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			FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

		Encuentros Relativistas Espanholes 
 		 Salamanca, 22 - 25 September 1998

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LOCAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE (LOC)

J. Martin, F. Atrio-Barandela, L. Herrera, E. Ruiz.

chmm@gugu.usal.es (J. Martin)
atrio@astro.usal.es (F. Atrio)



Purpose
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The conference will be held in honor of L. Bel to commemorate
his 65th anniversary. 


General Remarks
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This year, the Encuentros Relativistas Espanholes (EREs) will
be held at Salamanca, the oldest Spanish University located
200 km west of Madrid. The conference will be held at the
Facultad de Fisica, in down town Salamanca, a nice renassaince
quarter, declared humankind heritage by the UNESCO.

During the conference the weather is expected to be warm
(around 25-30 degree Celsius) during the day, and chilly during
the night.


Important Dates
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Deadline for Hotel booking ................... 25 May 1998
Second announcement........................... 1 June 1998
Deadline for abstracts ....................... 1 July 1998
Conference ................................... 22 - 25 September.
Deadline for manuscript submission ........... 1 November 1998



Contributions
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The duration of the conference will be four days (22-25 September 1998).
We will try to fit in as many oral contributions as possible, although if 
necessary (for reasons of time), some contributions may have to be presented 
as posters (of course some participants may wish to present posters anyway). 
To aid the LOC in this process, when registering we would appreciate you 
providing a brief abstract of your talk/poster, if possible. You can do this 
by filling in the attached latex file. It is also available by request 
to any menber of the LOC

You can submit your abstract latex file by e-mail to  any menber of the LOC.
In any case, abstracts should be received before ***** 1 July, 1998 *****. 
We intend to edit a booklet with abstracts of all contributions.
We request your respect to deadlines to keep all process on schedule

Both oral and poster contributions will be published in the proceedings. 
Details on the preparation of manuscripts for the proceedings will be 
given in the next announcement (1 June, 1998).



Registration Fee
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	There will be no registration FEE


Funding
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	We are unable to provide any funding to participants.




Conference venue and facilities
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The sessions will take place at the Facultad de Fisica (Edificio
Trilingue, plaza de la Merced s/n, 37008 Salamanca).
Facilities available include a large classroom holding more to 100 people, 
overhead and slide projectors, some computer terminals (mainly PC's), 
an e-mail communications in an adjacent building.



Travel and accommodation information
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*) Hotel booking information

In September, Salamanca helds its major annual festivities.
Therefore, hotels are fully booked several month in advance.
To avoid last minute accomodation problems we would
like to receive your registration form as soon as possible.
Here is the list of our hotels. Requests will be answered
in a first-come-first-serve basis.

RESIDENCIA UNIVERSITARIA (we have book 20 rooms).
	single room	4.996 pesetas
	double room	3.533 pesetas per person
	includes breakfast

HOSTAL CUZCO (we have reserved 14 rooms).
	single room	4.280 pesetas
	double room	5.885 pesetas
	does not include breakfast.

Hotels are always within five minutes walking distance of the
conference room.

Notice that WE CAN ONLY HELD RESERVATIONS UNTIL *** May 25, 1998 ***.
Later, you will have to find your own accomodation.



Social Events
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On Monday, September 21st, we are planning to held a reception 
at the Calixto and Melibea Gardens, a delightful place 
by the cathedral on top of the medieval wall. We will inform you
about the particulars on the  next announcement.





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Following you will find several forms. Please, cut the one(s) you need and
submit it by e-mail to   atrio@astro.usal.es, chmm@gugu.usal.es,  or by 
fax to  +34 23 29 45 84 (attn. Fernando Atrio-Barandela or Jesus Martin)
or by normal mail to:

   Prof. Jesus Martin
   Encuentros Relativistas Espanholes
   Fisica Teorica. Facultad de Ciencias.
   Universidad de Salamanca 
   E-37008 Salamanca, Spain

Beware that all your forms arrive before the deadlines!


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\centerline{Registration Form.}
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Please complete this form and submit it by 25 May 1998.
If you are not interested in hotel reservation, you might submit
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Surname / Last Name : %(fill in here)
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Christian / First Name : %(fill in here)
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If you do not fill in this section we assume you 
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Arrival/Departure dates :
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Hotel (Residencia Universitaria or Hostal Cuzco) :
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Single or double room:
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To be shared with: Spouse (tick or delete) 
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or another participant (give his/her name or delete)
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