Materials Research Society - Serbia

Date and venue

The conference will be held on September 3-7, 2012, at the Hunguest Hotel Sun Resort Herceg Novi**** (http://www.hunguesthotels.hu/en/hotel/herceg_novi/hunguest_hotel_sun_resort/), Herceg Novi, Montenegro (www.hercegnovi.com).

Admission to all Plenary, oral and poster sessions and exhibition
Programme and the Book of Abstracts
Conference material: folder/bag, ball-pen, note-pad and various leaflets.
Conference ID badge
Refreshments during breaks
Welcome cocktail party on Monday evening.

Please note there is a rule that one conference fee is for one abstract only.

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If you wish to participate at both conferences, please be sure to note this in both registration forms when sending abstracts for the respective conferences. Also, please be sure that you send the Registration Form with your abstract with specified symposium and the way of presentation (oral/poster).

Student fee is available to students of graduate, master and PhD studies, younger than 25, 30 and 35, respectively. Student status has to be officially confirmed by the relevant Faculty.

Please, note that Advance-fee-paying participants will automatically have their abstract included in the Book of Abstracts. Late/On-Site Fee-paying participants are obliged to send an official Letter of Confirmation from their Institute/Faculty (signed original) to the Conference Secretary before June 15th in order to confirm their participation at the Conference. Otherwise, their abstract will not be included in the Book of Abstracts nor in the Conference Program. Please note that, due to limited availability, all oral presentations have to be paid in advance (before June 15th) or they will be transfered to posters, even with the Letter of Confirmation.

Official letter of invitation can be issued upon request by the participant (who already paid their conference fee) to obtain a visa. Please contact Conference Secretary.

Paper presentation and abstract preparation and publication

The conference will feature 5 symposia, which will comprise invited keynote lectures (30 min) by the leaders in the field, oral (15 min) and poster presentations. Abstract in English, no longer than 10 lines, and registration form, should be submitted by May 1, 2012. The recommended abstract format is given below.

The Scientific Committee will evaluate the submitted abstracts and, on the basis of their contents, assign the papers, taking into account author’s wishes as much as possible, to the oral or poster presentation in relevant Symposium. Abstracts will be included in a Book of Abstracts and distributed to each participant at the conference registration. Conference programme and further information about the Conference will be sent to registered participants, who paid the registration fee, by July 1, 2012.

Selected papers presented at previous YUCOMAT conferences were published in Materials Science Forum Vol.214 (1996) 1-272, Vols.282-283 (1998) 1-354, Vol.352 (2000) 1-282, Vol.413 (2003) 1-274, Vols.453-454 (2004) 1-571, Vols.494 (2005) 1-566, Vols.518 (2006) 1-562 and Vols.555 (2007) 1-576, Materials and Manufacturing
Processes Vol.23, 6 (2008) 547-623 and Vol.24, 10&11 (2009) 1051-1228, Surface Engineering Vol.24, 4 (2008) 247-275, Acta Physica Polonica A Vol.115, 4 (2009) 759-846 and Vol.117, 5 (2010) 727-883, Vol. 120, 2 (2011); International Journal of Modern Physics B Vol.24, 6 & 7 (2010) 655-834. YUCOMAT 2010 papers will be published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B. The list of journals to which authors may submit their papers presented at YUCOMAT 2012 will be announced on July 1, 2012.

Conference programme and further information about the Conference will be sent by email to registered participants, who paid registration fees, by July 1st, 2012.

English will be the official language for presentation and discussion of papers. All speakers should arrive at the session venue and introduce himself/herself to the session chairmen at least 10 minutes before each session. Please prepare presentation in Microsoft Windows PowerPoint on CD or USB flash-memory and submit it at Registration, specifying the name of the speaker and the day and session number.

Posters should be max. 0,85 m wide and 1,25 m long, preferably in one piece and brought to the poster session venue at least an hour before the start of the session. They will be hanged on the allocated panels by double-sided scotch-tapes or push-pins (if you provide the hanging-ring on the upper side of the poster). Please ask one of the standing-by helpers from the Organizing team if you need assistance of any kind.

Instructions for preparing abstracts

Abstracts should be prepared using the following instructions for preparing abstracts: Abstract size: A4, top and bottom margins 6 cm, left and right 4 cm; Line spacing: Single; Font: Times New Roman (10 pts). Title of the paper: center, capitals, bold, 10 pts, (1 line spacing). Name(s) of Author(s): (underline the author
who will present the paper); Institution or Company, City, Country, (1 line spacing). Text should be printed single spaced in one paragraph, only plain text, no figures, no formulae, no references.

Electronic submission

Abstracts should be sent as attached document by e-mail to: yucomat@mrs-serbia.org.rs
Subject of your mail: yucomat 2012

Conference awards

The Presidency of the MRS-Serbia, at the proposal of the Awards Committee, will award the authors (preferably young members under 35) of the best oral and poster presentation at the conference, and also the authors of highly rated PhD and MSc Theses defended between two conferences. Awarded researchers are granted free registration at the next YUCOMAT Conference.

Additional Activities

A Tutorial for young researchers and an Exhibition of synthesis and characterization equipment will be held during the Conference. Traditional Cocktail Party on Monday evening and excursions on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon will be organized again.

Conference information

YUCOMAT Conference information is available on its official Internet presentation: www.mrs-serbia.org.rs or from: Aleksandra Stojičić, Conference Secretary, Materials Research Society of Serbia, Knez Mihailova 35/ IV, P.O. Box 433, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Phone: +381 (11) 2185–437; 2636–994, Fax: +381 (11) 2185–263, E-mail: yucomat@mrs-serbia.org.rs.