The Colloquium is contemplated as a continuation of the previous
two colloquia on detonations (‘‘Advances in Experimentation
and Computation of Detonations’’ held in St. Petersburg,
September 14–17, 1998, co-sponsored by ONR,
ONR International Field Office
Europe, European Research Office of the US Army, Russian
Foundation of Basic Research and ENAS – Research &
Education Co; and ‘‘Control of Detonation Processes’’
held in Moscow, July 4–7, 2000, co-sponsored by ONR International
Field Office Europe, European Research Office of the US Army,
Russian Foundation of Basic Research and the Scientific Council
on Combustion and Explosion of the Presidium of the Russian
Academy of Sciences).
Site
and Dates
The Colloquium will be held in Moscow, Russia, July 2–5,
2002 in the building of the Presidium of the Russian Academy
of Sciences. The building is located on the Vorobiovy Gory (‘‘Sparrow
Hills’’), at the beautiful bend of the Moskva river,
approximately 5 min walk from the metro station ‘‘Leninsky
Prospect’’ (location of the conference site is shown
on the back cover of this booklet).
Transportation
The Organizing Committee will provide a shuttle bus to pick
up the participants at the Moscow International Airport ‘‘Sheremetievo’’.
The participants are kindly requested to inform the Colloquium
organizers about arrival time, airline, and flight number in
advance.
Accommodation
Here is the list of three- to five-star Moscow
hotels.
The hotels within a walking
distance to the conference site are marked *. The Organizing
Committee is planning to arrange a shuttle bus from/to the hotels
marked ** during the Colloquium. The hotels not marked are within
20 to 30 minutes by metro from the conference site.
The participants are requested
to book a hotel themselves. For booking please click one of
the links below. For any assistance please contact the local
organizers.
Visa
Formalities
All the participants and accompanying persons are requested
to send before April 30, 2002 their personal information for
arranging the official invitation approved by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. This includes: (1)
full name, (2) date of birth, (3) sex, (4) citizenship, (5)
affiliation, (6) position, (7) official address (Post Zip, country,
city, street, house No., e-mail, tel., fax No. —mandatory!),
(8) period of stay in Russian Federation (from ... to ...),
(9) passport number and expiration date, (10) visited cities
(Moscow, St. Petersburg, etc.), (11) the city where you are
planning to apply for visa (city in your country where the Russian
Consulate is located).
In addition, a copy of your passport first page will be required
(sent by fax or e-mail attachment).
Colloquium
Language
All presentations at the Colloquium will be in English.
Video—Audio
Facilities
Over-head, LCD panel with IBM PC, and multi-system video-recorder
will be available for presentations.
Invited
Lectures
Invited lectures are intended as reviews of recent world-wide
research accomplishments delivered by international experts.
Presentation time is 45 min, including discussion.
Oral
Presentations
Oral presentations will be on current basic and applied experimental
and computational research on detonation in gases, sprays, and
suspensions of liquid and solid propellants.
Presentation time is 20 min, including discussion.
Poster
Presentations
Poster presentations will be on current basic and applied experimental
and computational research on detonation in gases, sprays, and
suspensions of liquid and solid propellants. There will be one
(1) poster session. A poster will be provided for each presentation.
The authors of poster presentations are required to prepare
their papers for display on 1 x 1 m poster.
Panel Discussion
The last half-day of the Colloquium will be devoted to an open
panel discussion to identify the issues to be addressed, the
aspects of research needed and the international cooperation
that can be fostered to solve the issues more effectively and
expeditiously. The panel will consist of scientists, program
managers and industry experts, and will be moderated by the
Colloquium Administrators.
Publication
The Book of Extended Abstracts will be available at the Colloquium.
It is intended to edit and publish selected papers (in English)
in a bound volume.
‘‘No
paper – no podium’’ policy
A 'no paper – no podium' policy is adopted. The manuscripts
of the papers meeting the instructions for manuscript preparation
(see First Announcement or Colloquium web site www.iccd.ru)
should be available for the Organizing Committee before May
31, 2002.
Send two hard copies of the manuscript, a floppy disc of the
text (or an attached file via e-mail), one set of original illustrations
and one set of copies of illustrations to Sergei M. Frolov,
Technical Co-Chair.
Instructions
for manuscript preparation
The article should be no more than 6000 words in length, including
figures, tables, and references. The manuscript should include
a title page with name(s) and organization(s) of author(s) and
an abstract of 150 to 200 words, followed by sections containing
an introduction, the main body of text, concluding remarks,
acknowledgements, and references. It should be prepared double-spaced
on 8.5 x 11 in. paper (or A4 paper) using one side of the sheet
only with 1-inch (or 25-millimeter) margins. Use 12-point Times
font for general manuscript preparation.
Figures and tables should be submitted separately from text.
Indicate the approximate locations of illustrations in the margin.
A 2.5 x 2.5 in. standard diagram in the book is equivalent to
80 words, and a full width 2.5-inch figure counts as about 160
words. Please include one set of illustrations suitable for
reproduction. Original illustrations should not be larger than
6.5 x 8 in. or less than 1.5 x 1.5 in. The quality of labeling,
line thickness and other details should be suitable for archival
publication, and any photographs must be supplied as glossy
prints (negatives and slides are not acceptable). Use a minimum
amount of text within the illustrations; the figure captions
can be extensive giving those details. Provide a separate list
of figure captions, with figure numbers. The above apply for
tables as well.
Tours
and Excursions
The Organizing Committee is planning an interesting cultural
program for participants and accompanying persons. There will
be sightseeing excursions in the historical center of Moscow,
visits of art galleries, bus tours to famous Moscow suburbs,
and opera or ballet performance.
The detailed information will be available at this web site
before April 30, 2002.
Registration
Fee
For participants:
$450 if paid before May 15, 2002
$495 if paid after May 15, 2002
For accompanying persons:
$300 if paid before May 15, 2002
$330 if paid after May 15, 2002
The Registration Fee should be transferred in US dollars to:
Beneficiary bank:
No. 608604852, IMPEXBANK
Moscow, Russia, SWIFT: IMPE RU MM
Beneficiary:
TORUS PRESS Ltd. No. 40702840700001002578
Intermediary:
HSBC Bank USA, New York
(former Republic National Bank of New York,NY)
SWIFT: BLIC US 33, No. 608604852
Making transaction please specify: 1) beneficiary bank, 2)
beneficiary, and 3) one of the intermediaries.
Colloquium
Banquet
Colloquium banquet is planned on Friday, July 5, 2002,
7 p.m.
Weather
In July, the weather in Moscow is usually warm with a temperature
of 25–30 oC. The probability of rains is very
low.
