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8th International Workshop On Anomalies In Hydrogen / Deuterium Loaded Metals

Opening Address

William CollisMobile Tel: 3491095167

Local 0rganizing Committee:William Collis (Chair), Sebastiano Truglio

Antonio Spallone, Xingzhong Li

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Statistics

68 Presentations and Posters!

53 Abstracts received

56 Hotel Rooms (many doubles)

87 Participants

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Participants

29 Italy 5 France 2 UK 1 Romania 1 Belarus 9 Russia 1 Kazakstan 4 Israel 1 Norway 4 Finland

29 USA 3 Japan 4 China

94 Total

(Accompanying persons included)

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Workshop Fees

€750 for residents including meals and coffee breaks, hotel accommodation.

€600 for early registrants (before July 2007) €1200 for double room €200 for non-residents (coffee, lunches & gala

dinner included).

Half the price of other conferences!

If you haven’t paid, please do so (in Euros!) at reception.

Fees waived for 23 participants (including staff).

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Ask for a Receipt!

If you pay anything to the Workshop or Hotel do ask for a written receipt!

All receipts should be stamped.

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Bank & Cash Machine

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Excursion to Mount Etna

Departure by coach Wednesday 07:30 am for Piano Provenzana (north face) at 1850m.

Guides provided by “Volcano Trek” Take walking shoes. Sun cream. Warm

clothing. Picnic lunch €12 extra. Weather permitting!

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Choice of Itineraries

1. 20€ Hike to 1923 & 2002 craters. 3.5 hours walking. Medium difficulty.

2. 34 € Jeep ride to the Valle del Bove (spectacular caldera) and visit lava cave (lights & helmets provided). 1.5 hours easy.

3. 44 € 4WD mini-bus drive to 2800m.4. 60 € Like 3. then hike to 3200m to

crater. 2.5 hours.Book your itinerary toay in Sala Sestante!

(1st & 2nd choices)

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Companions’ Program

If you are interested in participating again ask reception (Sala Sestante)

Possible shopping trip, Taormina etc.

There is also a free hotel bus to the city centre.

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Transport back

If you inform the conference office (Sala Sestante) well in advance, we will endeavour to find transport for you to the airport or railway station.

A flight timetable is available.

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Getting to Catania City Centre

The Sheraton operates a free mini-bus service into the city centre.

Ask at the hotel reception.

Don’t forget to take a phone number in case you get lost! Tel 3491095167

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Meals Conference fee for residents includes meals.

Meals are be served in the “Il Timo” restaurant near the swimming pool.

Please inform reception of any special dietary requirements.

Be punctual.

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Gala Dinner

Monday 15th October 19:00

Served in Pegaso 3

Music & dancing after dinner

Presentation of Giuliano Preperata Medal

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ICCF-11 & ICCF-12 Proceedings

On sale at €50

All proceeds to ISCMNS of course.

900 pages

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Asti Proceedings 1997

Reduced to clear!

Only €10

97 pages

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DVDs andUSB Memory Keys on sale!

Work with Windows XP without drivers.

Bootable. Contains

www.iscmns.org & www.lenr-canr.org +

2 Gbytes €25 Own Medium free

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Free DVD!

Ask at reception as quantities are limited.

You must hand in your Questionaire

Contains all ISCMNS site + LENR-CANR + FIC

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DVD Contents

Conferences including this workshop. Entire ISCMNS & LENR-CANR sites. Fusion Information Center 89-99

Fusion Facts, Journal of New Energy,

New Energy News New Energy Times Newsletters. Software: PCNUDAT, ENSAP, OPEN

OFFICE, ACROBAT reader 8.1, Rescue

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BNL Nuclear wallet Cards Free of charge to

ISCMNS members in good standing.

80+ pages of nuclear data

Ask at Registration Desk

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Workshop Poster

You can find an A3 version of the poster linked from www.iscmns.org/catania07

The registration desk (Sala Sestante) will print you an A4 version on request.

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Workshop Attendance Certificate

Ask at reception.

Free

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ISCMNS Membership Certificates

Ask at theRegistration Desk

Free!

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No Smoking in buildings open to the public!

If you need to smoke, please do so out of doors!

It’s not just a courtesy, it’s the law in Italy!

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Gala Dinner

Tuesday 15 October

19:00 Sala Pegaso 3

Entry by invitation. Bring it with you!

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Giuliano Preparata Medal

to be presented at the Gala Dinner on to

GeorgeMiley

Medal winners are chosen by the

ISCMNS Executive Committee

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Bronze Medal for Best Poster Paper

To be awarded at dinner on 17th

Your vote counts!

Why not put your oral paper as a poster?

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Oral Presentations

25 minutes + 5 for questions

Presenters and moderators may allow interruptions

Overruns come out of Coffee breaks and meal times!

Keep your phones off please!

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Electronic Presentations

Please ensure that all papers and presentations are copied to the Workshop PC (Medion Laptop)

USB Memory key or CD-ROM or DVD

Ensure all pages are numbered!

Filename rules! (see Abstract book)

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Workshop Publications

Any material left on the PC may be edited and published after 16th October (unless withdrawn or amended).

PPTs will be converted to PDFs Please contact reception to order Contribute your digital photos

too! (We can read most cameras)

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Workshop Proceedings

Jed Rothwell & Peter Mobberley Editors. Detailed announcement later.

Hardback Proceedings with <400 pages.

To be distributed at ICCF14?

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Feedback on Workshop Organization

Any comments, suggestions, complaints?

Speak up privately or publicly at the closing discussion.

Or fill in the questionaire.

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Acknowledgements

Local Organizing Committee

Fondazione Fulvio Frisone

Regione Siciliana Infinite Energy

Magazine Japan CF Research

Society ISCMNS Lucia Frisone Colletta

Thank you all!