Practical assignment: Read these items of information and interview the imaginary

Participant of the conference. Use expressions given above.

Reading & translating of the text:

The third international meeting on ferroelectricity

Edinburgh, Scotland. September

10-14, 2001 Organization

The Conference will be held in the David Hume Tower of Edinburgh University. It will follow the form of earlier conferences in Prague and Kyoto, and both invited and contributed papers will be presented. The official language of the Conference will be English. The sessions will take place from Monday to Friday 10-14 September, except for Wednesday afternoon, which will be left free for excursions to places of interest in Scotland. A Ladies Program will be arranged, and the Conference Dinner will be on Thursday, September 13^th.

Registration

A registration and accommodation form is enclosed, and you are asked to return this before 15^th July. The registration fee of 20 pounds is payable by that date, unless you are prevented by currency regulations from paying in advance. If you have to cancel your attendance the fee will be returned, less any expenditure incurred by the organizers on your behalf. The registration fee includes a copy of the Proceedings, the cost of the Conference Dinner and of lunch during the Conference.

A registration desk will be open at the Pollock Halls of Residence on Sunday September 9^th, and at the David Hume Tower on September 10^th.

Accommodation

Single rooms without private bathrooms are available in the Pollock Halls, which are conveniently situated at the University Halls of Residence (children under 12 years of age cannot be accommodated), the cost of 3 pounds per person per day includes breakfast and dinner, and is to be paid on arrival.

Hotel accommodation will be available in three different grades, and will be arranged by the official Travel Agent. A deposit of 3 pounds per person will be required for all hotel accommodations, and this must accompany the registration and accommodation form. Please make all payments to "3IMF", in British currency. The registration and accommodation form (and advance payment, where appropriate) should be sent to the Conference Secretary, in all cases.

Program, Abstracts and Publication

Abstracts of invited and contributed papers will be distributed in book form at the Conference. These will be reproduced by a photographic process, and the text should be typewritten using a carbon ribbon and single spacing on one side only of a single sheet of A4 size paper (length 29xbreadth 210 mm), with a clear margin of 25 mm all round.

Give:

a) title of paper

b) names and address of authors institution

c) names of authors with name of speaker underlined

d) text of abstract including diagrams - all within the space available.
This abstract should be sent by air mail to the Conference Secretary, to

arrive no later than 15^th May 2001.

It is intended that a maximum of about 130 contributed papers will be presented at the title, to limit the number of papers to be presented by any of the authors, and to reject papers. The authors of papers accepted for presentation will be notified as soon as possible after May 15^l, and they will be sent full details concerning the form, length, etc. required for the preparation of the manuscripts of their papers for publication in the Conference in order to be published. The Proceedings will take the form of a regular volume of the international journal "Ferroelectrics", and a copy will be sent to every participant.

Overhead projectors will be available at the meeting to project transparencies, and also slide projectors to project 5x5 cm slides. The projection of 16 mm cine films will be possible if the Conference Secretary is advised beforehand.

Important dates, 2001

May 15^th - deadline for receipt of Abstracts

July 15^th - deadline for registration and advance payments

September 10^th - opening of Conference and deadline for submission of

manuscripts.