LD Organisation SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

Language: The official symposium language is English.

Important deadlines:

Abstract submission for talks (25 minutes + 5 minutes discussion): June 30, 2009 (to be sent to benoit.champagne@fundp.ac.be)

Abstract submission for posters: June 30, 2009 (to be sent to edith.botek@fundp.ac.be )

Poster guidelines: each poster presenter is required to prepare a poster with dimensions 90cm x 120cm (equivalent to A0 size paper). 10 posters will be selected for flash poster presentations.

Registration: Please send an e-mail to benoit.champagne@fundp.ac.be. The registration fee amounts to 150 EUR (100 for students) and includes the book of abstracts, conference facilities, coffee breaks, opening ceremony, and banquet. The payment should be made to

ACCOUNT NUMBER

IBAN BE10 2500 0740 2704
Swift/BIC : GEBABEBB
Fortis Banque

ACCOUNT HOLDER

FUNDP
rue de Bruxelles, 61
B-5000 Namur
Belgium

COMMUNICATION

cpo 9242, "Diradicals"

Program of the Meeting

Confirmed keynote speakers

Manabu ABE, Hiroshima University, Japan
Michael BENDIKOV, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
Paul M. LAHTI, UMass, Amherst, USA
Josef MICHL, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Leonid POMONARENKO, University of Manchester, UK

Sunday 26 July

16.00 - 18.00 h Registration
18.00 - 19.30 h Opening Ceremony and drink

Monday 27 July

9.00 - 18.00 h talks (more details will be provided later)

Tuesday 28 July

9.00 - 17.00 h talks (more details will be provided later)
18.00 - 23.00 h Visit of the city and banquet

International Advisory Committee

Manabu ABE (Hiroshima, Japan)
Davide BONIFAZI (FUNDP, Belgium)
Jean-Christophe CHARLIER (UCL, Belgium)
François DIEDERICH (ETH, Switzerland)
Luc HENRARD (FUNDP, Belgium)
Paul M. LAHTI (UMass, USA)
Paolo LAZZERETI (Modena, Italy) .
Josef MICHL (Univ. Colorado, USA)
Kazuhiro NAKASUJI (Osaka Univ., Japan)
Rik TYKWINSKI (Univ. Alberta, Canada)
Kizashi YAMAGUCHI (Osaka Univ., Japan)

Contact us

Edith BOTEK: edith.botek@fundp.ac.be +32 81 725467
Benoît CHAMPAGNE: benoit.champagne@fundp.ac.be +32 81 724554
Takashi KUBO: kubo@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp +81-6-6850-5384
Masayoshi NAKANO: mnaka@cheng.es.osaka-u.ac.jp +81-6-6850-6265

Suggested list of hotels in the vicinity of the University

Please indicate "FUNDP-ISNA-13-satellite conference" to get the FUNDP rate.

Les Tanneurs****
Rue des Tanneries 13,
5000 Namur
Tel: +32 81 24 00 24
www.tanneurs.com

Grand Hôtel de Flandre***
Place de la Station 14,
5000 Namur
Tel: +32 81 23 18 68
www.hotelflandre.be

Ibis Namur Centre***
Rue du 1er Lanciers 10,
5000 Namur Tel: +32 81 25 75 40
http://www.booking.com/hotel/be/ibisnamur.en.html

How to reach us

Getting to Namur: The conference will be held at Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP), which is located in the town centre of Namur. Namur is the capital of the Wallonie region. It has a long history and has a number of beautiful historical monuments (please visit www.namur.be for more information)

By plane: If you arrive at Brussels National Airport (Zaventem), you can get to Namur by train (approximately 1.5 hours). There is a train station at the airport. From there take any train to Brussels North station. At Brussels North catch a direct train to Namur. The price of a one-way trip is currently 9.30 €. In general, there are three trains per hour between the airport and Brussels North, and two trains per hour between Brussels North and Namur. For more information about the timetables please consult www.b-rail.be.

If you arrive at Charleroi airport, you can get to Namur by using a bus and train connection (approximately 1 hour). There is a special ticket available at the airport ticket counter that is valid for travelling from the airport to any train station in Belgium at a price of 10.50 €. This ticket combines the TEC bus ride (from the airport to the train station in Charleroi-Sud) and train (Charleroi-Sud to Namur). For more information about the train imetables please consult www.b-rail.be. The conference location at FUNDP is less than a 10 minute walk from the Namur train station.

By train: Namur is well connected by the Belgian rail network. There are good connections from Brussels, Liege, Charleroi, Tournai, Cologne, Paris and Luxembourg. On weekdays, there are two trains per hour between Brussels and Namur; Liege and Namur; and Charleroi and Namur. Namur is also linked to Paris by a TGV line. For more information regarding train connections, timetables and prices, please refer towww.b-rail.be. The conference location at FUNDP is less than a 10 minute walk from the Namur train station.

By car The car parks of FUNDP are generally reserved for members of staff. However, a limited number of places at one of the car parks (located in Rue Grandgagnage) will be made available for participants of the conference. In order to park in this location, a permit is required. Please contact Edith BOTEK (edith.botek@fundp.ac.be) to get the form that you will put in a visible place in your car. If the car park is full, you will have to park on the public street or car park.

In order to lower your parking costs, we suggest that you park at one of the two park and ride (P+R) car parks in namur. The closest one is P+R Namur Expo which is located 1.2 km from FUNDP. The other one is P+R Saint-Nicolas which is 2.1 km from FUNDP. Both P+R car parks provide bus services to the centre of the town. From the E411 motorway: • Leave the E411 at exit 14 (Bouge-Namur) • Continue to Namur town centre (approximately 2.5 km) From the E42 motorway: • Leave the E42 at exit 12 (Namur Ouest) or change to the E411 and follow the directions above • Continue to Namur town centre (approximately 5.0 km)