Fifth International Conference MONITORING OF NUCLEAR TESTS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES  Borovoe, Akmolinskaya Oblast, Kazakhstan August 04-08, 2008

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
National Nuclear Center RK
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Committee on Atomic Energy of France
Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres, Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman: S. Mynbaev (Kazakhstan)
Co-Chairmen: T. Toth (CTBTO), B.U.Aktchulakov (Kazakhstan), K.K. Kadyrzhanov (Kazakhstan), T.Z. Akhmetov (Kazakhstan), A.K. Toulebayev (Kazakhstan), F. Ringdal (Norway), V.V. Adushkin, B.G. Mikhailenko (Russia), P. Richards (USA)
Committee members: Zh.R. Zhotabaev (Kazakhstan), N.N.Belyashova (Kazakhstan), O.S. Pivovarov (Kazakhstan). T. Heritier (France)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chairman: N.N. Belyashova (Kazakhstan)
Co-chairmen: Yu.F. Kopnichev (Russia), N. N. Mikhailova (Kazakhstan)
Members of the Committee: M.K. Mukusheva (Kazakhstan), V.M. Ovchinnikov (Russia), S.N. Lukashenko (Kazakhstan), B.M. Glinskiy (Russia)

CONFERENCE TOPICS

1. Systems for monitoring nuclear tests - global, regional and national aspects:
• International Monitoring Systems.
• National networks and their contribution to International Monitoring.
• On-Site Inspection as a part of CTBT monitoring.
2. Monitoring technologies of nuclear tests and their consequences:
• New observation techniques and data interpretation.
• New equipment developments for geophysical monitoring.
3. Methods of processing and interpretation of monitoring data of nuclear tests and their consequences:
• Methods and results of sources parameterization and discrimination of seismic events.
• Methods and results of studying post-explosion processes at the nuclear explosions sites.
• Database as a basis for efficient monitoring.
4. Applied aspects of technologies and nuclear monitoring data use:
• Study and monitoring of earthquakes and man-caused phenomena.
• Study of the Earth's crust and upper mantle structure.
• Geoecological monitoring.

VENUE

The Conference will be held at Borovoye Geophysical Observatory (Borovoye GO) of the Institute of Geophysical Research NNC RK, Borovoye settlement, Akmolinskaya Oblast, Republic of Kazakhstan. Airports of arrival: Astana, Kokchetav. Railway stations: Borovoye resort, Astana.

The participants will be staying in hotels and living quarters of Borovoye GO, and in the boarding houses of Borovoye resort. Cost of housing is US$20 to US$200 per day.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

The Conference languages are Russian and English. The papers will be translated into working languages of the Conference.

DEADLINES

April 20, 2008 - Application and abstracts submission deadline

May 20, 2008  - Paper submission deadline

July 15, 2008  - Second Announcement

ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS

Abstracts

The text of report thesis 2-3 full pages in Russian or in English should be provided together with participant's application form.

The following recommendations should be met while submitting thesis:

Page format А4 (210 to 297 mm) with empty margins: from top, left and bottom - 25 mm; from the right side - 15 mm.  Font should be Times Roman with size 10 for head and plain text. Single spacing should be used when typing. Double spacing should be used between paragraphs.

The title of the report should be typed bold capital letters and be centered. Authors' last names, first and middle names (abbreviated to the first letters and located before the last name) should be typed bold lowercase letters and to be also centered.

If authors represent different organizations, their last names should be numbered. Organization name, city, country, telephone, fax and E-mail should be typed bold italic letters and to have the same number as for its author's last name.

Figures could be colored or black-and-white. Text should be given with the figures in MS Word format for Windows software.

The materials should be sent as electronic file via E-mail or using disk/floppy disk. Files with figures could be duplicated and sent separately in one the following formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, PCX, TIF with 600 dpi.

Reports

Presentation duration: 20 minutes. The printed version of papers is supposed to be published prior to the conference opening.

The duration of report presentation is 20 min. Printed reports are planned to be published before the conference.

The type of report design for publication is followed from the example given below.

 

ON PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION OF PRESENTATION SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "MONITORING OF NUCLEAR TESTS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES

¹⁾ F.M. Last name, ²⁾ F.M. Last name

¹⁾Institute of Geophysical Research, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan

²⁾ M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, Moscow

 

Annotation- 4-10 lines

The text up to 14-16 pages. Pages should not be numbered. Dividing according to subject headings is welcomed, but not obligatory.

Typesetting

The text should be prepared on A4 sheets with margins: top, bottom, left - 2.5 cm, right - 1.5 cm. Font is Times New Roman, height (size) - 12 points for head and 10 points for plain text. Single spacing should be used when typing. Double spacing should be used between paragraphs.

The title of presentation should be bold, uppercase, header should be centered. Authors' last names, first and middle names (abbreviated to the first letter and located before the last name) should be also bold, lowercase and centered.

If the authors represent different organizations, their names should be numbered, as it was shown above. Organization name, city, country should be bold italic and numbered if there are several organizations. Text is centered.

The presentation headings are not centered and separated from previous and subsequent text by one line, and it should be also bold.

The table name is not centered and placed after words: Table 1, 2...Tables are separated by one line after title. The table is centered.

Figures could be colored or black-and-white. Black-and-white figures are submitted as Word-files, colored figures with 600 dpi favorably to submit in GIF, JPEG formats. Volume of scanned figures and Exсel figures must be minimized. The caption must be separated by one empty line under a figure after words: Figure 1.. The width of a figure should be 8 or 14 cm. Inscriptions in figures should be readable by reduction of figures to above-mentioned size. The figures should be laid out in their accordant places in the text or their locations to be indicated by placement of their names.

The formulas to be presented as the object of Microsoft Equation in the text or Math Type. Those formulas to be numbered that are referred to.

Chemistry formulas and small figures in the text line should be presented as the object of Paint Microsoft Word.

Summary

Papers may be submitted on a floppy disk, CD, via e-mail: igr(at)nnc.kz.

References

The references in the text are placed with numbers in square brackets in mention order: [ ].

 

HEAD RECURRENCE

Author(s)

Organization

and  English annotation

REGISTRATION FORM

Participation form (oral report, poster, no report) ________________________

Surname                                                                                            

Name                                                                                                    

Patronymic                                                                                            

Degree                                                                                    

Address                                                                                                 

Position, Organization                                                                     

E-mail                                                                                                 

Fax                                                                                                   

Phone                                                                                              

Report title, section                                                                   

                                                                                                          

Authors                                                                                                 

REGISTRATION FEE

Registration fee upon arrival is US$100 at the rate of National Bank RK on the date of payment. Participants registration will take place in GO "Borovoye". Registration fee ensures participation in the work of the Conference, provision with a set of information materials, participation in excursions, transportation to the Conference site from airport/train station.

CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE SECRETARIAT

Institute of Geophysical Research:

Meridian Site, 071100, Kurchatov. Kazakhstan
E-mail: igr(at)nnc.kz
Fax: +7(72251)-23422
Tel: +7(72251)-23742
Nataliya Anatolyevna Gavrilova

Additional Contact addresses:

Data acquisition and processing Center of Institute of Geophysical Research NNC RK

050020, Republic of Kazakhstan, Almatyн, Chaikina 4 street
Теl/Fax: +7(7272)634882, (7272)631330
E-mail: ndc(at)kndc.kz  mikhailova(at)kndc.kz
Natalya Nikolayevna Michailova

Geophysical Observatory "Borovoye" IGR NNC

021708, Republic of Kazakhstan, Akmolinskaya oblast, Borovoye settlement, POB 5
Теl/Fax: +7(71630)71595, (71630)71204
Теl: +7(71630)71331
E-mail: brvk(at)kndc.kz
Kliment Leonidovitch Kurashvili