INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE  "DAYS  on  DIFFRACTION"
St.Petersburg,  Russia, June 5 - 8,  2007

CONFERENCE WEB-SITE
http://math.nw.ru/DD                                                                                                 

ORGANIZED BY
St.Petersburg Dept. of Steklov’s Math. Institute
Division of Physics of St.Petersburg University
Euler International Mathematical Institute

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE                                                                                                                                                             
V.M.Babich    (Co-Chair)                                                                                  
V.S.Buldyrev  (Co-Chair) 
R.Stone                                                                                                                               
V.P.Smyshlyaev                                                                                                        
N.Y.Zhu                                                                                                                                                                                               
A.M.Samsonov                                                                                                                                              
A.P.Kiselev                                                                                                               
V.E.Grikurov (Secretary)                                                                
I.V.Andronov (Publications)                                                                                                                        
E.V.Novikova (Visa support)                                                                                     
M.A.Lyalinov                                                                                                                    
N.Ya.Kirpichnikova    
                                                                                              
CO-SPONSORED BY
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Russian Academy of Sciences
IEEE ED/MTT/AP St.Petersburg  Chapter   

SCOPE                                                                                                            
Mathematical aspects of wave propagation
Asymptotic techniques                                                                                                       
Scattering and diffraction                                                                
Electromagnetics                                                                              
Sound  propagation  and vibration                                                                        
Elastic waves and seismology                             
Nonlinear waves                                                                      
Microwave and quantum waveguides 
Inverse problems                                                                                                                
Numerical approaches                                                               
Non-stationary phenomena                                                                       

Contributions concerning other topics of various nature wave phenomena are encouraged!

WAYS OF SUBMISSION
1. Electronic submission (mostly preferred!)        grikurov@math.nw.ru
2. FAX:                          +7-812-428-7240
3. Hard copies to be addressed:  Dept. Math.& Comp. Phys., Inst. on Physics, Ul’yanovskaya 1,
                                 198504 Petrodvoretz-St.Petersburg,  Russia 

We expect to receive camera-ready abstract limited, if possible, by one A4 page of 10pt font size.
TeX and Word documents are accepted

PUBLICATIONS                                                                                           
Booklet of abstracts                                                                          
of all papers accepted for presentation                                            
will be available at the Conference.                                            
Full manuscripts are invited to the                                                                              
Proceedings to be issued in the Fall 2007                                         

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Proposals to organize a session and abstract submissions           Febr. 15, 2007
Notification of acceptance          March 15, 2007
Registration             April 1, 2007 
(Earlier registration is necessary to finalize visa formalities in time.
Registration fee is not requested at this stage.)
Full paper submission            Sept. 15, 2007

To be included into mailing list please send a message to Valery GRIKUROV:      grikurov@math.nw.ru

SATELLITE MEETINGS                    
To be specified later

REGISTRATION FEE 240 euro (with reduction for students and participants from FSU). 
The registration fee covers invitation and organizational costs, access to all conference's sessions 
and publications and some extras. In particular, extras include the coffee break buffet 
(offering beverages, pastry and sandwiches), airport transportation, daily lunches served at a restaurant, 
the boat excursion, visit to the Peterhoff gardens, and the conference picnic party. 
Accompanying persons are expected to pay the quarter price, and there will be an extra excursion 
or two for them.