View to the Vistula Spit from Polish part
International Conference of Young Scientists
Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the
Changing World
September 5 - 10, 2011, the Vistula Spit, Russia
(Second Circular, June 2011)
SPONSORED BY
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
Past Global Changes (PAGES)
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
ORGANIZED BY
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences (IG RAS)
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS)
A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
Dear colleagues,
Many thanks for your interest in the conference “Land-Ocean-Atmosphere
Interactions in the Changing World”. We received more than 70 applications
from Russia, Poland, USA, Colombia, France, Spain, UK, China, India,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Canada, Switzerland, Finland, and
Germany. RAS, RFBR, PAGES, IGBP, and SCOR kindly provided financial
support for this conference.
We are looking forward to see you in September 5-10, on the Vistula Spit.
Preliminary version of the PROGRAM and ABSTRACT BOOK are attached
to this circular. You have the last chance to make corrections there. Please have a
look at YOUR abstract again and format it according to the example of the first
abstract “Estimation of tendencies of change for different characteristics of
extratropical cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere” by Mirseid G. Akperov and
Igor I. Mokhov. Underline the author who will present the paper at the
conference. If you decide to make changes please send us the same file with your
formatted abstract by e-mail: ysmkk2011@gmail.com with the subject “abstract
formatted” by 1 July. Feel free to send us all your comments and corrections.
If you have questions concerning:
 scientific program and financial support –contact Organizing Committee
(ysmkk2011@gmail.com)
 travel
details
and
visa,
contact
Mrs.
Anastasia
Domnina
(annasta_sea@mail.ru)
Please prepare your presentations and posters in English, as we will not be able
to provide simultaneous interpretation services.
The duration of plenary lectures is 30 minutes. The duration of young scientists’
presentations is 10 minutes. Please use the PowerPoint for your talks.
We recommend to use A0 format for your posters.
If you want to publish your paper in the peer reviewed journal “Geography,
Environment, Sustainability”, please have your manuscript ready with your by
the time of the conference.
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VENUE
Conference will be held at the Field Research Station “Baltic Spit” of the
Atlantic Branch of Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences,
located in Kosa Village, City of Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast (Province),
Russian Federation. The station is located at the Vistula Spit just near the inlet of
the Vistula Lagoon, at a walking distance (5-7 minutes) from the lagoon and
seashore.
TRAVEL DETAILS
It is planned that the representatives of Organizing Committee will meet foreign
participants in the Airport “Hrabrovo”. Please, contact individually Anastasia
Domnina annasta_sea@mail.ru on this occasion.
The registration and meeting of arriving people will be opened from 10:00 till
16:00 on 5th of September. Registration will be at the Laboratory Building of the
Atlantic Brach of P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. Address: Pionerskaya
str., 61, Kaliningrad.
The Laboratory Building is a 3-stage old-fashion red bricks building constructed
before the World War II. It is located just in front of two 14-stage blocks at the
Vasilevskii Square (“Ploschad’ Vasilevskogo” – in Russian) diagonal through
the main road-cross from the Amber Museum (“Muzey Yantaria” – in Russian).
The bus stop is called “Ploschad’ Vasilevskogo” or (“Muzey Yantaria” = Amber
Museum).
You can easy reach this place by bus from the Kaliningrad airport (which called
Hrabrovo), by intercity bus from Klaipeda City, by public transport from the
Kaliningrad city centre and from the Main Train and Bus stations.
The bus from the Kaliningrad Airport “Hrabrovo” departures every hour from
08:00 t0 23:00. It connects the airport with Main Bus Station, which is just
nearby to Main Train Station. Our bus stop “Ploschad’ Vasilevskogo” is one
among several official stops of this bus within the city area. The cost of bus
ticket is about 30 rubles (1 euro).
There is an official taxi service from the airport to the city (Taxi 058). The
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minimal cost during day time for “Taxi 058” is 300 rubles. Taxi trip from the
Train or Bus stations to the “Ploschad’ Vasilevskogo” cost minimum 150 rubles.
Please ask about receipt before you will use taxi. Note that you will need cash
(Russian rubles) to pay for public transport and taxi. But there is no exchange
office in the airport.
EXCURSION
Conference program will include an excursion to the Curonian Spit (Kurshskaya
Kosa – in Russian), 98 km long and narrow sand peninsula, which separates
Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. The “Kurshskaya Kosa” is one of the
oldest national parks in Russia. It is a favourite holiday place for residents of
Kaliningrad and guests of Amber Land, as Kaliningrad Oblast is informally
named. The excursion is planned for 10 September. The conference fee covers
this excursion.
CONFERENCE FEES
A registration fee will apply for all registered participants. This fee will cover
local transportation, food, drinks, accommodation, welcome barbeque during
the conference and conference materials as well as cost of the excursion.
Conference fee has to be paid upon arrival in EURO or Russian Rubles. Receipts
will be available.
Full registration
€ 300 per person
Young scientists registration
€ 250 per person
Accompanying person
€ 250 per person
ACCOMMODATION
Participants will be accommodated at the Scientific Station "Baltic Spit" (price
included in the registration fee). Rooms are for 2-3 persons, toilets and shower
are located in the corridor. Participants who prefer to live outside the Station are
kindly
asked
to
book
living
facilities
(http://all-hotels.ru/baltiysk/hotels/index.en.html).
reduced accordingly in this case.
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by
Conference
themselves
fee
will
be
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Basing on the merits of the submitted abstracts and taking into consideration the
national balance of the conference attendees the Organizing Committee selected
19 participants for financial support provided by international project IGBP,
SCOR, and PAGES. We will contact these participants personally on behalf of
these organizations to inform them about the details of their reimbursement
before 1 July.
VISA SUPPORT
Note that your passport should be valid for 6 months after the trip termination,
i.e. until beginning of March of 2012. Please consider that the Visa must be
issued by the Russian Consulate in your country. Official invitation which you
will get from Local Organizing Committee is not a visa, and it has to be used as
obligatory attachment to your personal visa application to the Russian Consulate
in your country.
Participants from Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan do not need the visa.
Participants from EU countries must get invitation letter from Local Organizing
Committee by e-mail and post mail to start of obtaining the visa.
Participants from USA, Colombia, UK, China, India, Turkmenistan, Canada and
Switzerland must get invitation letter and special invitation from Local
Organizing Committee by e-mail and post mail to start of obtaining the visa.
Special invitation is made about a month in the Russian migratory service.
Therefore give your personal information as soon as possible, please.
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