)

Alexandru Calboreanu (Romania)

Herwig Schopper (CERN)

Jan Nadrchal (Czech Republic)

Rumen Bojkov (IMO)

Stoicho Panchev (Bulgaria)

Azim Minxhozi (Albania)

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

 

Ivan Lalov (Bulgaria)

Matey Mateev (Bulgaria)

Efsthatis Polychroniadis (Greece)

Nizamettin Erduran (Turkey)

Petar Atanasov (Bulgaria)

E. Burzo (Romania)

Luljeta Bejleri (Albania)

Ivan Zheliazkov (Bulgaria)

Alexander Petrov (Bulgaria)

Nikola Subotinov (Bulgaria)

 

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN

 

Ivan Lalov – Chairman of the Union of the Physicists in Bulgaria

 

 

BALKAN PHYSICAL UNION

 

First Announcement

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The 4^th General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU-4) will be held in Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria, from Tuesday 22 August to Sunday 27 August 2000. All the sessions of the conference will take place at the University of Veliko Turnovo “Sts. Cyril and Methodius”, which is beautifully placed on the hill of Sveta Gora. Velico Turnovo is ancient capital of Bulgaria situated in the central part of the country. The town is major tourist, cultural and university center of Bulgaria. 

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

 

In the last year of the Millenium the Conference is supposed to cover the most important results and trends in the following fields of physics:

 

-          nuclear physics and nuclear energy

-          astronomy and astrophysics

-          gravitation and cosmology

-          atomic and molecular physics

-          condensed matter physics

-          optics

-          plasma physics

-          theoretical and mathematical physics

-          computer science

-          meteorology and geophysics

-          environmental physics

-          alternative sources of energy

-          applied physics

-          physics education

-          history and philosophy of physics 

 

The Conference is open to all scientists from the Balkan countries. Participants from outside the Balkans are also welcome. Participation of young physicists and students is highly appreciated. A special student session is planned. Both invited and contributed talks will be given. Poster session will be organized. The Scientific Program Committee will make selection for the oral and poster presentations.  

 

 

PUBLICATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS

The contributions will be published after a positive referee report in Balkan Physics Letters or Bulgarian Journal of Physics before June 2001. Details about publication and preparation of manuscripts will be given in the Second Announcement in January 2000.

 

 

 

FEES

 

The fees for the Conference including refreshments and a Conference Dinner are:

 

-           Ordinary registration          30 USD

-           Student registration           15 USD

-           Accompanying person       10 USD

 

 

SOCIAL PROGRAM AND EXCURSIONS

 

A number of social events and excursions will be offered to the participants and the accompanying persons. A detailed list will be given in the next announcements.

 

 

TIME TABLE

 

-           January           2000                Second Announcement         

-          30  April                 2000                Contributed abstract,

                                                            submission deadline

-          31  May                  2000                Hotel reservation deadline

-          15  August             2000                Contributed papers

                                                            submission deadline

-     22 August              2000                Conference Starts

 

 

ACCOMODATION

 

Both hotels and students hostels are available in Veliko Turnovo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REPLY SLIP

 

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ADDRESS

 

BPU-4

Faculty of Physics

University of Sofia

5 James Bourchier Blvd.

1164 Sofia

BULGARIA

 

Phone:            +359 2   62 29 38

Fax:                 +359 2 962 52 76

 

e-mail: mateev@phys.uni-sofia.bg