BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN MODEL AND REAL CATALYSIS

Russian-German Seminar on Catalysis

July 9-12, 2007,   Novosibirsk-Altai Mountains, Russia

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Dear colleagues,
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, SB RAS (Novosibirsk, Russia) and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Berlin, Germany) kindly invite you to participate in the Russian-German Seminar on Catalysis “Bridging the Gap between Model and Real Catalysis” to be held on July 9-12, 2007 at the tourist center “Stik Travel” (Altai Mountains), Russia.
The Seminar will follow the III International Conference “Catalysis: Fundamentals and Application” dedicated to the 100^th Anniversary of Academician G.K. Boreskov. Conference will be held in Novosibirsk, Russia, July 4-8, 2007.

The Organizing Committee received 60 requests for participation in the Seminar: 20 – from Germany and 40 - from Russia. The Scientific Program will consist of 7 invited plenary lectures and 26 oral presentations. The session topics will cover:

• Study of the mechanisms of heterogeneous catalytic reactions at atomic-molecular level;
• Application of the Surface Sensitive Methods to study the formation, activation and degradation of the active sites in heterogeneous catalysts;
• Computational chemistry to study the catalytic reactions.

Presentation

The time of presentation (including some time for questions) is 40 min for a plenary lecture and 20 min for an oral presentation. Overhead facilities and beamer for the projection of computer - or video signal on the screen will be provided. It is recommended that you prepare computer presentations in *.ppt format (Microsoft Power Point from the package MS Office) and save on CD.

The Seminar will be held at the conference hall of the Tourist center “Stik Travel” (The Republic of Altai) situated at the foot of the wonderful Altai Mountains on the bank of the picturesque mountain river Katun, 500 km from Novosibirsk.

The participants will be brought to the Seminar venue (7-8 hours) by the special bus starting from the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis (Novosibirsk, prosp. Acad. Lavrentiev, 5) on July 8. Stops at the refreshment places will be arranged where one can buy some snack. Dinner will be offered at the “Stik Travel” upon arrival. The price of the transportation is 45 Euro (one Euro is 34.4 rubles in March, 2007). Time of the bus departure will be definite after receiving the information from the participants about time of their arrival to Novosibirsk.

Return way: the organizers recommend booking the return tickets from Novosibirsk for the night July 13-14, or very early morning, July 14. Participants needed to be accommodated at Novosibirsk hotel should inform the Organizing Committee about that.

Registration will take place at the “Stik Travel (July 9, 10 a.m.).

The rooms of the different conveniences are booked at the tourist center “Stik Travel”.
The participants will be accommodated in double rooms of Hotels. *One can order the single accommodation in double rooms. The summer prices in Euro per person/per night including VAT are given in the table and the REGISTRATION FORM-2.(meals are not included):

	Hotel 1 “Cedar”			Hotel 2 “New”		Hotel 3	Hotel complex
	Suite	Standard	Economy	Suite	Standard	Standard
per person per night in the double room	45	30	23	50	30	30	15
*single accommodation in double room	84	55	41	96	55	55	30

Hotel 1,2 double rooms, 3-floor building (with shower and toilet inside the room – SUITE, STANDARD, shower and toilet in the corridor – ECONOMY); Hotel 3 double rooms, 2-floor building (with shower and toilet inside the room –STANDARD); Hotel complex, double rooms, 2-floor buildings (shower and toilet are outside)

Dinner (July 8); breakfast, lunch and dinner (July 9,10,11,12); breakfast (July 13) will be arranged at the restaurant of the Tourist center “Stik Travel”. The total price for the meals is 76 Euro per person. Morning and afternoon coffee-breaks will be provided.

Novosibirsk Airport “Tolmachevo” is located about 30 km from the Akademgorodok. Participants will be met at the Novosibirsk airport by special transport. The Organizing Committee asks the participants to inform in advance about airline, arrival date, time, and flight number to arrange the meeting at the airport.

Time in Novosibirsk is 6 hours ahead of GMT.

The Organizing Committee invites the participants and accompanying persons to Welcome Reception (July 9, at 7.30 p.m.), Banquet (July 10, at 7.30 p.m.), Musical Party (July, 11), the fascinating excursion along Katun-river and trip to Teletskoe Lake. Bus trip to the Teletskoe Lake and sightseeing from the cutter board will be held on July 12. The biggest lake is surrounded by high mountain ridges. It is one of the deepest lakes of Russia (325 m) and it is traditionally regarded as one of Altai’s symbols. In 1998, Altai was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List of cultural and natural properties as representing an important and original centre of biodiversity of mountain plants and animal species in northern Asia, a number of which are rare and endemic. UNESCO List inscribes five natural complexes of Mountainous Altai: Altaisky and Katunsky Reserves, Teletskoe Lake, Belukha Mount and Ukok plateau (http://whc.unesco.org/sites/768.htm).

The participants and accompanying persons can also get the individual excursions: horse rides, rafting and hang glider flights.

The weather in Altai in the middle of July is sunny with the temperature in the range 25-30^oC.

The registration fee is 420 Euro for each participant and 210 Euro for accompanying persons, post-graduates and students. The fee covers editorial expenditures, auditorium rent, welcome party, coffee-break beverages, banquet, local transportation, visa support, excursion along Katun-river and one day trip to Teletskoe Lake. Attention, please: the final registration fee was increased owing to one day trip to the Teletskoe Lake.

To make the payment for all facilities easier (the registration fee, accommodation, meals and the transportation) participants should to transfer the total payment to the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis before May 25, 2007 to the following account with the mark
"Seminar Registration fee" (please indicate your name and COMPANY / INSTITUTE):

Payments should be free of bank charges. The total payment can be also paid in cash in roubles at the registration desk. Credit cards are not acceptable.

Germany participants need a valid Passport and an entry visa to Russia (Passport should be valid during 6 months after the seminar – at least until January 31, 2008).

April 30, 2007	Preliminary Scientific Program (at the web-site)
June 20, 2007	Final Scientific Program
July 8, 2007	Welcome to Novosibirsk-Altai
July 13, 2007	Departure from Altai to Novosibirsk

Tel. (+7 383) 339 72 63

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