ABOUT CONFERENCE

Dear collegues, ISI 2009 Conference Program and Time Schedule is now available on Downloads page of the Conference website.

ISI-2009 will be the next one in a series of traditional biennial meetings promoting growth and exchange of scientific information on the physics of atomic collisions with solids, and related topics. The conferences were held in Moscow, Kiev, Minsk, and then, starting from 1991, in the town of Zvenigorod near Moscow.

The scientific program of the conference Ion-Surface Interactions includes the main aspects of this scientific discipline: ion scattering and penetration, sputtering and secondary ion emission, electron excitation, ion-induced electron, photon and X-ray emission, ion-assisted processes in thin films and nanostructures, radiation damage accumulation and plasma-surface interactions. Although the focus of the conference is on the fundamental aspects of these effects in theoretical and experimental research and computer simulation, presentations on process and device applications, particularly on surface analyses and modification, are welcome.

The scientific programme will include invited plenary talks, as well as oral and poster presentations held in the following sections:

1. Sputtering, surface structure, desorption
2. Ion scattering and propagation
3. Emission of ions, electrons, photons and X-rays under ion-surface interaction
4. Ion implantation and surface modification
5. Ion-assisted processes in nanostructures and thin films
6. Plasma-surface interaction - physics and technology

ISI-2009 will run with no parallel sessions.

The duration of invited talks will be 25 minutes plus 5 minutes for discussion. The other oral talks are scheduled for 10 minutes and 5 minutes for discussion. The oral talk illustrations are to be made as Power Point presentation or as transparencies for an overhead projector.

Poster sessions will be held after the oral sessions. Posters of 60cm  x 80cm size should be put up the evening before, and removed immediately after the poster session.

The preliminary list of invited speakers and the program will be available on the conference website.

The working language of the conference will be English.

Participants are requested to contribute to the scientific program by submitting extended abstracts (4 pages, A4 for regular reports and 4 - 6 pages A4 for invited talks, including figures). The instructions of abstract preparation see here. Abstracts must be received not later than March 15, 2009. Please ensure that the quality of abstract printing is appropriate for direct photographic reproduction.
Registered participants will recieve a book of extended abstracts on their arrival.

For Russian applicants: please read the Russian version of our website for exact application rules and contact information.

	Alexander A. Semyonov, Conference Secretary, Department 204, Moscow Aviation Institute, Volokolamskoe Shosse, 4, Moscow A-80, GSP-3, 125993, Russia Phone: +7 (499) 158 4103 Fax: +7 (499) 158 4277 E-mail: heat204@mail.ru
	Ekaterina Zykova Physics Faculty, Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia Phones: +7 (495) 939 2937,              +7 (495) 939 1979 Fax: +7 (495) 939 1787 E-mail: zykova@rambler.ru

The proceedings of the conference will be published in Russian or English as a special issue of the Russian journals "Poverkhnost'" (translated into English as "Surface Science: X-ray, Neutron and Synchrotron Investigations") and "Izvestiya RAN, ser. fizicheskaya" (translated into English as "Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Physics" by Allerton Press Inc., NY). Some papers could be published in a special issue of the international journal "Vacuum". All participants submitting abstracts are kindly requested to make a contribution to the Conference Proceedings.

Manuscripts prepared for publication in the Conference Proceedings should not exceed 8 printed pages for regular papers and 12 printed pages for invited papers. Three copies of each manuscript should be submitted on the first day of the conference.

The conference fee during early registration period (before June 14^th, 2009) is ˆ300 (ˆ150 for students and accompanying persons) and ˆ350 (ˆ200 for students and accompanying persons) for late registration (after June 15^th, 2009). It covers transport from and to the airport, a copy of the book of extended abstracts, conference outings and excursions. Accommodation and full board at the Holiday Centre fee is ˆ250 per person. This fee should be paid in cash on your arrival at the Holiday Centre in Zvenigorod.

Preliminary registration is now closed.

The Conference organizers cannot accept liability for personal injuries, loss or damage to property belonging to Conference participants (or their accompanying persons), either during or as a result of the Conference. Please check the validity of your own insurance.

Further information will be available on the ISI-2009 Conference web-site: www.spbstu.ru/isi2009 or from the Conference Secretariat on one of the following addresses:

Alexander A. Semyonov, Conference Secretary, Department 204, Moscow Aviation Institute, Volokolamskoe Shosse, 4, Moscow A-80, GSP-3, 125993, Russia Phone: +7 (499) 158 4103 Fax: +7 (499) 158 4277 E-mail: heat204@mail.ru	Ekaterina Zykova Physics Faculty, Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia Phones: +7 (495) 939 2937,              +7 (495) 939 1979 Fax: +7 (495) 939 1787 E-mail: zykova@rambler.ru
Participants from abroad, who need a visa, are asked to contact Dmitriy Kogut Moscow Engineering Physics Institute Phone: +7 (495) 324 7024 Fax: +7 (495) 324 7024 E-mail: Kogut@plasma.mephi.ru