Dear colleagues
 
 We would like to announce that University of Latvia SPIE Student Chapter organises International student conference on Developments in Optics and Photonics. The conference will take place in Riga, Latvia on 30 April – 1 May 2005
 
 The main topics:
 Developments in optics and photonics related to atomic and molecular spectroscopy, material sciences and nanotechnologies, medicine, environmental pollution measurements, etc. We encourage to participate Master and PhD students to report their results in these research fields. The working language will be English.
 
 Scope:
 Developments in optics and photonics are topics of interest for numerous areas of applications. The conference brings together young scientists (students) working experimentally and theoretically in the fields of optics and photonics to share and exchange new ideas and to establish contacts for future collaboration.
 The conference will start with registration on Friday, April 29 and will continue till Sunday afternoon, May 1.
 
 The participants are expected to give a brief talk (up to 20 min) and/or to present posters on their topics.
 
 Conference site:
 The conference will be held at University of Latvia (Raina blvd. 19) in the central building in the centre of Riga (about 20 min by bus from the airport “Riga”).
 
 
Deadlines:
 Pre-registration ….. 21 February 2005
 Submission of abstracts …… 21 March 2005

 
 Registration fees:
 For students from EU countries: 50 EUR
 For students from Ukraine, Russia and Byelorussia: 20 EUR For students from Latvia: 10 EUR
 
 Note: All participants, who need VISA, please contact us as soon as possible. We will try to help.
 
 The information on accommodation, preparations of abstracts and posters will be available later on the web-site:
 http://home.lanet.lv/~asi/en/activities.htm
 
 Please find pre-registration form in the attachment of this message, complete it and return it by e-mail or fax:
  rcpst@navigators.lv
 fax: + 371 7228249
 
 On behalf of the organisers from University of Latvia SPIE Student Chapter, R. Erts, R. Veilande, Z. Gavare, L. Grinberga
 
 Looking forward to meet you in Latvia.