Second Announcement NDRM’2009 Third International Conference on New Development in Rock Mechanics and Engineering & Sanya forum for the plan of city and city construction May 24-26, 2009 Sanya, P.R.China Organized by Northeastern University Sponsored by Sanya Scientific Technical Committee; College of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University; Northeastern Society of Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Technology, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Liberty Culture &Technology Company (USA); “Chinese Engineering Sciences” magazine, Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences (1). The accept of submitted abstract We already sent the reply letter for the accepted abstract submitted before 2008-06-01. People who received the letter should notice following Important Dates Submission of papers: Before November 30, 2008 Review comments to authors: Before January 15, 2009 Submission of the final papers: Before February 15, 2009 The working time for Publishing house: February 15-April 30,2009 The transportation of proceedings: May 1-May 20, 2009 The proceedings will be published in a press of USA “Liberty Culture & Technology Company “ ISBN for this proceedings is approved as 0-9755068-1-3; 1 LCCN ( Library of Congress Control Number) is approved as 2007943150; For satisfying the requirements of ISTP system under ISI, be sure to write your paper with qualified English and ensure the requirements of print form of paper which is attached to the letter for acceptance of abstract People who want to submit abstract furthermore should notice: the deadline is before September 1, 2008. For your consideration, it is better to send the abstract as soon as possible. Abstracts, manuscripts and enquiries should be sent to E-mail: linym1234@yahoo.com.cn shwang@mail.neu.edu.cn (2). About the registering Fees Considering the different demands of participants, we have three categories of the registering fees: A). economy class Participants Accompanies Students* Before/on Sept. 1,2008 US $300 US $160 US $160 After Sept. 1,2008 US $350 US $200 US $200 *Only valid for those who have a student identity document.. The serving items including: Welcome reception & closing Banquet Technical sessions Tea break service One set of proceedings Tour No1.; B).Standard class Participants Accompanies Students* Before/on Sept. 1,2008 US $450 US $300 US $300 After Sept. 1,2008 US $500 US $350 US $350 *Only valid for those who have a student identity document.. The serving items including: Welcome reception & closing Banquet 2 Technical sessions 4 days meal (24-27 May, Chinese meal or western meals as you preferred. However, not including hotel fee) Tea break service Two sets of proceedings tour No1.; tour No.2 ; tour No.3 C). First Class Participants Accompanies Students* Before/on Sept. 1,2008 US $750 US $600 US $600 After Sept. 1,2008 US $800 US $650 US $650 *Only valid for those who have a student identity document.. The serving items including: Welcome reception & closing Banquet Technical sessions 5 days meal (24-28 May; Chinese meals or western meals as you preferred) Five days standard class hotel fee; (high-level single room with two beds, bathroom, air-conditioner, colored TV etc. For accompanies living in the same room with participants, the hotel fee will be deduced) Tea break service Two sets of proceedings No.1; No.2; No.3; No.4 & No.5 Tours Pick-up and see (you) off Guests can choose anyone class to pay the registering fees according information mentioned above. Meanwhile, we will still keep service for participants and accompanies to order meals and hotel rooms. Any group more than three people from the same country (not including their accompanies) could enjoy 10 % discount while they pay the registering fees. You can make a direct transfer to Bank of China with following information: Name of Bank: China Construction Bank Shenyang Railway Branch; Address of Bank; No.20-3 Wanghu Road District, Shenyang, P.R. China; SWIFT Number: PCBCCNBJLNX; Account Number to be credited:0734799980130571658 Beneficiary’s name: Chair of organizing committee of NDRM’2009; Prof. Yunmei Lin 3 Beneficiary’s telephone: 86-24-23915254 Beneficiary’s address: Prof. Lin Yunmei, Wanghu Road District 15-2-111, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China, 110004 Purpose for remittance: Registering fee for NDRM’2009 Amount of fund: applicant’s name and address. Be sure to indicate your name, address, country and the title of your paper on the message to the beneficiary in order that we can clearly know, who are sending this fee and making appropriate receipt. (3). The Location of Sanya On this map (Fig.1), the meaning of 1-10 is as follows: 1-P.R.China; 2-Taiwan, China; 3-Hainan Island, China; 4-Sanya, China; 5-Hong Kong, China; 6-Nansai Islands; 7-Phillipine; 8-Vietnam; 9-Malaisia; 10.-South China Sea We can easily know, that Sanya Is located at the southern end of Hainan Island. At present, there Are two international airports in Hainan Island: Hakou Meilan International airport and Sanya Fig.1 Phoenix International airport. Stretching 14000km all over the Hainan Island, a well- established highway and railway system are connected to the main tourist cities and tourism zone (4) Introduction about the tours 4 The lines of tourism during and after the conference are arranging according the requirement of delegates as follows: No.1—The end of heaven & remote corner of the sea No.2—Nan San Temple (with a 108 Meter tall Guan Yin Buddha located at sea-surface) No.3—Xiao Yu (small fishes) Hot Spring No.4—Monkey Island (with a population above 2000 monkeys) No.5—Ya Long Bay No.6—Big East Sea Bay (Special for members of Advisory committee) No.7—Boao forum for The Asia (90 US Dollars for each person) No.8—Wander at sea bottom (with special boat or individual diving, 60 US Dollars for each person) Important Dates Submit Abstract: As soon as possible and before September 1, 2008 Submit Final Manuscript: November 30, 2008 Review comments to authors: Before January 15, 2009 Submission of the final papers: Before February 15, 2009 5 Abstracts and enquiries should be sent to E-mail: linym1234@yahoo.com.cn (abroad) shwang@mail.neu.edu.cn (inside China) Tel.: Fax: 86-24-83682448 86-24-23915254 Website: www.ndrm2008.cn (Please pay attention, because of some difficulty, we still use the original name for our website) Mail address: Prof. Lin Yunmei NDRM’2008 P.O.BOX 265 College of Resources and Civil Engineering Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China 110004 (5). About the register form Please e-mail or post the register form to the Secretariat of International Symposium on NDRM’2009 as quickly as possible. Personal information (Use one form per person) Family Name Given Name Title Affiliation Address Postal/Zip Code City Country Tel Fax E-mail website Attend this symposium (Yes or No) Prepare for speech (Yes or No) Paper information Title Abstract _ 6 Keywords 7