IX Belarussian Seminar on Scanning Probe Microscopy (2010)

The organizers cordially invite You to participate in 9th International Conference 'Methodological Aspects of Scanning Probe Microscopy– 2010' , which will be held in Minsk on October 12-15, 2010. The conference venue is A.V.Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of the Na-tional Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Since 1996, the conference had the title “Byelarussian Seminar on Scanning Probe Microscopy” (BelSPM or BySPM). Since 2006 it was renamed to 'Methodological Aspects of Scanning Probe Microscopy'. In 2010, it was decided to elevate the meeting status to ‘conference.’

The aim of the 9th Conference BelSPM is to provide place for discussion of recent achievements in SPM methods, and their use for scientific and applied tasks.

The official languages of the conference are Russian and English (no translation service will be provided).

Big conference hall at A.V.Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of NAS Belarus, P. Brovki St. 15, Minsk, 220072, Belarus,
October 12-15, 2010.

The conference program will include plenary lectures (including invited) and short contributed presentations. The attendees can make poster presentations as well, according to their wish.

The Conference Proceeding book will be published prior the conference and will be provided to the participants at registration. The manuscripts should be sent to the Organizing Committee not later than May 28, 2010 (the number of the conference topical section is required). Paper can be sent by e-mail (preferable) or by an ordinary mail (hardcopy and a disk with file(s) should be included). The preferred paper legth is about 5-6 pages A4 (the exact allowable size will be determined after processing of registration data).

At the manuscript preparation please use:
• DEMANDS of the publisher (pdf, 136 kB / in Russian).
• MANUSCRIPT SAMPLE (paper to be presented for publication) (doc, 38 kB).
• IMAGE SAMPLE (grayscale image / SPM image attached to the paper to be presented for publication) (tif, 320 kB).
• DIAGRAM SAMPLE (diagram attached to the paper to be presented for publication) (tif, 300 kB).

Please, entitle the files applied to the Conference according to the name of its first author. If you apply more than one paper, please add in the file name the paper number. Fo rexample, Familyname1.doc.
Entitle the illustrations files in the same way just adding "Fig##" at the name end , for example, Familyname1-Fig08.tif.
It is also convenient to compress all the fies relating to one paper in one archive file (by, for example, RAR, ZIP, 7Z etc.) entitling the resulting archive similar to the paper inside.

The conference fee is EUR50.00 (or equal amount in Belarusian rubles, BYR). The fee can be paid in cash upon arrival, or can be made by bank transfer (please contact the Organizing Committee for the payment details). The reduced fee for students and accompanying persons is EUR25.00. The conference fee will cover publishing of the proceedings and part of organization expenses. The representatives of companies that produce (or distribute) nanotechnology equipment, the conference fee is EUR200.00 (when presenting the product).

The Conference organizers can reserve rooms for the participants(in hotels near the conference venue). The approximate cost per night is BYR90,000-200,000 (about USD35-70) - in a single room, ** - *** hotel. Alternative possibilities can be arranged by request.

To register, please fill in and send the attached form to the Organizing Committee: by fax, ordinary mail or e-mail. Please register before May, 1, 2010. You can register via Internet at
http://nanosciencelab.info/en/belszm.shtml

IX International Conference METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY - 2010 Minsk, Belarus ••• October 12–15, 2010 REGISTRATION FORM Please fill in the Form and send it before May 1, 2010 to Organizing Committee: BySPM-2010 Organizing Committee HMTI NASB, P. Brovki St. 15, Minsk, 220072, Belarus Tel.: +375 17 2841060 • Fax: +375 17 2842212 (alternate +375 232 715463) e-mail: byspm@mail.ru (alternate - microtm@mail.ru)
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Presentation mode:	[ ] Oral // [ ] Poster
Conference topical section:	[ ] Application of SPM methods for physical (1a), chemical (1b) and biological (1c) research New SPM techniques Hardware and software development for scanning probe microscopy Modeling micro- and nanoscale processes using SPM data Applied aspects of scanning probe microscopy in industry Related problems of physics and chemistry of nanostructures, micro- and nanomechanics, micro- and nanotribology
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BySPM-2010 Organizing Committee
A.V.Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of the National Academy of Sceinces of Belarus
P. Brovki St. 15, Minsk, 220072, Belarus
Tel.: +375 17 2841060
Fax: +375 17 2842212 (alternate +375 232 715463)
e-mail: byspm@mail.ru (alternate - microtm@mail.ru)

Telephones for information:

Sergei CHIZHIK, Svetlana ABETKOVSKAYA
+375 17 2841060, +375 44 7925439 (cell.)

Andrei SUSLOV
+375 232 715463, +375 29 6774642 (cell.)