PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

1st Announcement 2nd Announcement Appendix 1 Transfer to Gdynia 3 rd Announcement - programme

Dear Colleagues,

The XIII International Conference on Noise Control Noise Control'04 "Testing and Measurements" will take place in Gdynia from 6 to 9 June 2004. The Organizing Committee has the honour to invite everybody interested in the broadly understood problems of noise and vibration control to participate
in the Conference. It is intended for those involved in noise control in basic research, training courses, occupational safety and health management, technical consultancy, and legislative and standardization work related to the working and natural environments.  

This conference is part of the "Centre for Testing and Measurement for Improvement of Safety of Products and Working Life" (TEST-PRO-SAFETY-LIFE) project, which is carried out within the 5th Framework Programme of the European Union and within projects disseminating the results of the National Programme "Adaptation of Working Conditions in Poland to European Union Standards".

Chair Wiktor Marek Zawieska, Ph.D. (Eng.)

CONFRERENCE PROGRAMME

The Conference Programme will include papers presented in plenary sessions and sections. Their authors are kindly requested to fill in the attached Registration Form and return it with a summary of their paper.


SUMMARY

The summary of the paper should be in English and it should reach the Organizing Committee by post, fax or e-mail by 30 November, 2003.

The summary should include:

• the title of the paper,


• first author's first and last names, address for correspondence, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address;


• other authors' first and last names and their addresses;


• a summary, no longer than 250 words.

Acceptance will be confirmed by 31 December 2003. It will be accompanied by information on the format of the paper. The deadline for full papers will be published in the Second Announcement.  

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
AND LANGUAGE

Papers should be written in English. They can be presented at the Conference either in English or in Polish. Simultaneous interpretation from Polish into English and from English into Polish will be available. All papers will be published in Conference Proceedings (on a CD). Papers will also be published in "MECHANIKA" or "ARCHIVES OF ACOUSTCS" after they have been accepted for publication by the editorial boards of those scientific journals.


EXHIBITION

Conference organizers would like to invite companies interested in presenting their achievements to take part in the Exhibition. The Exhibition will cover measuring apparatus; sound absorbing materials and equipment; sound insulating elements and enclosures; attenuators, computer software. Presentations of technical consultancy services and training courses will take place, too.

The cost of 1 m2 of an exhibition stand is 15 EURO.


SOCIAL PROGRAMME

There will be a social programme, which will include, among others, an excursion, an evening get-together by a fireplace and a banquet.


CONFERENCE FEE

The conference fee is 400 EURO. It covers admission to sessions, meals, accommodation for 3 nights, participation in the social programme and Conference Proceedings.


REGISTRATION

You are cordially invited to take part in the Conference, to fill in the Registration Form and to send it to the Organizing Committee by 30 November, 2003 by post, fax or e-mail.  

CORRESPONDENCE

All correspondence should be sent to the following address:

Organizing Committee of Noise Control'04
Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute
ul. Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warszawa, Poland
tel. (+48 22) 623 46 90, fax: (+48 22) 623 46 54,
e-mail: dobie@ciop.pl
For the Conference website, see http://www.ciop.pl/noise_04

Gdynia is part of an urban area of three cities with Gdańsk (a magnificent Old Town District and the Oliwa Cathedral) and Sopot (numerous sand beaches and the Forest Opera).