SECOND CIRCULAR ********************************************* "KINETIC MODELING OF ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS" ********************************************* October 5-9, 2008 Krakow, Poland http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/cracow2008/ E-mail: cracow08@ifj.edu.pl Dear Participants, below please find the most recent information on: - updates on the conference program - registration fee payments - the conference venue - etc. We are looking forward to meeting you soon in Krakow! Jacek Niemiec & Michal Ostrowski ------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION The registration will start on Sunday at 4pm in room C located next to the hotel lobby. HOTEL We have made the conference center hotel booking for all participants for the dates indicated upon registration. Please note, that all changes of the existing reservations should be arranged through us, NOT directly with the hotel. For the information on the hotel and on how to reach the conference center please visit the meeting website: http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/cracow2008/Site.html Room cost per night (1 Eur = 3.3 zl, 1 USD = 2.3 zl): Single room: 150 zl Double room: 170 zl (85 zl per person) Triple room: 190 zl The hotel accepts the credit card payments. Meals will be served at the "Dom Goscinny" restaurant just next to the lecture room. The conference dinner will take place at "U Ziyada" restaurant in "the castle" some 100m down from the hotel. PLEASE LET US KNOW AT THE REGISTRATION SHOULD YOU PREFER A VEGETARIAN MENU. CONFERENCE FEE Those of the participants who decided to pay the registration fee (240 Euro) in cash upon arrival are reminded that the conference office can accept CASH payments only (!). Please also note that no cash machine is available in the close vicinity of the conference center. The fee can be paid in Euro, as well as in Polish zlotys and US dollars. For the current exchange rates the fee is: 240 EUR 350 USD 850 PLN The registration fee for the accompanying persons is 60 EUR (90 USD, 210 PLN). The conference fee covers the following expenses: 1. breakfasts and lunches during the meeting (Monday-Thursday) 2. conference dinner 3. welcome reception and reception during the poster session 5. all the conference stationery for the participants The registration fee for the accompanying persons covers: 1. 4 breakfasts 2. conference dinner 3. welcome reception CURRENCY The currency in Poland is "zloty". Euro cannot be used for cash payments at shops, restaurants, etc. (but some exceptions exist). Most restaurants and downtown shops accept credit cards, but cash will be most probably required in small shops, including those near the conference center. The best way to get CASH is to use the ATMs. This is the only good way to get cash at the Krakow airport, for exchange offices offer much worse exchange rates than those in downtown Krakow. Please note that downtown exchange offices may be closed on Sundays, as are all banks. PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PROGRAM The conference will start with a Welcome Reception on Sunday evening (Oct. 5, 7-10pm). Lectures begin on Monday morning (Oct. 6, 9am). The meting will end in the early afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 9. Please visit our website: http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/cracow2008/Program.html for detailed program of the conference and a list of poster contributions. Please note, that for each talk 5' time for discussion is included (3' for 15' presentations) in the program. The posters will be exhibited during all coffee breaks and during a special Monday evening poster session with wine, fruits and cakes. The dimensions of a single poster space are 95x230 cm. The posters can be displayed starting on Monday morning. PROCEEDINGS We do not plan to publish printed proceedings of the meeting. Instead, we plan direct electronic publishing of all contributions (PDF or PPT), in a form analogous to that adopted in the previous Cracow conferences (see http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/konferencje/2006jets/ http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/konferencje/proc0.html) We ask all participants to provide their contributions during the meeting, so that they can be available on-line after a talk/poster has been presented. WEATHER Please consult http://new.meteo.pl/index_coamps_en.php for the best weather forecast available for Poland (click on "meteorograms" and then pick up "Krakow" from the list on the right or on the map to the left). ======================================================================= Michal Ostrowski Jacek Niemiec Astronomical Observatory Institute of Nuclear Physics Jagiellonian University Polish Academy of Sciences E-mail: mio@oa.uj.edu.pl E-mail: Jacek.Niemiec@ifj.edu.pl *for the correspondence regarding the meeting please use our conference e-mail address: cracow08@ifj.edu.pl =======================================================================