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<H4 class=style3 align=center>Nordic Diatomists’ Meeting </H4>
<H4 align=center>27-29 April 2009, Övik, Finland </H4>
<H4 align=center><EM>Second circular </EM></H4>
<P>This year’s meeting will be held at the Övik camping centre, which is
beautifully located ca. 50 km east of Helsinki at the shore of the Baltic
Sea<BR>(<A
href="http://tourism.porvoo.fi/en/accommodation/other_accommodation/ovik_camping_centre">http://tourism.porvoo.fi/en/accommodation/other_accommodation/ovik_camping_centre</A>.
You will also get to know the picturesque Porvoo, Finland's second oldest
city with its shops and restaurants in the medieval city centre (<A
href="http://tourism.porvoo.fi/en">http://tourism.porvoo.fi/en</A>). </P>
<P><BR><STRONG>Please note that all participants will meet in the center
of Helsinki on Monday 27.4.2009 at 11.00 AM, where organized shuttle buses
will collect you for transport to Övik.</STRONG><BR></P>
<P>After the registration deadline more detailed information will be given
concerning the arrival, get together, transport, departure etc.
<BR><BR><STRONG>DEADLINES</STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG>Final deadline for 1) the registration and 2) the submission of
abstracts for both oral and poster presentations will be
15.3.2009!</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>REGISTRATION</STRONG></P>
<P>Please fill in the <A href="Registration form.doc">registration
form</A> and return it to <A
href="mailto:jan.weckstrom@helsinki.fi">jan.weckstrom@helsinki.fi</A>
<STRONG>no later than </STRONG>15.3.2009.</P>
<P>The registration fee is <STRONG>200 €</STRONG>. This will include the
accommodation, the ice-breaker on Monday evening, all breakfasts, lunches,
dinners (excluding symposium dinner) and coffee breaks, sauna, and the
abstract volume.</P>
<P> </P>The payment should be transferred to the following bank
account: <BR>Bank name: NORDEA <BR>Bank account number:
124430-114882<BR>IBAN-code: FI07 1244 3000 1148 82<BR>BIC-code (=SWIFT):
BIC NDEAFIHH<BR><SPAN
class="style4 style5 style8 style9 style10"><BR><SPAN class=style15>When
paying, please indicate what you are paying by using the index number
89636</SPAN> </SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>TENTATIVE PROGRAM</STRONG>
<P><EM>Monday</EM> – get together in Helsinki and organized transport to
Övik. Talks and posters in the afternoon, ice-breaker and
sauna<BR><EM>Tuesday</EM> - morning talks/posters, afternoon excursion and
symposium dinner in the evening<BR><EM>Wednesday</EM> – morning
talks/posters, afternoon walking in old town of Porvoo, evening departure
before/after dinner</P>
<P><STRONG>ABSTRACTS</STRONG></P>
<P>The symposium abstracts will be published in the series of
“<EM>Publications of the Department of Quaternary Geology University of
Turku</EM>”. Abstracts should be unformatted, written in English using
Times New Roman 12 pt, and should not exceed two A4 pages. Since the
abstracts will not be scientifically reviewed, the authors are responsible
for the content and the correct use of language in their contribution. All
participants giving an oral or poster presentation are asked to send an
abstract by e-mail to <A
href="mailto:jan.weckstrom@helsinki.fi">jan.weckstrom@helsinki.fi</A> no
later than 15.3.2009.</P>
<P><STRONG>ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS</STRONG></P>
<P>We are looking forward to offers of talks (15+5 min) and posters (10+5
min) covering any diatomaceous topic. Oral presentations should be
prepared with PowerPoint. The posters should be not larger than DIN A0
(1189 x 841 mm) and in portrait orientation. </P>
<P><STRONG>ACCOMMODATION</STRONG></P>
<P>Övik is capable of accommodating up to 58 visitors. Since the meeting
has so far been a small one, this should not turn out to be a problem.
Unfortunately only rooms for two, three or four persons are available.
Thus, those who wish to share a room with a specific person are asked to
indicate it on the registration form. </P>
<P><STRONG>EXCURSION</STRONG></P>
<P>The mid-symposium excursion will be organised to the city of Kotka with
visits to either </P>
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<LI>the Maretarium aquarium (<A
href="http://www.maretarium.fi/mare/index_uk.php">http://www.maretarium.fi/mare/index_uk.php</A>)
<LI>Maritime Centre Vellamo (<A
href="http://www.merikeskusvellamo.fi/en/">http://www.merikeskusvellamo.fi/en/</A>)
</LI></OL>
<P>Please indicate in the registration form which excursion you will
participate. </P>
<P><STRONG>SYMPOSIUM DINNER</STRONG></P>
<P>The symposium dinner will be arranged in the old town of Porvoo on
Tuesday evening. Please note that the dinner is not included in the
registration fee. <STRONG></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>ORGANISERS</STRONG></P>
<P><A href="../people/jan_w.htm">Jan Weckström</A> University of
Helsinki<BR><A href="../people/raino_a.htm">Raino-Lars Albert</A>,
University of Helsinki/<A href="http://www.ecomonitor.fi/">Ecomonitor
Ltd.</A><BR><A
href="http://www.sci.utu.fi/geologia/henkilokunta/?username=nakatu">Nanna
Tuovinen</A>, University of Turku<BR><A
href="../people/kaarina_w.htm">Kaarina weckström</A>, University of
Helsinki/Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland<BR><A
href="../people/sanna_ko.htm">Sanna Korkonen</A>, University of
Helsinki<BR>Finnish Phytoplankton Society<STRONG> </STRONG></P>
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