T h e  F i r s t  A n n o u n c e m e n t

CENTRAL EUROPEAN CHEMICAL MEETING
(CECM-1)

June 15-17, 2000, Varazdin, Croatia

will be held under the joint auspices of Faculty of Science, University of
Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, and Rugjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.


Scientific and Organizing Committee:

H Vancik, director, A. Graovac, co-director, D. Vikic-Topic, co-director, 
G. Naray-Szabo, V. Smrecki, N. Semialjac

LOCATION: The meeting will be held in Varazdin, the cultural and
administrative center of northwestern Croatia. Varazdin is an old charming
baroque city located close to the Hungarian, Slovenian, and Austrian
borders. In 18th century Varazdin was the capital of Croatia. Today, in
Varazdin are active many cultural institutions, theater, chamber
orchestra, galleries, museums, and institutions which belong to the
University of Zagreb.

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY: The conference will be held just before the
Math/Chem/Comp (MCC'2000) Course & Conference in Dubrovnik. It will be
possible to arrange the direct transfer from Varazdin to Dubrovnik
meeting.

SCOPE: The Varazdin meeting will give a review of chemical research in
Central Europe, status, history, and possible future trends in chemistry
of this region as well as contribution of central-European scientists to
chemistry. The aspects of the meeting will include input in chemical
research (financing, manpower), output (publication, productivity,
impact), distribution of research subjects, an overview of hot topics,
education, etc. The meeting is also a sort of homage to the Central
European Meetings on Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy, which have
been held some twenty years ago.


PROGRAM: The following speakers have been invited to lecture at CECM-1
I. Hargittai (Budapest), R. Janoschek (Graz), P. Carsky (Prag),  V. Sunjic
(Zagreb), T. Braun (Budapest), and J. Zupan (Ljubljana). 

SITE, ACCOMMODATION & TRANSPORTATION: The meeting will take place at the
Hotel Turist, Varazdin.

Details regarding accommodation and transportation will appear in the 2nd
circular.


Most participants will be accommodated in Hotel Turist and some in Hotel
Garestin and eventually in Hotel Maltar. All hotels are within a walking
distance from the conference hall. The hotel prices given below are
tentative, and they are supposed not to change too much in the year of
2000:

HOTEL TURIST:          bed/break.   half-board

Double/per person       25, USD       28, USD

The city of Varazdin is 70 km north from Zagreb and it could be reached by
air via Zagreb, by car using the highway from Budapest (300 km), from Graz
(130 km), from Ljubljana (180 km), by (frequent) buses from Zagreb, and by
train from Zagreb and from Budapest.



REGISTRATION FORM & ABSTRACT: The enclosed registration form and abstract
(which should not exceed one typewritten page) should be received by the
organizer (Prof. H. Vancik) by March 15, 2000. Abstract should be written
in English and in native language on separate sheets. It should be sent
either in the form of (any version of) MS Word Document as an E-mail
attachment or as a hard copy. The margins of 2.5 cm and Times New Roman
font (1.5 line spacing; size 12) are recommended. 


REGISTRATION FEE: The registration fee is USD 80,00  and (for students USD
40,00) and should be paid till March 15, 2000. The account for those
paying in Croatian currency will be given upon request. For those paying
in  USD it is advisable to send a personal check payable to: Hrvoj Vancik,
CECM2000.

ORGANIZER: All correspondence concerning the meeting should be addressed
to:

Prof. Hrvoj Vancik, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
University of Zagreb, Strossmayerov trg 14, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
phone: ++385 1 4819 285; fax ++385 1 4819 288
E-mail: vancik@rudjer.irb.hr


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This form should reach the organizer not later than March 15, 2000!

Prof. Hrvoj Vancik, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
University of Zagreb, Strossmayerov trg 14, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia


REGISTRATION FORM

CENTRAL EUROPEAN CHEMICAL MEETING
June 15-17, 2000, Varazdin, Croatia


 ( ) I plan to attend the CECM-1 with presentation(s)

entitled:
_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________


( ) I enclose the abstract(s) of my ( ) oral and/or ( ) poster
presentation(s).

 ( ) I enclose check.

 ( ) I am a student and I enclose 2 recommendation
 letters.

Transportation to MATH/CHEM/COMP 2000 (Dubrovnik): I am interested for
direct transfer to Dubrovnik by airplane:

YES (  )

NOT (  )

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Name & Family Name:__________________________________________________

Accompanying Person(s):
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Address:
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Phone:________________________Fax:_____________________

E-mail: _______________________________________________________