The Conference "Crimea 2001" will be held under the aegis of IFLA
The year 2001 topic: Producers and Users of Printed and Electronic
Information on the Way to the Information Society

Main venue: Sudak

Main organizer of the Conference:

Local co-organizers

The participation of sponsors and other co-organizers is invited.

The Eighth International Conference will be held in Sudak and in other famous Crimean towns: Yalta, Alushta, Feodosia, Kerch, and Stary Krym. Sudak is one of the most beautiful and tranquil locales on the Crimean Black Sea coast. The history of Sudak dates to antiquity. It is a small Crimean town of unfailing charm, surrounded by fantastic mountains crowned with picturesque ruins of the medieval Genoese fortress.
The Conference venue, "Sudak" Tourist and Health Center, is a complex of twenty modern buildings in a garden setting.
The adjacent beach, some two kilometers long, might well be the best in the Crimea.
The beach, restaurants, cafes and shops are located on the territory of Sudak Tourist and Health Center.
Other Crimean towns that will welcome the participants in "Crimea 2001" Conference are also famous and popular outside of the Crimea. A special place among these towns belongs to Yalta.

During the "Crimea 2001", the "Sudak" Tourist and Health Center will accommodate only the participants in the Conference. The best conference rooms in Yalta, Alushta, Feodosia, Kerch and Stary Krym will be placed at guest and satellite events disposal.
Discover new picturesque places of the Crimea!

The following topics for presentations and discussions at sections, round tables, workshops, and other events are envisaged:
 

A series of satellite events is also envisaged including annual conferences of library associations and professional groups.
The list of sections, round tables, workshops and additional events will be continuously updated
and will be finalized by the Program Committee in April 2001.

Call for Papers

The Organizing Committee seeks research and application oriented papers, which make new contributions to the topics listed above. You are invited to submit the full text with abstract of your proposed paper for consideration by the Program Committee in the electronic form. The deadline for receipt of papers is April 10, 2001. The following guidelines should be observed in the preparation and submission of your abstracts:

Plenary and guest speakers' papers - up to 30 minutes. Sections' and workshops' papers - up to 20 minutes. Communications - up to 10 minutes. Poster paper: 10 copies (to be provided by the speaker).

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, and UKRAINIAN.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided at the Conference.

The Vendor Exhibits will be opened during the Conference to present information products, services, automated systems, software packages, CD-ROM products, books, journals and other publications. Companies' presentations may be arranged on a preliminary request.

Conference registration fee will be:

Each participant cannot register more than 2 accompanying persons.

Conference registration fee covers:

The accommodation fee (three meals a day included) is fixed and covers the whole stay from noon June 9 through noon June 17, 2001 irrespective of the dates of arrival and departure within this period:

two-room apartment (prices per person) one-room apartment (prices per person)

single $ 950 single $ 750
double $ 550 double $ 425

Room features: private bathroom, toilet, TV, refrigerator, telephone.
Daily rates are possible upon the Organizing Committee authorization.

Exhibition fee (stand rental) covers a table, 2 chairs, partitions, and power socket:
2.5 m x 2 m (standard) $300
5 m x 2 m (extended) $500
Computers, other equipment and furniture rental are available on preliminary request.

E-mail, fax and the Internet service will be provided on the charged basis by the Conference service center.

The prices are subject to change after April 15, 2001.

Accommodation and registration fees received after April 15 will be:
Before May 15, 2001 – 110%
Before June 9, 2001 – 120%

Privileges
Participants in five or more previous "Crimea" conferences will be entitled to free registration and free additional social events. Chairpersons and the Crimean Club members, elected by the Conference Organizing Committee, will also receive a free conference registration.
Participants in four previous "Crimea" conferences will be registered at a 50% discount.

You are kindly requested to complete the registration form and send it by fax or e-mail or register online no later than 15 April, 2001.

Advance registration and payment for registration and accommodation will result in a 30% discount before September 1, 2000, in a 20% discount before October 1, 2000, and in a 10% discount before December 1, 2000.

Arrival dates are June 9 and 10, 2001.
Departure dates are June 16 and 17, 2001.
Professional Program: June 11-15
Please note that cancellations made after May 9 will result in no refund.

ATTENTION! The Conference new services: pre- and post-conference stay and tour program at "Sudak" Tourist and Health Center (May 25-June 9 & June 17-30). Special conference discount is available.

For further information please contact the Organizing Committee.

South America, Africa, Australia, and Oceania: