Announcement: 3rd NanoCharM (Winter) School on Ellipsometry

3rd NanoCharM (Winter) School on Ellipsometry
Fundamentals and Applications in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
27th February - 5th March 2010
Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Austria

School Objectives
The winter school is the 3rd school in the frame of the EU Project NanoCharM. The lectures are separated in basic and advanced levels. A special focus will be set on plasmons and negative refraction structures.

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Programme

List of confirmed speakers:
Manuel Cardona, MPI Stuttgart
Eugene Irene, Univers. Of North Carolina
Dave Aspnes, North Carolina State University
Joachim Krenn, University of Graz
Wolfgang Richter, University of Roma III
Alberta Bonanni, University of Linz
Peter Zeppenfeld, University of Linz
John McGilp, Trinity College Dublin
Peter Weightman, University of Liverpool
Fritz Keilman, MPI Garching
Dietrich Zahn, Chemnitz University of Technology
Josef Humlicek, University of Masaryk, Brno
Antonello de Martino, CNRS Paris
Denis Cattelan, HORIBA Scientific, Paris
Norbert Esser, ISAS Berlin
Rados Gajic, University of Belgrade
Kurt Hingerl, University of Linz
Maria Losurdo, CNR Bari
Carsten Rockstuhl, University of Jena
Friedhelm Bechsted, University of Jena

Venue:

The winter school will be held in Bad Hofgastein in the province Salzburg, Austria. Bad Hofgastein is a market town located in the Gastein valley in the Austrian Alps. Therefore it offers a scenic panorama and a large variety on winter(sport) activities. Further several spas are located in the Gastein valley. The conference will be held at the Kongresszentrum (congress center) which is located in the center next to the conference hotel. http://www.badhofgastein.

Hotel:

The conference hotel is the Kurhotel Place next to the congress center. The price per person is 500 Euro in a double room including full board for 6 nights. The registration for the school will be completed after tranfering the money to the stated bank account, as Austrian law allows hotels to charge 100% cancellation fees for hotel rooms.

http://www.kurhotelpalace.at

Travelling:

Bad Hofgastein can be reached by flying to the airports Munich/Salzburg/Linz/Vienna. There is a shuttle service that brings you to Bad Hofgastein (http://www.mietwagenservice.at). We try to arrange a special rates – please inform us where you are going to fly. Alternatively Bad Hofgastein can be reached by train from all these airports by changing train at Salzburg main station (http://www.oebb.at).

Who may benefit? - the school is aimed at students, researchers and SMEs interested of any level and knowledge of ellipsometry. It helps in understanding the properties of nanomaterials, nanodevices and related processes through the use of polarimetry and ellipsometry techniques.

No registration fee - the school is sponsored by the European Project NanoCharM. NanoCharM is sponsoring a limited number of students. Applications for sponsorship are no longer being accepted due to high demand.

The school registration remain open with a guaranteed room until 15th of January, 2010.