IV International Colloquium on Social Insects

Sat Jan 20 15:21:30 CST 1996

Dear Colleagues,

    I am sending now to you the Second Announcement of the IVth International
Colloquium on Social Insects which will be held in St. Petersburg, 18 - 24
August, 1996. If you find a possibility to participate we would be really happy
to welcome and to host you here. Please, help us to distribute this information
also among other colleagues.

    We are very much looking forward to hearing from you soon.

    Yours sincerely,                     Vladilen Kipyatkov

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                                                    Second Announcement

             IVth International Colloquium on Social Insects
              St. Petersburg, Russia, 18 - 24 August, 1996

     GENERAL INFORMATION. The Colloquium is organized by the RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL INSECTS. It will be
held in St. Petersburg State University - the eldest Russian university, in the
historical centre of St. Petersburg. The Colloquium will cover all aspects of
behaviour, ecology and physiology of social and presocial arthropods. The
official languages of the Colloquium will be Russian and English. The
scientific meetings will be scheduled for four full days, other two days being
devoted to the social programme.
     TALKS will be limited to 30 minutes including questions and discussion.
Overhead and standard 50x50 mm slides projector will be available. Poster
presentations are also possible. The poster size is not limited.
     ABSTRACTS OF THE TALKS AND POSTERS may be submitted in typewritten or
preferably in electronic form as an ASCII file without any formatting on an
IBM-formatted diskette or via E-mail. The length of the text should not exceed
one single spaced page (A4 paper, all margins of 1 inch, font size 12 pt).
     COLLOQUIUM PROCEEDINGS. Contributed talks and posters will be published
later as papers (up to 25 typewritten double spaced pages) in the IVth volume
of the PROCEEDINGS OF THE COLLOQUIA ON SOCIAL INSECTS. The authors will receive
50 reprints of each article without charge. The manuscripts should be presented
to the Organizing Committee during the Colloquium. The instructions for
preparing the manuscripts will be included into the Third Announcement.
     REGISTRATION is possible in ordinary form or preferably via E-mail. Each
participant must send the Registration Form filled in along with the text of
abstract. There is no special deadline for registration but abstracts received
by Organizing Committee after 1 July 1996 will not be included into the
Abstracts volume.
     THE PARTICIPATION FEE is $100 if paid before 1 June and $120 after 1 June
1996. The participation fee for students is correspondingly $50 and $60, for
accompanying persons - $40 and $50. The participation fee includes attendance
to scientific sessions, colloquium materials including the abstracts volume,
welcome party, coffee breaks, an excursion to the city centre and to the
Hermitage and the publication of PROCEEDINGS after the Colloquium.
     ACCOMMODATION will be possible in the University Hotel at the price of
$40-50 per night for an apartment with single or double room, a kitchen and a
bathroom in it; places in shared double rooms are also available at the half of
this price. Breakfast is not included. There are a cafe and a snack-bar and
other facilities in the hotel. The booking fee will be 50% of the rate per room
per night. It is possible to pay this amount after the arrival. The hotel
reservations will be made only after your participation fee arrive. The
accommodation in higher class hotels in the city can also be organized after
special request but at substantially higher prices.
     BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES will be served to the participants in the
University canteen. The information on prices will be notified in the Third
Announcement.
     TRANSPORTATION of the participants arriving from the airport Pulkovo-2 to
the registration desk and the hotel as well as back to the airport by a car or
a minibus will be organized at the additional payment because of some serious
difficulties with public transport and taxi encountered by a foreigner in the
airport.
     SOCIAL PROGRAMME will include excursions to the city centre, Hermitage,
the palace and parks of Petershoff, the Zoological Museum, the Russian ballet
and the Farewell Banquet. The prices will be notified in the Third
Announcement.
     METHODS OF PAYMENT. The payment for the participation fee should be made
by sending a cheque made payable to Vladilen E. Kipyatkov or by bank transfer
to: Industry & Construction Bank Plc, St. Petersburg Branch, 38 Nevski
prospect, St. Petersburg, 191011, Russia; SWIFT ICSPRU2P, Account
No 37070670373. Please, attach a copy of the transfer order receipt to the
registration form. In the case of payment by cheque, please, add 11% of total
amount for bank charges.
     THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT will be sent to registered participants in June 1996.
     OFFICIAL INVITATIONS could be sent after a request if necessary for
getting visas and other formalities.
     COMMUNICATION: Dr. Vladilen E. Kipyatkov, President of IUSSI Russian
Language Section, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg
State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya naberezhnaya, St. Petersburg 199034,
RUSSIA. Tel.: (+7) 812 218-96-79; Fax: (+7) 812 218-08-52, 218-13-46.
     PLEASE, USE ELECTRONIC MAIL FOR FAST COMMUNICATION!
E-mail address: vk at socium.usr.pu.ru

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             IVth International Colloquium on Social Insects
              St. Petersburg, Russia, 18 - 24 August, 1996

                            REGISTRATION FORM

To be returned to:
     Dr. V. E. Kipyatkov
     Department of Entomology
     St. Petersburg State University
     7/9 Universitetskaya emb.
     St. Petersburg, 199034, RUSSIA.                    (Please, print)

Family name: ....................... First name:..............................
Address: .....................................................................
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Institution:
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Fax: ............................. E-mail: ...................................
I wish to register for IVth International Colloquium on Social Insects.
I will be participating:
     with oral presentation.....    with a poster......   as a guest..........
The abstract is enclosed ....................
Accompanying person(s):.......................................................
I am submitting this form along with $......... participation fee
     + $........ bank charges.
Method of payment:
     *   bank cheque payable to: Vladilen E. Kipyatkov
         enclosed....................
     *   bank transfer to: Industry & Construction Bank Plc, St. Petersburg
         Branch, 38 Nevski prospect, St. Petersburg, 191011, Russia; SWIFT
         ICSPRU2P, Account No 37070670373.
         (Photocopy enclosed) .................
Please, make the reservation for me:
     in the University Hotel ........  in a higher class hotel ...............
     single room ..... double room ..... place in double shared room ....
I need the official invitation:  Yes ........   No .........

Date ......................    Signature ........................

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                              Dr. Vladilen E. Kipyatkov <vk at socium.usr.pu.ru>
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University
7/9 Universitetskaya emb., St. Petersburg, 199034, RUSSIA
Tel: (+7) 812 2189679 (office), (+7) 812 5347335 (home); Fax: (+7) 812 2180852