9th SYMPOSIUM OF THE CROATIAN RADIATION PROTECTION ASSOCIATION with international participation Krk, Island of Krk, Croatia, April 10-12, 2013 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT LOCATION AND TIME: The Valamar Koralj Romantic Hotel*** Vlade Tomačića bb, 51 500 Krk, Island Krk, Croatia http://www.valamar.com/en/hotels-krk/valamar-koralj-romantic-hotel April 10–12, 2013 ORGANIZER: Croatian Radiation Protection Association http://www.hdzz.hr Co-organisers: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb State Office for Radiological and Nuclear Safety, Zagreb CONTACTS: [email protected] Željka Knežević, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, Zagreb [email protected], fax:+385 1 4680-098, Phone: +385 1 4561-981 Marija Majer, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, Zagreb [email protected], fax:+385 1 4680-098, Phone: +385 1 4561-051 1 Scientific Committee Organizing Committee Željka Knežević (chairwoman, [email protected]) Tomislav Bokulić Zdenko Franić Verica Garaj Vrhovac Nevenka Kopjar Ines Krajcar Bronić Gordana Marović Đurđica Milković Saveta Miljanić Nevenka Novosel Bogomil Obelić Jelena Popić Ramač Mirjana Poropat Vanja Radolić Mária Ranogajec-Komor Marinko Vilić Marija Majer (chairwoman, [email protected]) Renata Ban Jadranka Barešić Tomislav Bituh Marko Gerić Hrvoje Hršak Tanja Jurkin Dragan Kubelka Mirta Milić Branko Petrinec Marina Poje Martina Rožmarić Mačefat Jasminka Senčar TOPICS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Radiation dosimetry Biological effects of radiation Public exposure Radiation protection in medicine Radioecology Non-ionising radiations Instrumentation and measuring techniques A Round-Table discussion on 50 years of organised radiation protection in the area will be held as part of the Symposium. 2 REGISTRATION FEE: Early registration fee is €200 for participants, €100 for PhD students and €100 for accompanying persons. The early registration deadline is February 15, 2013. The registration fee after February 15, 2013 is €250 for participants, €120 for PhD students and €100 for accompanying persons. The registration fee can be paid by bank transfer to the Croatian Radiation Protection Association, Bijenička c. 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia SWIFT: ZABAHR2X IBAN: HR5423600001101254463 Zagrebačka banka, Paromlinska 2, Zagreb, Croatia Please add note: "For 9th Symposium CRPA" and indicate your name The fee covers all printed materials, certificate of attendance, a copy of the Proceedings, welcome party, coffee breaks and the Symposium dinner. Please pay the registration fee as soon as possible. In case you decide to make your payment only several days prior to the Symposium, you are kindly asked to bring a copy of your payment confirmation to the Symposium. CANCELLATION of REGISTRATION: Written notification of cancellation must be sent to the Organizing Committee (email or fax). The fee will be refunded in an amount reduced by 30%. 3 PRESENTATIONS: Papers can be presented in the form of poster or oral presentation. Oral presentations are limited to 15 minutes (including discussion). We kindly ask lecturers to take inot account the proposed length. Presentations can be held in English or Croatian, but interpreters will not be provided. A PC for PowerPoint presentations will be available. Presentations on a USB memory stick should be given to the technical staff at least 30 minutes before the start of the section. Posters can be displayed during all three days of the Symposium. Posters should be prepared in vertical (portrait) orientation, not exceed 90 cm × 110 cm, and the text should be reeadable from a distance of 1.5 m. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM: The conference will begin on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:00, while the closing session is planned for Friday, April 12, 2013 at 13:00. Registration will be possible from Tuesday, April 9, 2013 late afternoon.The conference dinner is intended for all participants and is planned to take place on the evening of Thursday, April 11, 2013. A detailed program will soon be made available at http://www.hdzz.hr and sent to all participants by e-mail. PROCEEDINGS: Papers shoul be sent in doc or docx format to [email protected]. Submitted papers, written according to the instructions, will be published in the Proceedings which will be distributed to the participants at the Symposium. The extended abstracts of all papers in the Proceedings will be published in the INIS database. All submitted papers that does not follow the given instructions shall be returned to the authors for corrections. Deadline for paper submission is February 15, 2013. Authors can prepare their papers according to the instructions of the Journal Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (http://hrcak.srce.hr/aiht?lang=en) The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal has offered to publish selected contributions in the form of original research papers, after going through peer-review. 4 ACCOMMODATION: The venue of the Symposium is the Valamar Koralj Romantic Hotel*** (http://www.valamar.com/en/hotels-krk/valamar-koralj-romantic-hotel) which will also provide accommodation. Reservations for accommodation at the Hotel are to be made by the participants by e-mail (the reservation form is attached to this announcement)! The booking deadline is February 15, 2013. After this date, the rooms will be released and might not be available CLIMATE: Mediterranean. The temperatures in April usually range between 12-20oC. There is also a possibilit of rain. More information on weather is available at http://prognoza.hr/sedam.php?id=sedam¶m=Hrvatska&code=14006 CURRENCY: The Croatian currency is the kuna (kn) (Croatian for “marten”), which is divided into 100 lipas (“lipa” means “lime tree”). The current exchange rate between the kuna and various world currencies can be found at the Croatian National Bank web site http://www.hnb.hr ZONE: Central-European time (GMT + 1) 5 HOW TO REACH KRK: GPS coordinates of the Valamar Koralj Romantic Hotel: • geographical latitude: 45°1'31.83"N (45.025508333333335S) • geographical longitude: 14°35'10.80"E (14.586333333333334I) BY CAR: We recommend consulting the „Directions to the hotel“ at http://www.valamar.com/en/hotels-krk/valamar-koralj-romantic-hotel/mapdirections or http://maps.google.com BY PLANE: The main airport is Zagreb (ZAG), Pleso Airport (http://www.zagreb-airport.hr). The national airline is Croatia Airlines (http://www.croatiaairlines.com). Pleso airport is about 20 km from the heart of Zagreb. You can take a taxi, but a much better option would be to take the Croatia Airlines bus (approximately 4 €) which takes you to the main bus station in the centre of Zagreb (the time table is available at http://www.plesoprijevoz.hr/zagrebzracna.html) It is also possible to travel directly from the airport to Rijeka: http://www.plesoprijevoz.hr/zagrebrijeka.html http://www.croatiaairlines.com/Travel-info/At-the-airport/Airport-transport BY BUS: Information about bus lines from Zagreb (210 km away from Krk) and Rijeka (55 km away from Krk) are available at http://www.akz.hr and http://www.autotrans.hr BY TRAIN: The nearest stations are Rijeka and Zagreb. Information is available at http://www.hznet.hr Please contact the Organizers if you require any assistance. We look forward to welcoming you in Krk and wish you a safe journey! 6
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