Chairman: Aslan Yu. Tsivadze (Moscow, Russia)

General Secretary: Yulia G. Gorbunova (Moscow, Russia)

Program Committee: Michael Cook (Norwich, England); Shunichi Fukuzumi (Osaka, Japan); Roger Guilard (Dijon, France); Karl M. Kadish (Houston, TX, USA); Atsuhiro Osuka (Kyoto, Japan); Ravindra K. Pandey (Buffalo, NY, USA); Roberto Paolesse (Rome, Italy); Jonathan L. Sessler (Austin, TX, USA); Kevin M. Smith (Baton Rouge, LA, USA); Tomas Torres (Madrid, Spain); Aslan Yu. Tsivadze (Moscow, Russia); Dieter Wöhrle (Bremen, Germany)

Organizing Committee: Irina Beletskaya Boris Berezin Oleg Golubchikov Oleg Kaliya Oscar Koifman Yuriy Korovin Evgeniy Lukyanets Andrey Mironov Heliy Ponomarev Pavel Stuzhin Larisa Tomilova Eduard Zenkevich

Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines (SPP)

Call for Nominations

The SPP/JPP Young Investigator Awards were established at ICPP-1 in Dijon to recognize outstanding young scientists in the field of porphyrins, phthalocyanines or related macrocycles. It is anticipated that up to four Young Investigator Awards will be presented at ICPP-5, which will be held in Moscow, Russia, July 7-11, 2008. The winners will present an award lecture and will receive free meeting registration, a plaque of recognition and $1000 to help cover expenses for participation in the Conference.

All individuals under the age of 40 at the time of the meeting are eligible for the award, which will be evaluated on the basis of the following items:

a) Nomination letter (maximum 3 pages) b) Summary of applicant’s current research activities (maximum 2 pages) c) Curriculum vitae, which includes the name of the applicant’s Ph.D. and postdoctoral advisor(s), all appointments held and all publications. d) Two letters of recommendation from people familiar with the work of the candidate. Each applicant should arrange to have the nomination packet and letters of recommendation sent directly to the SPP Office in Dijon. These should be mailed as hard copy and also sent by e-mail as PDF files.

The deadline for receipt of applications is October 15, 2007 with decision being made by November 15, 2007.

Completed applications should be sent to:

SPP Office Université de Bourgogne LIMRES (ICMUB) 9 avenue Alain Savary BP 47870 21078 Dijon Cedex - FRANCE tel. : +33 (0)3 80 39 61 18 fax : +33 (0)3 80 39 68 39 e-mail: spp@u-bourgogne.fr http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/spp

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