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Dear colleague,

We would like to cordially invite you to consider attending the 20^th International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes (ICSLS 20) will be held on June 6-11, 2010 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

This biennial conference is the main international forum for both fundamental and applied works dealing with processes related to the formation of the spectral line profiles and with their use for diagnostic purposes. All sessions will be held at the INCO Centre Memorial University of Newfoundland. The Conference will consist of invited lectures, oral contributions and poster presentations. Round table discussions will also be held along with the conference. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is April 15^th 2010.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Dr. Malathy Devi Venkataraman ,College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
Dr. Richard Tipping, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Dr. Jeanna Buldyreva, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex, France
Dr. Lothar, W. Frommhold University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Dr. Joseph Hodges, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Dr. Muriel Lepere, Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium
Dr. Didier Mondelain, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France
Dr. Geoffrey Duxbury, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Dr. Arlan Mantz, Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA
Dr. Jean-Michel Hartmann, Universites Paris VII et Paris XII, Creteil Cedex, France
Dr. Georges Wlodarczak, Université de Lille 1, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Dr. Raul Z. Martinez, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Madrid, Spain
Prof. Franck Thibault, Universite de Rennes, Rennes, France
Dr. Earl Scime, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV, US
Dr. Jelly Grace Betoya-Nonesa, University of Southern Mindanao, Cotabato, Philippines
Dr. Tsunehiro Maehara Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
Dr. Sandrine Ferri, Université de Provence, Marseille, France
Dr. Nikolai Timofeev, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Dr. Patrick Sauvan, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
Dr. R. M. Herman, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Dr. Eugene Oks, Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Dr. A. David May, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

The Web site http://www.icsls20.ca contains the information necessary for registration for booking accommodation. It also contains information on travel to and from the conference, tourism, climate.

We hope to welcome you in St. John's.

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Adriana Predoi-Cross

Dr. Adriana Predoi-Cross, Associate Professor

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4 Canada

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Tel: 403-329-2697 Fax: 403-329-2057

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Member of the Local Organizing and International Committees for the

20th International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes,

ICSLS 20, 6 to 11 June 2010, Inco Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland

http://www.icsls20.ca/