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1. Initiators of the Conference
2. History
3. Purpose
4. Welcome Note
5. Key Topics under Discussion
6. Sessions & Sections
7. Venue
8. Travel and Accommodations
9. Fees
10. Social Program
11. Technical Scope
12. Students Conference
13. Exhibition and Presentations of the Companies
14. Working Languages
15. Call for Abstracts and Papers
16. Technical Organizing Committee
17. Executive Secretaries
18. Calendar and main events
19. Contact information
 
1. Initiators of the Conference
  • State Committee on Building and Architecture of Ukraine;
  • State Committee on Housing and Public Utilities of Ukraine;
  • The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine;
  • All-Ukrainian Environmental League;
  • The Kharkiv Oblast State Administration;
  • Kharkiv Municipal Authorities;
  • Kharkiv State Academy on Municipal Engineering;
  • Scientific Educational Centre"Envirionment & Science & Technology";
  • Scientific & Industrial Firm "Ecopolimer";
  • Ukrainian Research Institute on Scientific and Engineering Surveying "UkrNDINTV";
  • Ukrainian Research & Design Institute on Municipal Economy;
  • Ukrainian State Research Institute on the Water Management and Environment Problems "UkrWodGeo" <Top> 
2. History

The first conference had taken place in 1998, and as a result it had been developed and approved the Integrated Program on the Liquidation of Slow Flooding Consequences in the Areas of the Cities and Settlements..<Top>
 

3. Purpose
..a goal of the Second Conference it is assistance in promotion of an effective policy and a strategy for solving the slow flooding problem in the National scale, as a challenge for whole environment <Top>
 
4. Welcome
We are welcome to take the Conference Presidium Chairs and to participate in the conference meetings and exhibition for the head persons and representatives of agencies, companies, professional and scientific associations, foundations, NGOs, regional and municipal authorities and services, Universities, scientific and innovation centers, research & design institutions, .., and independent researchers, lawyers, public mans, and observers… from anywhere - domestic, and foreign, and international. <Top>
 
5. Key Topics under Discussion
  • recognition the slow flooding problem on a rank of National environmental problem and developing the National action plan to solve the problem;
  • finding a strategy and the main directions of actions plans to improve the situation with urban areas slow flooding;
  • holding the sustainable development principles, and environmental standards (including international standards) as a real way to solve the slow flooding problem;
  • necessary corrections for the State legislation and for the agencies' regulations to achieve the environmental standards compliance with preconditions of solving the slow flooding problem;
  • realizing the economical mechanisms and favorable investment climate for involving shared cost funds to the environmental projects;
  • international cooperation and innovation environmental projects in connection with the slow flooding problem;
  • the slow flooding problem in the framework of public utilities reform;
  • social programs connected with the slow flooding problem;
  • innovative engineering solutions, equipment, and technologies targeted for prevention and protection against the slow flooding;
  • the monitoring and integrated management of the slow flooded areas in the cities and settlements;
  • possibilities to transform the slow flooded residential areas into the category of recreation or refuge territories. <Top> 
6. Sessions & Sections

There will two plenary sessions (opening ceremony and concluding meeting) and four concurrent sections during the conference. The following subjects for the sections meetings have been planned:

  1. Strategic planning, legislative and economic policy in connection with the slow flooding problem;
  2. The slow flooding as an environmental problem;
  3. Slow flooding problem and the reform of town-planning and housing policy, and the public utilities reform;
  4. Innovative engineering solutions, materials, equipment, and technologies should be introduced for environmental projects at urban areas. <Top> 
7. Venue
The Conference will be held at the Kharkiv State Academy of Municipal Engineering campus and at the "UkrWodGeo" Institute building. Both the Academy and the Institute are situated in the heart of the Kharkiv City downtown, amid various museums, parks, historic places, and remarkable buildings of the Ukrainian Churches. Kharkiv's wide ranges of theatres, art galleries, cafes, restaurants and shops are also within easy reach. The weather in late October is not stable in the site, it could be rainy or frosty down to - 10°C (14°F)., and an average temperature of about 0°C (32°F). <Top>
 
8. Travel and Accommodations
There are good links to the Kharkiv from Borispol International Airport in Kyiv. Kharkiv Airport takes out limited number of Austrian Airlines international flights. The conference site commutes well with major railways and motorways. Delegates will be expected to make their own travel arrangements, and further information on travel to Kharkiv will be provided to all registrants. Superior quality accommodations are available in the various stars hotels in downtown Kharkiv. Reduced cost lodging will be provided in the hostel. The conference organizing committee will support the hotels/hostel reservations since September.
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9. Fees
The conference fees for international guests will be in order of $300 (or equal in Euro) including access to all sessions, one print of volumes materials, minor souvenirs, cafe brakes, and the conference banquet and dinners. Registration for (postgraduate-) students will be offered at a reduced fee. Accommodation will be charged for separately. Appropriate payment methods are check (sent until 10/2003) and money transfer. Payment details will be given in the Second Circular (August, 2003). Credit cards will be acceptable in the site. Look for more details our web-site. <Top>
 
10. Social Program
The social program will include a Conference Banquet, a tour around the city historical places, and offer of the various entertainment events. A package of activities will also be organized for accompanying persons. Further details will be published in the Second Circular. <Top>
 
11. Technical Scope

There are two types of discussion during the sections:

  • oral reports (not exceeds 15 minutes)
  • and poster papers (5 minutes for speech presentation).

Working time of the conference will be continued four days:

First day:arriving and accommodation of the guests; registration desk; the students conference;
Second day:opening ceremony and session; sections sessions;
Third day:sections sessions;
Fourth day:concluding meeting; round table; informal communication; tours;
Fourth/fifth days:departing of the guests.

Sessions will be taking 6-8 hours during the second and third days. <Top>
12. Students Conference
The students conference will take place at the first day. Best students reports will be recommended for second day sections, and the authors will be awarded. <Top>
 
13. Exhibition and Presentations of the Companies
3-day technical exhibition on the Conference themes will be held during the conference. Presentations by the companies will be included to the conference program. The advertising and trade marks of the sponsors will be placed on the panels, posters and banners, and included to the printed materials. Ask organizers about the terms. <Top>
 
14. Working Languages

Working languages of the Conference will be Ukrainian, Russian and English. Special volume in English will be published, and synchronous interpretation service (into English only) will be provided for international guests. <Top>
 

15. Call for Abstracts and Papers
The volumes of abstracts and of full size papers will be published until the conference started.
 
The abstracts of not more 1000 words (up to 3 printed pages) in Ukrainian, Russian, or English should be sent to one of the Organizing Committee addresses indicated below by E-mail, or recorded to floppy disk, or printed sharply enough for scanning.
It is strongly required the following information about author(s):
family name and initials (if speaker then full name in the format: family name, given name, middle name or patronymic); position; institution or company; mailing address (street address, ZIP, country name), e-mail address, report type (oral or poster presentation), and the section subject (one of mentioned above). The same requirements are in force for the student conference participants.
 
The papers volume of about 300 pages will contain selected papers concerned the conference key topics. The papers of not more 15 printed pages should be prepared following the authors' guides of the scientific journals. Electronic copies of the papers in Word format are required.
 
For Ukrainian authors of papers it is required to represent abstracts in Russian and English, and desirable to provide 'expertny vysnovok' and references.
International authors should submit abstracts for papers in Russian or English.
 
Electronic registration and abstracts submission is available at this web cite.
The papers which fit the problem in the best way will be published (condensed versions) in the special periodical issues of the 'Environmental Bulletin' (color pictures are available) and the 'Environment Ecology and Safe Vital Activity'.
Deadline for the abstracts and papers is September 30, 2003 <Top>
 
16. Technical Organizing Committee
  • Grigoriy Semchuk, Head of the State Committee on Housing and Public Utilities of Ukraine;
  • Anatoliy Bercuta, Deputy Head of the State Committee on Building and Architecture of Ukraine;
  • Leonid Shutenko, Rector of the Kharkiv State Municipal Academy;
  • Sergey Razmetayev, Director of the "UkrWodGeo" Institute, Head of Kharkiv Branch of the All-Ukrainian Environmental League. <Top>  
17. Executive Secretaries
  • Mariya Korovina, Director of the "Envirionment.Science.Technology" Center, Kyiv;
  • Oleksandr Chebanov, Head of the Land Priotectional Engineering Laboratory in the"UkrWodGeo" Institute, Kharkiv. <Top> 
18. Calendar and main events
July 2003 - First Invitation;
August 2003 - Second Circular;
September 15, 2003 - deadline for checks sending;
September 30, 2003 - deadline for abstracts and papers submission;
October 15, 2003 - deadline for money transfer payments. <Top>
 
19. Contact information
Enquiries should be addressed to:
Dr. Oleksandr Chebanov
The Land Protectional Engineering Lab
Water Management & Environment Problems Institute "UkrWodGeo"
6 Shevchenko Street, Office 205
Kharkiv 61013, UKRAINE
Tel./fax: +38 (057) 243-1156, 247-0055
E-mail: [email protected]
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