Circular No 1
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Circular No 1
IGC 2015, Vilnius 34th International Gemmological Conference at a glance Important dates 15th April 4th May 29th January 29th January 23-25/08/2015 26-30/08/2015 26-29/08/2015 31/08/2015-03/09/2015 Deadline to submit the Abstracts Early Bird (EB) registration and payment Launch of the conference website Conference registration online from Pre-conference tour Conference Guest program Post-conference tour Package prices Early Bird (untill 4th May) Standard (from 4th May) Pre-conference tour Conference Guest program Post conference tour 380 EUR 550 EUR 380 EUR 550 EUR 420 EUR 600 EUR 420 EUR 600 EUR Accommodation This is the accommodation we offer to stay in Vilnius. Rates for these conference hotels are negotiated. Availability with special rates is served on first-come, firstserved basis. Because of the tourist season, booking could be guaranteed untill 4th May, 2015 Venue The IGC 2015, 34th International Gemmological Conference, will take place at Vilnius University. This is one of the oldest Universities in Europe which count more than 400 years. Address: 3 Universiteto St, LT-01513 Vilnius, Lithuania Conference Programme • • • • • • • • • • Conference participation (4 days) Copy of proceedings 4 lunches + 3 dinners GALA Dinner in Trakai Castle Vilnius Guided tour Amber museum and gallery visit Museum of Church Heritage (including gems) Palace of Grand Dukes Guide Services Transportation 550 EUR (EB price) Guest Programme (4 days) • Vilnius guided tour • Amber museum and gallery visit • Palace of the Grand Dukes • Kernavė Archaeological site (UNESCO world heritage) • Open Air Museum of the Centre of Europe visit (Geographical midpoint of Europe) • Museum of Church Heritage (including gems) • Druskininkai resort town & Grutas Park • 4 lunches + 3 dinners • GALA Dinner in Trakai Castle • Guide services • Transportation 380 EUR (EB price) Tours Pre-conference trip “Feel Lithuania” (3 days) Geological & cultural tour • Neogene quartz sand quarry and processing (Anykščiai) • Karst Sinkholes (Biržai) • Lithuanian bread baking • Pakruojis Manor visit • Devonian dolomite quarry • Hill of Crosses • Amber processing factory • Karpėnai Permian limestone quarry & Šaltiškiai Treassic clay quarry • 3 lunches + 2 dinners • 2 nights in the hotel & evening programme • Guide Services • Transportation 380 EUR (EB price) Post-conference trip ”Amber Road” (4 days) • Visiting Devil’s Museum and Museum of Artist M.K. Čiurlionis (Kaunas city) • Botanical Park and Amber Museum (Palanga resort town) • Curonian Spit National Park • Amber-catching on the shore of the Baltic sea • Boat trip from Nida resort town to Minge village • Visiting Ornithological Station in Vente Cape • 4 lunches + 3 dinners • 3 nights in the hotel and evening programme • Guide Services • Transportation 550 EUR (EB price) Papers Deadline to submit the abstracts: 15th April Template: please download MS Word template IGCWordTemplate.zip from the following website: http://www.vtex.lt/igc34/ (Read the instructions below): Abstracts are to be in English Abstracts must be submitted in *.doc (Windows or Mac) format. The type area is 17 cm wide and 20.7 cm long. The following margin settings for A4 size paper will produce the correct result: top 4.5 cm; bottom: 4.5 cm; left and right: 2.0 cm. Paragraphs are to be formatted in single line spacing. The recommended type font for running text (body text) is 10 point Myriad Pro but you are allowed to use Times New Roman font as default font. Title: 14pt, bold, centered. Hyphens should be excluded. Author’s name(s): 12pt, bold, centered. Author’s affiliation(s): 10pt, roman, centered, below the name. Indicate the authors’ affiliation, city, country and e-mail address. Use superscripted numbers to identify the connections between multiple authors and their affiliations. Section headings should be formatted bold, and only the first letter and proper names are capitalized. Tables and figures are to be included in text and to respect the above margin sizes. Avoid using illustrations taken from the Web. Use figures minimum of 300 dpi resolution. Captions of both tables and figures should be concise, but as informative as possible. References are to be mentioned in the text, e.g. (Hänni et al., 1982). Examples of references: Hänni, H.A., Schmetzer, K., 1982. New rubies from Morogoro area, Tanazani. Gems & Gemology, 27(3), 156167. Kane, R.E., 1982. Graining in gem diamond. In D.M. Eash, Ed., International Gemological Symposium Proceedings 1982, Gemological Institute of America, Santa Monica, CA, pp. 219-235. Strack, E., 2006. Pearls. Rühle-Diebener Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart, 696 pp. Poster session will be arranged, as well. More info is coming. More details and instructions of formatting of your abstract you will find in the MS Word template package for IGC34 Proceedings. Keywords: 10pt, roman. Use bold for the word “Keywords”. Payments Contacts Payments should be made to our partner “Verslas ir Poilsis” account. When making a transfer, please indicate that this is “for the participation at IGC Conference and services”. See details below: Registration, pre and post-trips, guest program: Conference facilities, accommodation, special needs Marius Krutkis E-mail: [email protected] Ph.: +370 5 279 99 88 Mob.: +370 672 541 40 Danute Griciene E-mail: [email protected] Ph.: +370 5 2126063 Mob.: +370 679 94488 IGC 2015 Company name: Verslas ir Poilsis Ltd. Company code: 302250863 VAT: LT100004700211 Bank Account: LT48 7044 0600 0800 7263 Bank: SEB bank Bank code: 70440 SWIFT: CBVILT2X Address: Mokslininkų str. 6A, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lietuva e-mail: [email protected] www.verslasirpoilsis.lt