Date sent: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:21:11 +0200 (MET DST) From: Ante Graovac Subject: mcc'2000/the 1-st announ./aug. 30,'99. (fwd) T h e F i r s t A n n o u n c e m e n t MATH/CHEM/COMP'2000 The Fifteenth Dubrovnik International Course & Conference on the Interfaces among Mathematics, Chemistry and Computer Sciences & The Sixth Croatian Meeting on Fullerenes June 19-24, 2000, Dubrovnik, Croatia will be held under the joint auspices of Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Rugjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, Universities of Zagreb & Split, International Society for Mathematical Chemistry, and International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics. Scientific Committee: A.T. Balaban (Bucharest), V. Batagelj (Ljubljana), B. Borstnik (Ljubljana), J. Brickmann (Darmstadt), J. Cioslowski (Tallahassee), S. El-Basil (Cairo), P. Fowler (Exeter), F. Harary (Las Cruces), G. Naray-Szabo (Budapest), V. Ostrovskii (St.Petersburg), R. Ponec (Prague), M. Randic (Des Moines), N. Trinajstic (Zagreb), B. Tripalo (Zagreb), I. Ugi (Garching), H. Vancik (Zagreb). Organizing Committee: M. Diudea (Cluj), A. Graovac (Zagreb), director, D. Juretic (Split), E.C. Kirby (Pitlochry), co-dir., T. Pisanski (Ljubljana), co-dir., D. Plavsic (Zagreb), co-dir., N. Raos (Zagreb), co-dir., V. Smrecki (Zagreb), D. Svrtan (Zagreb), D. Veljan (Zagreb), D. Vikic-Topic (Zagreb), co-dir., J. Zerovnik (Maribor). WWW page: http://www.pmfst.hr/~juretic/MCC SCOPE: Any subject pertinent in an interdisciplinary way to mathematics and/or computer sciences and chemistry is a legitimate topic to be presented at the MATH/CHEM/COMP'2000. Current research in the applications of computer modeling, combinatorics, graph theory and topology to any area of chemistry and physics is recommended. The third day of the meeting is devoted to the chemistry, physics and mathematics of fullerenes. On the fourth day a *Session on Proteins, Bioinformatics & Biocomputing* is organized by Prof. Davor Juretic (University, Split, Croatia; E-mail: juretic@pmfst.hr), Prof. Gabor Naray-Szabo (Eoetvoes Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary; e-mail: naray@para.chem.elte.hu), and Prof. Nenad Raos (Institute of Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia; E-mail: raos@imi.hr). MEETINGS BEFORE AND AFTER THE MCC'2000: Central European Chemical Meeting, CECM-1, will be held in Varazdin, Croatia, from June 15-17, 2000, with Prof. Hrvoj Vancik (University of Zagreb, Croatia; E-mail: vancik@rudjer.irb.hr) serving as its director. The direct transportation from Varazdin to Dubrovnik is ensured. From June 26 till July 01, 2000, the NMR'2000 Course and Conference will be held at the Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik. For further information, please, contact the director of the NMR'2000, Prof. Drazen Vikic-Topic (R. Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia; E-mail: vikic@faust.irb.hr). SITE, ACCOMMODATION & TRANSPORTATION: The meeting will take place at the Inter-University (IUC) Center, don Frana Bulica 4, Dubrovnik. Participants are asked to notify their wishes regarding accomodation and transportation to our travel agent: Mrs. Irena Bogadi Vrancic, F.I.-Zagreb, Padez 5, HR-10431 Sv.Nedelja, Croatia; phone/fax: +(385)-(1)-33-70-280; phone: -33-70-380. Most participants will be accommodated in Hotel Lero and some in Hotel Bellevue. Both hotels are within walking distance from the IUC. The hotel prices in the year of 1999 (to which a daily sojourn tax of 1,20 USD has had to be added) are given below, and they are supposed not to change too much in the year of 2000: HOTEL LERO: bed/breakf. half-board Single room 32, USD 38, USD Double/per person 18, USD 23, USD ------------------ ------------- -------------- HOTEL BELLEVUE Single room 45, USD 50, USD Double/per person 35, USD 40, USD ------------------ ------------- -------------- The city of Dubrovnik could be reached by air from Zagreb and some other European cities, by (frequent) buses from Zagreb, Rijeka and Split, by boat from the ports of Rijeka and Split, or by boat from Italy. A collective flight at discount price will be organized by our travel agent. The plane leaves Zagreb on Sunday, June 18, 2000, and flies back from Dubrovnik on Saturday, June 24, 2000, as well as on Sunday, June 25, 2000. Regarding boat connections from Rijeka to Dubrovnik one is advised to contact JADROLINIJA Co. (HR-51000 Rijeka; phone: +(385)-(51)-211-444, -666-100; fax: -214-867, -211-845; phone in Zagreb: +(385)-(1)-42-17-77; Internet: http://www.tel.hr/jadrolinija/). JADROLINIJA Co. also runs the boat services from Ancona, Italy, to Split, and from Bari, Italy, to Dubrovnik. SEM MARITIME Co. (HR-21000 Split; phone: +(385)-(21)-589-433; fax: -589-215; E-mail: marina@sem.hr; Internet: www.sem.hr) runs daily (except on Sunday) boat connection from Ancona to Split. REGISTRATION FORM & ABSTRACT: The enclosed registration form and abstract (which should not exceed one typewritten page) should be submitted by March 15, 2000. Abstract should be sent preferably 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. PROCEEDINGS: All participants are invited to submit papers which will be published as special issues of *Journal of Chemical Information & Computer Sciences* and *Croatica Chemica Acta*. The contributions related to fullerenes will appear in a special issue of *Fullerene Science and Technology*. Instructions to Authors for these journals could be found at the WWW page given above. The participants are encouraged to submit their manuscripts before meeting or at latest upon their arrival in Dubrovnik. Those unable to attend are invited to send their manuscripts to the organizer by mail. REGISTRATION FEE: The registration fee is USD 250,00 and for students USD 100,00, and should be paid by March 15, 2000. The account for those paying in Croatian currency will be given upon request. Those paying in other currency are advised to send a personal check payable to: Ante Graovac, MATH/CHEM/COMP'2000. ORGANIZER: All correspondence concerning the meeting should be addressed to: Prof. Ante Graovac, R. Boskovic Institute, HR-10001 Zagreb, POB 1016, Croatia; phone: +(385)-(1)-45-61-013; fax: +(385)-(1)-46-80-084; E-mail: graovac@rudjer.irb.hr ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This form should reach the organizer not later than March 15, 2000! Prof. Ante Graovac R. 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