Information Letter No1

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to take part in the XI International Antarctic Conference dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the birth of Volodymyr Vernadsky – the first president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, founder of the study of Noosphere.
The conference will be held on May 10 – 12, 2023 in Kyiv as an online conference.

Conference Organizers:
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine

Conference Sections:

• Earth Sciences (geological, geophysical, geodetic, glaciological, geoecological research and other related disciplines);
• Life Sciences (biological, medical and physiological research and other related disciplines);
• Physical Sciences (hydrometeorology, oceanography, geospace and other related disciplines);
• International cooperation: social and geographic, and political and legal aspects of Antarctic exploration.

Conference languages: Ukrainian, English.

Abstracts drawn up in accordance with set requirements and completed Application Form (Attachment 1, Application Form) should be submitted to the Organizing Committee via email uac@uac.gov.ua by February 01, 2023. Files should be named as follows: Smith_Application and Smith_Abstract.

ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS

Abstracts should be presented in Word (Times New Roman, Line-spacing 1.0), Ukrainian or English language (Attachment 2, Sample Abstract).

Abstracts should not contain any pictures or diagrams.

Abstract should be not more than one A4 page.

Format doc 97-2003, all margins – 2 cm, paragraph – 1 cm, text justified alignment, symbols from MS Word menu Symbol.

Text:

1. UDC without paragraph indent, left alignment (Times New Roman, 12 pt). Leave one blank line.
2. Abstract title without paragraph indent, left alignment, single line-spacing, capital letters (Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold). Leave one blank line.
3. Authors’ initials and name without paragraph indent, left alignment, single line-spacing, small letters italicize, speaker’s name underlined (Times New Roman , 12 pt, bold).
4. Affiliation, city, e-mail address – without paragraph indent, justified alignment, single line-spacing, small letters italicize (Times New Roman, 12 pt).
5. Leave two blank lines. The abstract text – single line-spacing, small letters (Times New Roman, 12 pt ).

Note! Abstracts are not reviewed and not edited. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to reject an abstract in case of its non-compliance with abstract requirements and conference themes.

POSTER REQUIREMENTS

Poster presentation should contain no more than five slides. The duration of the poster presentation should be up to five minutes.

Organizing Committee Address:
01601, Kyiv, Blvd Tarasa Shevchenka, 16, Room 103
State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine
E-mail: uac@uac.gov.ua
Tel/Fax: +38 (044) 246-38-80
Valeria Savchenko

Yours faithfully,
XI IAC Organizing Committee