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Second Announcement on
METEOROIDS 2001
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- This conference will be the fourth in a
series of meteoroid meetings which
- have been held every few years since 1993,
the last being in Tatranska
- Lomnica in 1998. It will accommodate a broad
range of meteoroid research:
- dynamics, sources and distribution of these
bodies, the physics and
- chemistry of their interaction process with
the atmosphere as well as
- space weather aspects in the form of their
hypervelocity impact threat to
- spacecraft. Due to the high Leonid activity
during recent years, much
- research has been devoted to these topics
with both traditional and new
- optical, radar and in-situ methods from
ground, airplane and spacecraft.
-
- Much meteor stream modelling work has
preceded the recent Tempel-Tuttle
- visit; in 1998 the quite moderate Leonids
extended over a day, while in
- 1999 the sharp and much more intensive
maximum was correctly predicted.
- There has been another opportunity to
observe the Leonids (November 2000)
- and improve the models so the proposed
conference is at a very opportune
- time to provide a forum for an overview of
progress in the dynamics and
- modelling of meteor storms, and valuable
results are to be expected for
- understanding important commercial interests
(e.g. satellite damage).
-
- In radar applications the data collection
and signal processing techniques
- have developed hugely within a few years.
Besides the traditional VHF
- meteor radars, large aperture VHF and UHF
facilities such as Arecibo and
- EISCAT have been used for meteor studies.
With these extremely sensitive
- instruments, the mysterious head echo
process can be studied with very
- high spatial and time resolution observing
the effects on the background
- ionosphere simultaneously. Radars are
important tools for studying the
- various origins of the meteoroids. Recent
work (with the AMOR and Arecibo
- instruments) has been able to provide
definitive evidence for the
- expanding field of Interstellar Particle
detection.
-
- In-situ measurements of meteoroids and the
observation of interstellar
- particles with the Ulysses spacecraft
started a new era of space-borne
- experiments. Observational data about the
local interstellar medium and
- the outer solar system including the Kuiper
belt objects again raise
- interest in the orbital and collisional
evolution of meteoroids, including
- "icy" meteoroids. In a similar way the
observation of debris shells in
- circumstellar systems bears a new
application of the study of the
- "meteoritic complex" from the fragmentation
of large parent bodies to the
- formation of a dust cloud.
-
- New global problems such as indications of
climate change are being
- tackled. Meteoric constituents have an
effect on the physics and chemistry
- of the atmosphere at and below the
deposition heights. Especially, it is
- important to understand the impact of these
on the artificial
- constituents. Studies of how the addition of
meteoric constituents affect
- different atmospheric phenomena such as
noctilucent clouds and ozone
- chemistry have increased in interest.
Studies of meteoroid chemical
- composition and the ablation processes can
even provide information about
- the state of early conditions in the solar
system.
-
- Hypervelocity impact effects on spacecraft
is a very important application
- of meteoroid science. The results from the
meteor stream modelling
- discussed above especially for meteor shower
periods are important. The
- flux of meteoroids large enough to penetrate
the spacecraft and cause
- great damage is very low even during the
Leonids. The more numerous
- smaller particles are much more dangerous
since they can induce surface
- charging and trigger spacecraft anomalies
similar to the high speed solar
- wind. Especially interesting is the relation
between the meteor triggered
- anomalies and high solar activity. The
growing number of satellites and
- consequently of space debris will rapidly
increase the risks for impact
- damage on spacecraft.
TOPICS
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The following scientific areas are proposed for
this meeting:
- * Dynamics, sources and spatial distribution
of meteoroids including
- sporadic, swarm and interstellar
meteoroids
- * Physics and chemistry of meteoroid
interaction process in the atmosphere
- including both head echo and trail
effects
- * Impacts of meteoric constituents on
atmospheric phenomena
- * Hypervelocity impact effects on
spacecraft
- * Leonids - meteor storms and their
short-term environmental effects
with observations done with the following
methods:
- * Optical observations of meteors including
cameras, telescopes and lidars
- * Radar observations with meteor and large
aperture radars
- * In-situ measurements of meteoroids
INVITED TALKS
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The following is a list of confirmed invited
speakers. This list will be updated as more
information becomes available.
- Dr. David Asher, Armagh Observatory, UK and
Bisei Spaceguard Center, Japan
- Prof. W.J. Baggaley, University of
Canterbury, New Zealand
- Prof. Oleg Belkovich, Kazan State
University, Russia
- Dr. Gerhard Drolshagen, European Space
Agency, Netherlands
- Prof. Bo Gustafson, University of Florida,
USA
- Dr. Hiroshi Kimura, Max-Planck Institute for
Aeronomy, Germany
- Dr. Markus Landgraf, ESOC, ESA, Darmstadt,
Germany
- Prof. John Mathews, The Pennsylvania State
University, USA
- Dr. Edmond Murad, Air Force Research
Laboratory, USA
- Dr. Pavel Spurny, Ondrejov Observatory,
Czech Republic
SPONSORS
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We wish to thank the following for their
contribution to the success of this conference:
- European Space Agency
- European Office of Aerospace Research and
Development
- Air Force Office of Scientific Reserach
- United States Air Force Research
Laboratory
- Swedish Space Corporation - Esrange
- The Municipality of Kiruna
- Umeå University, Department of Space
Physics
- Luleå University of Technology,
Department in Kiruna
SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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- Prof. W.J. Baggaley, University of
Canterbury, New Zealand
- Prof. Oleg Belkovich, Kazan State
University, Russia
- Dr. Gerhard Drolshagen, European Space
Agency, Netherlands
- Prof. Eberhard Grun, Max-Planck-Institut
für Kernphysik, Germany
- Dr. Robert Hawkes, Mount Allison University,
Canada
- Dr. Peter Jenniskens, NASA Ames Research
Center, USA
- Dr. Ingrid Mann, European Space Agency,
Netherlands and
- the University of Munster, Germany
- Prof. David D. Meisel, State University of
New York, USA
- Dr. Edmond Murad, Air Force Research
Laboratory, USA
- Dr. Asta Pellinen-Wannberg, Swedish
Institute of Space Physics, Sweden
- Dr. Vladimir Porubcan, Astronomical
Institute SAV, Slovakia
- Dr. Junichi Watanabe, National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan, Japan
- Prof. Iwan Williams, University of London,
UK
REGISTRATION
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- Please complete the registration form below.
It can also be downloaded
- from our web site in pdf-format:
- http://www.irf.se/Meteoroids2001/MeteoroidsRegistration.pdf
-
- Return it by fax or post as soon as possible
but not later than April 27. The registration
fee is 2200 SEK (700 SEK for accompanying
adults) before the deadline, and 2700 SEK if
paid after April 27. This price covers the
Abstract book,
- Proceedings, refreshments during breaks and
all local transport for the
- conference attendees as well as the welcome
party, the conference dinner
- and the excursion to the rocket range
Esrange outside Kiruna to all
- registered guests.
-
- Please notice the two additional costs that
are to be paid directly to the
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics by those
choosing to participate in
- these activities. The tour underground in
the LKAB mines on Thursday
- evening (140 SEK/50SEK children between 6
and 15 years) and (for those
- participating in the Svalbard excursion) the
bus tour from Kiruna to
- Tromso on August 2 and back on August 5 (800
SEK/400 SEK children).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
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Please submit the abstracts as plain text in an
e-mail to meteoroids2001@irf.se
including the following information by April 27,
2001:
- 1. Title
- 2. Author / authors (affiliation 1)
- 3. More authors (affiliation 2) etc
- 4. Text up to 200 words, no equations, no
references, no tables, no
- figures.
We will do the formatting of the abstracts when
we prepare the Abstract book. If there are some
unusual characters or Greek letters that can be
ambiguous in the plain text form, send also an
attachment in Microsoft Word format or by fax to:
+46 980 79091.
Please include the following information:
- The paper will be presented by: (name)
- The preferred presentation form:
- 1. Oral
- 2. Poster
- 3. Oral or poster
We have the following equipment in our lecture
hall. Please inform us of what you need for your
presentation:
- slide projectors
- overhead projectors
- video projection
- computer projection
PROCEEDINGS
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The proceedings will be arranged by ESA.
Instructions for the proceedings format will be
sent in the 3rd Announcement.
LOCATION AND TRAVEL
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- The conference will take place at the Space
Campus about 10 km east of
- downtown Kiruna. The campus hosts the head
office of the Swedish Institute
- of Space Physics, "IRF", the Department of
Space Physics of Umeå
- University and the "Department in Kiruna" of
the Luleå University of
- Technology.
Kiruna is located about 1200 km north of
Stockholm in northernmost Sweden.- Kiruna is easily reached by 2-4 daily
flights from Stockholm. There are
- rail connections from Gothenburg and from
Stockholm with further
- connections to the European rail
network.
For those coming from eastern Europe or Russia,
it is possible to travel- through Finland. Helsinki is easily reached
with trains from Moscow and
- St. Petersburg. There are daily trains from
Helsinki to Rovaniemi (about
- 360 km from Kiruna). There are a few trains
arriving in Rovaniemi on
- Sunday morning, August 5, and similarly, a
few trains leaving from
- Rovaniemi on Saturday evening, August 11. We
could plan to send one bus to
- cover these connections. Those who want to
use this route, please contact
- us (meteoroids2001@irf.se)
before booking the tickets, so that we can
plan
- for this transport.
LOCAL TRANSPORT
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- We will organize transport from the airport
to the hotels, between the
- hotels and the conference site and to the
excursions. Please inform us in
- the registration form (or later) your flight
information for arrival to
- and departure from Kiruna. Kiruna railway
station is in the middle of town
- only a few hundred meters from Hotels
Ferrum, Kebne and Vinterpalatset,
- about 1 km from Malmfältens
Folkhogskola and Ripan, 2.5 km from Hotel
E10
- and 17 km from Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi.
Järnvägshotellet is at the
railway
- station.
FOOD
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- We have a very good lunch restaurant at the
Space Campus. We will have the
- dish of the day and a vegetarian
alternative. Please note on the
- conference registration form if you have
some special dietary
- requirements, so that our kitchen can take
this into account. Lunch
- coupons for 70 SEK will be sold at the
registration and reception desks
- during the conference.
-
- There are several dinner restaurants in
downtown Kiruna and two in
- Jukkasjärvi, which you can visit those
evenings you are free from
- conference activities. There is access to a
kitchen to do one's own
- cooking in the student dormitory rooms at
Malmfältens Folkhogskola.
WEATHER
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- Average temperature in Kiruna in August is
about +10 C, but there can be
- some very warm days or cold nights. There
might also be some rainy days
- during the week. Thus windproof and warm
clothing is recommended for the
- outdoor activities. During the conference
period the sun sets about 10
- p.m. (22.00) and rises about 3 a.m. (03.00)
in the morning.
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ACCOMMODATION
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- Please contact the hotels listed below for
bookings. Kiruna is a very
- popular tourist destination during the
summer. Thus we recommend the
- attendees to book their accommodation as
early as possible. Malmfältens
- Folkhogskola offers a much cheaper
accommodation in student dormitory
- rooms. For booking a room there contact
Eivor Jonsson: eivor.jonsson@irf.se
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Scandic Hotel Ferrum Kiruna
- A first-class hotel situated right in the
centre of town
- Rooms: 170
- Restaurants: 2
- Pub/Bar 1
- Sauna: 1 ladies/men
- Address: Lars Janssongatan 15
- SE-981 31 Kiruna, Sweden.
- Tel: +46 980 39 86 00
- Fax: +46 980 39 86 11,
- e-mail: ferrum@scandic-hotels.com
- http://www.scandic-hotels.com/
- Single room incl. breakfast: 810 SEK
- Double room incl. breakfast: 1010 SEK
- Please quote "METEOROIDS" when contacting
Hotel Ferrum
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Hotel E10
- 2-storey hotel with pure styled and fresh
rooms.
- Rooms: 34 divided into single and double
rooms - also 4-bed rooms.
- Restaurant: 1
- Bar: 1
- Sauna: 2
- Address: Lastvägen 9
- SE-981 38 Kiruna, Sweden
- Tel: +46 980 840 00
- Fax: +46 980 843 43
- e-mail: info@e-10.se
- http://www.e-10.se/
- Single room incl. Breakfast: 550 SEK
- Double room incl. breakfast: 590 SEK
- Please quote "Meteoroids 2001" when
contacting Hotel E10
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Hotel Kebne
- The hotel is situated only a few minutes
walking distance from downtown.
- Rooms: 54
- Restaurant: 1
- Sauna: The recreation department has a
solarium and a comfortable corner
- to just relax in. The sauna, solarium, and
engine pre heater are all free
- of charge.
- Address: Konduktörsgatan 7
- SE-981 34 Kiruna, Sweden
- Tel: +46 980 681 80
- Fax: +46 980 681 81
- e-mail: info@hotellkebne.com
- http://www.hotellkebne.com/
- Single room incl. Breakfast: 695 SEK
- Double room incl. Breakfast: 795 SEK
- Please quote "Meteoroids 2001" when
contacting Hotel Kebne.
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Hotel Vinterpalatset (Winter Palace)
- is a small, privately-owned hotel. The hotel
is centrally located in a
- quiet area only a few minutes walking
distance from downtown and the
- railway station. The hotel building, built
in 1904, is one of the oldest
- buildings in Kiruna. The hotel was fully
renovated 1989/90 and is today a
- modern hotel with a very high standard.
There are 16 rooms in the main
- buildning and 4 rooms in the annex, together
comprising 39 beds.
- Rooms: 20
- Restaurant: 1
- Bar: 1
- Sauna: 1, The sauna facility is equipped
with solarium, a jacuzzi bath and
- a relaxation area.
- Address: Järnvägsgatan 18
- SE-981 34 Kiruna, Sweden
- Tel:+46 980 677 70
- Fax: +46 980 130 50
- e-mail: vinterp@kiruna.se
- http://www.kiruna.se/~vinterp/
- Single room incl. breakfast : 750 SEK
(Annex: 550 SEK)
- Double room incl. breakfast : 950 SEK
(Annex: 750 SEK)
- Please quote "Meteoroids 2001" when
contacting Hotel Vinterpalatset.
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Järnvägshotellet
- Smoke-free hotel (beside the railway
station)
- Address: Bangårdsvägen 7
- SE-981 34 Kiruna, Sweden
- Tel: +46 980 84444
- Fax: +46 980 84400
- e-mail: info@jarnvagshotellet.com
- http://www.jarnvagshotellet.com/index.html
- Rooms: 15
- Single room incl. breakfast : 480 SEK
- Double room incl. breakfast : 550 SEK
- Please quote "Meteoroids 2001" when
contacting Jarnvagshotellet.
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Radhusbyn Ripan
- Cottages: 36 cottages with 2 beds
- 52 cottages with 4 beds
- Restaurant: 1
- Sauna: 1
- Address: Radhusbyn Ripan
- Campingvägen 5
- SE-981 35 Kiruna, Sweden
- Tel: +46 980 630 00
- Fax +46 980 630 40
- e-mail: ripan@kiruna.se
- One person (single room) include breakfast
in 2 bed-cottages: 570
- SEK/night
- Two persons (double room) include breakfast
in 2 bed-cottages: 670
- SEK/night
- 2 bed-cottages (two bedrooms) include
breakfast: 670 SEK /night
- 4 bed-cottages include breakfast: 850 SEK
/night
- All cottages have shower, toilet, TV,
telephone and a small kitchenette
- with kitchen equipment.
- Please quote "Meteoroids 2001" when
contacting Radhusbyn Ripan.
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Icehotel, Jukkasjärvi
- There are 30 fully modern hotel bungalows
next to the beautiful Torne
- River where Icehotel stands in the winter.
The bungalows are close to
- our reception, Art Center and
Jukkasjärvi Wärdshus Restaurant.
Fourteen of
- these are four-bed bungalows with two
separate bedrooms, a bathroom,
- kitchenette and sitting room, TV and
telephone.
- As a special offer to METEOROID Conference
guests, we offer 15% discount
- on our summer prices!
- Prices: (includes breakfast buffet at
Jukkasjärvi Wärdshus Restaurant,
- linen & towels & cleaning)
- 1 person per bungalow: SEK 884 per
night
- 2 persons per bungalow: SEK 500 per person
per night
- 3 persons per bungalow: SEK 374 per person
per night
- 4 persons per bungalow: SEK 310 kr per
person per night
- New feature!
- The Aurora houses have a skylight in the
ceiling to both bedrooms, where
- you may enjoy the stars looking up from your
bed! There are two bedrooms:
- a double bed in one bedroom and a single bed
in the other, also there is a
- bathroom and a sitting room with
refrigerator and water-boiler, TV and
- telephone.
- Price: (includes breakfast buffet at
Jukkasjärvi Wärdshus Restaurant,
- linen & towels & cleaning)
- 1 person per aurora house: SEK 884
- 2 persons per aurora house: SEK 587 per
person
- 3 persons per aurora house: SEK 434 per
person
- Restaurants: 2
- Bar: 1
- Sauna: several different saunas can be
booked.
- Activities: Canoes and rowboats to hire, as
well as fishing equipment,
- bicycles and more!
- Location: in the small village of
Jukkasjärvi, about 17 km from the town
- of Kiruna, 10 km from the Swedish Institute
of Space Physics. The village
- also has a small grocery store at walking
distance from our cabins.
- To book, please call tel: +46-980-66800 or
send us a fax: +46-980-66890 or
- an e-mail: info@icehotel.com
- Address: Icehotel
- SE-981 91 Jukkasjärvi,
- Sweden
- http://www.icehotel.com
- Please mention that you are participating in
the "Meteoroids 2001
- Conference" at IRF.
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Malmfaltens Folkhogskola
- Address: Campingvagen 3
- SE-981 35 Kiruna, Sweden
- Single room:168 SEK
- Double room 336 SEK
- Breakfast: A bus transport is organized for
people living at the
- Malmfältens Folkhogskola to the Swedish
Institute of Space Physics to eat
- breakfast at the restaurant there for 25
SEK. For booking contact the
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, tel +46
980 79061, fax +46 980 79091
- or send e-mail: eivor.jonsson@irf.se
if you wish to stay at Folkhogskolan.
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TRAVEL GRANTS
****************
- Everybody who wants to apply for a travel
grant is asked to contact us
- (eivor.jonsson@irf.se)
for instructions. For those who have
earlier
- pointed out the need of support, we will
send the instructions.
DEADLINES
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- Registration for the conference April 27,
2001
- Submission of abstracts April 27, 2001
- Registration for the Svalbard excursion to
SPITRA April 27, 2001
-
- Registration to activities in
Jukkasjärvi May 31, 2001
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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- 2nd Announcement sent in March
- 3rd Announcement will be sent in June 2001
to those have registered for the conference
SOCIAL EVENTS AND EXCURSIONS
INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE
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- The welcome reception starts at the Icehotel
Art Center with temperatures
- down to -56 C followed by an Auroral Display
that warms us up for the real
- icebreaking party at the Swedish Institute
of Space Physics on Monday 6
- August. The Icehotel provides the Arctic
clothing needed for the visit.
-
- The rocket range Esrange outside Kiruna run
by the Swedish Space
- Corporation invites the conference attendees
on a lunch and visit around
- their facilities. Half of the attendees will
make this visit on Tuesday 7
- and the second half on Thursday 9
August.
-
- The conference dinner will be held in the
Kiruna City Hall on Wednesday 8
- August. There will be some entertainment in
the form of a special kind of
- Sami song ("jojk") during the evening.
OTHER EVENTS AND
EXCURSIONS
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Those who have indicated interest for the
Svalbard
excursion August 2-5, will get information
about this tour within a few days.
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- A visit to the LKAB
iron mine - the world's largest underground mine
- is organized for Thursday evening August 9
between 7 p.m. (19.00) and 9 p.m. (21.00).
-
- To sign for this visit pay 140 SEK, children
up to 15 years SEK 50 (children younger than 6
years cannot participate due to security
regulations) together with the registration to
Swedish Institute of Space Physics.
-
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- We have asked the Icehotel
company in Jukkasjärvi to organise some
of
- their most popular summer arrangements for
the conference attendees. A
- more detailed description of these events is
found on our homepages.
-
Please sign for the events directly to the
Icehotel with their form
- (http://www.irf.se/Meteoroids2001/JukkasjarviForm.pdf)
by May 31, 2001.
- If you have difficulties getting this form
or the description of the
- events, contact eivor.jonsson@irf.se.
-
- Alt. No 1
- Tuesday 7 August at 7:00 p.m. (19.00).
- The Sami Camp at Kyrkudden - Cultural Dinner
Buffet
- Price: SEK 995 per person
- Price children 7-12 yrs: SEK 616
- [More
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- Alt. No 2
- Friday 10 August at 6:00 p.m. (18.00).
- "In sauna veritas" - Truth reigns in the
sauna
- Price: SEK 280 sauna including towels and
bathrobes, snacks & 1 beer.
- Price child 7-12 yrs: SEK 140 including
towels and bathrobes, snacks and 1
- soda.
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- Alt No 3.
- Friday 10 August at 8:00 p.m. (20.00).
- Dinner at Restaurant Hembygdsgarden
- Price: SEK 385 per person
- Price children 7-12 yrs: 50 % of a la carte
price
- [More
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- Alt No 4
- Saturday 11 August at 10:00 a.m. (10.00) -
4:00 p.m. (16.00).
- River tour with Wilderness lunch
- Price: SEK 995 per person
- Price children 12 yrs: 50% discount
-
- or
-
- River tour with Wilderness lunch for
children
- Price: Children 7-11 yrs SEK 498 per
child
- [More
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LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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- Asta Pellinen-Wannberg
- Diego Janches
- Eivor Jonsson (secretary),
meteoroids2001@irf.se
- Christina Juren
- Rick McGregor (webmaster),
webmaster@irf.se
- Birgitta Maatta
More information can be found on our
web-site:
http://www.irf.se/Meteoroids2001/
which will be continuously updated with new
information.
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REGISTRATION FORM for
the conference
Meteoroids 2001, 6-12 August 2001
(http://www.irf.se/Meteoroids2001/MeteoroidsRegistration.pdf)
- To be returned before 27 April 2001 to:
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics
- Box 812, SE-981 28 Kiruna, Sweden
- Tel: +46 980 79000 / fax +46 980 79091,
e-mail: meteoroids2001@irf.se
Name:
Title:
Accompanying persons:
Company/Institute:
VAT.reg.No (only for EU members):
Mailing Address:
Country:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:.
Date and flight of arrival:
Date and flight of departure:
Information about special diet:
- The registration fee for the conference is
2200 SEK when registering
- before 27 April 2001, and 2700 SEK after
this date. The fee includes
- access to all sessions, the Abstract Book
and the Proceedings, bus
- transport between the airport, hotels and
IRF, refreshments during breaks,
- a welcome party and the conference dinner.
Registration fee for adult
- accompanying persons includes access to
welcome party, the conference
- dinner and necessary transport and costs 700
SEK.
Other costs paid directly to the Swedish
Institute of Space Physics:
( ) Transport Kiruna-Tromsø for the
Svalbard tour 800 SEK (children up to16 years 400
SEK):
( ) Visit to LKAB mine 140 SEK (children 6-15
years 50 SEK):
PAYMENT:
Please indicate which method of payment you will
use:
( ) Bank transfer to Postgiro Bank, SE-105 06
Stockholm, Sweden, account no: 950605-6, Swift
address: PGSI SESS, mentioning your name &
affiliation
( ) Mastercard/Access/Eurocard
( ) Visa
Please charge my credit card number:
Expiry date:
Amount: SEK
Card Holder:
Signature:
Date:
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