Breakfast is included in the accommodation fee. Participants accommodated in the students’ hostels will have their breakfast in the students’ dining-hall.

Coffee or tea will be served during morning and afternoon coffee breaks, lunch (included in the conference fee) will be served for participants in the Pyramida Hotel in the buffet style.

LANGUAGE

The official language of the conference is English. No translation service will be provided.

LAST ANNOUCEMENT

The last announcement will be distributed probably at end of August 2006 and above all will include a preliminary version of the conference programme and transport information.

POSTERS

The poster session will be located in the poster area of the lecture hall. The poster boards are 150 cm wide and 120 cm high.

Legibility: The poster should be readable from a distance of at least 2 meters

Heading: A heading label including the title, author name(s), and the primary author address should be included. The recommended lettering size is 2 cm.

Titles: All figures and tables should be titled.

SOCIAL PROGRAM

THE WELCOME PARTY   will take place on Monday evening, September 18, 2006, from 19:00 till 21:30 in the restaurant on the first floor of the Pyramida hotel. The entrance is free for all registered participants.

THE CONCERT will take place in the Klementinum´s Mirror Chapel (Zrcadlova kaple) on Tuesday evening, September 19, 2006, from 20:00. You can use the entrance from Karlova Street 1 or Mariánské Square, Praha 1.

The chapel consecrated to the Annunciation of our Lady was built after 1720. Its harmonious decoration - where the marbled walls and floors are well-matched with its gilded stucco ornamentation, with parget colours and ceiling frescoes, with the final touch of a mirror-decorated ceiling - make it a unique sight. The fresco was created by Jan Hiebl, each of the ceiling bands illustrates a verse of the Hail Mary prayer. The mural paintings with themes from the life of Virgin Mary were created by Václav Vavřinec Reiner. The Mirror Chapel is the only historic building of Klementinum open to public during the concerts held there.

The famous Prague Chamber Orchestra Virtuosi Pragenses will perform works by

                        Josef Mysliveček “Il divino Boemo” (1737 - 1781): Sinfonia in Es,

Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695): Suit for strings “Gordic knot”,

W. Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Concert No.2 in D-Major,

J. Václav Stamic (1717 - 1757): Orchestral quartet and

Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904): Serenade (Selection).

The chamber orchestra Virtuosi Pragenses was founded by the eminent Czech violin virtuoso and conductor Libor Hlaváček in 1970. The members of this renowned musical body are eminent Prague musicians. The revues appreciate their sense of music, the cultivated sound and precise performance of the compositions. Besides the rich domestic concert activity (including taking part in the Prague Spring Festival) the orchestra Virtuosi Pragenses has performed on the significant foreign platforms such as Wiener Festwochen, The Musical Festival in Dubrovnik, Festtage Passau etc.. It has recorded a great number of radio and TV recordings of the high artistic quality and it co-operates with Czech record companies. This chamber orchestra has all outstanding works from baroque to the 20th century music in its repertory and co-operates with renowned domestic and foreign soloists.
           The concert is free for all registered participants.

CONFERENCE DINNER will take place on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 19:30 in the restaurant "U Kalicha" (The Goblet), Praha 2, Na Bojišti 12-14.
This gastronomic oasis and the meeting place of fine tasters from all over the whole world didn't always look so romantic as it does today. The concept "Restaurant 'The Goblet' " first became a focal point of international attention after the translation of "The Good Soldier Švejk" (The author: Jaroslav Hašek) into German and the opening of the theatre performance of this work on the stage of the world famous Piscator theatre at Nollendorfplatz in Berlin in the year 1927. The restaurant conceals legends but also historic truths. Typical Czech dishes and drinks will be served during the dinner.
           The dinner is not included in the fee, the price is 1.500 CZK.

VISA

Participants who need a visa to enter the Czech Republic should contact the Czech Embassy or Consulate well in advance of the Conference dates. Please, indicate in the Registration Form if you will need an Invitation letter for the visa.