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ISPD'98 : An International School on Powder Diffraction

ISPD'98 : An International School on Powder Diffraction (ISPD'98), sponsored by IUCr and Co- sponsored by ICDD (USA), CSIR, INSA, DST, DAE (India), will be organized at the prestigious institute of Calcutta namely, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) for the first-time in this sub- continent. The School, ISPD'98, will be inaugurated by Prof. Ted Baker, President, IUCr and will be attended by Dr. R. Chidambaram, Vice-President, IUCr, Bob Cernik (Chairman, CPD) Lynne McCusker, Tellgreu, Izumi, John Fabir an other eminent speakers. Strong responses have been received and it is expected that about 200 participants will be attending the School. The School will have talks and 'hands-on' tutorials on all aspects of Powder Diffraction including Rietveld method, surface structures etc. Technical talks will be delivered by representatives from Philips, Siemens. IUCr funding will be available for young scientists. The Registration fee (which is a total package) is US $150 (Young participants) and US $ 200 (regular participant). The School will be held from October 7-10, 1998 during festival time at Calcutta.

These interested may contact

Prof. S. P. Sen Gupta,
Secretary, ISPD'98,
IACS, Calcutta 700 032,
India
Fax : +91-033-4732805
E-mail: ispd98@iacs.ernet.in or msspsg@iacs.ernet.in;
WWW via: http://gandalf.otago.ac.nz:800/rweavers/ASCA/asca98.htm