Dear participants of the Stereodynamics 2014,
Please find below the 2nd Announcement of the conference.
Welcome to St.Petersburg!
On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee
Irina Semenova
Andrey Smolin
Peter Shternin
Oleg Vasyutinskii
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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
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_XV International conference on Stereodynamics in Chemical Reactions_
August 17-22, 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Website: http://www.ioffe.ru/STD14/
XV Stereodynamics seeks to unravel the most fundamental aspects of
chemical, physical, and biological processes studied at the molecular
level.
The conference topics will cover experiments and theory of anisotropy
and vector correlation effects in:
• Ultrafast photochemistry and real time dynamics of small molecules,
clusters and biologically relevant molecules
• Quantum chemistry
• Surface scattering
• Reaction dynamics in the gas phase and in condensed media
• Photodissociation
• Chirality
• Chemical reaction control
• Spin effects
The day of arrival is August 17. The scientific program will begin in
the morning August 18 and finish in the evening August 22, 2014.
_International scientific committee_
Roger Anderson (USA)
Vincenzo Aquilanti (Italy)
Laurent Bonnet (France)
Mark Brouard (UK)
David Chandler (USA)
Angel Gonzalez-Urena (Spain)
Toshio Kasai (Japan)
Raphael Levine (Israel)
Hansjurgen Loesch (Germany)
Andrew Orr-Ewing (UK)
David Parker (The Netherlands)
Lionel Poisson (France)
Peter Rakitzis (Greece)
Niloufar Shafizadeh (France)
Steven Stolte (The Netherlands)
Oleg Vasyutinskii (Russia)
Xueming Yang (China)
_Local organizing committee_
Oleg Vasyutinskii (Chair), Ioffe Institute, St.Petersburg
Irina Semenova (Secretary), Ioffe Institute, St.Petersburg
Ivan Mitropolsky, St.Petersburg Scientific Center Russian Academy of
Sciences
Mikhail Krasilnikov, St.Petersburg State University
Roman Polozkov, St.Petersburg State Polytechnic University
Andrey Smolin, Ioffe Institute, St.Petersburg
Peter Shternin, Ioffe Institute, St.Petersburg
The Conference format will include invited keynote lectures, plenary
lectures, hot topics, and poster sessions. The participation of young
researchers and students is particularly welcome.
For a limited number of students a reduced conference fee and cheap
accommodation will be available.
_Important Dates _
Deadline for Abstract Submission - May 20, 2014
Deadline for Early Bird Registration - June 10, 2014
Deadline for Accommodation Booking at Reduced Rate - July 1, 2014
3rd Announcement - July 2014
_Registration_
The registration fees are as follows:
Registration and the Conference fee
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The registration fees are as follows (in Euro):
Before June 9, 2008
After June 9, 2008
Regular participant 450 550
Students 350
400
Accompanying person 350 350
Each attendee is requested to fill in the registration form which will
be available at the conference website http://www.ioffe.ru/STD14/ in the
mid April.
The conference fee includes free use of the facilities of the Conference
premises, coffee breaks, lunches Monday through Friday, a booklet of
abstracts, and a social program involving
a get-together party, an excursion, a concert, a banquet dinner, and
transportation from conference hotels to the conference venue and back
on Sunday through Friday.
The Accompanying person’s fee includes also the ladies program. The
conference fee does not include the accommodation. The participants must
make the hotel reservations separately,
instructions are given below. Health insurance is also not included into
the conference fee.
_Methods of payment_
The payment of the Conference fee should be made by bank transfer
(preferably) or by cash at the registration desk.
Bank transfer: The payment free of all banking and postal charges should
be made in EURO. On a bank order the abbreviation Stereodynamics2014 and
the name(s) of participant(s)
or accompanying person(s) must be specified. The bank account details
will be available at the conference Website after the mid April.
Payment by cash at the registration desk will be available for a limited
number of participants. The participants planning to pay cash are
required to inform the local Organizers by July, 1.
_Cancellation of registration_
Cancellation must be made in a written form (fax or email) to the
Organizing Committee before August 1, 2014. No fees will be refunded
after this date.
_Venue_
The conference will be held in the historical building of St.Petersburg
Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences which is located in
the old city center on the embankment
of the Neva river, with the Hermitage (the former Winter residence of
Russian tzars and a famous museum now) across the river. St.Petersburg
is one of the most important scientific
and cultural centers in Russia and one of the most beautiful cities in
Europe.
_Preliminary list of confirmed speakers __
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Roger Anderson, UC Santa Cruz, USA
Vincenzo Aquilanti, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Mike Ashfold, Bristol University, Bristol, UK
Luis Banares, Madrid University, Madrid, Spain
David Chandler, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, USA
Vladimir Chernyak, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Alexey Chichinin, Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion,
Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexander Glushkov, Odessa University, Odessa, Ukraine
Karl-Heinz Gericke, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Paul Houston, Georgia Institute of Technology and Cornell University,
Atlanta, USA
Ralf Kaiser, University of Honolulu,Honolulu, USA
Toshio Kasai, Osaka University, Japan
King-Chuen Lin, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Kopin Liu, IAMS, Taipei, Taiwan
Kenneth McKendrick, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
David Nesbitt, JILA University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA
Daniel Neumark, UCB, Berkeley, USA
Evgeny Nikitin, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Jolijn Onvlee, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Andreas Osterwalder, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
David H. Parker, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Martin Quack, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Octavio Roncero, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Hirofumi Sakai, University of Tokyo, Japan
Tamar Seideman, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
Steven Stolte, Jilin University Chamgchum, China & Laserlab VU
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arthur Suits, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Stanislav Umanskii, Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, Russia
Dmitry Varshalovich, Ioffe Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia
Alec Wodtke, MPI Goettingen, Germany
Bing Zhang, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Wuhan, China
During the conference there will be the R.B. Bernstein Award ceremony
and several Best Paper Awards will be given for posters of young
participants.
_Abstract Submission _
The deadline for abstract submission is May 20, 2014
Abstracts should be e-mailed to: [log in to unmask]
In the body of your message please specify the presentation title,
authors of your abstract(s) and the preferred presentation format (oral
or poster).
Oral talks are not guaranteed and will be selected by the Organizing
committee. Authors will be notified on the Committee decision by June 1,
2014.
In order to be included in the Abstract booklet a one-page abstract
should be prepared using the Stereodynamics 2014 Abstract template
available at the
conference Website or following general requirements given below, and
attached to your message. Microsoft Word format is preferable. In
exceptional cases
PDF format is acceptable. For the file name please use the presenting
author’s name. If submitting more than one abstract please use
sequential numbers in the file names.
The following requirements to the abstract formatting should be observed:
Abstract should not exceed one page. Page size: A4 (297x210 mm),
portrait display, 25-mm margins all around. Please use Times New Roman
font.
Title. Single-spaced, 16-pt. bold, centered at the top of the page. Only
the first word, proper nouns, and acronyms are capitalized.
Authors and affiliations. The author list is in 12-pt. bold, centered.
Please underline the presenting author’s name. The list of affiliations
follows in 12-pt. regular, centered.
Provide the e-mail address of the corresponding author.
Abstract body text. Text is 12 point, single-spaced and justified. Use
6-pt interval between paragraphs.
Figures and captions. Figures are centered. Captions are 10 point and
centered below figures. Note that figures will be reproduced in
black-and-white.
Tables and captions. Tables are centered. The caption is 10 point and
centered above the table.
Equations. Use common fonts like Times Roman in your math equations.
References. Denote reference citations within the text of your abstract
in square brackets. List references at the end of the abstract in
numerical order in 10-pt font.
_Visa information_
A foreign visitor to the Russian Federation must possess a valid
passport with a validity date at least 6 months beyond the intended
period of stay, a Russian visa, and
documents testifying the return travel. In most countries you should
apply for the Russian visa to the local Russian Consulate with a
fax/scanned copy of the Letter of
Invitation or Voucher for Accommodation. We recommend you to check at
the local Russian Consulate if they need the original.
The Letter of Invitation (LOI) can be obtained either from the hotel you
intend to stay in, or from the Local Organizing Committee. If you wish
the local organizers to help you
with the visa application please fill in the Visa_Application_Form
available at the conference Website and email it to:
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of the first page(s) of your passport no later than May 1, 2014. Please
provide the same set of documents for each accompanying person.
You should bear in mind that the LOI and the visa are two different
things. You must first apply for a LOI and then submit the LOI along
with the required visa application documents
to the Russian Embassy or Consulate in your country of residence.
You may also apply for a Letter of Invitation or Voucher for
Accommodation by yourself; see the information about visas to Russia on
the web site: Website: http://www.gotorussia.ru
Important: Russian law requires that you register your visa within 3
working days upon your arrival in Russia. Otherwise you may have
problems leaving the country.
The registration can be made either by the hotel you stay in or by
conference organizers.
_Accommodation_
A limited number of hotel rooms at the reduced rate are reserved for
Stereodynamics-2014 participants in several hotels located nearby the
conference venue.
The rooms should be booked by the conference participants individually.
While contacting the hotel stuff please indicate that you are the
participants of the conference Stereodynamics 2014.
Please also inform the Local Organizing Committee about the place and
period of your hotel booking. The special rates given below are
available for booking until July 1, 2014 only.
After this date the hotel rooms can be booked at the market rate.
The hotels are listed below. All the hotels are located within 2-km
distance from the Conference venue and can be easily reached by public
transportation (bus, trolleybus), by taxi,
or by foot. Every day a free shuttle bus will take conference
participants from these hotels to the conference venue and back.
1. Belvedere Nevsky Business Hotel (4 stars)
Address: Bolshaya Konyushennaya 29, St.Petersburg, 191186 Russia
Website: http://english.belveder-nevsky.spb.ru/
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Prices per Room:
Standard, single or double occupancy, breakfast included – 4500 rubles
per night.
Comfort, single or double occupancy, breakfast included – 6120 rubles
per night.
Single, breakfast included – 3690 rubles per night.
Booking via the hotel e-mail, request for visa invitation via the hotel
e-mail, payment by credit card, or cash upon arrival.
2. Sonata at Gorokhovaya (3 stars)
Address: Gorokhovaya 3, St.Petersburg, 190000 Russia
Website: http://www.hotel-sonata.ru/ru/hotels/sonata-na-gorokhovoi/5
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Prices per Room:
Standard, single occupancy, breakfast included – 5000 rubles per night.
Standard, double occupancy, breakfast included – 5265 rubles per night.
Superior, single occupancy, breakfast included – 5400 rubles per night.
Superior, double occupancy, breakfast included – 5715 rubles per night.
Comfort, single occupancy, breakfast included – 5985 rubles per night.
Comfort, double occupancy, breakfast included – 6255 rubles per night.
Booking via the hotel e-mail, request for visa invitation via the hotel
e-mail, payment by credit card, or cash upon arrival.
3. Prestige Hotel Center (3 stars)
Address: Gorokhovaya 5, St.Petersburg,190000 Russia
Website: http://c-hotel.ru/ (in Russian)
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Prices per Room:
Standard, single occupancy, breakfast included – 3240 rubles per night.
Standard, double occupancy, breakfast included – 4140 rubles per night.
Comfort, double occupancy, breakfast included – 4680 rubles per night.
The hotel rooms are located on the 2-nd and 3-rd floors of the building
without elevator.
Booking via the hotel e-mail, request for visa invitation via the hotel
e-mail, payment by credit card, or cash upon arrival.
4. Ave Caesar (3 stars)
Address: Bolshaya Konyushennaya 25, St.Petersburg, 191186 Russia
Website: http://www.avecaesar.ru/eng_index.php
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Prices per Room:
Standard, single or double occupancy, breakfast included – 3315 rubles
per night.
Superior, single or double occupancy, breakfast included – 3655 rubles
per night.
The hotel rooms are located on the 2-nd, 3-rd, and 4-th floors of the
building without elevator.
Booking via the hotel e-mail, request for visa invitation via the hotel
e-mail, payment by credit card, or cash upon arrival.
5. Nauka hostel
Address: Millionnaya 27, St.Petersburg, 191186 Russia
Prices per Person:
Standard, single occupancy, breakfast not included – 1600 rubles per night.
Standard, double occupancy, breakfast not included – 1000 rubles per night.
Standard, triple occupancy, breakfast not included – 800 rubles per night.
Standard, quadruple occupancy, breakfast not included – 700 rubles per
night.
Shared bathrooms.
Booking and visa support via the Local Organizing committee.
_Cancellation policy __
___The cancellation policy is slightly different in the hotels listed
above. For details please contact the hotel stuff. In general, the deadline
for cancellations without penalty varies from 10 to 1 days prior to
arrival. Later cancellation typically causes one-night rate penalty.
Many other hotels are located in the vicinity of the Conference venue.
They may be found at www.booking.com or other resources
and booked individually at the market rate.
However, the participants are strongly advised to book accommodation far
in advance since St.Petersburg hotels tend to be fully
booked in high tourist season.
Further information can be found on the conference web
sitehttp://www.ioffe.ru/STD14/ which will be kept updated with the most
recent news.
Final details of the Scientific program, arrival information, etc. will
be given in the Third Announcement in July 2014.
_Contacts _
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phone: 0078122972064
phone: 0079217573167
FAX: 0078122971017
Website: http://www.ioffe.ru/STD14/
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Dr. Oleg S. Vasyutinskii, FInsP
Professor of Physics
Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Polytechnicheskaya 26
194021 St.Petersburg
RUSSIA
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phone: 7(812)2972064
FAX: 7(812)2971017
