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Nordic Rheology Conference 2011The 20th Nordic Rheology Conference will be held at the University of Helsinki on June 8-10, 2011. Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland with a population of more than 580 000. The city is in the southern part of Finland by the Baltic Sea, some 400 kilometers east of Stockholm, Sweden, 300 kilometers west of St. Petersburg, Russia and 80 kilometers north of Tallinn, Estonia. Helsinki is well connected to major cities in Europe by air and can also be reached by daily ferries to Stockholm and Tallinn as well as by train to St. Petersburg. The cultural and tourist activities in the Helsinki region during the summer period are abundant. For more information about these and Helsinki in general please visit the city's official pages.
The special theme for NRC2011 is "Polymer solutions, suspensions and melts". The conference, as usual, covers all aspects and areas of rheology. All kinds of papers are welcome, especially e.g. industrial case studies. The aim is a large gathering of people interested in the scientific, technical, and applicational development within this field.
The program includes three distinguished invited speakers and we have the pleasure to present them
Presentations in all areas of rheology are welcome, both as posters and oral presentations. Presenters should send a one-page abstract to the editor Henrik Persson by March 15, 2011. A print ready manuscript should be prepared using the transaction template and sent to Henrik Persson in pdf-form by April 15. Further instructions are found in the transaction template.
There will be a mixture of plenary lectures by the invited lecturers and contributions from NRC delegates. The lectures start Thursday 9th.The topics will cover all aspects of rheology, both theory and application, with the plenary lectures representing the special topic. There will also be a poster presentation and an exhibition by leading rheology companies. The Annual Business Meeting of NRS will be held in connection with the conference programme.
Those interested in exhibiting at the conference should contact the organizers organizers directly.
Prior to the conference a course on basics of rheology will be given on Wednesday June 8th. It will give a good knowledge of the basics of rheology to facilitate the understanding of more complicated topics discussed during the conference.
A Welcome reception is planned for the evening of Wednesday the 8th and a Conference dinner for the evening of Thursday 9th.
Conference registration will be made online. Registration is due to start in autumn 2010.
Sponsors are kindly asked to contact the NRC 2011 secretariate. Students who are NRS members are encouraged to apply for the NRS Student Travel Grant. Please send a one-page letter with supervisors signature, to the NRS President Mikael Rigdahl before March 1.
The letter should outline how how your contribution will contribute to promoting rheology in the Nordic Countries, together with the title of the talk/poster. Three grants of 250 Euro each are available.
Sami Hietala, chairman (University of Helsinki), Johanna Aho (Tampere University of Technology) Martina Lille (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Mats Stading SIK (web information).
Contact address: NRC2011@nordicrheologysociety.org
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