Call for Proposals to host the 23^rd International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS) in 2011

The Institute on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems is seeking preliminary

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expressions of interest in hosting the 23ICDERS Meeting during the last week of July or the first week of August, 2011. The meeting is held bi-annually and is an internationally recognized forum for presenting recent, unpublished results on the dynamics of energetic systems. Recent meeting locations are Seattle, USA (2001), Hakone, Japan (2003), Montreal, Canada (2005), Poitiers, France (2007) and Minsk, Balarus (2009).

Proposal submission schedule:

January 31, 2009—Deadline to submit brief, preliminary expression of interest to host the colloquium.

February 28, 2009—Notification of response from the Site Selection Committee and invitation to submit a full proposal.

May 31, 2009—Deadline for submission of full proposal to host the colloquium.

July 27-31, 2009—Presentation of the full proposal to the meeting of the Board of Directors of IDERS at the ICDERS Meeting in Minsk, Belarus. A decision on the site to host ICDERS 2011 is anticipated at that meeting.

In preparing the preliminary proposal please consider the following factors that will be used to evaluate the host locations:

• Local scientific staff committed to supporting the colloquium
• Appropriate venues to host approximately 350 attendees with three parallel sessions over five days
• Availability of nearby hotels and restaurants
• Attractive venues for an opening reception (Sunday), banquet (Thursday) and closing reception (Friday noon)
• Preliminary colloquium budget, including anticipated registration fee.

Expressions of interest to host the colloquium should be sent to Prof. Gaetano Continillo at continillo@unisannio.it You may also address questions related to the details of hosting the meeting to Prof. Continillo.